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Best Cloud Web Scraper Tools: Top 6 Reviewed and Compared
Web scraping allows businesses and individuals to collect data from different websites in minutes. This is undoubtedly much more convenient than browsing websites and writing down every important piece of info manually. ✍️
Businesses that want to effortlessly extract vast amounts of data from various websites without hiccups often turn to cloud web scraping. As you can find plenty of cloud web scraper solutions with varying features on the market, picking the right one could be challenging.
To help you make the best choice, our team shortlisted six fantastic cloud web scrapers offering extensive data extraction features. To ensure objectivity, we employed a unique approach:
TL;DR
- The best cloud web scraper for GTM teams is Clay, which combines AI-powered scraping (Claygent), a Chrome extension, 150+ data provider integrations, and data enrichment in one platform.
- Key factors when choosing a cloud web scraper: ease of use, transparent pricing, and whether the tool goes beyond scraping to support enrichment and outreach.
- Cloud web scrapers run on remote infrastructure, so they scale easily, work from any device, and handle proxy management and CAPTCHA bypassing without local resource drain.
- All six tools reviewed (Clay, ParseHub, Scrapestack, Oxylabs, Bright Data, ScraperAPI) offer free plans or trials, but only Clay extends into data enrichment and message personalization.
How to Choose the Best Cloud Web Scraper
It's worth keeping in mind that each cloud web scraper offers a unique feature set, so what works for someone else may not work for you. To ensure you're making an informed decision, consider the following factors:
What Are the Benefits of a Cloud Web Scraper?
Before diving into reviews, let's explain why you should consider a cloud web scraper in the first place. As its name says, a cloud web scraper leverages cloud servers to extract data. The scraping process takes place in a cloud-based infrastructure instead of your computer.
Here's an overview of the benefits you'll enjoy with cloud-based web scraping:
Top 6 Cloud Web Scraper Tools: Comprehensive Reviews
Here's our list of the best cloud scraping tools to explore:
1. Clay
If you want to scrape data from different websites and gather high-quality data for building lead lists, researching the market, or another purpose, Clay's the way to go.
The platform features a Chrome extension that can help you pull data from any website, and setting it up requires only a few steps:
In many cases, Clay's extension uses auto-detection or other people's mappings to understand the page, so the scraping process is fully automated. When that doesn't happen, you can quickly select the desired data and add it to your Clay table. 📂
While the extension is impressive, Clay's revolutionary feature is Claygent, an AI web scraper that does the scraping work for you! You use a prompt to tell Claygent what data you need, and it will search every corner of the internet to retrieve it. Gather info on individuals and companies using simple prompts, such as:
You'll need your OpenAPI key to use Claygent, but you can install it within the app in a few steps. You don't trust Claygent just yet? Check the logic behind every answer and be confident of its accuracy.
As Clay integrates with over 50 data providers, the amount of data you can get your hands on is essentially unlimited. This also means you can save yourself from purchasing dozens of subscriptions for specific data providers. 💰
With Clay, you can save time and focus on other valuable tasks with the help of scraping templates for specific tasks, such as:
While Clay offers many templates for different purposes, some users would appreciate additional choices for an entirely hassle-free experience.
Flexible and transparent pricing is another perk. Try the free plan to explore Clay's features. If you like what you see, opt for one of the four paid plans:
✔️ Chrome extension for scraping data from websites
✔️ Claygent, AI web scraper for seamless data extraction
✔️ Data enrichment capabilities
✔️ Scraping templates
2. ParseHub
ParseHub is a powerful cloud-based web scraper that can help you get data from any website. Installing the scraper is straightforward:
ParseHub can scrape any website, no matter how outdated, laggy, or complex. It can open drop-down lists, search through forms, and effortlessly scrape from websites with infinite scrolls and tabs.
If you need to scrape only specific data points (and not the entire page), you can click on the desired data, and ParseHub will extract it. The platform employs advanced screening processes to understand webpage hierarchy, so it will extract the data as is.
ParseHub is equipped with automatic IP rotation to guarantee your anonymity, help you bypass captchas and bans, and pick up on accurate data from various sources.
