Web scraping, browser extension
Hands-onData Miner
Browser scraper that works from saved recipes: you define once which fields to take from a page type, then reuse it, with page volume as the billing unit.
The short answer
- Best for
- The same extraction, repeated, with fields you choose
- Not ideal for
- Unattended or scheduled work — it still runs in your own browser
- Price
- Free (500 pages a month), then from USD 19.99 per month
- Closest alternative
- OctoparseWhen the extraction has to run on a schedule without your browser open
At a glance
- Recruitment fitWeak
- Ease of useFair
- ImplementationFair
- Price transparencyFair
- Value for moneyStrong
- ScalabilityWeak
Why these assessments
- Recruitment fitWeak
- A general web scraper with saved recipes. Nothing in it knows about candidates or vacancies, and the terms of the site you take from stay your problem.
- Ease of useFair
- We use it. Recipes give you control over which columns you take, but defining one is a setup step a detect-and-export extension does not ask for.
- ImplementationFair
- The free tier does real work, but you build a recipe before the first export rather than after it.
- Price transparencyFair
- Plan prices and page volumes are published; which domains are restricted and what happens on overage are not.
- Value for moneyStrong
- One number to budget, and the free tier already does real work before you spend anything.
- ScalabilityWeak
- Still your browser and your session, so nothing runs while you are away, and Solo buys features rather than volume.
Our reading of the evidence on this page. No score, no formula.
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The SourcrLab bottom line
A step up from click-and-export: recipes give you the fields you actually want instead of whatever the auto-detection guessed. Priced on pages per month, which is honest and easy to model. From our own use the learning curve is real but small, and the free tier is enough to find out whether your target site cooperates.
Best fit
Extractions you do more than once and want control over: which columns, which page type, reused next month without rebuilding the selection.
Think twice if
Unattended or scheduled work. This still runs in your browser, so a scraper that has to run overnight belongs somewhere else.
Hands-on experience
Pieter Henderyckx's take
Recruiter and founder of SourcrLab
Data Miner is a step up from basic scraping extensions. It gives you more control over what you extract and how. The recipe system is pretty clever: you can use pre-built ones from the community or create your own for specific pages. I've used it for more structured scraping jobs where Instant Data Scraper wasn't precise enough. For example, pulling specific fields from company directories or extracting candidate info from niche job boards. The learning curve is slightly steeper than plug-and-play tools, but nothing dramatic. The free tier is decent for small jobs. If you find yourself scraping regularly, this is worth having in your toolkit alongside simpler tools.
Why choose Data Miner?
Recipes instead of guesses
You define the fields once for a page type, and community recipes exist for common sites. From our own use, that is the difference from a tool that auto-detects and sometimes picks the wrong table.
One number to budget
Every paid plan differs on pages per month and nothing else: 500 on Solo, 1,000, 4,000, then 9,000. Pick the row that matches your volume and you are done.
A free tier that does real work
500 pages a month at no cost, with recipe creation and next-page automation included. Enough for occasional extraction without ever paying.
Main trade-offs
The free tier is restricted on some domains
All domains unlock on Solo at USD 19.99. Test your actual target site on the free plan before assuming free is enough.
Solo buys features, not volume
Free and Solo both give 500 pages a month. What USD 19.99 adds is all domains, crawl automation, custom JavaScript and Google Sheets. Volume only starts moving at USD 49.
Still your browser, still your session
Server-side scraping is an enterprise conversation. Below that the work happens in your browser, on your account, which matters for both scheduling and for whose session hits the target site.
The site's terms still apply
A recipe makes extraction repeatable, not permitted. LinkedIn and most job boards prohibit it, and personal data lands you under GDPR regardless of the tool.
Pricing and buying reality
Free, then from USD 19.99 per month
- Starter: USD 0, 500 pages per month, recipe creation and next-page automation, restricted on some domains
- Solo: USD 19.99 per month, 500 pages. Adds all domains, crawl automation, custom JavaScript, Google Sheets
- Small Business USD 49 (1,000 pages), Business USD 99 (4,000), Business Plus USD 200 (9,000)
- Enterprise: quoted, adds server-side scraping and higher limits
What we do not know
- Which domains the free tier restricts
- What happens when you exceed the monthly page count
- Where extracted data is processed on the enterprise plan
Checked on the vendor's pricing page, August 2026. Data Miner pricing page
How it fits your stack
Works with
- Google Sheets, from the Solo plan
Likely replaces
- Rebuilding the same selection by hand every time
May overlap with
- Instant Data Scraper for one-offs, Octoparse for scheduled runs
Check before buying
- Whether your target domain works on the free tier
- Your monthly page volume, since that is the whole price ladder
- The terms of the site, and your basis for the personal data
Data Miner vs alternatives
Products a buyer would genuinely put next to this one, with the reason you would pick each instead.
Choose Instant Data Scraper when the job is one-off and setup time is the enemy. It is free and guesses the table for you.
Consider Octoparse when the extraction has to run on a schedule without your browser open.
Consider Outscraper if you would rather buy the dataset than build and maintain the extraction.
Used Data Miner?
Tell other recruiters what worked, what did not, and who it suits. Positive, mixed or critical — all useful.
Evidence
- Plan prices and page volumes — checked against a primary source: Data Miner pricing page
- Free tier limits and domain restriction — checked against a primary source: Data Miner pricing page
- Recipes in day-to-day use — first-hand use: Used by Pieter for structured extraction jobs
- Which domains are restricted — not enough evidence
- Overage behaviour — not enough evidence
Last reviewed: August 2026. How SourcrLab verifies information
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