Blind (TeamBlind) Reviews Scraper

Turn Blind's anonymous employee reviews into a clean, structured dataset — full pros and cons, an overall score plus five named sub-ratings, job title, current-or-former status, tenure, location and posting date, with an optional company summary row carrying every average. Point it at a company name or paste a Blind link and it walks the whole review history, newest first. Built for compensation and HR analysts, employer-brand teams, recruiters, and competitive-intelligence researchers who need candid workplace sentiment in a spreadsheet — without reading thousands of reviews one page at a time behind a login wall.

Why This Scraper?

• Complete review text on every page, not the truncated preview — Blind shows the full pros and cons only for the first 30 reviews of a company; every review after that is served as placeholder filler. This extractor detects that and reads each affected review's own page, so the dataset carries the reviewer's real words. Verified across 13 test runs: zero filler rows.
• Six ratings per review, not one — the reviewer's overall score plus five named sub-ratings on Blind's 1–5 scale: career growth, work-life balance, compensation, culture, and management.
• A company summary row with averages — one extra row per company holding the six average ratings, the total review count on Blind, headquarters, industry, employee-size band, founding year, website and logo.
• Scales from a 41-review startup to a 31,042-review employer — Anthropic returns 41 reviews; Amazon measured 31,042. Set the limit to 0 and it collects every one; above roughly 15,000 reviews, raise the run's Timeout first and the run tells you so before it starts.
• Incremental mode for scheduled watches — "Only reviews I haven't seen before" remembers what earlier runs returned and stops as soon as it reaches ground it has already covered, so a daily or weekly check returns only genuinely new reviews.
• Reviewer context on every row — job title, current vs former employee, start year, end year, tenure in years, city or state, ISO country code, and the stated reason for leaving when a former employee gave one.
• 40 fields on every review row — six ratings, the reviewer's job title, start and end year, computed tenure, city or state, ISO country code, helpful-vote count, Blind's own review id and a direct permalink, so the dataset joins straight onto whatever you already have.
• Company names are case-insensitive, and links work too — twilio, Twilio and TWILIO all resolve; you can also paste a company's reviews link, or a link to one single review to pull just that review.
• Fast enough for interactive work — measured on the platform, start to finish: 61 rows in 23 seconds, 93 rows across three employers in 27 seconds, and 211 rows from a 31,042-review employer in 48 seconds, with the first 100 of those on screen inside 35 seconds. A multi-company benchmark finishes while you wait.

Use Cases

Compensation & HR Analytics

• Benchmark compensation sentiment across a peer group using the dedicated compensation sub-rating
• Track work-life-balance and management scores by job title to find where morale actually breaks
• Compare current-employee versus former-employee ratings to measure post-exit sentiment drop
• Feed tenure and exit-year data into attrition models

Employer Brand & Reputation

• Monitor your own company's rating trend and catch a slide the month it starts
• Read the reason-for-leaving text across all former employees to prioritise retention fixes
• Track how the six sub-ratings drift year by year using yearStarted and postedAt
• Quantify culture and management perception before a rebrand or leadership change

Recruiting & Talent Intelligence

• Build target lists of companies whose engineers rate career growth poorly
• Prepare candidate-facing talking points from the honest pros of a competitor's workplace
• Compare a role's sentiment across geographies using the location and country fields

Competitive & Market Research

• Benchmark a whole sector by running every company in it and comparing summary rows
• Spot reorganisation or layoff signals in a spike of former-employee reviews
• Track a newly funded competitor's rating from its first handful of reviews onward

Data Science & Text Mining

• Run sentiment analysis or topic modelling over the full pros and cons corpus
• Correlate numeric sub-ratings against review text for a labelled training set
• Build a longitudinal panel by scheduling incremental runs and appending only new reviews

Getting Started

Quick Look at One Company

{
  "companies": ["Twilio"],
  "maxReviewsPerCompany": 50
}

Benchmark a Peer Group

{
  "companies": ["Twilio", "Databricks", "Anthropic"],
  "maxReviewsPerCompany": 200,
  "includeCompanyProfile": true
}