Another convenient option is scheduled collection: choose when you want ParseHub to extract data to automate the scraping process and always have fresh information at your disposal.
In terms of pricing, ParseHub features a free plan and three paid plans:
As for user reviews, many people mention the platform's ease of setup and helpful customer service. A potential drawback often mentioned in reviews is pricing. Considering the platform focuses only on data scraping, its plans are quite expensive.
✔️ Easy to set up
✔️ IP rotation
✔️ Schedule collection
✔️ Helpful customer service
3. Scrapestack
Scrapestack is a REST API service that lets you scrape any website and extract its full HTML content without worrying about geo-targeting, proxies, and CAPTCHA.
The platform is easy to use:
As the service is built on APIlayer cloud infrastructure, scalability is no issue. The service can handle millions of API requests per day, making it suitable for those who want to scrape vast amounts of data.
With over 35 million datacenter and residential IP addresses and 100+ global locations, the platform allows users to avoid IP blocks and server overload and access geo-restricted content. A convenient option is concurrent API requests: there's no need to wait for one API request to complete before sending a new one. Thanks to this, users can boost efficiency and quickly scrape data.
As far as pricing goes, Scrapestack offers a free forever plan to get a feel for the platform. You can later opt for one of the four paid plans:
In terms of drawbacks, it's important to mention the limited free plan. Users get 100 requests and standard proxies, with no customer support.
✔️ Easy to use
✔️ Over 35 million IP addresses
✔️ 100+ global locations
✔️ Concurrent API requests
4. Oxylabs
Oxylabs features advanced scraping solutions for businesses of all sizes and has over 100 million residential proxies. The platform's web scraping API is a maintenance-free infrastructure with options that overcome CAPTCHA and IP blocks. This API can deliver an HTML code of a desired page complete with JavaScript rendering (for websites that use JavaScript for dynamic content loading).
With Oxlabs web scraping API, you can extract data for various use cases, from real estate and travel to automotive purposes. Users can gather the latest prices for specific flights, retrieve vehicle specifications, or investigate properties in only a few clicks.
The API is equipped with options such as:
Besides a web scraper, Oxylabs offers a SERP scraper API and an e-commerce scraper API.
As far as pricing goes, you have three options:
The platform also has special plans suitable for enterprises, and the prices start at $499/month. Unfortunately, Oxylabs doesn't offer a free plan. You can try out its features during a seven-day trial, but you'll have to subscribe after that.
High pricing is one of the most frequently mentioned potential drawbacks. Users say that it's more expensive compared to other available proxies, but it does the job.
✔️ Over 100 million residential proxies
✔️ Machine learning-based proxy management
✔️ CAPTCHA bypass
✔️ Scraping scheduler
5. Bright Data Web Scraper APIs
Bright Data offers several scraping solutions, with Web Scraper APIs being the newest addition. This cloud-based service is designed for developers and allows effortless and efficient scraping for various uses, from market trend analysis to benchmarking and sentiment extraction.
The web scraping solution has impressive data discovery features that automatically detect data structures and patterns to guarantee targeted extraction with minimal involvement on your end.
Thanks to bulk request handling, the service can handle large-scale scraping tasks with zero issues. It optimizes data collection without server overload, so it's ideal for users who need to extract vast amounts of data on a regular basis. The service is equipped with options for avoiding CAPTCHAs and blocks, so you don't have to worry about your scraping processes being interrupted.
Web Scraper APIs let you download your data through API delivery or Webhooks or in the following file formats:
The pricing is just as flexible. It starts from $0.001 per record. You can also take advantage of a free trial to see if the solution fits your workflows.
Regarding user reviews, many mention the platform's extensive options and helpful customer support. A potential red flag to consider is that getting used to the scraper takes some time. If you need the information yesterday, Bright Data Web Scraper APIs aren't the best fit. ⌛
✔️ Data discovery options
✔️ Ideal for large-scale scraping
✔️ Numerous data download options
✔️ Helpful customer support
💡 Did you know? Bright Data integrates with Clay, so you can enjoy both platforms' functionalities without compromises. 😍
6. ScraperAPI
ScraperAPI is a low-code solution for scraping any public website. Features like advanced anti-bot bypassing, IP and headers rotation, CAPTCHA handling, and fingerprint management give you quick and easy access to the desired data and eliminate the risk of interruptions and issues.
