Web Scraper
by apify
Crawls arbitrary websites using a web browser and extracts structured data from web pages using a provided JavaScript function. Pricing: Pay for platform usage. Apify records 125.8k users with a 4.7/5 rating.
Actor pages summarize saved Apify platform data. Listings are sorted by recorded user counts; inclusion is not a test result. Affiliate links may earn us a commission. Read our methodology or send a correction to hello@tryapify.com.
TL;DR: Web Scraper by apify is built for data extraction workflows. It has 125.8k recorded actor users. Pricing: Pay for platform usage. 4.7/5 stars.
What It Does
Crawls arbitrary websites using a web browser and extracts structured data from web pages using a provided JavaScript function. The Actor supports both recursive crawling and lists of URLs, and automatically manages concurrency for maximum performance.
Key Stats
- Users
- 125,799
- Total Runs
- 181,694,510
- Pricing
- Pay for platform usage
- Rating
- View on Apify →
Quick Answers
Teams that need a ready-made data extraction actor and want to compare pricing, reviews, and actor activity before running it.
Test a small run first, export the sample output, then decide whether the pricing model works for your volume.
apify/web-scraper
Pay for platform usage
Related Docs
Apify tutorial: sign up and run your first scraper in 5 minutes
Step-by-step Apify tutorial for beginners. Create an account, open the Console, run your first actor, and export clean data. No code required.
Read guide →Scraping Dynamic Websites
How to scrape JavaScript-rendered websites using Playwright and Puppeteer. Learn browser automation, wait strategies, and handling single-page apps for dynamic scraping.
Read guide →Apify API: get your token and run actors from Python or JavaScript
How to use the Apify API: get your token, install the Python or JS client, start actor runs, and pull datasets into your app. Code examples included.
Read guide →Common Questions
What is Web Scraper?
Crawls arbitrary websites using a web browser and extracts structured data from web pages using a provided JavaScript function. The Actor supports both recursive crawling and lists of URLs, and automatically manages concurrency for maximum performance.
How much does Web Scraper cost?
Pricing: Pay for platform usage. Saved event rates may exclude other events and platform charges. See the actor pricing on Apify before running it.
Is Web Scraper free?
Apify platform usage or actor charges may apply. Pricing: Pay for platform usage. Check the current actor terms and your plan before running it.
How to use Web Scraper?
Open Web Scraper on Apify, configure the input for the data you want to scrape, run the actor, and export the results when the run completes.
We earn commission from qualifying purchases. This does not affect our ratings.
Related Tools
Cheerio Scraper
Crawls websites using raw HTTP requests, parses the HTML with the Cheerio library, and extracts data from the pages using a Node.js code. Supports both recursive crawling and lists of URLs. This actor is a high-performance alternative to apify/web-scraper for websites that do not require JavaScript.
Playwright Scraper
Crawls websites with the headless Chromium, Chrome, or Firefox browser and Playwright library using a provided server-side Node.js code. Supports both recursive crawling and a list of URLs. Supports login to a website.
Puppeteer Scraper
Crawls websites with the headless Chrome and Puppeteer library using a provided server-side Node.js code. This crawler is an alternative to apify/web-scraper that gives you finer control over the process. Supports both recursive crawling and list of URLs. Supports login to website.
Download HTML from URLs
This actor takes a list of URLs and downloads HTML of each page.