Web data extraction

Web scraping that works.Even when sites fight back.

Turn difficult websites into clean, scheduled data, with rendering, anti-bot, proxies and delivery handled.

Talk to our team about your web data needs.

Paste your own public webpage below Replace the example with any public product, listing or article URL, then select “Extract URL”.

Fetch and render pageJS · 31 requests

Anti-bot checkchallenge handled

Detect repeating records24 items

Infer schema with AI9 fields

Find pagination12 pages · 288 items

Publish extractor and APIready

strtitlestrbrandnumpricenumlist_pricenumratingintreview_countstravailabilitystrmodelurlproduct_url

Showing fields detected on this page.

preview · page 1 of 120 of 24 rows

title	brand	price	list_price	rating	reviews	availability

endpoint GET api.import.io/v1/extractors/8f2c…/dataschedule daily 06:00 · deliver S3 · webhook · CSV

# Illustrative Python workflow. Confirm current methods in the API reference.
import os
import importio

client = importio.Client(api_key=os.environ["IMPORTIO_API_KEY"])

# 1. Create an extractor from a URL, with AI schema detection
ex = client.extractors.create(
    url="https://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Power-Tools-Drills/N-5yc1vZc27w",
    schema="auto", paginate=True, render="auto", proxy="residential",
)

# 2. Run it and stream rows
for row in client.runs.stream(ex.id):
    print(row["title"], row["price"], row["availability"])

# 3. Schedule and deliver
client.schedules.create(ex.id, every="1d", at="06:00",
    deliver={"s3": "s3://your-bucket/drills/", "webhook": "https://your.app/hooks/importio"})

REST API, Python and TypeScript SDKs · webhooks · docs.import.ioTrial and Standard: rate-limited API · Professional+: full API, SDKs and webhooks

The same extraction engine, four ways in. Preview values are sample data. rendering · anti-bot · proxies · scheduling · delivery · QA included ·

500B+data points processed per month

2.6Munique products collected per day

5.5B+web pages extracted

2012in production, without interruption, since

The web infrastructure behind enterprise data teams and data companiesIncluding three of the leading commerce-intelligence platforms, who run their web capture on it.

One engine.
Four ways in.

Import.io turns difficult websites into structured, scheduled data. Choose the interface; rendering, access, QA and delivery stay underneath.

How to extract data from any website with Import.io.

Four steps. Most first extractors are live in under ten minutes.

step 1

Point or describe

Paste a URL, click the fields or describe the data you need.

step 2

Refine and test

Confirm the schema, pagination and a live row preview.

step 3

Run at scale

Rendering, anti-bot, retries and regional access run for you.

step 4

Schedule and deliver

Send typed data by API, webhook, S3, SFTP or warehouse.

Everything a scraping stack needs, in one platform.

The browser, access, proxy, schedule, QA and delivery layers. Operated as one system.

01 · build

Describe the data.

Point, click or prompt. Import.io detects records, types fields and proposes the schema.

9 fields inferred in 4 s

02 · render

Open the hard pages.

JavaScript, anti-bot, CAPTCHA and authenticated sessions are handled inside the run.

challenge → handled

03 · reach

Appear where the data is.

Datacenter, regional and residential egress with country, city and store context.

residential 190 locales

04 · run

Keep it current.

Pagination, scheduling, retries and typed change events run without a browser farm.

daily 06:00 · price_cut

05 · verify

Release data, not guesses.

Fill rates, distributions and samples are checked against the source before delivery.

7 checks → released

06 · deliver

Send it anywhere.

CSV, JSON or Parquet through API, webhook, S3, SFTP or your warehouse.

manifest + s3:// + webhook

How Import.io compares to the alternatives.