The service has advanced geotargeting functionalities to help users retrieve the right data from any website. They can use proxies from the desired country by simply entering a code. With over 40 million proxies in 50+ countries to choose from, users will easily find the right option and scrape the required data.
ScraperAPI helps you scrape dynamic data without relying on resource-intensive headless browsers. By adding render=true to your payload, you'll effortlessly render JavaScript pages and reduce development time.
The service also supports concurrent threads, allowing you to run multiple requests simultaneously.
If you're interested in ScraperAPI, you can test it for free for seven days. If you like it, opt for one of the following plans:
All plans include JS rendering, proxy rotation, CAPTCHA and anti-bot detection, and professional support. They differ in the number of API credits and concurrent threads and geotargetting options.
Many user reviews praise the platform's affordability and well-designed plans. However, they criticize ScraperAPI's inconsistency. In some cases, it works perfectly, while in others, scrape requests will timeout for no obvious reason.
✔️ Over 40 million proxies
✔️ Effortless dynamic data scraping
✔️ Concurrent threads
✔️ Advanced geotargeting
The Verdict: Which Cloud Web Scraper Should You Choose?
Every web scraper we've discussed can help you extract the desired data from millions of websites. Which one you'll choose ultimately depends on your preferences and needs.
We've covered the factors you should focus on when selecting the right cloud web scraper. The platform should:
If we compare the listed platforms and analyze their features, only one offers the perfect combo of affordability, ease of use, and features that go beyond scraping: Clay. 🌈
With Clay, you get advanced and easy-to-use scraping features, as well as options for data enrichment and drafting emails. This makes it ideal for anyone who wants to leverage the scraped data to generate quality leads and manage outbound campaigns.
Don't believe us? See what one user had to say about the tool:
Clay: More Than a Cloud Web Scraper
A Chrome extension, AI web scraper, and integrations with 50+ data providers are just a few items on Clay's long list of valuable features. 🗒️
One of the most notable features is waterfall enrichment. Clay searches sequentially across providers until it finds the required information about companies or people. In only a few clicks, you can find info like:
You customize the order of the providers and pay only for the info you get, so there are no cost overruns.
Once you scrape and enrich data, you can leverage this info to craft hyper-personalized messages and impress your prospects.
Scraped data can often be messy, and organizing it can take ages. That's not the case when you're using Clay since the platform boasts impressive formatting capabilities with which you can:
All these features help you minimize jumping between apps and platforms. You can centralize your work and manage processes from start to finish within Clay.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a cloud web scraper?
A cloud web scraper extracts data from websites using remote cloud infrastructure rather than your local computer. This means the scraping process runs automatically in the background, scales to handle large volumes of data, and can be accessed from any device.
Do I need to know how to code to use a cloud web scraper?
It depends on the tool. Clay and ParseHub are designed for non-technical users: Clay's Chrome extension uses auto-detection and pre-built templates, while ParseHub lets you click to select the data you want. Tools like Scrapestack and ScraperAPI are API-based and better suited to developers or technical users.
How do cloud web scrapers handle dynamic websites and JavaScript rendering?
Most tools reviewed here support JavaScript rendering. Oxylabs delivers full HTML with JavaScript rendering built in. ScraperAPI lets you add render=true to your payload to render JavaScript pages without a headless browser. Clay's Claygent handles dynamic content through AI-powered web research rather than traditional rendering.
What data formats can I export from a cloud web scraper?
Export options vary by tool. ParseHub supports Excel, JSON, and API export with direct import to Tableau or Google Sheets. Bright Data Web Scraper APIs support JSON, NDJSON, and CSV, plus API delivery and Webhooks. Clay imports scraped data directly into a Clay table for immediate enrichment and outreach workflows.
Which cloud web scraper is best for building lead lists and outbound campaigns?
Clay is the strongest option for this use case. Beyond scraping, it offers data enrichment across 50+ providers, waterfall enrichment for validated emails and phone numbers, and AI-powered message drafting. The other tools reviewed focus primarily on data extraction and do not include enrichment or outreach features.
