SaaSHub Software Alternatives Scraper

What does SaaSHub Software Alternatives Scraper do?

It reads the public alternatives page of each product you list on SaaSHub (for example saashub.com/notion-alternatives) and returns the ranked list of alternatives and competitors as clean rows: rank, alternative name, community votes, the alternative's own SaaSHub link, plus the product's rating, review count and the page's last-update date.

Every row carries the source URL, license name, license URL and an attribution line, because SaaSHub publishes its alternatives lists and stats under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Price: $1.5 per 1,000 alternatives ($0.0015 per row) plus a tiny start fee. Status rows (product not found, blocked, failed) are free.

Quick start

1. Run it with the prefilled input: {"products": ["notion", "slack"], "maxItems": 20}. That returns up to 20 alternatives, about $0.03 at $1.5 per 1,000.
2. Export the dataset as CSV, JSON or Excel, or read it through the API.
3. To track rankings over time, add a weekly schedule with the same products.

Use cases

You want to...	What this actor gives you
Competitor research and market maps for a SaaS product	Ranked alternatives with community votes and SaaSHub links.
Build "X vs Y" or "alternatives to X" lists	Every row carries source URL, license and an attribution line.
Track how a product's alternatives ranking changes	Rank and votes per run; schedule it weekly.
Feed a spreadsheet, database or AI agent	JSON, CSV, Excel or API output.

Input

• Products (required): product names, SaaSHub slugs or SaaSHub URLs, e.g. notion, monday, https://www.saashub.com/slack-alternatives. Names become slugs (lowercase, dashes). If a name does not match, use the slug from the page URL.
• Max alternatives per product: keep only the top N.
• Max alternatives in total: caps the run (and your cost).
• Add status rows: one free row per product with a problem.

Example:

{"products": ["notion", "slack"], "maxAlternativesPerProduct": 10, "maxItems": 20}

Output (one row per alternative)

{"rowType": "alternative", "query": "notion", "product": "Notion", "productSlug": "notion", "productRating": 5.0,
 "productReviewCount": 3, "pageLastUpdated": "2026-10-20", "rank": 1, "alternative": "Asana", "alternativeSlug": "asana",
 "alternativeUrl": "https://www.saashub.com/asana-alternatives", "votes": 268,
 "sourceUrl": "https://www.saashub.com/notion-alternatives", "licenseName": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
 "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
 "attribution": "Alternatives list and stats by SaaSHub (saashub.com), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Not endorsed by SaaSHub.",
 "changes": "Extracted to structured fields (rank, names, links, votes, rating); no other changes.", "status": "ok", "message": null}

(Example values from a SaaSHub page snapshot dated 2026-10-20; live values change.)

Download as JSON, CSV, Excel or via the Apify API.

License and attribution (please read)

• SaaSHub's terms say: "All lists of product alternatives and stats publicly displayed on SaaSHub are licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)".
• The output data is CC BY-SA 4.0. If you share it or build on it, keep the attribution and license fields (or an equal credit line with a link) and share your adapted data under the same license.
• The price pays for the extraction service. It adds no extra terms to the data.
• This tool is independent. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by SaaSHub.
• Product names are trademarks of their owners.

What it does not collect

Only the alternatives list and stats are extracted. The tool does not output product descriptions, taglines, feature lists, prices, user reviews or comments, logos, screenshots or any page design. Sponsored and featured cards are skipped, so ranks count organic entries only.

How it works

• Reads robots.txt first and obeys it; one request at a time with at least 2 seconds between requests; no login, no cookies; redirects are not followed.
• One page per product. Max 500 products per run.

Limitations

• Only what SaaSHub shows on the first alternatives page is read: usually the top 10-20 alternatives. Longer lists that need clicking or login are not read.
• Rank is the order on the page at run time. Votes and ratings are as displayed and change over time.
• Names must match a SaaSHub slug. If a name gives a free not-found row, copy the slug from the SaaSHub page URL.
• No descriptions, prices, features, reviews or logos (see above). Use the alternative's SaaSHub link for those.
• If SaaSHub changes its page layout, rows may stop until the tool is updated. You get a free unexpected-page status row, not a charge.
• The data is CC BY-SA 4.0: if you republish it, keep the attribution and share under the same license.
• Not affiliated with or endorsed by SaaSHub.

Changelog

• 2026-10-30: first release (Limitations section added before publish).

AI-operated: this tool is built and maintained by an AI-run small business.