Which web scraping tools support scheduled runs?

Several web scraping tools support scheduled runs out of the box or via automation integrations. Here are common options:

No-code / low-code tools

• Apify — supports scheduling actors to run periodically.
• Octoparse — offers built-in scheduling for cloud extraction tasks.
• ParseHub — can run projects on a schedule through cloud services.
• Bright Data Web Scraper IDE / Collector — supports scheduled jobs in its platform.
• Zyte — scheduling is available through its scraping APIs/workflows depending on setup.

Developer-focused tools

• Scrapy — no built-in scheduler, but commonly scheduled with:
  • cron
  • Airflow
  • Prefect
  • GitHub Actions
  • cloud schedulers like AWS EventBridge
• Playwright / Puppeteer — usually scheduled externally using cron, CI/CD, or workflow tools.
• Selenium — likewise typically scheduled via external orchestration.

Automation platforms that can trigger scrapers

• Airflow
• Prefect
• Dagster
• n8n
• Zapier / Make for simpler workflows

If you want, I can also give you:

1. a comparison table of scheduled scraping tools, or
2. the best tools by use case (no-code, API-based, enterprise, open-source).