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Best WebHarvy Alternative in 2025: Why ScraperAPI Outperforms

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Best WebHarvy Alternative

Trusted by 10,000+ web scraping and data teams who switched from solutions like WebHarvy for a smarter, more scalable, and cost-efficient alternative.

Quick Overview

About ScraperAPI

ScraperAPI is a powerful and efficient web scraping API and tool designed to empower developers, data scientists, and businesses with reliable data extraction at scale.

  • Achieves 95%+ success rate even on Javascript-intensive and heavily secured sites
  • Pricing based solely on successful requests avoids unnecessary costs and hidden charges
  • Integrated proxy rotation removes the need for third-party proxy services
  • Provides JS rendering, CAPTCHA handling, and worldwide geotargeting
  • Receive data as structured outputs like JSON, CSV, Text, and Markdown formats.
  • Around-the-clock technical support delivers expert help with response times under one hour

About WebHarvy

WebHarvy is a visual web scraping software that uses a point-and-click method to extract data, so users don’t need to write code.

  • One-time life purchase with no recurring charges; however, to enable future software upgrades requires separate one-time purchases. 
  • Can only run on Windows OS, will require setting up third-party handlers on a Mac OS.
  • Requires manual proxy setup by the user increasing complexity and configuration time.
  • Users have to manually highlight data to be scraped from the web.
  • Offer technical support only on a per-project basis, further assistance will demand separate charges.

Why Choose ScraperAPI Over WebHarvy

If you need a cost-effective, developer-friendly, and highly scalable web scraping solution, ScraperAPI offers significant advantages over WebHarvy. While WebHarvy’s one-time purchase might appear budget-friendly initially, accessing essential software upgrades requires additional payments, potentially leaving you vulnerable to bugs without fixes. 

In contrast, ScraperAPI’s monthly subscription model allows you to pay only when you actively scrape, that way, you always have the latest technology at your disposal. Also, instead of relying on local installations that take up memory space and point-and-click setups, ScraperAPI automates the entire process, from proxy rotation and CAPTCHA solving to content rendering. 

All plans come with premium proxies, JSON auto parsing, rotating proxies pool, unlimited bandwidth, and more. 

So, how do our prices and features compare to WebHarvy?

Pricing Overview

Features

API Credits

Javascript Rendering

 

Browser Automation

 

Access to Premium Proxies

IP Rotation

Built-in Geotargeting

CAPTCHA Handling

 

 

Data Output

Scraped Pages per Run

 

 

Concurrency thread limit

 

Scheduling features

Support

Price

ScraperAPI’s Business Plan

3,000,000 API Credits

✅

 

✅

 

✅

✅

150+ countries

✅

 

 

JSON, CSV, Text, Markdown, HTML, XML

Unlimited

 

 

100 concurrent threads

 

✅

Around-the-clock expert assistance

 

$299 (Monthly)

WebHarvy 4 Users License

Single Lifetime Purchase

Handles basic JavaScript but struggles with complex websites

Click-based automation but only within the program

❌

❌

❌

Limited capability. Relies on integration with third-party CAPTCHA-solving services

XLSX, CSV, JSON, XML

 

Unlimited, but can only handle scraping from a maximum of 4 computers simultaneously

Relies on your computer’s resources to handle concurrency

❌

Expert assistance limited to 1 year and 1 project only. Further support will demand more charges

$359 (Lifetime purchase)

Save Yourself the Stress of Manually Scraping Webpages

ScraperAPI retrieves the full webpage, whether as raw HTML or rendered with Javascript, giving you full access to all the data on the page. From there, you can use further parsing or tools like BeautifulSoup to target and extract the specific information you need instantly. 

To achieve this with WebHarvy will require manually searching, clicking, highlighting and then writing out the exact location of the data you need before scraping. You also have to do the same for every other specific data you need to scrape from each webpage.

Utilize ScraperAPI’s Premium Proxies, Automated IP Rotations and CAPTCHA Management

With ScraperAPI, you don’t have to worry about getting blocked. It dynamically uses a pool of premium proxies, changes IPs, and handles CAPTCHAs for you. That way, you get the data you need reliably and without any hiccups, even from websites with tough anti-scraping measures.

