Octoparse capabilities

This page lists what Octoparse can do, grouped by what you’re trying to get done, and where you’ll find each capability. To decide where to start, see What is Octoparse?. For the terms used here, see Core concepts.

Get a scraper for a site

Capability	What it does for you	Where
Templates	Ready-made scrapers for 600+ popular sites. Enter keywords, URLs, or locations and run	Template Gallery, Desktop, AI Assistant, MCP, API, CLI
AI Assistant	Describe the data in your own words, and it finds a template or builds a scraper for you	Web, user center
Cloud Agent	Builds a dedicated scraper from your request and runs it on Octoparse Cloud	AI Assistant
Browser Use	Collects data in your own browser, including sites you’re signed in to	AI Assistant, with Octoparse in Chrome
Auto-detect	Finds the lists, fields, and pagination on a page and sets up a starting task	Desktop, AI Assistant
No-code builder	Click the data you want and add the steps to reach it, for full control	Desktop

Fix missing or messy data

Capability	What it does for you	Where
Refine data	Rename, reorder, and clean fields with built-in rules and RegEx	Desktop
AI Field Fixer	Clean and format fields, or rename them in batches, by describing the change	Desktop

Get past blocks

You set these in a task in Octoparse Desktop, and they apply to local and cloud runs unless a page says otherwise. Most templates come with proxies built in.

Capability	What it does for you
Proxies and IP rotation and Cloud IP pools	Change the network path and location a task uses
CAPTCHA handling and Cloudflare verification	Get through verification pages, automatically or by hand
Sign-in and cookies	Keep a task signed in on sites that need an account
Waits, timeouts, and retries	Handle pages that load slowly or in stages
User-Agent and browser modes	Change how the page sees the browser, or run in your own Chrome or Edge profile

To find out which one you need, start with the Anti-blocking overview.

Run it

Capability	What it does for you	Where
Local Extraction	Run on your own computer, with your network and sessions	Desktop, any plan
Local boost mode	Split a task into 3 subtasks on your computer, about 3 times faster	Desktop, Basic and above
Checkpoint resume	Continue an interrupted local run instead of starting over	Desktop
Cloud Extraction	Run with your computer off	Octoparse Cloud. Your own tasks need Standard or above; templates and Cloud Agent run on every plan
Schedules	Run a task again at the times you set	Standard and above
Boost Mode and task splitting	Split a large task into subtasks that run in parallel	Octoparse Cloud
Incremental scraping	Skip pages a recurring task has already scraped	Standard and above

Not sure where to run a task? See Local vs Cloud Extraction.

Send data to your tools

Capability	What it does for you
Export formats	Download data as CSV, Excel, JSON, HTML, or XML
Automatic export	Send new data from each cloud run to its destination without a manual download. Standard and above
Destinations	Google Sheets; MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Oracle; Amazon S3, Google Drive, and Dropbox. Cloud storage needs Professional or above
API, MCP server, and CLI	Run templates and tasks and pull the data from your own code or AI agents. On Free and Basic, rows count toward your monthly rows; full API access starts on Standard

Check how runs went

Capability	What it does for you
Cloud Run Details	See each run’s status, data, subtasks, and history, and restart stopped subtasks
Logs and events	Find out why a run stopped or returned less data than expected

Work as a team

Capability	What it does for you
Enterprise admin and agent accounts	An admin account allocates cloud and anti-blocking resources to agent accounts and can see their cloud tasks
Security	Account security and export destination controls

Some capabilities depend on your plan, the task type, and whether the task runs on your computer or in the cloud. Each linked page lists its requirements. See pricing for what each plan includes.

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Get a scraper for a site

Fix missing or messy data

Get past blocks

Run it

Send data to your tools

Check how runs went

Work as a team

​Get a scraper for a site

​Fix missing or messy data

​Get past blocks

​Run it

​Send data to your tools

​Check how runs went

​Work as a team

Get a scraper for a site

Fix missing or messy data

Get past blocks

Run it

Send data to your tools

Check how runs went

Work as a team