Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to URL Parse API

Easily parse a URL into its components, by ex-Google

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier. URL Parse API launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Parse Url Online▲106
Visualize, edit, analyze and compare URLs
2024 · parseurlonline.com · its alternatives →
2
Simple Scraper▲556
Turn any website into an API in just a few seconds.
2019 · simplescraper.io · its alternatives →
3
Turn any website into an API (for those who miss Kimono)free tier, from $19/mo▲332
Web scraping made simple — extract data with our free Chrome extension and powerful cloud platform. Turn websites into structured data at scale, via dashboard or API.
2019 · simplescraper.io · its alternatives →
4
Parsehubfree tier, from $189/mo▲96
Turn dynamic websites into APIs
2014 · parsehub.com · its alternatives →
5
An API that takes a URL and returns a file with browser screenshots▲208
A self-hosted API that takes a URL and returns a file with browser screenshots. - goodreasonai/ScrapeServ
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
6
JSON url▲119
Mock backend with JSON generated from URL
2022 · jsonurl.com · its alternatives →
7
FreeFormatter URL Parser / Query String Splitter▲6
Parse a URL into its individual components
2016 · freeformatter.com · its alternatives →
8
ParseHub – Extract data from dynamic websites▲143
2014 · parsehub.com · its alternatives →
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JSON Browse – Fetch, filter and manipulate your JSON inside the browser▲138
2017 · jsonbrowse.com · its alternatives →
10
Parse Server▲179
The open source Parse Server Node.js application.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
11
apiJuice▲223
Create a hosted API for anything in seconds
2025 · apijuice.com · its alternatives →
12
JSON Api▲175
Hosted API's to develop your app for free 🙌
2020 · jsonapi.co · its alternatives →
13
Parse no-protocol URL, no-domain URI and email addresses etc from text▲74
Extract and decompose (fuzzy) URLs (including emails, which are conceptually a part of URLs) in texts with Area-Pattern-based modularity - patternhelloworld/url-knife
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Link.fish – API to extract data from websites as JSON▲201
2017 · link.fish · its alternatives →
15
Readble Regex▲130
Regex REST API for easier codebase maintenance of regex
2025 · readable-regex-8d81b79167bf.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
16
Reader API for DataStack▲128
Scrape and parse websites with a single endpoint
2015 · api.datastack.co · its alternatives →
17
Jam API▲116
Parse web pages using CSS query selectors
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Turn any website into an API HackMIT 2013▲36
Select anything on a website. If it is part of a table or a list, you get a URL which you can GET for a JSON representation of that list or table. Basically we are making an API for every website whether they like it or not.
2013 · ec2-54-211-79-18.compute-1.amazonaws.com · its alternatives →
19
Serpdog Google Search API▲67
An API which allows you to obtain Google search results
2022 · serpdog.io · its alternatives →
20
CloudQuery – Turn any website to serverless API with SPA support▲117
Turn any website to API by several clicks (serverless and support SPA!) - t9tio/cloudquery
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
21
Wibbly▲84
Browser automation API
2021 · its alternatives →
22
Google SERP API▲71
Google live organic search results
2022 · booapi.com · its alternatives →
23
QueryCraft▲21
Simplify URL Queries: Transform API Chaos into Clean JSON
2024 · jsonifyurl.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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ApiFrom▲9
Point, click, and get an API from any website. Instantly.
2025 · apifrom.com · its alternatives →

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