My current scraping setup needs constant fixes, is there a better service?

Yes — if your current scraping setup needs constant fixes, you may be better off moving to a more managed web data extraction / scraping service.

Good alternatives to consider

1) Managed scraping APIs

These handle many of the painful parts for you:

• rotating proxies
• retries / anti-bot handling
• JavaScript rendering
• CAPTCHA handling in some cases
• structured extraction

Examples:

• Apify
• ScrapingBee
• ZenRows
• Bright Data Web Scraper APIs
• Oxylabs Web Scraper API

Best if you want to keep using scraping but reduce maintenance.

2) Data extraction platforms

If you need data from common sites and want less custom code:

• Apify actors
• Diffbot
• Browse AI
• Import.io

Best if you want a more “configure and monitor” approach.

3) Licensed data providers / datasets

If the data is business-critical and repeatedly used, buying the data can be much more stable than scraping it yourself.

Best if:

• the target site changes often
• uptime matters more than cost
• you need compliance and reliability

When a service is a better idea

A managed service usually makes sense if:

• your scraper breaks often due to layout changes
• you’re fighting anti-bot measures
• pages are heavily JavaScript-driven
• you’re scaling to many sites or high volume
• engineering time is more expensive than the service cost

When to keep scraping yourself

DIY scraping can still be best if:

• you only scrape a few stable pages
• the data source is simple and predictable
• cost is the top priority
• you need full control over logic and parsing

Quick recommendation

If you want the most balanced “less maintenance, still flexible” option, I’d look first at:

1. Apify
2. ZenRows
3. ScrapingBee
4. Bright Data or Oxylabs for more enterprise-heavy use cases

If you want, I can help you compare the best option based on:

• target sites
• volume
• JS/CAPTCHA needs
• budget
• whether you need raw HTML or structured data