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Web Scraping

Facebook Scrapers: 4 Methods & 4 APIs to Scrape FB ['25]

As CTO of AIMultiple, I lead social media data collection to monitor trends. We benchmarked all 4 dedicated Facebook scraper APIs on 200 Facebook posts and group pages. Follow the links to learn more from these providers: There are 4 ways to collect Facebook data.

May 216 min read

Instagram Scraper: Apify vs Python vs Bright Data in 2025

Instagram scraping can be achieved through: Top 5 Instagram scraper API providers The vendors with links are AIMultiple’s sponsors. Table features explained: What is the price of Instagram scraper APIs? Instagram scraper APIs benchmark results Monthly pricing offerings for these providers can be seen below.

May 135 min read

Top 6 ScrapeBox Alternatives in 2025

[aim_list] [/aim_list] ScrapeBox is a widely used tool among SEO specialists, offering a variety of features and add-ons. However, the tool faces issues related to slow and poor performance, particularly with its SERP scraper. Without high-quality proxies, users often get blocked by Google, necessitating the purchase of premium proxies for effective data scraping.

Jun 175 min read

Tiktok Scraper: Apify vs. Python vs. Axiom.ai in 2025

As AIMultiple’s CTO, I lead our social media data collection to analyze how businesses engage with their audiences. We benchmarked every TikTok scraper API on 300 pages (e.g., posts, profiles, search) to select top scrapers. Follow the links to visit their websites: Scrapers provide public TikTok data.

Jun 175 min read

Scraping Browsers 2025: Bright Data vs Oxylabs vs Zyte

Scraping browsers take care of the unblocking infrastructure enabling users to easily interact with websites programmatically and scrape data.

Apr 74 min read

Performance Comparison of the Best E-commerce Scrapers

We benchmarked 16 web scrapers from 5 leading web data infrastructure providers to scrape top e-commerce websites like Walmart and Amazon in 7 different countries.

May 273 min read

GeoSurf Proxy Server: A Comprehensive Review in 2025

“GeoSurf, an Israeli proxy service provider, has permanently ceased operations as of December 20, 2023, following a legal defeat against Bright Data in patent litigation. Subsequently, GeoSurf announced its shutdown and is directing its customers to Bright Data, exiting the proxy business by December 22, 2023.

May 145 min read

Bright Data Proxies: Features and Pricing in 2025

Bright Data is a platform specializing in web data collection and proxy services, offering various web scraping solutions such as a web scraper API, web unblocker, scraping browser, datasets, and proxies. Their proxy network includes datacenter, ISP, residential, and mobile proxies, catering to both businesses and individual users.

Jun 205 min read

Web Data Collection Benchmark with 30M Requests in 2025 

We crawled web pages more than 30 million times while using more than 50 different products from 6 leading web data infrastructure companies. See criteria for enterprise web data & analysis of leading products: Benchmark results Leading results in each column are bold.

Jun 2010 min read

Web Scraping Craigslist: Top 5 Craigslist Scrapers in 2025

Craigslist is one of the popular global advertising platforms, functioning in more than 70 countries and receiving over 50 billion monthly page views. Businesses scrape Craigslist for a variety of reasons, including market research, job recruitment, real estate analysis, and generating leads.

Apr 34 min read