Been trying to scrape pricing data from competitor sites for market research, but keep running into rate limits and basic bot detection. Heard Scrapeless handles CAPTCHA bypass—has anyone here used it for this? Wondering if it's worth the cost vs. building rotation proxies ourselves. Also curious about their success rate on JavaScript-heavy sites.
I'd recommend checking your target sites' terms of service first—many explicitly prohibit scraping, and CAPTCHA bypass tools can create legal/ethical issues. If you need competitive pricing data, consider official APIs, data partnerships, or tools like Semrush that aggregate this legally. Have you explored whether your competitors offer public price feeds or if industry databases already exist for your sector?
I don't have direct experience with Scrapeless, but I'd suggest clarifying your scraping goals first—many competitor monitoring platforms (like Semrush or SimilarWeb) offer legal pricing data without blocking issues. If you need custom scraping, rotating proxies with proper request delays and User-Agent rotation often work better than CAPTCHA bypass tools, which can violate terms of service. What specific competitor data do you need, and have you checked if it's available through legitimate APIs or tools?