Octoparse alternative
A simpler Octoparse alternative. One clean data API for the data you actually want, instead of a point-and-click task you build and run. One credit per successful call, and credits that never expire.
One request, real response
No task to build, no desktop app to run. You send one GET request and get clean data back in about a second. The example below is a Maps search:
You get clean JSON from the API. The same rows come back as CSV, so they drop straight into Sheets or a CRM:
Swap type=maps for news, shopping, reviews, and the rest. The key and the schema stay the same across every type.
The full record, ready to use
Every result comes complete, so you build a list or a dataset with no second call and no export step. The same business as CSV, ready for Sheets or a database:
Or the same record as JSON:
Octoparse vs CrustAPI
Octoparse is a no-code, point-and-click tool for building your own scrapers on almost any website. CrustAPI is one clean data API for the data you actually want: the whole Google menu, plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads. The difference shows up most in billing and in what you have to build.
| Octoparse | CrustAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing model | Subscription plans billed monthly or yearly by tier | One credit per successful call, nothing else to add up |
| Free tier | Free plan available with limits | 3,000 results a month, no card |
| Credit expiry | Subscription resets each cycle, used or not | Prepaid credits never expire |
| Data and output | You build a task, run it, then export the dataset as CSV, Excel, or to a database | Clean JSON in the API response, or the same rows as CSV; keep and export it |
| Setup | Point-and-click task builder you configure per site | One GET request, JSON back in about a second |
| Site coverage | General purpose, point it at almost any website | One clean data API: the whole Google menu, plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads |
| Google surfaces | You build a task per surface yourself | Search, Maps, News, Shopping, Images, Videos, Scholar, Patents, Places, Reviews, Autocomplete, Webpage |
One credit per successful call
Prepaid packs, and credits never expire: 25k for $49 · 100k for $149 · 500k for $549 · 2.5M for $1,999 · up to 250M, all self-serve, ex-tax. You pay one credit per successful call: a Maps search bills one credit per business returned, and every other search is one flat credit per query. A search that returns nothing costs nothing. No plan to size, no seat to renew, no storage fee on top.
Every Google surface, one API
One key and one schema across the whole Google menu. Each type returns clean records you can keep, with no task to build first. LinkedIn profiles and local business leads round out what CrustAPI pulls.
Related: Google Maps scraper API · Google Search API · Google News API · Google Shopping API · Docs
When Octoparse is the better pick: if you need to scrape a site CrustAPI does not cover, Octoparse points at almost any website with a visual point-and-click builder and no code. It ships templates for popular sites, runs extractions in the cloud on a schedule, and rotates IPs for you. CrustAPI is narrower on purpose. It is one clean data API for the whole Google menu, plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads, priced one way. If your work lives inside Google Search, Maps, News, Shopping, and the rest, the simple one-credit-per-call billing and the credits that never expire are the reason to switch. The two are not exclusive; plenty of teams use both.
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