Paste Blind Links Instead of Names

{
  "companies": [],
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.teamblind.com/company/Twilio/reviews",
    "https://www.teamblind.com/company/Twilio/review/7dzWPN5sKUH"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerCompany": 100
}

Complete History, Then a Weekly Watch

{
  "companies": ["Anthropic", "Databricks"],
  "startUrls": [],
  "maxReviewsPerCompany": 0,
  "includeCompanyProfile": true,
  "forceFullReviewText": true,
  "onlyNewReviews": true
}

Run the first pass with onlyNewReviews on and it will collect everything; schedule the same input weekly and each later run returns only what was posted since.

Input Reference

Companies to Cover

Name the companies you want, paste Blind links, or mix both. Add at least one — an empty run returns nothing.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
companies	array of strings	["Twilio"]	Company names as they appear in the Blind web address — for example Twilio, Amazon or Goldman-Sachs. Blind joins multi-word names with hyphens, and typing them with spaces works too. Capitalisation does not matter. One per line. Every review a company has is reachable; use the limit below to decide how many you want.
startUrls	array of strings	[]	Paste Blind links here instead of names. Two kinds work: a company's reviews page (https://www.teamblind.com/company/Twilio/reviews) and a single review link (https://www.teamblind.com/company/Twilio/review/7dzWPN5sKUH). A single review link returns just that one review. Mix both kinds freely.

How Much to Collect

The limit applies to each company separately, so three companies at 50 returns up to 150 reviews.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
maxReviewsPerCompany	integer	50	How many reviews to collect for each company, newest first. Blind hands out reviews in batches of 30, so a run finishes the batch it is on and may return a few more than your number — never fewer. Set to 0 to collect every review a company has; there is no built-in ceiling, but large employers can have tens of thousands. Above roughly 15,000 reviews a single run will not finish inside the one-hour limit a run gets by default — raise Timeout in the run options, or set a limit and cover the company over a few runs. Whatever is collected before a run ends is always saved.

What to Include

Optional extras. The defaults suit most runs.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
includeCompanyProfile	boolean	true	Adds one extra row per company with its average ratings across all six categories, total review count on Blind, headquarters, industry, employee size, founding year, website and logo.
forceFullReviewText	boolean	false	Blind shows only a preview of most reviews on the company page. The run already notices that and opens those reviews' own pages to recover the complete text, so this option changes nothing for them. It only affects the first 30 reviews of each company, whose text Blind shows in full — turn it on to double-check those against their own pages too. Slightly slower, and rarely needed.
onlyNewReviews	boolean	false	Remembers which reviews previous runs of this actor already returned and skips them, so each run gives you only what is genuinely new. Because Blind lists newest first, the run also stops as soon as it reaches a page you have already seen, which keeps scheduled checks quick and cheap. Ideal for a daily or weekly watch on a company. The memory holds the last 500,000 reviews, which is far more than any single company has. Leave off for a one-off run.

Output

One flat dataset. Every row carries a recordType field — review or company — and the Apify Console gives you three ready-made tabs: All records, Reviews only and Companies only.

Review Row (recordType: "review")

{
  "recordType": "review",
  "reviewId": 4187233,
  "urlAlias": "7dzWPN5sKUH",
  "reviewUrl": "https://www.teamblind.com/company/Twilio/review/7dzWPN5sKUH",
  "companyName": "Twilio",
  "companyUrlAlias": "Twilio",
  "companyPageId": 1462,
  "companyId": 908,
  "companyChannelId": 908,
  "summary": "Great people, shifting priorities",
  "pros": "Genuinely smart colleagues and a strong remote-first culture.\nManagers protect focus time and the on-call schedule is humane.",
  "cons": "Roadmaps change every quarter, so long projects rarely ship.\nPromotion cycles are slow compared to peer companies.",
  "reasonResign": "Better opportunity",
  "overallRating": 4,
  "careerRating": 3,
  "workLifeBalanceRating": 5,
  "compensationRating": 4,
  "cultureRating": 4,
  "managementRating": 3,
  "jobTitle": "Software Engineer",
  "jobGroupId": 61,
  "jobFamilyId": 6,
  "employmentStatus": "former",
  "yearStarted": 2020,
  "yearEnded": 2024,
  "tenureYears": 4,
  "location": "Austin, TX",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "nickname": "t*********",
  "memberId": 8812043,
  "helpfulCount": 12,
  "isBlindPick": false,
  "isPinned": false,
  "isFeatured": null,
  "status": "A",
  "postedAt": "2024-10-28T09:12:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-10-28T09:12:00.000Z",
  "approvedAt": "2024-10-28T11:03:00.000Z",
  "textRecoveredFromPermalink": true,
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.teamblind.com/company/Twilio/reviews"
}

