# Octoparse review (2026): is the free plan enough? > No-code web scraping with ready templates and a cloud runner Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Octoparse is a web scraping tool for collecting structured data from websites without code. You can run ready-made templates, describe the data to an AI Assistant, or build tasks in the desktop app. Cloud plans run scheduled scrapers on Octoparse servers with IP rotation. - **Category:** Lead & Email Finders - **Made by:** Octoparse - **Website:** https://www.octoparse.com - **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay on Basic, because custom tasks run on your own computer. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Octoparse has a free plan, and paid plans start at $19 per month, billed monthly (Basic). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 2,000 template or API rows a month, 10 saved tasks, desktop tasks run on your computer. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 2,000 rows a month for templates and AI tasks, 10 saved tasks, community support. | | Basic | $19 per month, billed monthly only | 10,000 rows a month, 20 saved tasks, 3x faster local runs and $1 in monthly credits. | | Standard | $69 per month, billed annually ($83 billed monthly) | Cloud runs, scheduling, 3 or 6 concurrent tasks, 100 saved tasks and unlimited API and MCP use. | | Professional | $249 per month, billed annually ($299 billed monthly) | 20 concurrent cloud tasks, 250 saved tasks, Drive, Dropbox and S3 export, priority support. | | Enterprise | Custom | 40+ concurrent runs, sub-accounts and a success manager; sold through sales. | Read from https://www.octoparse.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Octoparse before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 16% with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page says annual billing saves 16% against monthly on Standard and Professional. Source: https://www.octoparse.com/pricing - **30% startup discount for a year** (Startups): Startups can apply for a special 30% discount on Octoparse for one year. Source: https://www.octoparse.com/pricing - **Student and educator discount** (Education): Universities can apply through a student and educators application for a discounted subscription. Source: https://www.octoparse.com/pricing ## Key features - **Template library:** Ready-to-run scrapers for sites such as Google Maps, Amazon, X and TikTok, some priced per result. - **AI Assistant:** Describe the data you need and it builds the scraping task, paid from credits after a free start. - **Desktop task builder:** A Windows and Mac app with auto-detect and drag-and-drop; tasks run on your computer and do not count toward monthly rows. - **Cloud runs:** From Standard, tasks run on Octoparse Cloud with scheduling and automatic IP rotation. - **API and MCP:** Templates and search APIs are reachable by REST API and MCP; unlimited use starts on Standard. ## Good for - Non-programmers who need web data such as business listings for lead lists - Teams that want scheduled scrapers without running their own servers ## Worth knowing - Proxies, CAPTCHA solving, AI Assistant and pay-per-result templates draw on credits; unused monthly credits reset. - Custom tasks run on your own computer unless you are on Standard or above. - Basic is monthly only; annual billing starts at Standard. - Refunds: 5-day money-back on paid plans, not on Basic after 1,000 rows scraped or after a free trial. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Octoparse is a no-code web scraper with ready templates, a Windows and Mac app and a cloud runner, free for 2,000 template rows a month. Cloud runs and scheduling start at $69 a month, and credits cover proxies and AI. - **Value for money: B.** Basic is $19 a month, inside the cheaper quarter of $33.25, and desktop tasks run free on your own computer. The cloud plan most people want is $69 billed annually. - **Free plan and trial: B.** A free plan with 2,000 template rows a month and 10 saved tasks, and desktop tasks do not count against the rows. - **Features: C.** Templates, an AI assistant, a task builder, cloud runs and an API. It scrapes pages generally, so lead lists are one use and you build the extraction yourself. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Building a custom task has a learning curve, though the templates skip it. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, Windows and Mac apps, with an API and an MCP connection. No phone apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Octoparse's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among lead and email finders - Octoparse's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 55 of the 72 other lead and email finders we grade, and level with 9. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 71 of 72) and worst on features (C, above 2). - Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 4 of the 54 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/lead-finders ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Octoparse you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 55 of the 72 other lead and email finders we grade. It costs $228 a year. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: A library of papers and sources to search. - You could not: A real app for macOS and Windows. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Drive, Dropbox, Amazon S3, Slack **Tags:** AI features, Workflow automation, Public API, Research ## Alternatives - [PhantomBuster](https://toolgpa.com/tools/phantombuster): Cloud automations that collect and enrich leads from LinkedIn. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/octoparse-vs-phantombuster) - [Scrap.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/scrapio): Local business leads pulled from Google, Apple and Bing Maps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/octoparse-vs-scrapio) - [Captain Data](https://toolgpa.com/tools/captain-data): People and company data API built on LinkedIn profiles. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/captain-data-vs-octoparse) - [Clay](https://toolgpa.com/tools/clay): Data enrichment tables that query 150+ data providers in one place. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clay-vs-octoparse) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.octoparse.com - https://www.octoparse.com/pricing - https://www.octoparse.com/download Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/octoparse Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).