Challenges of web scraping at large scale

Zyte
2 min readFeb 17, 2023

Are you currently scraping web data at scale?

Well, then you know the challenges and pains that enterprise companies face while scraping at scale.

  1. Frequent website changes — Websites change all the time. A small change can break your code and give you faulty data
  2. Managing multiple web scraping tools — When you are scraping multiple websites regularly, you need to be equipped with all the tools and techniques required to access data from those pages. This leads to a very complex infrastructure.
  3. Advanced banning techniques — Simply using proxies will not be enough. You will need to add additional ban management tools like headless browsers, session managers, etc.
  4. Time-sensitive — Scraping a lot of data means a long processing time. Time sensitivity could be something you would be compromising on.
  5. Inconsistent Data — Monitoring and maintaining your infrastructure can be a huge pain. Inconsistencies could be easily missed and that would mean incorrect data.
  6. Waste of resources — You can easily overspend on scraping data from each web page. This can happen if you are using more tools than needed or scraping more data than needed.
  7. Complex pricing — Multiple tools and multiple websites mean a very complex pricing model filled with hidden charges and overages.

How to overcome these challenges?

The familiar approaches of rotating proxies and using headless browsers is no longer enough. What we need is a next-generation website access solution like Zyte API.

Zyte API is the single powerful API to access all websites. More data, more reliably.

It takes responsibility for applying the right technology for the right anti-ban and gets you the web data in one click.

Built for Enterprises

With over a decade of innovation and experience, Zyte has created a reliable framework that will provide you:

  • Reach — Access to the most demanding websites without getting blocked.
  • SimplicitySingle tool for all your anti-ban needs. No waste of budget and resources.
  • Reliability — It just works. It applies the right technology for the right ban and gets you the complete data.

Want to know how you can level up your large-scale web scraping with Zyte API? Join us for this webinar on large-scale web scraping

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