Side by side
Octoparse vs SearchCans
Compare what each tool does, what it costs, and how it fits your workflow.
Designed for
The next generation of AI web scraping platform.
Pay-as-you-go SERP & Reader API for RAG. Starts at $0.56/1k.
Primary task
Web scraping
Web scraping
Pricing
Freemium · Free + from $83/mo
Paid · from $0.56
Pricing details
Free + from $83/mo
from $0.56
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
5.0 / 5 · 2 ratings
Catalog views
14k
460
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
- Starts at $0.56 per 1,000 requests (18x cheaper than SerpApi)
- Strict Pay-as-you-go (NO monthly subscriptions)
- URL to clean Markdown (Optimized for RAG & LLMs)
- Reader API Bypass Mode (98% success on difficult sites)
- Credits never expire monthly (6-month rollover)
Listed limitations
- Requires X-path writing
- Limited Integration options
- Limited free plan
- Lacks mobile compatibility
- No integrated OCR capabilities
- Requires coding knowledge (No UI interface)
- No monthly subscription plans (Pay-as-you-go only)
- Text & Markdown output only (No image generation)
- Credits expire after 6 months
- No built-in data visualization (Raw JSON only)