Web scraping tools
Scraping APIs, platforms and no-code tools for extracting data from websites. Ranked by how often ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode name each brand, cite its site and put it first when answering 18 buyer-intent questions.
Ranking
Firecrawl scored highest in this run at 39.4: named in 39% of answers and cited in 46%.
| # | Brand | Score | Mentioned | Cited | Avg. position | vs 2026-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Firecrawl | 39.4 | 39% | 46% | 1.81 | ▲ 1 |
| 2 | Bright Data | 38.9 | 44% | 35% | 2.5 | ▼ 1 |
| 3 | Apify | 27.8 | 31% | 28% | 3.12 | = |
| 4 | Octoparse | 20.1 | 24% | 13% | 2.31 | ▲ 1 |
| 5 | ScrapingBee | 19.4 | 22% | 19% | 2.92 | ▼ 1 |
| 6 | Zyte | 17.9 | 20% | 15% | 2.09 | = |
| 7 | ZenRows | 16.3 | 20% | 11% | 3.09 | ▲ 3 |
| 8 | Oxylabs | 16.2 | 20% | 11% | 3.18 | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | ScraperAPI | 14.4 | 15% | 17% | 2.13 | = |
| 10 | Browse AI | 13.8 | 17% | 9% | 2 | ▼ 2 |
| 11 | Browserless | 8.3 | 7% | 13% | 2.5 | ▲ 1 |
| 12 | ParseHub | 5.9 | 9% | 0% | 4 | ▼ 1 |
| 13 | Browserbase | 4 | 4% | 6% | 2 | = |
| 14 | Diffbot | 2.4 | 4% | 0% | 3 | = |
| 15 | Crawlbase | 0 | 0% | 0% | – | = |
By engine
Share of each engine's answers that name the brand.
| Brand | ChatGPT | Gemini | Google AI Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firecrawl | 44% | 50% | 22% |
| Bright Data | 50% | 44% | 39% |
| Apify | 44% | 33% | 17% |
| Octoparse | 6% | 44% | 22% |
| ScrapingBee | 17% | 39% | 11% |
| Zyte | 22% | 39% | 0% |
| ZenRows | 11% | 39% | 11% |
| Oxylabs | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| ScraperAPI | 6% | 22% | 17% |
| Browse AI | 22% | 11% | 17% |
| Browserless | 6% | 17% | 0% |
| ParseHub | 0% | 17% | 11% |
| Browserbase | 6% | 6% | 0% |
| Diffbot | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| Crawlbase | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Prompts used
Each prompt was sent once to every engine, as written:
- What is the best web scraping API?
- Best no-code web scraping tool
- Best tool to scrape JavaScript-heavy websites
- Best web scraping tool for turning websites into LLM-ready markdown
- Best scraping API that handles CAPTCHAs and blocks
- Cheapest web scraping API for millions of pages
- Best headless browser service for scraping
- Best web scraping platform for ecommerce price monitoring
- Which web scraping tool is easiest for non-developers?
- Best Python-friendly scraping API
- Best web crawler for building a RAG knowledge base
- Best tool for scraping Amazon product data
- Best managed web scraping service for enterprises
- Best web scraping tool with scheduling and monitoring
- Best scraping tool for AI agents
- Best web data extraction API with structured output
- Which web scraping tool has the best free plan?
- Best alternative to building and maintaining your own scrapers
Run these prompts for your own brand
The answers behind this table came from the AnswerLine API. Every new account gets 100 free requests on any engine, no card.
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