Pick an alternative to spotlight it against Import.io. The labels and first column stay in view while you explore.

capability	DIY frameworks	Unblocker and proxy APIs	LLM scraping APIs	No-code scrapers	Import.io
No-code extractor builder	no	no	no	yes	yes, with AI schema detection
REST API and SDKs	you build it	yes	yes	varies	yes
MCP server for AI agents	no	some	yes	rare	yes, usage-based, 10K free calls
Anti-bot, CAPTCHA, residential proxies	bring your own	yes	partial	partial	yes, by plan tier
Structured rows, not markdown	you parse	HTML or structured output, by product	markdown or structured JSON	yes	typed schema, validated
Pagination, chaining, scheduling	you build it	available in some products	available in some products	yes	yes
Change detection and events	you build it	available in some products	available in some products	available in some products	yes
Data QA on every run	you build it	service-dependent	service-dependent	service-dependent	yes
Fully managed service with SLA	no	offered by some vendors	varies by vendor	offered by some vendors	yes, fees at risk
Product matching and pricing intelligence	no	available from some vendors	varies by vendor	varies by vendor	yes, Aperture
Production track record	yours	varies	since ~2023	varies	since 2012, 500B+ points/month
Entry price	free, plus your time	usage-based	usage-based	low monthly	free trial, then $9/mo annually

Categories: DIY frameworks such as Scrapy, Playwright and Puppeteer · providers whose portfolios include unblocker, proxy and extraction APIs, such as Bright Data, Oxylabs and Zyte · LLM-oriented scraping APIs such as Firecrawl · no-code scrapers such as Octoparse and Browse AI. Several vendors span more than one category and may also offer browser actions, structured extraction, monitoring, datasets or managed delivery. Availability varies by product and plan; compare the exact route you would buy in our detailed comparisons. Last reviewed September 2026.

Published benchmark

Complete product data. Twice as often.

In a published eCommerce test, Import.io returned complete contracted records at roughly 2× the rate of conventional scraping.

Read methodology →

relative complete-record rate2.0×

Import.io2.0×

Conventional scraping1.0×

Relative rate across the published eCommerce test set.

Pricing you can read in one screen.

Billed on successful queries only. No card to start. Cancel anytime. Full detail on the pricing page.

Try it free for 30 days. 5,000 successful queries, trial access to the extraction workflow, no card, and no automatic charge. Paid-plan features and limits vary by tier.

Start free trial

Starter

$9/ mo annual

$11 monthly · 5,000 queries · hard stop

Up to 5 point-and-click and AI extractors
Starter API limits
JavaScript rendering and datacenter proxies
Daily scheduling, CSV and JSON delivery
Docs and community support

Get started

Standard

$199/ mo annual

$249 monthly · 50,000 queries · $7 per extra 1K

Unlimited extractors and concurrent jobs
Datacenter proxies
Scheduling and delivery
Email support

Get started

Professional

$399/ mo annual

$499 monthly · 200,000 queries · $3.50 per extra 1K

Everything in Standard
Regional proxies for harder targets
API access and webhooks
Screenshots and HTML extraction
Chat, ticketing and training

Get started

Advanced

$699/ mo annual

$899 monthly · 500,000 queries · $2.50 per extra 1K

Everything in Professional
Premium and residential proxies
Multi-user with team management
Priority live support

Get started

Above 500,000 queries a month, heavily protected sources, or dedicated infrastructure: Managed Services with custom SLAs. MCP Web Scraper: 10,000 free successful calls, then $0.0002 per successful call with a spend cap you set. Which plan is right for you.

From prompt to production.

Use the same extraction engine through REST, SDKs or MCP. Rendering, anti-bot and delivery stay server-side. Explore the Web Data API.

Connect

Choose API, SDK or MCP.

Authenticate

Create a scoped key.

Call tools

Extract, search, crawl, monitor.

Ship

Schedule and deliver typed output.

