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AlternativeTo Scraper - Get Software Alternatives & Reviews

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AlternativeTo Scraper - Get Software Alternatives & Reviews

Scrape the fastest-growing software directory. Extract app alternatives, competitor software, categories, user reviews, ratings, and features from AlternativeTo.net. Bypasses Cloudflare instantly. Perfect for market research, SEO, and competitive analysis. 100% proxy-free!

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from $1.30 / 1,000 results

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AlternativeTo Scraper

Extract software alternatives, reviews, and category listings from AlternativeTo.net.

This scraper provides structured data for competitive analysis, market research, and lead generation without the need for manual browsing. It easily handles pagination and bypasses Cloudflare anti-bot mechanisms.

Features

  • Software Alternatives (mode: software): Extract all alternatives for a specific software.
  • Software Reviews (mode: reviews): Extract all user reviews for a specific software.
  • Category Explorer (mode: category): Extract a list of software URLs from a specific category.

Input Configuration

The actor accepts the following inputs via the Apify Console or API:

FieldTypeDescriptionDefault
modeStringScraping mode: software, category, or reviews.software
startUrlsArrayList of AlternativeTo URLs to start scraping from.[{"url": "https://alternativeto.net/software/notion/"}]
maxItemsIntegerMaximum number of items to scrape. Set to 0 for unlimited.200
includeReviewsBooleanIf mode is software, setting this to true will also scrape reviews for that software.false

Example Input

{
"mode":"software",
"startUrls":[{"url":"https://alternativeto.net/software/notion/"}],
"maxItems":100
}

Output Fields

Software Alternative Output (mode: software)

FieldTypeDescription
nameStringName of the alternative software.
alternativeForStringThe main software it is an alternative to.
alternativeToUrlStringURL of the alternative software on AlternativeTo.
descriptionStringShort localized description of the app.
likesIntegerNumber of likes the alternative received.
tagsArrayLicense tags (Free, Open Source, Freemium, etc.).
platformsArraySupported platforms (Windows, Mac, Web, etc.).
sourceUrlStringThe pagination URL where this item was found.
imageUrlStringThumbnail image URL.

Review Output (mode: reviews)

FieldTypeDescription
softwareStringName of the software being reviewed.
reviewerStringName/username of the reviewer.
ratingFloatStar rating (out of 5).
titleStringTitle of the review.
bodyStringReview content/body text.
prosStringMentioned pros.
consStringMentioned cons.
dateStringDate the review was published.

Compute Unit Consumption

This actor uses a lightweight HTTP crawler (BeautifulSoupCrawler), making it extremely fast and cheap to run. It does not use real browsers (Playwright/Puppeteer), meaning memory consumption is minimal (approx. 256MB) and speeds are very high.

  • 100 records typically take less than 5-10 seconds and consume less than 0.001 CU.

Limitations

  • AlternativeTo heavily relies on heavily nested pagination (?p=2); the scraper correctly handles this but maxItems applies globally across all queued pages.

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