Review Content

Field	Type	Description
summary	string	The reviewer's one-line headline
pros	string	Full "what's good" text, line breaks preserved
cons	string	Full "what's bad" text, line breaks preserved
reasonResign	string | null	Stated reason for leaving; null for current employees

Ratings (1–5)

Field	Type	Description
overallRating	integer	The reviewer's overall score
careerRating	integer	Career growth and opportunity
workLifeBalanceRating	integer	Work-life balance
compensationRating	integer	Pay and benefits
cultureRating	integer	Company culture
managementRating	integer	Management quality

Reviewer Profile

Field	Type	Description
jobTitle	string	Job group the reviewer belongs to, e.g. Software Engineer
jobGroupId	integer	Numeric id of that job group
jobFamilyId	integer	Broader job family id, e.g. 6 for engineering
employmentStatus	string	current or former, derived from the exit year
yearStarted	integer	Year the reviewer joined
yearEnded	integer | null	Year the reviewer left; null if still employed
tenureYears	integer | null	Years between joining and leaving
location	string	Reviewer's city, state or country
countryCode	string	ISO-3166 alpha-2 country code
nickname	string	Blind's anonymised handle, e.g. t*********
memberId	integer	Blind's internal member id

Identity, Dates & Flags

Field	Type	Description
recordType	string	Always review for these rows
reviewId	integer	Blind's internal review id
urlAlias	string	Short slug identifying the review
reviewUrl	string	Direct link to the review on Blind
companyName	string	Company display name
companyUrlAlias	string	Company slug used in the Blind address
companyPageId	integer	Blind's internal company page id
companyId	integer	Blind's internal company id — the same value the company summary row carries under this name, so the two row types join on it
companyChannelId	integer	Alias of companyId, kept for continuity
helpfulCount	integer | null	Number of "helpful" votes the review received; null when Blind does not report a count
isBlindPick	boolean	Whether Blind editorially highlighted the review
isPinned	boolean	Whether the company pinned the review
isFeatured	boolean | null	Featured flag, when Blind sets one
status	string	Moderation status, A for active
postedAt	string	ISO 8601 date the review was posted
updatedAt	string	ISO 8601 date the review was last edited
approvedAt	string	ISO 8601 date the review was approved
textRecoveredFromPermalink	boolean	true when the complete text came from the review's own page rather than the company listing
sourceUrl	string	The Blind page this row came from

Company Row (recordType: "company")

{
  "recordType": "company",
  "companyName": "Twilio",
  "companyUrlAlias": "Twilio",
  "companyId": 908,
  "companyPageId": 1462,
  "logoUrl": "https://image.teamblind.com/company/twilio.png",
  "websiteUrl": "https://www.twilio.com",
  "founded": "2008",
  "employeeSize": "1,001 to 5,000 employees",
  "hqLocation": "San Francisco, CA",
  "industryId": 12,
  "industryName": "Software & Web Development",
  "description": "Twilio is a customer engagement platform used by developers to build voice, messaging and email experiences.",
  "overallRating": 3.5,
  "careerRating": 3.2,
  "workLifeBalanceRating": 4.1,
  "compensationRating": 3.8,
  "cultureRating": 3.6,
  "managementRating": 3.1,
  "reviewCount": 1259,
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.teamblind.com/company/Twilio/reviews"
}

