Crawlora vs Octoparse

Who writes the scraping logic?

With Crawlora, nobody on your side writes extraction logic for a supported platform — the documented endpoint returns the schema. With Octoparse, you (or a non-developer teammate) build the task: pick one of its 500+ preset templates for a common site, or let AI auto-detection scan an untemplated page and propose fields, then adjust with point-and-click selection. Either way, that task is yours to maintain when the target site's layout changes — Octoparse doesn't own that upkeep the way a documented Crawlora endpoint does.

Task-count and concurrency ceilings vs. a fixed credit weight per call

Octoparse prices by two axes at once: how many tasks you can save (10 free, 100 on Standard, 250 on Professional, 750+ on Enterprise) and how many can run concurrently in the cloud (3 on Standard, 20 on Professional, 40+ on Enterprise). Local runs are capped separately — 2 concurrent on Free, unlimited on paid plans, with a 'boost' mode that raises how many local runs one machine can push in parallel. Crawlora has neither ceiling: a documented endpoint call costs the same fixed credit weight whether it's your first request of the day or your ten-thousandth.

What billed annually actually saves

Octoparse's Standard plan lists 'From $69/mo,' but that figure only applies billed annually ($829/year); billed monthly it's $83/mo, and billed quarterly it's about $79.67/mo ($239/quarter) — a real but partial discount, not the full 16% headline unless you commit for a year. Professional follows the same shape: $299/mo monthly, $259.67/mo-equivalent quarterly ($779/quarter), $249/mo-equivalent annually ($2,999/year). Crawlora has no monthly-vs-annual pricing split to compare — credit rates are the same regardless of billing cadence.

Add-ons that aren't in the plan price

Beyond the plan tiers, Octoparse sells extra residential proxy bandwidth at $3/GB, pay-per-result 'advanced' templates for complex or heavily protected sites at $0.001-3 per 1,000 results, and standalone CAPTCHA solving at $1-1.5 per 1,000 — on top of whichever monthly plan you're already paying for. It also offers managed services for teams that don't want to build the task themselves: Crawler Setup starting at $399 for a custom-built crawler, and Data Service starting at $599 if you want Octoparse's team to run the extraction and hand you the data. Crawlora has no equivalent managed-service tier — it's a self-serve API with anti-bot handling bundled into the documented endpoint's credit cost.

AI features on both sides

Octoparse's AI auto-detection scans an untemplated page and configures extraction fields automatically, and its Field Fixer assistant checks and repairs broken fields when a site's markup shifts — useful for keeping a point-and-click task alive without manually re-selecting elements. Crawlora doesn't need an equivalent: a supported platform's schema is documented and versioned, so there's no field-detection step to run in the first place.

Responsible public web data access

Crawlora is designed for responsible public web data workflows. It should not be used for private or protected data, and no comparison page should be read as a guarantee that every target will succeed. Review provider terms, target-site rules, and your own compliance requirements before production use.

• Use supported endpoints and documented request parameters.
• Treat blocked, challenged, or unusable upstream responses as workflow signals.
• Review Crawlora Terms and each provider's official documentation before launch.