Import.io
Web data providers software
Data extraction tools
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$199 per month
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What is Import.io
Import.io is a web data extraction platform used to collect structured data from websites and deliver it to downstream systems for analytics, monitoring, and automation use cases. It supports building and running web extractors (scrapers) and managing extraction jobs at scale for teams that need repeatable data collection. The product focuses on turning web pages into structured datasets through configurable extraction workflows rather than providing a fixed, pre-curated data feed.
End-to-end extraction workflow
Import.io covers the full workflow from defining extraction rules to running scheduled jobs and exporting results. This helps teams operationalize web data collection without building a complete scraping stack from scratch. It is suited to recurring use cases such as price monitoring, catalog aggregation, and competitive intelligence where repeatability matters.
Structured output for analytics
The platform is designed to transform web content into structured tables suitable for BI tools, databases, and data pipelines. This reduces the amount of post-processing required compared with raw HTML capture approaches. It is useful for business users and analysts who need consistent fields across runs.
Managed platform approach
As a managed product, Import.io can reduce the operational burden of maintaining crawlers, job scheduling, and extraction runs. This can be advantageous for organizations that prefer a vendor-managed service over maintaining custom scraping infrastructure. It also supports collaboration through centralized management of extractors and runs.
Anti-bot and access variability
Web extraction reliability depends on target-site changes, rate limits, and anti-bot controls. Like other extraction tools, Import.io users may still need to address blocking, authentication, CAPTCHAs, and geo-specific content using additional methods or services. These factors can increase ongoing maintenance effort for critical sources.
Extractor maintenance over time
When page layouts change, extraction rules can break and require updates. This is a common limitation for rule-based or semi-automated extraction approaches, especially across large numbers of sources. Teams should plan for monitoring, alerting, and periodic tuning to maintain data quality.
Fit varies for turnkey datasets
Organizations seeking ready-made, domain-specific datasets (for example, pre-curated news or entity databases) may find a general extraction platform requires more configuration and ongoing management. The product is better aligned to custom source lists and bespoke schemas than to plug-and-play data feeds. This can extend time-to-value for users who primarily want an API of pre-assembled content.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Trial (14-day) | Free for 14 days | Trial includes all Standard plan features; no credit card required. (Trial details on official pricing FAQ). |
| Starter | $199 per month | 5,000 queries/month; point-and-click training, scheduling, email & ticket support; for static sites; overage rate: $0.056 per query. |
| Standard | $599 per month | 20,000 queries/month; interactive extractors, chained extractors, premium proxies, API & webhooks, email/ticket/chat support; includes features in Trial. Overage rate: $0.040 per query. |
| Advanced | $1,099 per month | 50,000 queries/month; phone & chat support, for large-scale/mission-critical extraction; overage rate: $0.029 per query. |
| Fully Managed / Enterprise | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Managed extraction services, custom data pipelines, dedicated customer success, SLAs, delivery to cloud or API. |
Seller details
Import.io, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, USA
2012
Private
https://www.import.io/
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