Crawlee is actually a hidden gem for Node.js scraping! I switched from Puppeteer because it handles retries and proxy rotation way better out of the box.
For dynamic content, it’s not as slick as Playwright, but it’s lighter and easier to scale. The biggest win? The built-in request queue—no more hacking together your own solution.
Downside? The docs could use more real-world examples. Also, if you’re scraping *massive* sites, you might still need Scrapy for raw speed.
Check out [Apify’s blog](https://blog.apify.com/) for some solid crawlee use cases.
For dynamic content, it’s not as slick as Playwright, but it’s lighter and easier to scale. The biggest win? The built-in request queue—no more hacking together your own solution.
Downside? The docs could use more real-world examples. Also, if you’re scraping *massive* sites, you might still need Scrapy for raw speed.
Check out [Apify’s blog](https://blog.apify.com/) for some solid crawlee use cases.