Octopus Data Inc.
To make data collection as easy as possible and provide a simple, automated web scraping solution for everyone.
At a Glance
- Small and Medium Businesses
- Enterprise Data Teams
- Marketing Agencies
- Academic Researchers
AI Tools by Octopus Data Inc.
(1)Octoparse
No Code Web Scraping Tool
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Products & Services
A no-code, point-and-click web scraping software for local data extraction.
Cloud-based scraping service offering scheduled tasks, concurrent processes, and API access.
An AI-assisted robotic process automation tool for automating workflows beyond just scraping.
Custom data extraction services for enterprise clients who prefer a 'done-for-you' approach.
Market Position
Leading no-code web scraping tool focused on ease of use and visual interaction, competing with ParseHub and Import.io by offering a robust free tier and flexible cloud scaling.
Leadership
Founders
Jerry Huang
CEO of Octopus Data Inc. with a background in software engineering and management. Co-founded the company with a vision to simplify web data extraction.
Keven Liu (Baoqiang Liu)
Co-founder and VP of Products. He is also the founder and CEO of Shenzhen Vision Information Technology (SVIT/Skieer). Has over 10 years of experience in web scraping and data mining. Education: UC Irvine.
Executive Team
Jerry Huang
Chief Executive Officer
Co-founder and lead executive at Octopus Data Inc.
Keven Liu
VP of Products
Leading product development and technical strategy, previously founder of SVIT.
Founding Story
Octoparse was launched in 2016 by Jerry Huang and Keven Liu (Baoqiang Liu) under Octopus Data Inc. The vision was to create a no-code visual scraping tool that would democratize data extraction, allowing non-programmers to collect structured data from any website effortlessly.
Business Model
Revenue Model
SaaS Subscription (tiered pricing) and managed services/add-ons (proxies, CAPTCHA solving).
Pricing Tiers
10 tasks, local runs only, up to 10k data per export.
100 tasks, cloud runs (3 concurrent), IP rotation, scheduling, API access.
250 tasks, 20 concurrent cloud processes, advanced API, task monitoring, priority support.
750+ tasks, 40+ concurrent processes, team collaboration, dedicated success manager.
Target Markets
- Small and Medium Businesses
- Enterprise Data Teams
- Marketing Agencies
- Academic Researchers
- E-commerce price monitoring
- Lead generation for sales
- Market research and sentiment analysis
- Real estate listing aggregation
- Academic and financial research
- Data analysts from Fortune 500 companies
- Over 4.5 million global users