Lol I feel you on the "crashing every 5 mins" part. Been there!
For big jobs, Scrapy is my go-to. It’s fast and can handle millions of pages if you tweak the settings right. Pair it with Splash for JS rendering and you’re golden.
If you’re lazy like me, Octoparse is a decent GUI alternative. Not as powerful but gets the job done.
Free vs paid? Depends on your budget, but honestly, investing in a good tool saves so much headache.
For big jobs, Scrapy is my go-to. It’s fast and can handle millions of pages if you tweak the settings right. Pair it with Splash for JS rendering and you’re golden.
If you’re lazy like me, Octoparse is a decent GUI alternative. Not as powerful but gets the job done.
Free vs paid? Depends on your budget, but honestly, investing in a good tool saves so much headache.