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Octoparse vs WebCrawler API
Compare what each tool does, what it costs, and how it fits your workflow.
Designed for
The next generation of AI web scraping platform.
Turn docs and websites into clean markdown for AI agents
Primary task
Web scraping
Web scraping
Pricing
Freemium · Free + from $83/mo
Free Trial · Trial; then from $0.002
Pricing details
Free + from $83/mo
Free + from $0.002
Billing cycle
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
API access
Listed as available
Listed as available
Platforms
Web
Web
Integrations
X / Twitter, LinkedIn, MCP
Not documented
Source rating
3.7 / 5 · 6 ratings
4.5 / 5 · 2 ratings
Catalog views
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Estimated monthly traffic
213.5K
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Catalog imported
30 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026
Listed strengths
- User-friendly no-code tool
- Custom scraping workflow design
- Visual browser presentation
- Auto-detection capability
- Automation feature included
- Turns documents into markdown
- Turns websites into markdown
- Markdown extraction feature
- Removes irrelevant elements
- Cleans structured markdown
Listed limitations
- Requires X-path writing
- Limited Integration options
- Limited free plan
- Lacks mobile compatibility
- No integrated OCR capabilities
- No free tier
- Limit on parallel requests
- Extra charge for prompts
- Not suitable for larger volumes
- No enterprise pricing details