Apify Alternatives

Bright Data

Free trial

9.2 /10

Bright Data is the enterprise proxy infrastructure leader — 400M+ residential IPs across 195 countries. No public tier plans; product-specific pricing. Residential proxies $7-8/GB pay-as-you-go, $3.50-4/GB with monthly commits ($500-4,000+/month). Web Scraper API $0.001/record. Datasets as pre-collected data products. Fortune 500 data teams primary customer.

• Largest residential IP network — 400M+ across 195 countries with city-level targeting
• Datasets product unique — buy pre-collected web data instead of building scrapers
• Compliance team handles takedowns, DMCA, GDPR for enterprise customers

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ScraperAPI

Free trial

9 /10

ScraperAPI is the developer-friendly managed scraping API. Free trial 7 days with 1,000 credits (no credit card). Hobby at $44/month annual ($528/year) covers 100k API credits + 20 concurrent threads. Startup at $134/month annual ($1,608/year) unlocks 1M credits + 50 threads. Scaling at $427/month annual ($5,124/year) — 5M credits + 200 threads + country-level geotargeting.

• Simplest API for developers with existing scraping code — URL prefix, done
• Free trial 7 days + 1,000 credits with no credit card required
• 10% annual discount matches category norm

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Octoparse

Free plan

8.3 /10

Octoparse is the no-code GUI scraper builder for non-developers. Free at $0 covers 10 tasks + 50k row exports/month with 2 concurrent local runs. Standard at $75/month annual ($898/year) unlocks 100 tasks + 6 cloud servers + scheduling. Professional at $209/month annual ($2,499/year) jumps to 250 tasks + 16 cloud servers. Point-and-click scraper building without coding.

• No-code GUI accessible to business analysts and non-developers
• Free tier (10 tasks, 50k rows/month) is genuinely usable for occasional scraping
• Residential proxies add-on at $3/GB is cheaper than Apify ($7-8/GB)

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ParseHub

Free plan

7.5 /10

ParseHub is a no-code GUI scraper similar to Octoparse, priced higher. Free at $0 covers 5 projects and 200 pages/run. Standard at $149/month covers 20 projects and 10,000 pages/run. Professional at $499/month unlocks 120 projects with unlimited pages/run. Enterprise custom with 12-24 month contracts. Positioning caught between Octoparse's cheaper no-code and Apify's developer platform.

• Desktop app (Windows/Mac) useful for users preferring local development
• API access at Standard tier ($149/month) enables programmatic integration
• 30-day data retention on Professional is longer than some competitors

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