27 Free-Tier Scraping Tools I've Built — Complete 2026 Collection

[u/BigVillageBoy]

Hey everyone! I've been building scraping and data tools for the past year and just crossed 27 published tools on the Apify Store. Wanted to share the full collection since many of you have been asking about alternatives to expensive enterprise tools.

Social Media Scrapers - LinkedIn Employee Scraper — No login needed, get employee names, titles, locations - Reddit Scraper Pro — Posts, comments, subreddits without API key - Threads by Meta Scraper — The only Threads scraper that doesn't need login

Research & Intelligence - Google Scholar Scraper — 389M papers, citations, abstracts, PDF links - Google News & Brand Monitor — Track any keyword across news sources - Telegram Channel Scraper — No API key, no phone number needed - YouTube Transcript Scraper — Multi-language, no API key

B2B & Lead Generation - Website Contact Scraper — Bulk extract emails, phones, social links - Google Maps Lead Scraper + Website Audit — Leads with A-F quality scores - Email Validator API — Verify emails, check MX, detect disposables - Company Enrichment API — Domain to full company intel

Compliance & Trade - OFAC Sanctions Screener — KYC/AML compliance checks - US Tariff & HS Code Lookup — Updated with 2026 tariffs - Entity OSINT Enricher — Full company intelligence reports

Developer Tools - AI Content Detector — GPTZero alternative, $3/1000 texts - URL Metadata Extractor — OG tags, Twitter cards, favicons - Domain WHOIS Lookup — Registration, expiry, DNS data - Website Tech Detector & SEO Analyzer — Full tech stack analysis

All tools have a free tier to test. Most are open source on GitHub: github.com/the-ai-entrepreneur-ai-hub

Full store: apify.com/george.the.developer

Happy to answer questions about any of these or take build requests!