Data Miner alternatives

01Why people leave Data Miner

02The alternatives, ranked by fit

1. Best for Python teams

   ScrapyScrapy

   Scrapy is an open-source, self-hostable Python crawler, so your team can keep crawling logic and operations in its own codebase rather than a browser extension. It suits mostly static sites and teams willing to handle infrastructure; replacing Data Miner means writing the crawl and export workflow. The listing gives a $9 starting price and a free plan, but self-hosting is the option for operating the open-source crawler yourself.

   Trade-off: You need Python and must handle browser rendering and hosted scaling separately.

   Scrapy review
   8.1/10

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   $9/mofree plan
2. Best for web-data APIs

   FirecrawlFirecrawl

   Firecrawl is an open-source API for turning live web pages into Markdown or JSON, a better fit than a Chrome workflow when another service or agent needs structured page data. Its listing gives a $16 starting price and a free plan, so check whether your expected volume fits before moving recurring jobs. Migration means adapting extraction and downstream processing to the API rather than exporting from the extension.

   Trade-off: Check operational caveats and free-tier fit before scaling.

   Firecrawl review
   7.4/10

   from
   $16/mofree plan
3. Best for custom scrapers

   ApifyApify

   Apify’s hosted Actor platform lets developers build custom scrapers or use ready-made web scrapers, instead of keeping collection tied to a browser extension. It is also positioned for AI workflows that need web data. The listing gives a $19 starting price and a free plan; usage costs and concurrency limits need modeling. Plan to move each Data Miner task into an Actor workflow.

   Trade-off: Usage costs and concurrency limits add planning work.

   Apify review
   7.7/10

   from
   $19/mofree plan
4. Best for managed proxies

   Bright DataBright Data

   Bright Data combines public-web data collection with managed proxy infrastructure, which can suit a team that needs more than a browser-based scraper. The listing starts at $0 with a free plan, but describes the product as a usage-budgeted managed stack; model the collection volume and infrastructure costs before migrating. Your extraction workflow will need to move from Data Miner into Bright Data’s approach.

   Trade-off: Managed infrastructure and usage costs need budget and integration planning.

   Bright Data review
   7.0/10

   from
   $499/mofree plan
5. Best for agent pipelines

   OxylabsOxylabs

   Oxylabs offers a hosted API-and-proxy stack and agent interfaces, making it a candidate when collected web data feeds an AI workflow rather than a spreadsheet. The listing gives a $15 starting price and a free plan, and calls out usage costs to model. Replacing Data Miner means integrating collection into your application and accounting for managed proxy usage.

   Trade-off: Usage costs and managed infrastructure are part of the stack.

   Oxylabs review
   6.8/10

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   $15/mofree plan
6. Best for small data pulls

   OutscraperOutscraper

   Outscraper is a hosted data source aimed at local-business collection and small pay-as-you-go pulls, with CSV-first research among its use cases. Its listing gives a $1 starting price and a free plan, making it worth comparing for occasional jobs rather than assuming a subscription is a fit. It is a data source, not a self-hosted crawler, so check the collection workflow against your target sites.

   Trade-off: Production reliability needs checking before you depend on it.

   Outscraper review
   6.8/10

   from
   $1/mofree plan
7. Best for enrichment APIs

   Captain DataCaptain Data

   Captain Data provides a REST API for people-and-company data, so it fits B2B enrichment more closely than general-purpose page scraping. Consider it when the target is profile data for a workflow or AI agent, not a broad crawler replacement. The vendor does not publish prices in the listing, so ask for a quote and review licensing terms before committing.

   Trade-off: Unpublished prices and reported license complaints warrant caution.

   Captain Data review
   5.8/10

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   Custom

03Side by side

Tool	Score	From	Free plan	Best for
Data Miner Data Miner (current)	6.5	$19.99/mo	Yes	Browser-based one-off scraping
Scrapy Scrapy	8.1	$9/mo	Yes	Python teams building custom crawlers
Firecrawl Firecrawl	7.4	$16/mo	Yes	AI agents that need live web data
Apify Apify	7.7	$19/mo	Yes	Teams needing ready-made web scrapers
Bright Data Bright Data	7.0	$499/mo	Yes	Teams collecting public-web data at scale
Oxylabs Oxylabs	6.8	$15/mo	Yes	Teams building web-grounded AI agents
Outscraper Outscraper	6.8	$1/mo	Yes	Local-business data collection
Captain Data Captain Data	5.8	Custom	No	B2B SaaS enrichment workflows

Prices from each vendor's pricing page, checked Nov 10, 2026.