Compare Gaffa vs. ScrapFly

Gaffa is a REST API built for web scraping and browser automation, allowing developers to run real, full browsers at scale with a single API call. It removes the difficulty of managing headless browser frameworks, rotating proxies, CAPTCHA solving, and scaling infrastructure, all of which are handled automatically. JavaScript-heavy and dynamic websites render exactly as they would for a human visitor by default. Beyond standard scraping, Gaffa supports AI-driven structured data extraction (extract data into a defined schema without writing CSS selectors), screenshot and PDF capture, infinite-scroll and form-filling automation, and clean Markdown conversion for feeding webpages directly into LLM and RAG pipelines. A rotating residential proxy network keeps access reliable across regions, and a credit-based pricing model means teams pay only for the browser time and bandwidth they actually use. Gaffa is designed for AI engineers, data teams, and developers who want production-grade web data extraction without having to build and maintain their own infrastructure.

Scrapfly provides a comprehensive set of APIs aimed at simplifying the process of web data gathering for developers. Their web scraping API is designed to effectively extract content from web pages, adeptly managing obstacles such as anti-scraping technologies and the complexities of JavaScript rendering. The Extraction API employs advanced AI and large language models to analyze documents and retrieve structured information, while the screenshot API captures high-definition images of web pages. These tools are engineered to scale, guaranteeing both reliability and performance as data requirements increase. Additionally, Scrapfly offers extensive documentation, SDKs for Python and TypeScript, and connections with platforms like Zapier and Make, making it easy to integrate these solutions into a variety of workflows. Users can take advantage of these features to enhance their data collection processes significantly.