Columns named after the code
Columns get the names of the page's styling classes, so you rename and delete a dozen of them before the sheet makes sense.
An Instant Data Scraper alternative
for shop products and their photos.
Instant Data Scraper is one of the most used free scrapers in Chrome: it looks at a page, guesses which table or list matters, and saves it to Excel or CSV. On a shop's product grid it finds the list too, but what comes out is a sheet to clean: columns named after the page's code, prices as text, thumbnail links, and nothing from the product pages. Web Product Scraper is built for that one case. Here is when each is the right tool, and how to fix Instant Data Scraper when it misbehaves.
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0:44Is there a free alternative to Instant Data Scraper for product data?
Yes. Web Product Scraper is free, with no account and no paid plan, and it reads shop pages as products: a name, a price and a list price as numbers, a SKU, and every photo at full size, which it can also download into a folder per product. For tables and lists that are not products, Instant Data Scraper stays the quicker tool, and the two can be installed side by side.
Web Product Scraper in numbers
Web Product Scraper is free, with no account and no paid plan. One run reads up to 500 listing pages and collects 100 products by default, a limit you can raise. On a Shopify collection it reads the store's own product feed, 250 products per request and up to 1,000 per collection, without opening a product tab. Auto speed starts at 5 product pages at a time with a 1-second pause, and slows down step by step, as far as one page at a time and an 8-second pause, when a shop starts refusing. In our test on 23 October 2026, a Full scrape of 10 products took 1.7 seconds on three Shopify stores and 5 to 12 seconds on Flipkart, IKEA India and Amazon.in. Results download as Excel, CSV, JSON, a Shopify or WooCommerce import file, a Google Sheet or a ZIP of every photo.
What Instant Data Scraper does well
It needs no setup at all. Click its icon and it highlights the table or list it thinks you want, guessed by AI from the page; if the guess is wrong, "Try another table" moves to the next candidate. It can press a Next button or link for you, follow infinite scroll, and save XLS, XLSX or CSV. Its store listing shows 1,000,000 users and a 4.9 rating, and says the scraped data does not leave your browser.
For directories, search results, tables of figures and other lists, that is hard to beat, and it is free.
Why shop pages come out messy
What a general table scraper sees on a product grid.
Prices as text
A sale price, the struck-out price and the currency can land in one cell or in columns you have to work out, as text rather than numbers.
Thumbnail links
The image column holds the small picture the grid shows. The full-size photos sit on each product page.
Only what the grid shows
It reads the listing page; SKUs, descriptions and galleries that live on the product pages are not collected.
Data, not files
It exports the table. Saving the photos themselves, sorted by product, is a separate job.
Web Product Scraper instead
Knows the price and the list price apart, keeps them as numbers, opens the product pages when you tick one box, and downloads every photo into a folder named after its product.
Instant Data Scraper not working? Common fixes
It picked the wrong part of the page. Press "Try another table" until the preview shows your data; on busy pages the right list is often the second or third guess.
It stops after the first page. Press "Locate 'Next' button" and click the site's next-page button or link, then start crawling. For pages that load more as you scroll, switch on infinite scroll instead.
Rows are missing or pages are skipped. Raise the minimum and maximum delay so each page has time to load before it is read; fast settings often outrun slow sites.
The data is there but messy, or you need the product details and photos. That is the point where a scraper made for shops saves more time than cleaning the sheet.
Four free Chrome scrapers compared
From each tool's own Chrome Web Store listing or pricing page, linked under Sources below: checked on 8 October 2026 and re-checked on 4 November 2026. "Not stated" means that page does not say.
| Web Product Scraper | Instant Data Scraper | Data Miner | Web Scraper | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free, no paid plan | Free | Free for 500 pages a month (going over locks the account); from $19.99 a month | Extension free; Cloud from $50 a month, billed yearly |
| Account | No | Not stated | Yes | Not stated |
| How it finds the data | Reads products: name, prices, SKU, brand, description, photos | Guesses the main table or list | Recipes, public or your own | Sitemaps you build by pointing and clicking |
| More pages | A page range, scrolling, Load more | Next button or link, infinite scroll | Next page automation | Through the sitemap |
| Product pages | Opens them, a few at a time; Shopify via its feed | Not stated | Crawls a list of addresses, on paid plans | By following links in the sitemap |
| Files | Excel, CSV, JSON | XLS, XLSX, CSV | XLS, XLSX, CSV, TSV | XLSX, CSV; JSON in Cloud |
| Photos as files | A ZIP, a folder per product | Not stated | Not stated ("Download Images" is listed as coming soon) | Image download in Web Scraper Cloud |
| Data kept in your browser | Yes, by default; only the optional AI tags send product text, when you ask | Yes, says its listing | Yes, says its pricing page | Not stated |
Sources
Each tool's own pages, where the facts above come from. Their pages win when they differ from this one.
Instant Data Scraper on the Chrome Web StoreUsers, rating, features and the note that the data does not leave your browser.
Data Miner on the Chrome Web Store (listed as Data Scraper - Easy Web Scraping)Recipes, next-page automation, export formats and the account.
Data Miner pricingThe free 500 pages a month, the account lock when it is exceeded, the paid plans, and its note that no data is stored on its servers.
Web Scraper on the Chrome Web StoreSitemaps and the free extension.
Web Scraper Cloud pricingCloud plans from $50 a month, billed yearly, with JSON export and image download.
Data Miner features"Download Images" among its upcoming features.
Read next
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Octoparse alternativeA desktop app with tasks and cloud runs, compared.
Shopify product scraperA whole collection from the store's own product feed.
Ultimate Web Scraper alternativeAn all-round scraper with paid exports, compared for shop products.
ParseHub alternativePublic projects, 14-day data and a desktop app, compared.
Frequently asked questions
Is Instant Data Scraper free?
Yes, it is free to install and use. Web Product Scraper is free as well, with no account and no paid plan.
Why does Instant Data Scraper give strange column names?
It names columns after the classes in the page's code, because it does not know what each value means. Rename them in Excel, or use a tool that knows which value is the name and which is the price.
Can I keep Instant Data Scraper installed as well?
Yes. They are separate extensions and do not get in each other's way: one for any table, one for shop products.
Does Web Product Scraper work on pages that are not shops?
It is made for product listings and product pages. For other tables and lists, Instant Data Scraper is the better fit.