What Octoparse does well
Octoparse makes scraping approachable for non-engineers — a point-and-click visual builder, templates for popular sites, and cloud scheduling. For analysts who don't write code and need a repeatable extraction without engineering help, it's a strong fit.
Where Ollagraph goes further
- API-first, not a desktop app. Ollagraph is a single HTTP endpoint family — no visual builder to configure, no client to install. Drop it into any pipeline, agent, or cron job.
- Structured output + intelligence. Clean markdown for LLMs, JSON-LD/OpenGraph extraction, plus DNS/WHOIS/SSL/enrichment in the same API. Octoparse focuses on the scrape itself.
- Agent-native. An MCP server and natural-language browser actions make Ollagraph usable directly by AI agents. Octoparse targets human operators.
- Per-call economics. Credits at 1 per call, pay-as-you-go from $5, failed calls auto-refund.
Side by side
| Feature | Octoparse | Ollagraph |
|---|---|---|
| No-code visual builder | Yes (its core) | API-first |
| Programmatic HTTP API | Limited | Native |
| Clean markdown output for LLMs | Not native | Native |
| Domain intelligence (DNS/WHOIS/SSL) | Not offered | Included |
| Vertical actors (Amazon, Zillow, Maps) | Site templates | Dedicated extractors |
| MCP server for AI agents | Not offered | Included |
| Async + webhooks | Cloud schedules | Native |
| Free to start | Free plan | 1,000 credits |
Who each is best for
Choose Octoparse if: Non-technical analysts who prefer a visual, point-and-click tool and don't want to write or call code.
Choose Ollagraph if: Engineering and AI teams who want a programmatic API — scraping plus intelligence plus agent tooling — they can wire into a pipeline.