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[RSS feed](https://scrape.ly/blog/rss.xml) Profile Scrape.ly TeamThe team behind Scrape.ly Scrape.ly is the web data platform from TeraShift GmbH in Switzerland, powered by Evomi: ready-made scrapers in the Scrape.ly Store, a cloud runtime, an API with JavaScript and Python SDKs, proxies, a hosted anti-bot browser and an MCP server for AI agents. - [Website](https://scrape.ly/index.md) * [![Pixel-art robot with an orange >\_ on its terminal head walks past an open red toolbox of wrenches, screwdrivers and hammers to a lit arcade cabinet bearing the Scrape.ly logo, its hand on the cabinet and the Scrape.ly mark in its thought bubble](https://scrape.ly/media/best-web-scraping-tools.png?w=750)](https://scrape.ly/blog/best-web-scraping-tools.md) ### [The 9 Best Web Scraping Tools in 2026, Compared](https://scrape.ly/blog/best-web-scraping-tools.md) [The 9 best web scraping tools for 2026 across platforms, scraping APIs, no-code builders, open-source libraries and AI crawlers, each with a narrow 'best for', today's prices, and a comparison table. Scrape.ly is our pick.](https://scrape.ly/blog/best-web-scraping-tools.md) * [![Pixel-art robot with an orange >\_ on its terminal head carries a row of data from a web page on the left into a table on the right that is filling up row by row](https://scrape.ly/media/what-is-web-scraping.png?w=750)](https://scrape.ly/blog/what-is-web-scraping.md) ### [What Is Web Scraping? How It Works and What It Is Used For](https://scrape.ly/blog/what-is-web-scraping.md) [What is web scraping? The automated collection of data from websites into structured records. See how it works step by step with tested Python code, what teams use it for, how it differs from crawling, APIs and screen scraping, and how to do it without code.](https://scrape.ly/blog/what-is-web-scraping.md) * [![Pixel-art robot with an orange >\_ on its terminal head walks up to a lit arcade cabinet bearing the Scrape.ly logo and rests its hand on it, thinking of the Scrape.ly mark, while a dark cabinet with the Apify logo stands switched off on the other side](https://scrape.ly/media/apify-alternatives.png?w=750)](https://scrape.ly/blog/apify-alternatives.md) ### [7 Best Apify Alternatives in 2026 (and How to Switch)](https://scrape.ly/blog/apify-alternatives.md) [The 7 best Apify alternatives for 2026, compared on what matters when you leave Apify: running your existing Actors, proxy prices per GB, free plans and spend control. Plus the exact code to switch.](https://scrape.ly/blog/apify-alternatives.md) * [![Pixel-art robot with an orange >\_ on its terminal head pulls a data card out of a monitor showing the blue and yellow Python logo beside lines of code, and drops it into a crate](https://scrape.ly/media/web-scraping-python.png?w=750)](https://scrape.ly/blog/web-scraping-python.md) ### [Web Scraping With Python: A Complete 2026 Guide](https://scrape.ly/blog/web-scraping-python.md) [A complete guide to web scraping with Python: requests and BeautifulSoup, CSS selectors, pagination, CSV and JSON export, polite delays and retries, async httpx, Playwright for JavaScript pages, Scrapy, and how to run it all in the cloud. Every script tested on 23 October 2026.](https://scrape.ly/blog/web-scraping-python.md) * [![Pixel-art robot with an orange >\_ on its terminal head stands before a pair of balanced golden scales of justice, holding out a data card](https://scrape.ly/media/is-web-scraping-legal.png?w=750)](https://scrape.ly/blog/is-web-scraping-legal.md) ### [Is Web Scraping Legal? US, EU and UK Law, Court Cases and a Checklist (2026)](https://scrape.ly/blog/is-web-scraping-legal.md) [Is web scraping legal? What US, EU and UK law actually says in 2026, from Van Buren and hiQ v. LinkedIn to Meta and X v. Bright Data, GDPR, database rights, robots.txt and the newest SerpApi rulings, plus a practical checklist.](https://scrape.ly/blog/is-web-scraping-legal.md) * [![Pixel-art robot with an orange >\_ on its terminal head plugs a cable into a server rack labelled MCP with the Scrape.ly logo on its front, while two more cables run into it from web pages on the left](https://scrape.ly/media/best-mcp-servers-for-web-scraping.png?w=750)](https://scrape.ly/blog/best-mcp-servers-for-web-scraping.md) ### [6 Best Web Scraping MCP Servers in 2026 (Setup for Claude Code and Cursor)](https://scrape.ly/blog/best-mcp-servers-for-web-scraping.md) [The 6 best MCP servers for web scraping in 2026, compared on hosting, sign-in, tools, free tiers and spending control, with copy-paste setup for Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code