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Nick Davies
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Web Scraper — 122K Users Can't Be Wrong

Are you spending hours writing custom scrapers? There's probably an actor for that already.

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.

Quick Stats

Detail Info
Developer Apify
Rating 4.6/5 (92 reviews)
Active Users 122K
Pricing Free
Categories developer tools, open source

Why Use It?

  • No code required — configure inputs, click run, get structured data
  • Cloud-hosted — no servers to manage, no proxies to configure
  • API access — integrate results directly into your apps and pipelines
  • Scheduled runs — automate daily, hourly, or weekly data collection

Get Started

Try Web Scraper on Apify — every new account gets $5/month in free credits.


This is part of a series highlighting the best tools from our directory of 26,000+ Apify actors. If you're building data pipelines, AI applications, or automation workflows, check it out.

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