Articles about web scraping
12 articles covering web scraping — guides, tools, comparisons, and strategies.
Website Crawler Benchmark 2026: 4 Controlled Runs
A reproducible four-run website crawler benchmark with page yield, time, cost, duplicates, limitations, and open data.
Web Scraping Statistics 2026: Usage and Crawl Benchmarks
Seventeen audited web-scraping claims and observations covering Apify platform scale, developer use, billing units and controlled crawl reliability.
Web Scraping API Pricing 2026: Four Providers Compared
Official 2026 pricing, credits, concurrency and billing rules for Apify, ScraperAPI, ScrapingBee and Bright Data. Includes a 30-claim open dataset.
BuiltWith Alternative API for Bulk Tech Stack Detection
Compare BuiltWith, Wappalyzer, and an Apify-based tech stack API for bulk website scans, Clay enrichment, CRM workflows, and sales intelligence.
2GIS Scraper: Extract Business Data at Scale (Russia, CIS)
Extract phones, emails, reviews, and addresses from 2GIS directory across 200+ cities in Russia, Kazakhstan, and CIS. $4 per 1,000 results.
Article Extractor: Clean Text from Any URL (No Boilerplate)
Extract the main article text, title, author, date and metadata from any web page. Removes ads, nav, footers. $1.50 per 1,000 extractions on Apify.
Google Maps Leads Extractor: $5/1000 vs ZoomInfo
Extract business name, address, phone, website, ratings from Google Maps at $5 per 1,000 results. Free alternative to expensive B2B data tools.
Google SERP Checker: Scrape Results for $0.002/Keyword (Not $0.10)
Extract Google search results, positions, titles, and URLs for any keyword. 50x cheaper than DataForSEO. $1.50 per 1,000 SERP checks on Apify.
Keyword Rank Tracker: Monitor Positions for $0.0025 Each
Track your keyword positions in Google search results without a $99/mo SEO tool. Pay only for what you check. $2.50 per 1,000 rank checks on Apify.
RAG Web Browser: Real-Time Web Access for AI Models
Apify RAG Web Browser fetches and cleans web pages for LLM context. Structured text output for Claude, GPT-4, and any AI that needs real-time web data.
YouTube Transcript Scraper: Extract Transcripts at Scale
Download YouTube video transcripts, subtitles, and captions for any video or channel. No YouTube API quota limits. $1.00 per 1,000 transcripts on Apify.
Apify Review 2026: Pricing, Best Actors, MCP, and Real Limits
A current Apify review with 2026 plan prices, five high-demand Actors, MCP setup, billing traps, alternatives, and a practical buying verdict.