Scraping vs Crawling: What’s the Real Difference and When to Use Each? or Scraping vs Crawling – Whic

Opinion time: Scraping vs crawling confuses everyone at first.

Crawlers *map* the web (think Wayback Machine). Scrapers *steal* data (ok, not *steal*, but you get it).

For prices, use ScraperAPI (avoids IP bans) or Puppeteer if you’re into JavaScript.

Crawling = more infra, more headaches.