The tools in this category
LinkedIn-focused scraping with 100+ pre-built "Phantoms".
No-code web scraper with AI-generated selectors.
Flexible scraping platform with 3,000+ pre-built actors.
LinkedIn and web automation platform.
LinkedIn's official prospecting tool with export limitations.
Our take on web scrapers & lists
Web scraping tools serve a specific job: building custom lists from public data sources when your target audience isn't fully captured by standard databases. Job boards, product hunt launches, LinkedIn profiles, event attendees — all the places databases don't reach cleanly.
Phantombuster is the LinkedIn-focused specialist. Apify is the most flexible general scraper. Browse AI and TexAu compete on ease. LinkedIn Sales Nav is the official (and expensive) alternative.
The rule that matters: scrapers work best paired with [Clay](/tools/clay). Scrape the source, enrich the records, push into your outbound tool. Skipping the enrichment step almost always produces low-quality outbound.
How we'd stack these tools together
Scrapers feed Clay for enrichment. Enriched contacts go to your CRM and then into outbound email or LinkedIn outreach. Without Clay in the middle, scraped data usually isn't clean enough for outbound.