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› Extract this category into typed product rows.

prompt→render→extract→JSON

# extract a page into typed rows
curl https://api.import.io/v1/extract \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $IMPORTIO_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"url":"https://www.homedepot.com/b/…/N-5yc1vZc27w",
       "schema":"auto","paginate":true,"render":"auto","proxy":"residential"}'

# monitor and get events
curl https://api.import.io/v1/monitor \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $IMPORTIO_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"extractor":"8f2c…","every":"1h","fields":["price","availability"],
       "deliver":{"webhook":"https://your.app/hooks/importio"}}'

import { ImportIO } from "importio";
const client = new ImportIO({ apiKey: process.env.IMPORTIO_API_KEY });

const ex = await client.extractors.create({
  url: "https://www.homedepot.com/b/…/N-5yc1vZc27w",
  schema: "auto", paginate: true, render: "auto", proxy: "residential",
});
for await (const row of client.runs.stream(ex.id)) console.log(row.title, row.price);

await client.schedules.create(ex.id, { every: "1d", at: "06:00",
  deliver: { s3: "s3://your-bucket/drills/" } });

// Add Import.io to any MCP client
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "importio": {
      "url": "https://mcp.import.io/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer mcp_live_…" }
    }
  }
}
// tools: importio_web_fetch · importio_render · importio_extract_data · importio_get_html · browser actions
// 10,000 free successful calls, then $0.0002 per successful call

api.import.io · mcp.import.io · docs.import.iov1

What people extract with it.

Retail is where the engine was hardened. It runs everywhere the web publishes data.

eCommerce product data

Product details, prices, promotions, availability by store, rankings, reviews and sellers from any retailer or marketplace.

pricestockreviews

Competitor price monitoring

Matched SKU by SKU into pricing engines, daily or hourly, with history.

matchingindex

Digital shelf and MAP

Content compliance, share of search, MAP violations with evidence, unauthorized sellers.

contentmapsellers

Financial and alternative data

Filings, listings, permits, registries and dockets structured into point-in-time datasets with citations.

pdfpit history

Listings and market research

Property, jobs, vehicles, travel rates and ticket inventory, deduplicated to the entity with price history.

listingsdedupe

AI agents and training data

Clean, structured web data for RAG, fine-tuning and agent tool use, pulled on demand through the API and MCP.

mcpapijson

Scraping fetches pages. Extraction creates usable data.

Import.io handles the operating layer between them: rendering, access, schema, maintenance, QA and delivery.

01 · fetch
Open the real page.
Render JavaScript and handle protected access.
02 · shape
Create typed records.
Apply schema, pagination and validation.
03 · operate
Keep the data moving.
Schedule, monitor, repair and deliver.

Built for production, governed for enterprise.

Developers should want to try it. CTOs should trust it. Procurement should be able to sign it.

Compliance

GDPR and CCPA ready. Data processing agreements. Regional data handling where you need it.

PII detection and removal

Pipelines detect and remove personal and restricted data with sensitivity thresholds you set.

Audit trails

Every run, every record, every delivery logged. Trace any row to the fetch that produced it.

Responsible collection

Rate-aware crawling, robots and terms respected, and a written policy on what will and will not be fetched.

Security

Encryption in transit and at rest, scoped access, team management with roles on Advanced and enterprise.

Reliability

Retries, fallback rendering and typed failures. Monitoring dashboards per run and per source. Since 2012.

Web scraping questions, answered.

Short answers. Longer ones in the docs and on the call.

What is Import.io?

Import.io is a web scraping and data extraction platform founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco. It provides a no-code extractor builder with AI schema detection, a REST API and SDKs, an MCP server for AI agents, and a fully managed service with SLAs, and processes more than 500 billion data points a month for retailers, brands, marketplaces and data platforms.

What is the best web scraping tool for JavaScript-heavy or protected sites?

One that renders pages in a real browser, handles anti-bot and CAPTCHA, offers the right proxy tier, and structures the result into typed rows. Import.io combines those capabilities inside the platform, with self-service plans from $9 a month, and has run large marketplaces in production since 2012.

Do I need to code?

No. Point-and-click and prompt-based extractors build a full pipeline without code. Trial, Starter and Standard include API access at their published limits. Full API access, SDKs and webhooks are available on Professional and above.

Can AI agents use Import.io?