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Web scraping allows businesses and individuals to collect data from different websites in minutes. This is undoubtedly much more convenient than browsing websites and writing down every important piece of info manually. ✍️
Businesses that want to effortlessly extract vast amounts of data from various websites without hiccups often turn to cloud web scraping. As you can find plenty of cloud web scraper solutions with varying features on the market, picking the right one could be challenging.
To help you make the best choice, our team shortlisted six fantastic cloud web scrapers offering extensive data extraction features. To ensure objectivity, we employed a unique approach:
TL;DR
- The best cloud web scraper for GTM teams is Clay, which combines AI-powered scraping (Claygent), a Chrome extension, 150+ data provider integrations, and data enrichment in one platform.
- Key factors when choosing a cloud web scraper: ease of use, transparent pricing, and whether the tool goes beyond scraping to support enrichment and outreach.
- Cloud web scrapers run on remote infrastructure, so they scale easily, work from any device, and handle proxy management and CAPTCHA bypassing without local resource drain.
- All six tools reviewed (Clay, ParseHub, Scrapestack, Oxylabs, Bright Data, ScraperAPI) offer free plans or trials, but only Clay extends into data enrichment and message personalization.
How to Choose the Best Cloud Web Scraper
It's worth keeping in mind that each cloud web scraper offers a unique feature set, so what works for someone else may not work for you. To ensure you're making an informed decision, consider the following factors:
What Are the Benefits of a Cloud Web Scraper?
Before diving into reviews, let's explain why you should consider a cloud web scraper in the first place. As its name says, a cloud web scraper leverages cloud servers to extract data. The scraping process takes place in a cloud-based infrastructure instead of your computer.
Here's an overview of the benefits you'll enjoy with cloud-based web scraping:
Top 6 Cloud Web Scraper Tools: Comprehensive Reviews
Here's our list of the best cloud scraping tools to explore:
1. Clay
If you want to scrape data from different websites and gather high-quality data for building lead lists, researching the market, or another purpose, Clay's the way to go.
The platform features a Chrome extension that can help you pull data from any website, and setting it up requires only a few steps:
In many cases, Clay's extension uses auto-detection or other people's mappings to understand the page, so the scraping process is fully automated. When that doesn't happen, you can quickly select the desired data and add it to your Clay table. 📂
While the extension is impressive, Clay's revolutionary feature is Claygent, an AI web scraper that does the scraping work for you! You use a prompt to tell Claygent what data you need, and it will search every corner of the internet to retrieve it. Gather info on individuals and companies using simple prompts, such as:
You'll need your OpenAPI key to use Claygent, but you can install it within the app in a few steps. You don't trust Claygent just yet? Check the logic behind every answer and be confident of its accuracy.
As Clay integrates with over 50 data providers, the amount of data you can get your hands on is essentially unlimited. This also means you can save yourself from purchasing dozens of subscriptions for specific data providers. 💰
With Clay, you can save time and focus on other valuable tasks with the help of scraping templates for specific tasks, such as:
While Clay offers many templates for different purposes, some users would appreciate additional choices for an entirely hassle-free experience.
Flexible and transparent pricing is another perk. Try the free plan to explore Clay's features. If you like what you see, opt for one of the four paid plans:
✔️ Chrome extension for scraping data from websites
✔️ Claygent, AI web scraper for seamless data extraction
✔️ Data enrichment capabilities
✔️ Scraping templates
2. ParseHub
ParseHub is a powerful cloud-based web scraper that can help you get data from any website. Installing the scraper is straightforward:
ParseHub can scrape any website, no matter how outdated, laggy, or complex. It can open drop-down lists, search through forms, and effortlessly scrape from websites with infinite scrolls and tabs.
If you need to scrape only specific data points (and not the entire page), you can click on the desired data, and ParseHub will extract it. The platform employs advanced screening processes to understand webpage hierarchy, so it will extract the data as is.
ParseHub is equipped with automatic IP rotation to guarantee your anonymity, help you bypass captchas and bans, and pick up on accurate data from various sources.
Another convenient option is scheduled collection: choose when you want ParseHub to extract data to automate the scraping process and always have fresh information at your disposal.