  • Reliability: Premium proxies are maintained and optimized by ScraperAPI. Each request originates from a fresh IP, reducing the risk of getting blocked by target sites. The best part is that ScraperAPI handles all these dynamically for you behind the scenes, so you never have to worry about your data not getting back to you safely and completely.
  • Reduced Maintenance: By managing proxies and CAPTCHAs automatically, ScraperAPI removes the need for manual oversight and third-party integrations, letting you focus on data collection rather than the complexities of proxy management.
  • High Efficiency: CAPTCHA management enables swift navigation through sites with anti-bot measures. This means your scraping tasks continue uninterrupted, delivering consistent and reliable data extraction even from heavily protected websites.

Access to Regularly Updated Documentation

WebHarvy’s documentation is filled with outdated image-based “How to” guides that no longer reflect modern website structures, security, and styling. Websites are constantly evolving, and WebHarvy’s static examples make them less useful, forcing you, as a user, to manually troubleshoot and adapt, slowing down data extraction time.

In contrast, ScraperAPI’s documentation is rich with helpful modern tutorials that are easy to understand, regularly updated and continuously adapted to current web standards.

Easy, Safe, and Swift Billing Options

WebHarvy mainly accepts payment via Stripe. If you want to pay with a credit card or some other payment channel, you’ll have to go through FastSpring, which is a third-party website. Sharing payment details through third-party handlers can expose you to serious financial risks. 

Unlike WebHarvy, ScraperAPI provides safe, fast, and reliable billing channels through the following options:

  • PayPal
  • Wire Transfer  
  • American Express 
  • MasterCard 
  • VISA

24/7 Technical Support

ScraperAPI provides around-the-clock customer support to every user, regardless of their pricing tier. They also offer a dedicated Slack support channel and an account manager for clients that require scraping needs above 5,000,000 API credits. 

WebHarvy, however, only provides technical support for a year, and support services are limited to one project per support ticket. If you need technical support in scraping diverse data from different niche sites, you will have to pay extra support charges per project.

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ScraperAPI vs WebHarvy: What's Different

Let’s take a closer look at the key features of both ScraperAPI and WebHarvy, compare them side-by-side, and explain what each feature means when it comes to web scraping:

FeatureScraperAPIWebHarvyKey Difference
API Credits1 credit = 1 normal request; cost varies by domain.No credits, unlimited scraping, so long as the software doesn’t need an upgrade or fixScraperAPI uses a credit-based system whereby usage varies by website; popular sites like Amazon and Linkedin use up more credits.WebHarvy doesn’t offer a credit-based system, rather, it requires a single lifetime payment to use the software.
Concurrent Thread LimitsCloud-based; offers from 20 to 200+ Concurrent threadsDepends solely on your computer’s resources. It can run on cloud platforms like AWS and Azure but will require further expenses from your endScraperAPI’s cloud-based feature allows it to handle higher levels of concurrency (scrape multiple web pages simultaneously). For WebHarvy, the number of concurrent threads available depends on your system’s hardware (CPU, RAM, network, etc.) or the amount of compute power you purchase from cloud providers. 
User LimitNo limit. Any number of users can scrape freely from different IP addresses so long as they all scrape through a paid account.Scraping on multiple computers is limited, depending on the license tier, with a cap of 4 users. Offers unlimited user access for its most expensive license. ScraperAPI offers a flexible approach whereby your plan and API credits can be used by whomever and wherever so long as they have your API key. WebHarvy’s option is restricting and narrow.
Data DeliveryReturns structured data in real-time through API calls and webhooks, allowing you to integrate it directly into your applications. Does not offer real-time data delivery through API calls or webhooks, you have to manually export the scraped data.Whereas ScraperAPI provides instant data delivery to your applications, WebHarvy requires manually exporting scraped to whichever application you need to use it for.
Free Plan1,000 free API credits per month15 days free trial period.Both offer free plans, but WebHarvy’s plan is limited to scraping data from only the first two pages of a site.

