You get structured rows (JSON, CSV or a spreadsheet) from one or more web pages by naming the fields you want in plain language or by giving example pages, instead of writing CSS or XPath selectors.
An AI web scraper lets a language model work out where the data sits on a page. You describe the fields, give a few example URLs, or let the tool detect them, and you get structured output back. The five tools here split into two groups. Apify's AI Web Scraper and Browse AI's Table Studio run from a web dashboard with no code: you type a prompt or review a table the AI proposed. Oxylabs, ScraperAPI and ZenRows add AI parsing to scraping APIs, which suits developers and automation builders. When comparing them, look at how you tell the tool what to extract, whether results arrive as a file or through an API, how multi-page crawls are handled, and how credits or per-page fees add up. The steps show a first run of Apify's AI Web Scraper. All facts come from the vendors' official pages, checked on 2026-10-20.
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Apify's AI Web Scraper takes a plain-language prompt and includes the AI tokens in its price; Browse AI has a 50-credit free plan, and its Professional plan lists 10 users.
Its AI Web Scraper takes start URLs and a plain-language prompt, then returns structured fields per page. Apify says no programming knowledge is needed and no separate LLM subscription is required.
When to pick it: If you want to type what you need and get a table back, without installing anything or holding an AI provider key.
Table Studio points an AI agent at a URL; it proposes tables and columns with sample rows, and you add columns with plain-language instructions before saving the robot for scheduled runs.
When to pick it: If you want to review and approve the table the AI builds, then monitor the page or sync it to Google Sheets.
Oxylabs describes OxyCopilot as an assistant for its Web Scraper API that turns natural-language prompts into parsing instructions and request payloads, returning listed or nested data as JSON.
When to pick it: If a developer will call a scraping API and you want prompts to replace hand-written parsers.
Its AI Parser builds a custom parser from up to 3 example URLs of the same page type, then returns structured data for any similar page on that domain.
When to pick it: If you scrape many pages with one layout, such as product pages, and already use an API.
Adding extract=auto to a request returns the page's meaningful fields as typed JSON with no selectors or schema. ZenRows says extraction adapts when a site changes its layout.
When to pick it: If you work from code or the CLI and the sites you need are on its prepared-domain list.
None of these tools has a free plan.
| Criterion | Apify | Browse AI | Oxylabs | ScraperAPI | ZenRows | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How you tell it what to extract | Plain-language prompt that runs on every page source | AI proposes columns from a URL; extra columns from plain-language instructions source | Natural-language prompts in OxyCopilot source | Up to 3 example URLs of one page type; you can specify fields source | Nothing to describe: fields are detected automatically on prepared domains source | |
| Coding needed | No — input form in Apify Console source | No — web dashboard source | Vendor says minimal programming knowledge; data is delivered through an API source | Yes — parsers are created and used through API endpoints source | Yes for regular use (API, SDK or CLI); the dashboard playground runs the default extraction source | |
| Output | Structured fields plus page Markdown; export JSON, CSV, Excel, XML and more source | Table; CSV or JSON export; Google Sheets and Airtable sync source | JSON source | Structured data from the parse endpoint source | Typed JSON together with the raw HTML source | |
| More than one page | Scout and Agentic modes use the site's sitemap; capped by maxPagesToVisit source | You set a maximum list size; pages are chained with workflows source | Not stated on official site | One parser works on any similar page of the same domain source | Not stated on official site | |
| Free plan or trial | Free plan: $5 to spend per month, no credit card source | Free plan: 50 credits per month source | $5 of welcome credits toward any product source | 7-day trial with 5,000 API credits, no credit card; first parser free source | Free plan: 5,000 credits per month, no card source | |
| From (official pricing) | AI Web Scraper from $20.00 per 1,000 page extractions; Starter plan $19/month + pay as you go source | Personal $19 per month billed annually; $48 per month on monthly billing source | Starter $30/mo; AI parsing $3.00 per 1K parsed pages source | Hobby $49/month (100,000 API credits); each extra parser costs 30,000 API credits source | Build $16/mo with 45K credits/month source |
Facts from the vendors' official pages, checked on the date in the last column. Prices are what the vendor published on that date.
Sign up on apify.com. The Free plan costs $0, includes $5 per month to spend in Apify Store or on your own Actors, and does not ask for a credit card.
In Apify Store, open AI Web Scraper (apify/ai-web-scraper), which is maintained by Apify, and click Try for free. The input form opens in Apify Console.
Enter one or more Start URLs (required). In the prompt, name each field you want, for example product name, price in USD and rating, and say what to return when a field is missing. Refer to visible labels or button text, not colors. With no prompt, the Actor returns each page as Markdown.
Single page (the default) reads only your Start URLs. Scout uses the site's sitemap to find relevant pages and returns their Markdown without fields. Agentic also uses the sitemap, opens item pages and returns one record per item. For Scout and Agentic, set maxPagesToVisit (default 100, applied per Start URL).
Click Save & Start. When the run finishes, the extracted data appears in the Output tab.
View the results as a table, click Export, choose a format (JSON, CSV, XML, Excel, HTML table, RSS or JSONL) and download. Rename the dataset if you want to keep it, because unnamed datasets expire after 7 days.
Use Apify's built-in scheduler for repeat runs. The platform also connects to Zapier, Make, n8n, Google Sheets and Google Drive, and webhooks can trigger an action when a run ends.
Several have free allowances. Apify's Free plan includes $5 of usage per month without a credit card, and its AI Web Scraper is billed from $20.00 per 1,000 page extractions. Browse AI's Free plan gives 50 credits per month. ZenRows' Free plan gives 5,000 credits per month.
Browse AI still offers a Chrome extension, but its help center recommends it only when Table Studio (AI training) and Robot Studio (visual training) cannot train a site. Both of those run from the Browse AI dashboard.
Yes. Apify documents a Python API client that starts an Actor and reads its dataset. ScraperAPI's AI Parser quickstart includes Python examples, and ZenRows lists a Python SDK alongside Node and Go.
Apify's AI Web Scraper returns each page as Markdown when you leave the prompt empty, and its Scout mode returns only the relevant pages with their Markdown. ZenRows' Extract returns typed JSON, and its CLI can also output a page as Markdown.
Apify says its platform integrates with Zapier, Make, n8n, Google Sheets and Google Drive, and that you can embed the AI Web Scraper in an n8n workflow. ZenRows also lists n8n, Make and Zapier among its integrations.
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