What are the limitations of Instant Data Scraper ?

  • It can only extract structured data.
  • There may be multiple structures on the same page. It can only extract data from a single table on that page.
  • It is manual and slow because you can scrape data from only a single page at a time. For the next page, you need to click on the “Next” link and follow the same process manually which takes time.
  • Since its steps are manual, it cannot work in an automated fashion for large scale data extraction.
  • No built-in proxy support. It means that scraping from big websites can get you blocked.
  • Needs your time and involvement for each scraping exercise.
  • Only scraping is possible. No provision for data cleaning and post-scraping processing.
  • For technical issues, you can contact the community-driven Google group, but response times may not be that great. It is not like you are using a paid service.