In terms of pricing, ParseHub features a free plan and three paid plans:
As for user reviews, many people mention the platform's ease of setup and helpful customer service. A potential drawback often mentioned in reviews is pricing. Considering the platform focuses only on data scraping, its plans are quite expensive.
✔️ Easy to set up
✔️ IP rotation
✔️ Schedule collection
✔️ Helpful customer service
3. Scrapestack
Scrapestack is a REST API service that lets you scrape any website and extract its full HTML content without worrying about geo-targeting, proxies, and CAPTCHA.
The platform is easy to use:
As the service is built on APIlayer cloud infrastructure, scalability is no issue. The service can handle millions of API requests per day, making it suitable for those who want to scrape vast amounts of data.
With over 35 million datacenter and residential IP addresses and 100+ global locations, the platform allows users to avoid IP blocks and server overload and access geo-restricted content. A convenient option is concurrent API requests: there's no need to wait for one API request to complete before sending a new one. Thanks to this, users can boost efficiency and quickly scrape data.
As far as pricing goes, Scrapestack offers a free forever plan to get a feel for the platform. You can later opt for one of the four paid plans:
In terms of drawbacks, it's important to mention the limited free plan. Users get 100 requests and standard proxies, with no customer support.
✔️ Easy to use
✔️ Over 35 million IP addresses
✔️ 100+ global locations
✔️ Concurrent API requests
4. Oxylabs
Oxylabs features advanced scraping solutions for businesses of all sizes and has over 100 million residential proxies. The platform's web scraping API is a maintenance-free infrastructure with options that overcome CAPTCHA and IP blocks. This API can deliver an HTML code of a desired page complete with JavaScript rendering (for websites that use JavaScript for dynamic content loading).
With Oxlabs web scraping API, you can extract data for various use cases, from real estate and travel to automotive purposes. Users can gather the latest prices for specific flights, retrieve vehicle specifications, or investigate properties in only a few clicks.
The API is equipped with options such as:
Besides a web scraper, Oxylabs offers a SERP scraper API and an e-commerce scraper API.
As far as pricing goes, you have three options:
The platform also has special plans suitable for enterprises, and the prices start at $499/month. Unfortunately, Oxylabs doesn't offer a free plan. You can try out its features during a seven-day trial, but you'll have to subscribe after that.
High pricing is one of the most frequently mentioned potential drawbacks. Users say that it's more expensive compared to other available proxies, but it does the job.
✔️ Over 100 million residential proxies
✔️ Machine learning-based proxy management
✔️ CAPTCHA bypass
✔️ Scraping scheduler
5. Bright Data Web Scraper APIs
Bright Data offers several scraping solutions, with Web Scraper APIs being the newest addition. This cloud-based service is designed for developers and allows effortless and efficient scraping for various uses, from market trend analysis to benchmarking and sentiment extraction.
The web scraping solution has impressive data discovery features that automatically detect data structures and patterns to guarantee targeted extraction with minimal involvement on your end.
Thanks to bulk request handling, the service can handle large-scale scraping tasks with zero issues. It optimizes data collection without server overload, so it's ideal for users who need to extract vast amounts of data on a regular basis. The service is equipped with options for avoiding CAPTCHAs and blocks, so you don't have to worry about your scraping processes being interrupted.
Web Scraper APIs let you download your data through API delivery or Webhooks or in the following file formats:
The pricing is just as flexible. It starts from $0.001 per record. You can also take advantage of a free trial to see if the solution fits your workflows.
Regarding user reviews, many mention the platform's extensive options and helpful customer support. A potential red flag to consider is that getting used to the scraper takes some time. If you need the information yesterday, Bright Data Web Scraper APIs aren't the best fit. ⌛
✔️ Data discovery options
✔️ Ideal for large-scale scraping
✔️ Numerous data download options
✔️ Helpful customer support
💡 Did you know? Bright Data integrates with Clay, so you can enjoy both platforms' functionalities without compromises. 😍
6. ScraperAPI
ScraperAPI is a low-code solution for scraping any public website. Features like advanced anti-bot bypassing, IP and headers rotation, CAPTCHA handling, and fingerprint management give you quick and easy access to the desired data and eliminate the risk of interruptions and issues.
