Data Miner review

Data Miner is a Chrome and Edge browser extension, not a hosted scraping API, standalone library, CLI or self-hosted server. It runs in the browser and extracts page content into CSV or Excel files. The vendor says it behaves as if the user were clicking through the page themselves.

The extension sits at the point where a person views a website: choose a public recipe or create a custom one, then scrape a page or crawl multiple pages. It can follow links, click buttons, handle pop-ups and use pagination. The vendor also describes bulk jobs based on a list of URLs and form filling from a pre-filled CSV.

That makes it a fit for browser-driven collection and spreadsheet workflows, rather than an established backend component. The output files can feed downstream analysis or import jobs, but a team building a service around it should verify whether the extension workflow can meet its automation and operational needs.

The integration surface the vendor names is the Chrome and Edge extension, CSV and Excel downloads, and a Google Sheets connection on Solo, Small Business and Business plans. The homepage describes a visual workflow for running public recipes or creating custom extraction rules, with Easy Finder to identify CSS selectors. It also lists custom JavaScript for modifying scraped data after extraction on paid plans.

The vendor does not describe an API style, SDK, supported programming language, CLI or webhook in its homepage text. Confirm API and SDK support in the vendor's documentation before designing a programmatic integration around Data Miner; do not assume the extension can be called as a service. For an export-based workflow, plan to handle the downloaded CSV or Excel file, or use the listed Google Sheets connection where the plan includes it. The homepage directs users to support by email and phone, but does not identify a developer documentation portal.

The Free plan costs $0 and includes 500 pages per month, public and custom recipes, and next-page automation. It is restricted on some domains. Solo costs $19.99 per month for 500 pages, automated crawls, custom JavaScript, all domains and a Google Sheets connection.

Small Business is $49 per month for 1,000 pages. Business costs $99 for 4,000 pages, and Business Plus costs $200 for 9,000 pages. Those plans include automated crawls, custom JavaScript and all domains; Business and Business Plus list full email support. Custom Enterprise pricing is not published; the plan lists higher scrape limits, scraping on Data Miner servers, long-term contract discounts and phone support.

Subscriptions bill monthly, and unused scrape credits reset each billing period. The pricing page lists no annual prices or add-ons. Budget around pages rather than API requests or compute: the published plans cap monthly page volume, and the vendor does not list an overage rate. Ask the vendor about limits and pricing before planning sustained volume.

Data Miner is distributed as Chrome and Edge extensions. The vendor does not publish a source-code licence or describe the extension as open source, and it does not describe a self-hosted deployment option. Teams that need to inspect or modify the scraper itself should ask the vendor about source access and deployment before committing.

The export path is comparatively straightforward: scraped data can be downloaded as CSV or Excel, and some paid plans include a Google Sheets connection. Those formats are portable into other tools. The less portable part is the extraction setup: public recipes, custom recipes and browser-specific workflow may need to be recreated if you move to another scraper. Keep copies of outputs and document critical recipes to reduce migration work.

The main operational constraint is monthly page volume: plans range from 500 pages on Free and Solo to 9,000 on Business Plus, with higher limits handled through custom Enterprise pricing. The free plan is also restricted on some domains. The vendor lists automated crawls and pagination, but does not publish a service-level commitment or a guaranteed rate for sustained scraping. Check page accounting, domain coverage and failure handling against your workload before relying on it.

Data Miner says it behaves like a user browsing in their own browser and says it does not sell or share user data. Treat those as vendor statements, not a substitute for reviewing security and compliance requirements. A Reddit user reports a navigation issue between pages and says the Job option resolved it, but their subscription was needed to scrape beyond three pages. That is one user's experience, not a published product limit; confirm current plan behavior with the vendor.