Getting started with Simplescraper

Simplescraper turns any website into structured data, as CSV, JSON or Markdown, and alerts you when a web page changes. It works with no code, through the API or over MCP, and every scraper comes with its own database so you can build datasets.

Scrape from the browser

Install the Chrome extension, open the page you want and click 'Start scraping'. Simplescraper finds the list, names the columns and returns the data in seconds, including on pages behind your own login. Runs of up to five pages need no account and use no credits.

Browser recipes run in the cloud too

Every recipe you save in the browser is also saved to your dashboard, where it can run in the cloud: on a schedule, across thousands of URLs, or from the API.

Explore Browser Scraping Guides ↓

Scrape from the cloud

Paste a URL on the dashboard's Scrape page and click the data you want, with nothing to install, or open a recipe you saved from the extension. Cloud recipes run on Simplescraper's servers: on a schedule, across up to 10,000 URLs per recipe, and straight into Google Sheets, Airtable, email or a webhook. To log in, click through pages or scroll for more items while you choose the data, use the extension.

Explore Cloud Scraping Guides ↓

Monitor a web page

Simplescraper checks a page on the schedule you set and alerts you by email, webhook or AI agent when its text or appearance changes.

Explore Website Monitoring Guides ↓

Scrape from code or an AI assistant

Run recipes, extract data from any URL, take screenshots and search Google with the API, or connect Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT through the MCP server.

Explore API Guides ↓

Guides

Getting Started

• Should I scrape in the browser, in the cloud or with the API?
• How many credits does a scrape use?

Browser Scraping

• What is browser scraping?
• How do I scrape a page and save it as a recipe?
• How do I scrape a list that is split across several sections of a page?
• How do I give my columns clear names?
• How do I scrape a list of URLs in the browser?
• How do I scrape a list of links, then every page they lead to, in the browser?

Cloud Scraping

• What is cloud scraping?
• How do I auto-scrape multiple pages and infinite scroll?
• How do I bulk scrape a list of URLs in the cloud?
• How do I scrape a list of links and then every page it links to (sub-page or deep scraping)?
• How do I run a scrape on a schedule?
• How do I build a dataset that only adds new rows?
• How do I scrape a site I have to log in to?
• How long are my results stored?
• Is there a ready-made recipe for Google, LinkedIn, Reddit or other popular sites?

Website Monitoring

• How do I get an alert when a web page changes?

API

• How do I run recipes and fetch results from my code?
• How do I take a screenshot of a web page by API?
• How do I get Google search results as JSON?
• How do I list every URL on a website?

AI Features

• How do I describe the data I want and let AI find it?
• How do I summarize, classify or pull details out of scraped data with AI?
• How do I turn a web page or a whole website into Markdown?
• How do I use Simplescraper from Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT?

Integrations

• How do I send scraped data to Google Sheets?
• How do I send scraped data to Airtable?
• How do I send scraped data to Zapier?
• How do I send scraped data to Make?
• How do I get scraped data by email?
• How do I send scraped data to a webhook?

Troubleshooting

• Why did my scrape time out?
• How do I know if a recipe is still working?

Account Settings

• How do I add a password to my account?
• How do I upgrade, downgrade or cancel my plan?
• How do I delete my account?

Not in the sidebar

• What data does Simplescraper collect?
• What are the terms of service?

For limits, credits, logins and recipes, see the FAQ.