Company Profile

Field	Type	Description
recordType	string	Always company for these rows
companyName	string	Company display name
companyUrlAlias	string	Company slug used in the Blind address
companyId	integer	Blind's internal company id
companyPageId	integer	Blind's internal company page id
logoUrl	string	Company logo image
websiteUrl	string	Company homepage
founded	string	Founding year
employeeSize	string	Headcount band, e.g. 1,001 to 5,000 employees
hqLocation	string	Headquarters city and state or country
industryId	integer	Blind's industry id
industryName	string	Industry label
description	string	Company blurb shown on Blind
sourceUrl	string	The Blind page this row came from

Average Ratings & Volume

Field	Type	Description
overallRating	number	Average overall rating across all reviews, e.g. 3.5
careerRating	number	Average career growth rating
workLifeBalanceRating	number	Average work-life balance rating
compensationRating	number	Average compensation rating
cultureRating	number	Average culture rating
managementRating	number	Average management rating
reviewCount	integer	Total reviews the company has on Blind

Tips for Best Results

• Copy the company name straight from the Blind web address — capitalisation is ignored, but a misspelling returns nothing, and the run tells you so within seconds instead of grinding away.
• Reviews arrive newest first, so a small limit is genuinely a "latest sentiment" sample. Ask for 50 when you want the current mood and 0 when you want the full history.
• Expect a few more reviews than you asked for: Blind serves them 30 at a time, so a limit of 50 returns 60 and a limit of 15 returns 30. It never returns fewer than your number.
• Leave forceFullReviewText off. The run already opens the review's own page wherever the company listing withholds the text, and turning it on only re-checks the first 30 reviews, which were complete already.
• Keep includeCompanyProfile on when you are comparing employers — the summary row's averages cover the company's entire review history, which is the honest denominator for a sample of 50 reviews.
• For trend tracking, schedule the same input daily or weekly with onlyNewReviews turned on. Because Blind lists newest first, the run stops at the first page it has already seen, so an ordinary day costs a handful of rows.
• employmentStatus reads current unless the reviewer gave an exit year, and most reviewers leave that blank — so treat the former rows as a confirmed-leaver subset rather than the whole leaver population, and use reasonResign as the corroborating signal.
• Before setting the limit to 0 on a very large employer, check its reviewCount on the company summary row. Above about 15,000 reviews, raise Timeout in the run options first, or split the company across a few capped runs.
• Power tip for attrition work: filter on employmentStatus: "former" and group by yearEnded, then read reasonResign alongside the managementRating. A cluster of low management scores in one exit year is the clearest early signal Blind offers.

Pricing

From $2.00 per 1,000 results — under the market rate for Blind review extraction, with the company summary row and the complete review text included at no extra charge. Bronze, Silver, and Gold subscribers pay progressively less; the table below shows total cost at each discount tier.

Results	No discount	Bronze	Silver	Gold
100	$0.24	$0.23	$0.22	$0.20
1,000	$2.40	$2.25	$2.15	$2.00
10,000	$24.00	$22.50	$21.50	$20.00
100,000	$240.00	$225.00	$215.00	$200.00

A "result" is any row in the output dataset — each review row counts as one result, and each company summary row counts as one result. No compute or time-based charges — you pay per result, plus a small fixed per-run start fee.

Integrations

Export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. Connect to 1,500+ apps via:

• Zapier / Make / n8n — Workflow automation
• Google Sheets — Direct spreadsheet export
• Slack / Email — Notifications on new results
• Webhooks — Trigger custom APIs on run completion
• Apify API — Full programmatic access

Legal & Ethical Use

This actor collects publicly visible, anonymous employee reviews for legitimate market research, employer benchmarking, HR analytics, and academic study. Reviews are user-generated personal opinions, not verified statements of fact — treat them as sentiment, not evidence, and do not present an individual review as a factual claim about a company or a person. Blind publishes reviews anonymously; do not attempt to identify, contact, or profile any reviewer. Users are responsible for complying with applicable laws, data-protection rules, and Blind's terms of service, including making reasonable-rate requests. Do not use collected data for spam, harassment, discrimination, or any illegal purpose.