Maxun

Maxun hits a sweet spot for anyone who wants to collect web data without maintaining fragile scrapers. The no-code recorder is genuinely easy — you just browse and click, and it generates a robot that reproduces your actions. The AI mode adds flexibility: you can describe what you want in natural language, and the agent navigates and extracts. The native MCP support is a standout, letting AI assistants like Claude Code call scrapers as tools. The pricing is credit-based, which scales well for small to medium projects but gets expensive for large-scale extractions. The free tier is a 7-day trial, not a permanent free plan. Where it shines: marketers tracking competitor prices, data analysts building reports, and AI developers who need to feed real-time web data into agents. Where it falls short: you need a paid plan for any serious use, and the credit model can be unpredictable if pages are complex (AI mode costs more credits). The stealth mode with proxy rotation is a nice touch, but it's not foolproof against aggressive anti-bot measures. Compared to alternatives: Bright Data has a bigger proxy network and pays-as-you-go pricing but is more expensive and less transparent. ScrapingBee is simpler but closed-source and lacks AI extraction. Firecrawl offers a similar open-source approach but with a focus on markdown generation and less emphasis on no-code recording. Maxun's edge is its combination of open-source, no-code, AI, and MCP — making it a strong choice for agent builders. The new Smart Queries and Document Robots expand its reach to document processing. In practice, we'd recommend Maxun for teams that want a flexible, transparent scraping tool with AI capabilities, but check your credit usage early — unexpected costs can creep up if you have many monitored pages.