Octoparse vs ScrapeGraphAI
Octoparse is a No-code, while ScrapeGraphAI is an AI extraction API. Octoparse fits best for: Business users who need recurring, template-driven scraping without code and prefer a visual desktop tool. ScrapeGraphAI fits best for: Developers who want prompt-based structured extraction with the option to self-host the open-source library.
| Octoparse | ScrapeGraphAI | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | No-code | AI extraction API |
| Starting price | $69/mo | $20/mo |
| Free tier | Free forever: 10 tasks, local runs only, 1 device, up to 50K rows exported/month | 500 one-time credits, 10 req/min |
| Pricing model | subscription tiers by task count and cloud concurrency | credits |
| AI extraction | ||
| Structured JSON | ||
| JS rendering | ||
| Proxies / anti-bot | ||
| API | ||
| No-code UI | ||
| Open source | ||
| MCP server | ||
| Best for | Business users who need recurring, template-driven scraping without code and prefer a visual desktop tool. | Developers who want prompt-based structured extraction with the option to self-host the open-source library. |
| Visit Octoparse | Visit ScrapeGraphAI |
Why choose Octoparse
- Visual point-and-click workflow designer (Windows/Mac app)
- Large library of prebuilt templates
- Cloud extraction with scheduling
- IP rotation and CAPTCHA solving on paid plans
Watch out for
- Desktop app has a learning curve for complex sites
- Cloud runs and proxies require paid plans
- Not an LLM-first tool; limited schema-based AI extraction
Why choose ScrapeGraphAI
- Describe what you want in natural language, get JSON
- Open-source Python library (MIT) with graph-based pipelines
- Hosted API v2 with extract, crawl and search
- Official MCP server (mcp.scrapegraphai.com)
Watch out for
- Free credits are one-time, not monthly
- Extraction costs 5 credits per call
- Smaller company than Firecrawl/Apify; anti-bot depth less proven
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