and a real agent run.](https://scrape.ly/blog/best-mcp-servers-for-web-scraping.md) * [![Pixel-art robot with an orange >\_ on its terminal head pulls a data card out of a browser window showing a web page and drops it into a crate of collected data](https://scrape.ly/media/how-to-scrape-a-website.png?w=750)](https://scrape.ly/blog/how-to-scrape-a-website.md) ### [How to Scrape Data From a Website: 4 Methods, No-Code to Python](https://scrape.ly/blog/how-to-scrape-a-website.md) [How to scrape data from a website four ways: a ready-made scraper with no code, a generic cloud scraper with one extraction function, a Python script you run yourself, and an AI agent over MCP. Each with real runs, exact costs and tested code.](https://scrape.ly/blog/how-to-scrape-a-website.md) * [![Pixel-art robot with an orange >\_ on its terminal head chooses a lit arcade cabinet bearing the Scrape.ly logo, hand on its side and the Scrape.ly mark in its thought bubble, while a dark cabinet with the orange Firecrawl flame logo stands switched off](https://scrape.ly/media/firecrawl-alternatives.png?w=750)](https://scrape.ly/blog/firecrawl-alternatives.md) ### [6 Best Firecrawl Alternatives in 2026 for LLM-Ready Web Data](https://scrape.ly/blog/firecrawl-alternatives.md) [The 6 best Firecrawl alternatives for turning websites into Markdown for LLMs, RAG and AI agents, compared on price per page, free tiers, commitments and MCP access, with a real crawl and its exact cost.](https://scrape.ly/blog/firecrawl-alternatives.md) * [![Pixel-art robot with an orange >\_ on its terminal head, an AI sparkle in a speech bubble above it, pulls a data card out of a web page and drops it into a crate](https://scrape.ly/media/ai-web-scraping.png?w=750)](https://scrape.ly/blog/ai-web-scraping.md) ### [AI Web Scraping: How LLMs and Agents Extract Web Data](https://scrape.ly/blog/ai-web-scraping.md) [AI web scraping uses language models to read pages and fill structured fields, and AI agents to decide what to fetch. Learn how LLM extraction, agents and MCP work, when plain rules still win, and run both with working code and real runs.](https://scrape.ly/blog/ai-web-scraping.md) * [![Pixel-art robot with an orange >\_ on its terminal head chooses a lit arcade cabinet bearing the Scrape.ly logo, hand on its side and the Scrape.ly mark in its thought bubble, while a dark cabinet with the blue Bright Data logo stands switched off](https://scrape.ly/media/bright-data-alternatives.png?w=750)](https://scrape.ly/blog/bright-data-alternatives.md) ### [Bright Data Alternatives: 5 Options Compared on Price per GB and per Result](https://scrape.ly/blog/bright-data-alternatives.md) [The best Bright Data alternatives in 2026, compared on residential proxy price per GB, commitments and ready-made scrapers. Scrape.ly leads with $2 to $4 per GB residential traffic, 568 pay-per-result Actors and a hard cap on every run.](https://scrape.ly/blog/bright-data-alternatives.md) * [![Pixel-art robot with an orange >\_ on its terminal head walks past a raised red-and-white boom barrier, carrying a data card from the web page behind it towards a crate](https://scrape.ly/media/web-scraping-without-getting-blocked.png?w=750)](https://scrape.ly/blog/web-scraping-without-getting-blocked.md) ### [Web Scraping Without Getting Blocked: 10 Techniques That Work](https://scrape.ly/blog/web-scraping-without-getting-blocked.md) [Web scraping without getting blocked comes down to ten habits: real headers, pacing, sessions, good IPs, real browsers, clean fingerprints, challenge handling, honeypot checks, robots.txt and caching. Tested Python for each, and how Scrape.ly handles them for you.](https://scrape.ly/blog/web-scraping-without-getting-blocked.md) * [![Pixel-art robot with an orange >\_ on its terminal head carries a cable from a browser window showing the Playwright logo into a server rack labelled MCP](https://scrape.ly/media/playwright-mcp.png?w=750)](https://scrape.ly/blog/playwright-mcp.md) ### [Playwright MCP: Setup for Cursor, Claude Code and VS Code, and When to Use It for Scraping](https://scrape.ly/blog/playwright-mcp.md) [Playwright MCP lets an AI agent drive a real browser through accessibility snapshots. Set it up in Cursor, Claude Code or VS Code in a minute, learn the options and tools that matter, and see where it shines for scraping and where to hand off.](https://scrape.ly/blog/playwright-mcp.md) ## The internet is full of data. Start owning yours. Scrape.ly gives you the infrastructure, the tooling, and the team to extract, process, and operationalize web data at any scale. 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