The service has advanced geotargeting functionalities to help users retrieve the right data from any website. They can use proxies from the desired country by simply entering a code. With over 40 million proxies in 50+ countries to choose from, users will easily find the right option and scrape the required data.
ScraperAPI helps you scrape dynamic data without relying on resource-intensive headless browsers. By adding render=true to your payload, you'll effortlessly render JavaScript pages and reduce development time.
The service also supports concurrent threads, allowing you to run multiple requests simultaneously.
If you're interested in ScraperAPI, you can test it for free for seven days. If you like it, opt for one of the following plans:
All plans include JS rendering, proxy rotation, CAPTCHA and anti-bot detection, and professional support. They differ in the number of API credits and concurrent threads and geotargetting options.
Many user reviews praise the platform's affordability and well-designed plans. However, they criticize ScraperAPI's inconsistency. In some cases, it works perfectly, while in others, scrape requests will timeout for no obvious reason.
✔️ Over 40 million proxies
✔️ Effortless dynamic data scraping
✔️ Concurrent threads
✔️ Advanced geotargeting
The Verdict: Which Cloud Web Scraper Should You Choose?
Every web scraper we've discussed can help you extract the desired data from millions of websites. Which one you'll choose ultimately depends on your preferences and needs.
We've covered the factors you should focus on when selecting the right cloud web scraper. The platform should:
If we compare the listed platforms and analyze their features, only one offers the perfect combo of affordability, ease of use, and features that go beyond scraping: Clay. 🌈
With Clay, you get advanced and easy-to-use scraping features, as well as options for data enrichment and drafting emails. This makes it ideal for anyone who wants to leverage the scraped data to generate quality leads and manage outbound campaigns.
Don't believe us? See what one user had to say about the tool:
Clay: More Than a Cloud Web Scraper
A Chrome extension, AI web scraper, and integrations with 50+ data providers are just a few items on Clay's long list of valuable features. 🗒️
One of the most notable features is waterfall enrichment. Clay searches sequentially across providers until it finds the required information about companies or people. In only a few clicks, you can find info like:
You customize the order of the providers and pay only for the info you get, so there are no cost overruns.
Once you scrape and enrich data, you can leverage this info to craft hyper-personalized messages and impress your prospects.
Scraped data can often be messy, and organizing it can take ages. That's not the case when you're using Clay since the platform boasts impressive formatting capabilities with which you can:
All these features help you minimize jumping between apps and platforms. You can centralize your work and manage processes from start to finish within Clay.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a cloud web scraper?
A cloud web scraper extracts data from websites using remote cloud infrastructure rather than your local computer. This means the scraping process runs automatically in the background, scales to handle large volumes of data, and can be accessed from any device.
Do I need to know how to code to use a cloud web scraper?
It depends on the tool. Clay and ParseHub are designed for non-technical users: Clay's Chrome extension uses auto-detection and pre-built templates, while ParseHub lets you click to select the data you want. Tools like Scrapestack and ScraperAPI are API-based and better suited to developers or technical users.
How do cloud web scrapers handle dynamic websites and JavaScript rendering?
Most tools reviewed here support JavaScript rendering. Oxylabs delivers full HTML with JavaScript rendering built in. ScraperAPI lets you add render=true to your payload to render JavaScript pages without a headless browser. Clay's Claygent handles dynamic content through AI-powered web research rather than traditional rendering.
What data formats can I export from a cloud web scraper?
Export options vary by tool. ParseHub supports Excel, JSON, and API export with direct import to Tableau or Google Sheets. Bright Data Web Scraper APIs support JSON, NDJSON, and CSV, plus API delivery and Webhooks. Clay imports scraped data directly into a Clay table for immediate enrichment and outreach workflows.
Which cloud web scraper is best for building lead lists and outbound campaigns?
Clay is the strongest option for this use case. Beyond scraping, it offers data enrichment across 50+ providers, waterfall enrichment for validated emails and phone numbers, and AI-powered message drafting. The other tools reviewed focus primarily on data extraction and do not include enrichment or outreach features.
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