Octoparse review: No-code web scraper with templates, cloud runs, API access and a free plan

What Octoparse does

Octoparse is a web scraping tool from Octopus Data Inc. that turns website pages into structured data. You can begin with ready-made templates, ask an AI Assistant to build a task, or use Auto-detect in the desktop app and refine the result with drag-and-drop. According to its homepage, it can navigate pages, fill in forms, log into sites and clear CAPTCHAs before returning results.

Scrapers can run on your own computer, which keeps data private, or on Octoparse Cloud. The vendor says the cloud uses a fleet of real browsers, splits large jobs into parallel subtasks, rotates IPs automatically and runs 24/7. Data can be exported as Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML files. Octoparse says it connects to AI tools, databases, cloud services and business apps, and it offers search APIs through REST API and MCP. The desktop app is offered for Windows and Mac.

Pricing is freemium. The Free plan costs $0, is free forever, needs no credit card, and includes 10 tasks, 1 device, local extraction and 50,000 rows of data export per month. Standard is $69 per month billed yearly and includes 100 tasks and up to 3 concurrent cloud processes. Professional is $249 per month billed yearly and includes 250 tasks and up to 20 concurrent cloud processes. Standard also lists task scheduling and Data Export API access. Residential proxies are an add-on at $3 per GB. Enterprise pricing is custom. All paid plans include a 5-day money-back guarantee.

• Ready-made scraping templates
• AI Assistant task building
• Auto-detect with drag-and-drop editing
• Handles forms, logins and CAPTCHAs
• Cloud runs with automatic IP rotation
• Export to Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML
• Search APIs via REST API and MCP
• Task scheduling and Data Export API access on Standard

Our take

Octoparse looks suited to people who want to collect web data without writing code. The Free plan lets an individual try local extraction with 10 tasks, and Standard adds cloud extraction, scheduling and API access for more regular work. Professional raises the task count to 250 and the concurrent cloud processes to up to 20, which suits heavier jobs. It fits less well if you need to compare monthly-billing prices, because the official pricing page states only the yearly-billed per-month figures as numbers. Residential proxies cost extra, and Enterprise requires a custom quote. This summary rests only on the vendor's official pages, so check the pricing page for current terms before buying.