# Can I replace Octoparse with an AI agent?

A no-code web scraper with a point-and-click builder and cloud runs. Yes, an agent running looot covers the jobs listed here.

## What Octoparse does and what looot covers

- Extract structured data: covered. Providers: diffbot, jina, firecrawl, zyte-api.
- Scrape JavaScript pages: covered. Providers: apify, hyperbrowser, steel.
- Get past blocks: covered. Providers: brightdata, zyte-api.
- Convert pages to markdown: covered. Providers: jina, firecrawl.
- Crawl many pages: covered. Providers: apify, firecrawl, brightdata.
- Run a ready-made scraper: covered. Providers: apify.
- Point-and-click builder: not covered. Your agent describes what to extract in words. There is no visual selector tool.

## Agent prompt to replace Octoparse

Use looot to scrape the listing pages at the URLs I give you into a table with the fields I name, following pagination. 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 Octoparse?

For the jobs listed on this page, yes. An agent running looot can do each of them by calling catalog endpoints. You still pick the provider and check the result.

## Is there a free Octoparse 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 Octoparse depends on your volume.

## What does Octoparse cost?

List prices change, so check Octoparse'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 Octoparse alternative for an AI agent?

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

## Which Octoparse features does looot not cover?

Not covered: point-and-click builder. Keep Octoparse for those, or use another tool beside looot.

## How do I replace Octoparse 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 Octoparse account to use looot?

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

## Related apps

- /can-i-replace/phantombuster
- /can-i-replace/outscraper

## Last reviewed

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