For a Low-Code Alternative, Try ScraperAPI’s DataPipeline

ScraperAPI also offers a no-code visual interface for point-and-click data extraction. Unlike WebHarvy, DataPipeline comes with the scalability and ease of automation ScraperAPI provides. With DataPipeline, you can avoid writing complex code, stop maintaining your own scraper, and save yourself on engineering costs. Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll be getting when you use DataPipeline: 

  • Webhooks & API integration to automate data delivery directly into your systems.
  • Scheduling features to run extractions at set intervals—no manual triggering needed.
  • Integration with ScraperAPI’s structured data endpoints, ensuring data is formatted and ready to use
  • The full power of ScraperAPI, including automated proxy rotation, CAPTCHA solving, and JavaScript rendering.

DataPipeline offers automated scraping, eliminating the manual limitations and local constraints of WebHarvy.

You can skip the manual exports and complex setup. DataPipeline automates data delivery through webhooks and APIs, scales to handle massive projects, and simplifies scraping with its low-code interface.

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Enterprise Features Without the Price Tag

Dedicated Account Manager

Your account manager will be there any time your team needs a helping hand.

Professional support

Premium Support

Enterprise customers* get dedicated Slack channels for direct communication with engineers and support.

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100% Compliant

All data collected and provided to customers are ethically obtained and compliant with all applicable laws.

IP locatations

Global Data Coverage

Your account manager will be there any time your team needs a helping hand.

Integration tutorials

Powerful Scraping Tools

All our tools are designed to simplify the scraping process and collect mass-scale data without getting blocked.

Designed for Scale

Scale your data pipelines while keeping a near-perfect success rate.

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Simple, Powerful, Reliable Data Collection That Just Works

Web data collection doesn’t have to be complicated. With ScraperAPI, you can access the data you need without worrying about proxies, browsers, or CAPTCHA handling.

Our powerful scraping infrastructure handles the hard parts for you, delivering reliable results with success rates of nearly 99.99%.

Extract Clean, Structured Data from Any Website in Seconds

No more struggling with messy HTML and complex parsing. ScraperAPI transforms any website into clean, structured data formats you can immediately use.

 

Our structured data endpoints automatically convert popular sites like Amazon, Google, Walmart, and eBay into ready-to-use JSON or CSV, with no parsing required on your end.

 

Instead of spending hours writing custom parsers that break whenever websites change, get consistent, reliable data with a single API call.

EXPLORE STRUCTURED ENDPOINTS
Auto Parsing​

Test it yourself

Python
import requests

payload = {
    'api_key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'url': 'https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Unlocked-Smartphone-High-Res-Manufacturer/dp/B0DCLCPN9T/?th=1',
    'country': 'us',
    'output_format': 'text'
}


response = requests.get('https://api.scraperapi.com/', params=payload)
product_data = response.text

with open('product.text', 'w') as f:
    f.write(product_data)
    f.close()

Feed Your LLMs with Perfect Web Data, Zero Cleaning Required

Training AI models requires massive amounts of high-quality data. The problem is that web content is often too messy and unstructured for models to make sense of it.

 

ScraperAPI solves this with our output_format parameter. It automatically converts web pages into clean Text or Markdown formats, which is perfectly suited for LLM training.

 

Simply add "output_format=text" or "output_format=markdown" to your request, and we’ll strip away irrelevant elements while preserving the meaningful content your models need.

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Collect Data at Scale Without Writing a Single Line of Code

Set up large-scale scraping jobs with our intuitive visual interface. All you have to do is:

 

  • Upload your target URLs
  • Choose your settings
  • Schedule when you want your data collected

DataPipeline handles everything from there: proxy rotation, CAPTCHA solving, retries, and delivering your data where you need it via webhooks or downloadable files.

 

Scale up to 10,000 URLs per project while our infrastructure manages the technical complexity, or use its dedicated endpoints to add even more control to your existing projects.

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ScraperAPI geotargeting

See Websites Exactly as Local Users Do with Global Geotargetting

Many websites show different content based on where and how you’re accessing them, which limits your ability to collect comprehensive, quality data.

 

With ScraperAPI’s geotargeting capabilities, you can access websites from over 150 countries through our network of 150M+ proxies and see exactly what local users see.

