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Octoparse
Point-and-click scraping, undercut by models that read the screen.
KINDA
why this verdict
Downgrade — pay for the workflow, not the AI
Anthropic's version covers the headline feature only, so the $99/mo is now paying for the workflow around it, not the AI.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Vision models read pages without selectors. Anthropic, October 22, 2024 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers headline only editorial call
- The headline feature, but not the workflow, data or integrations around it.
- Is there a free way to do it? paid only
- 2 replacements listed, all paid.
- What the call is worth $1,188/yr
- $99/mo at the entry paid tier — $1,188 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked missing: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Anthropic
- Since
- October 22, 2024
- List price
- $99/mo
- Per year
- $1,188
The backstory
Octoparse builds scrapers visually, handling pagination and anti-bot measures. The anti-bot infrastructure is genuinely valuable; the selector-building UI is the part models replaced. Wounded, with proxy and infrastructure services as the remaining business.