# Can I replace Import.io with an AI agent?

A web data platform that turns pages into structured data feeds on a schedule. Partly. looot covers some of the jobs and not others.

## What Import.io does and what looot covers

- Extract a page into fields: covered. Providers: diffbot, jina, firecrawl, zyte-api.
- Crawl a site: covered. Providers: firecrawl, apify.
- Handle protected pages: partial. Providers: zyte-api, brightdata, apify, firecrawl. Hard blocks fail for any provider some of the time.
- Scheduled data feeds: not covered. looot runs when called, so you need your own schedule.
- Change monitoring dashboards: not covered. looot hosts no dashboards or alerts.

## Agent prompt to replace Import.io

Use looot to crawl the site I give you, extract name, price and description from each product page, and return one table. If you have not yet, set up https://looot.ai/skill.md first. Then search the looot catalog for each step, check the price of each endpoint before you call it, run the cheapest one that fits, and show me the results as a table.

## Can an AI agent replace Import.io?

Partly. An agent running looot can do some of what Import.io does through catalog endpoints, and the page marks the jobs it cannot do.

## Is there a free Import.io alternative?

looot has no monthly seat. You pay per call to the provider you pick, and the catalog shows each endpoint's price before you run it. Whether that comes out cheaper than Import.io depends on your volume.

## What does Import.io cost?

List prices change, so check Import.io's own pricing page. This page does not repeat them. The looot side is read live from the catalog on the web version of this page.

## What is a good Import.io alternative for an AI agent?

An agent with a looot connection can call the providers behind Import.io's data jobs directly. The providers used here are diffbot, jina, firecrawl, zyte-api, apify, brightdata.

## Which Import.io features does looot not cover?

Not covered: scheduled data feeds, change monitoring dashboards. Keep Import.io for those, or use another tool beside looot.

## How do I replace Import.io with looot?

Paste the agent prompt on this page into your coding agent. It sets up looot, finds the endpoints for each job and runs them. You can edit the prompt to match your own inputs.

## Do I need a Import.io account to use looot?

No. looot calls its own providers and does not connect to your Import.io account. Your existing Import.io data stays where it is.

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## Last reviewed

2026-10-02. Live prices are on the web page, read from the catalog.