Yes. The MCP server at mcp.import.io exposes importio_web_fetch, importio_render, importio_extract_data, importio_get_html and browser actions for Claude, Cursor and any MCP-compatible client. You get 10,000 free successful calls, then pay $0.0002 per successful call with a spend cap you set. Blocked or failed calls are never billed.

How much does Import.io cost?

A free 30-day trial includes 5,000 successful queries with no card. Starter is $9 a month billed annually ($11 monthly) for 5,000 queries, with a hard stop and no overage. Standard is $199 ($249) for 50,000; Professional $399 ($499) for 200,000; Advanced $699 ($899) for 500,000. Standard, Professional and Advanced overage is $7, $3.50 and $2.50 per 1,000. Above 500,000 queries a month or for dedicated infrastructure, managed enterprise contracts apply.

Which websites can Import.io extract data from?

Most public websites, including JavaScript-heavy storefronts, marketplaces, listings portals, PDFs and authenticated portals. Standard includes datacenter proxies, Professional adds regional proxies, Advanced includes premium and residential proxies for heavily protected sites. Managed programs handle the rest.

How is Import.io different from Bright Data, Oxylabs or Zyte?

Bright Data, Oxylabs and Zyte have broader portfolios than proxy access alone: depending on the product, they may offer scraping APIs, browser automation, structured output, datasets or managed delivery. Import.io brings no-code extractor building, APIs, scheduling, delivery, QA, MCP access and managed operations into one product family. Compare the exact products and plans for the workflow you need.

How is Import.io different from Firecrawl or other LLM scrapers?

Firecrawl and other agent-oriented scraping products can return markdown or structured output, and some support search, crawl and extraction workflows. Import.io is designed for repeatable data operations that can combine typed schemas, scheduled runs, delivery, QA, plan-based network controls, MCP access and managed services. The right choice depends on the sources, output and operating model you need.

Is web scraping legal?

Collecting publicly available information is legal in most jurisdictions and standard practice across industries, subject to terms of service, rate limits and personal-data law. Import.io operates rate-aware collection, respects robots and terms, detects and removes personal data, and works under data processing agreements.

What happens when a website changes?

Change is detected on the next run through QA against the extractor's baseline. Extractors are repaired with AI assistance and verified against the schema; on managed programs this happens before your next delivery window and you are told about it.

How is data delivered?

CSV, JSON or Parquet to S3, SFTP or a webhook; pulled from the REST API; or returned directly to an agent through MCP. Screenshots and raw HTML are available alongside structured rows.

What does the managed service include?

Feasibility per source, build, internal AI QA, your UAT, production runs, delivery with a manifest, daily monitoring, weekly summary, monthly report and call, a named CSM and SLAs with fees at risk. First delivery is typically two to three weeks from signature.

INTEGRATIONS

Use your extractor results.

Read scheduled results in a spreadsheet, connect a BI report or load the rows from your own code.

See all integrations

Google Sheets Microsoft Excel Power BI Tableau REST API Python & pandas Node.js

Paste a URL.
Get an API in ten minutes.

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Web scraping that works.Even when sites fight back.

One engine.Four ways in.

How to extract data from any website with Import.io.

Point or describe

Refine and test

Run at scale

Schedule and deliver

Everything a scraping stack needs, in one platform.

Describe the data.

Open the hard pages.

Appear where the data is.

Keep it current.

Release data, not guesses.

Send it anywhere.

How Import.io compares to the alternatives.

Complete product data. Twice as often.

Pricing you can read in one screen.

Starter

Standard

Professional

Advanced

From prompt to production.

Connect

Authenticate

Call tools

Ship

What people extract with it.

eCommerce product data

Competitor price monitoring

Digital shelf and MAP

Financial and alternative data

Listings and market research

AI agents and training data

Scraping fetches pages. Extraction creates usable data.

Built for production, governed for enterprise.

Compliance

PII detection and removal

Audit trails

Responsible collection

Security

Reliability

Web scraping questions, answered.

Use your extractor results.

Paste a URL. Get an API in ten minutes.

One engine.
Four ways in.

Paste a URL.
Get an API in ten minutes.