 

Simply add a country_code parameter to your request, and ScraperAPI will automatically route your request through the appropriate location with no complex proxy setup required.

 

Uncover region-specific pricing, product availability, search results, and local content that would otherwise be invisible to your standard scraping setup.

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All the Data You Need. One Place to Find It

Automate your entire scraping project with us, or select a solution that fits your business goals.

Residential Proxies

Proxy Management

Integrate our proxy pool with your in-house scrapers or our Scraping API to unlock any website.

  • 40M+ IPs
  • 99.99% Uptime
  • Geotargeting
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Scraping Solutions

Easily scrape data, automate rendering, bypass obstacles, and parse product search results quickly and efficiently.

  • JS rendering
  • Smart IP Rotation
  • Amazon / Walmart Scraper
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Hosted Scraper

Put ecommerce data collection on autopilot without writing a single line of code.

  • Visual interface
  • Built-in scheduler
  • Ready-to-use templates
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What Our Customers
Are Saying

One of the most frustrating parts of automated web scraping is constantly dealing with IP blocks and CAPTCHAs. ScraperAPI gets this task off of your shoulders.

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The team at ScraperAPI was so patient in helping us debug our first scraper. Thanks for being super passionate and awesome!
Cristina Saavedra
Cristina SaavedraOptimization Director at SquareTrade
A dead simple API plus a generous free tier are hard to beat. ScraperAPI is a good example of how developer experience can make a difference in a crowded category.
Ilya Sukhar
Ilya SukharFounder of Parse, Partner at YCombinator
I researched a lot of scraping tools and am glad I found ScraperAPI. It has low cost and great tech support. They always respond within 24 hours when I need any help with the product.
Alexander Zharkov
Alexander ZharkovFullstack Javascript Developer
BigCommerce

Simple Pricing. No Surprises.

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Hobby

Ideal for small projects or personal use.

Hobby

$49

/ month

$44

/ month, billed annually

  • 100,000 API Credits
  • 20 Concurrent Threads
  • US & EU Geotargeting
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Startup

Great for small teams and advanced users.

Startup

$149

/ month

$134

/ month, billed annually

  • 1,000,000 API Credits
  • 50 Concurrent Threads
  • US & EU Geotargeting
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Business

Perfect for small-medium businesses.

Business

$299

/ month

$269

/ month, billed annually

  • 3,000,000 API Credits
  • 100 Concurrent Threads
  • All Geotargeting
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Scaling

Most popular

Perfect for teams looking to scale their operations.

Business

$475

/ month

$427

/ month, billed annually

  • 5,000,000 API Credits
  • 200 Concurrent Threads
  • All Geotargeting
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Enterprise

Need more than 5,000,000 API Credits with all premium features, premium support and an account manager?

  • 5,000,000+ API credits and 200+ Concurrent Threads
  • Dedicated Account Manager
  • Slack Support
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Frequently Asked Questions

No. WebHarvy works primarily on Windows. To use it on a Mac, you’ll need a virtualization software like Parallels or Boot Camp. This adds a layer of complexity, which can potentially impact performance. While functional, it’s not a native Mac experience, and you should consider resource allocation for smooth operation.

ScraperAPI is better for large-scale scraping due to its cloud-based infrastructure and ability to handle high concurrency. WebHarvy’s manual point-and-click scraping method makes it unreliable for large-scale scraping. For extensive data extraction, ScraperAPI’s design also reduces bottlenecks, allowing you to efficiently handle massive datasets.

ScraperAPI’s headless browser technology makes it more effective at handling JavaScript rendering compared to WebHarvy. The latter does interact with some JavaScript but struggles with complex, client-side rendering. If you do attempt to use WebHarvy for JavaScript-heavy sites there’s a high probability it might return incomplete or inaccurate data.

ScraperAPI automates proxy management and IP rotation, while WebHarvy requires manual proxy setup and management. ScraperAPI’s automated proxy management and IP rotation adapt to real-time blocking patterns. This means it’s not just rotating proxies but intelligently selecting and adapting to avoid modern anti-scraping measures. WebHarvy, however, leaves it all up to you.

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