Octoparse

• At A Glance...

  • Tool URLhttps://www.octoparse.com/
  • What is it?A no-code scraper with a bunch of pre-built templates to get data from different sources. Quite similar to apify, phantom buster, etc.
  • Pros
    • Allows you to scrape data yourself, for cheap, without technical skills.
    • Seems particularly good for freelancers who serve brick and mortar clients due to its google maps and yellow pages scraping capabilities.
  • Cons
    • Untested by Zach or Thomas

• Client types it is generally best for

  • Company Size?
    • Larger companies where an employee is your point of contact & key decision-maker
    • Smaller companies where the owner is your point of contact & key decision-maker
  • Primary Presence?
    • Brick & Mortar (Gyms, retail stores, restaurants, construction, etc.)
  • Primary Monetization Style?
    • Products
    • Services

Other Info:

• Data Acquisition Style
  • Scraped / Human Labor 2 - Semi-automatic (e.g. with AI or partial tool assistance)

• Data Quality🤷 Unknown

• Our Experience With This StrategyI've never used it but have heard good things