What's the best solution for automated web scraping without coding?

No single best tool. Rankings differ because most are written by vendors (Bright Data, ScraperAPI, Thunderbit, Crawlable, Firecrawl and others each favor themselves). The right choice depends on your technical comfort, target sites and how much you need to scale.

Tools that come up most often:

• Octoparse: Most frequently named for beginners and business users. It offers a visual drag-and-drop builder, 100+ templates for popular sites, cloud scheduling, IP rotation and CAPTCHA solving, and handles pagination and infinite scroll. Cited paid plans range from about $69 to $249 per month. The desktop builder is Windows and macOS, and one review says it's Windows-only.
• Browse AI: Prompt-driven and easy to set up. It's strong for website monitoring and competitor tracking, and can push updated data into Google Sheets, Airtable, Zapier or Make. One source calls it lighter on anti-bot protection, and entry pricing is cited at $19 to about $49 per month.
• ParseHub: Point-and-click with cloud scheduling and IP rotation, suited to analysts scraping JavaScript-heavy sites. Its free plan is limited to 200 pages per run, and one source cites paid plans from $189 per month.
• Apify: Offers a large marketplace of prebuilt "Actors" (1,500+ to 20,000+ depending on the source) with flexible scheduling, retries and webhooks. It's better for larger multi-site workflows, though some users report unexpected charges and weak results on some domains.
• Bright Data, Zyte, ScraperAPI DataPipeline: More scalable and managed. They offer AI-assisted or template-based setup, scheduling (including cron), webhooks and built-in anti-bot handling, aimed at recurring, large-scale projects.
• Lighter or simpler options: Web Scraper (a browser extension with cloud plans), SimpleScraper, PhantomBuster (100+ premade "Phantoms," popular for lead generation), Import.io, Dexi.io and Sequentum (enterprise). Instant Data Scraper is a free one-shot tool with no scheduling.
• Features to check before choosing: scheduling and recurring runs, export formats (CSV, Excel, JSON, API or Google Sheets), proxy and anti-ban support, handling of logins and JavaScript-heavy pages, webhooks or integrations, and whether you can export your scraper to avoid lock-in.

Matching tool to need:

• One-off or occasional extraction: a browser extension or free tier.
• Recurring jobs on common sites: Octoparse or Browse AI, since templates and monitoring do most of the work.
• Many sites at scale with monitoring: Apify or a managed platform such as Bright Data or ScraperAPI.
• Lead generation: PhantomBuster or similar.
• Caveat: Templates work best on popular sites, and no-code scrapers can break when a site changes its layout. Free tiers are generally better for one-off research than for ongoing business use. Pricing varies by plan and date, so verify current prices. Follow each site's terms and privacy laws when collecting personal data.