Comparison
A Data Miner alternative with flat pricing and alerts when something breaks
Updated: September 17, 2026
Data Miner has a huge library of public recipes and works well on popular sites. The most repeated complaints are elsewhere: pricing grows with the pages you scrape, and when a recipe stops working you have to rebuild it.
What to know about Data Miner (Data Scraper)
- Paid plans with monthly page limits, from USD 19.99 to over USD 200 depending on volume.
- It processes one page at a time: scrapes of hundreds of pages can take hours.
- When a site changes and a recipe stops extracting data, there's no warning: you have to notice and rebuild it.
- It has ready-made public recipes for thousands of popular sites.
What Sturdy Scraper does differently
| Picking data | Point-and-click: click one item and it detects the whole list |
|---|---|
| Pagination | Next button, “Load more”, infinite scroll and links, detected automatically |
| Big exports | CSV, JSON and NDJSON streamed to disk from 5,000 rows: nothing piles up in memory |
| When the site changes | Warns you when a selector stops finding data, before you export an empty table |
| Where your data lives | In your browser. No server receives what you scrape |
| Price | Free: 200 rows per scrape, no credit card. Pro: USD 9/month or USD 79/year, unlimited rows |
Which one should you pick?
Data Miner: If you scrape very popular sites that already have a maintained public recipe, or you need its team features, Data Miner saves you setup time.
Sturdy Scraper: If you scrape niche sites, want a flat price that doesn't depend on how many pages you crawl, and need to know as soon as a selector stops working, Sturdy Scraper is a better fit.
Frequently asked questions
Is Sturdy Scraper free like Data Miner?
It has a Free plan with no credit card and 200 rows per scrape, enough to see if it works for you. Pro costs USD 9 per month or USD 79 per year and removes the row limit.
Does my scraped data go through a server?
No. Scraping and storage happen in your browser. The only server contact is validating a Pro license (email and key), never the content you extract.
Can I import what I built in Data Miner?
There's no automatic importer. In practice, rebuilding a scraper takes a few minutes: open the site, click an item in the list, add the fields and choose the pagination.
Does it work on sites that load content with JavaScript?
Yes. It waits for new content after every click, scroll or page change, and detects buttons like “Next” or “Load more” below the results.
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