Which web scraping library should you use in 2024? Learn how each handles headless mode, autoscaling, proxy rotation, errors, and anti-scraping techniques.

Sumit Saurabh

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A comparison between Scrapy and Crawlee, two web scraping libraries. Crawlee has features that Scrapy lacks, such as autoscaling, headless browsing, and working with JavaScript rendered websites. Crawlee supports JavaScript and TypeScript, while Scrapy only supports Python. Both libraries have their own advantages and the choice depends on individual needs.

Scrapy vs. Crawlee

So which is better - Scrapy or Crawlee? ​

<p>The big disadvantage of Crawlee over Scrapy is that Crawlee requires you write Javascript.</p>
