Abstract Web Scraping API vs. Apify vs. ScraperX vs. scrapestack Comparison Chart

Apify is a web scraping and automation platform. It enables you to turn any website into an API. If you're a developer, you can setup data extraction or web automation workflow yourself. If you're not a developer, you can buy a turnkey solution. Start extracting unlimited amounts of structured data right away with our ready-to-use scraping tools or work with us to solve your unique use case. Fast, accurate results you can rely on. Scale processes, robotize tedious tasks, and speed up workflows with flexible automation software. Automation that lets you work faster and smarter than your competitors with less effort. Export scraped data in machine-readable formats like JSON or CSV. Apify lets you seamlessly integrate with your existing Zapier or Make workflows, or any other web app using API and webhooks. Smart rotation of data center and residential proxies, combined with industry-leading browser fingerprinting technology, makes Apify bots indistinguishable from humans.

Tap into our extensive pool of 35+ million datacenter and residential IP addresses across dozens of global ISPs, supporting real devices, smart retries and IP rotation. Choose from 100+ supported global locations to send your web scraping API requests or simply use random geo-targets — supporting a series of major cities worldwide. The scrapestack API was built to offer a simple REST API interface for scraping web pages at scale without having to programatically deal with geolocations, IP blocks or CAPTCHAs. The API supports a series of features essential to web scraping, such as JavaScript rendering, custom HTTP headers, various geo-targets, POST/PUT requests and an option to use premium residential proxies instead of datacenter proxies.