IScrape

Scrape websites without knowing how to scrape using natural language instructions

Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026

Link: iscrape.site
Built by: KKYK

Bloat

164/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0

Float
300

Moat
400

500

Summary

IScrape is a live, working-looking web app on its own domain with accounts, a job queue, export formats and a fairly thoughtful feature set. It was shipped over two days and has no pricing, payments, privacy policy, terms or support contact. The live site also shows a Google sign-in that is 'not configured on this server', so new users may be unable to log in. The moat is thin, since LLM-written scrapers are easy for others to replicate.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

The problem is real: non-programmers want data out of websites. But there is no pricing or payment path, users must bring their own Gemini key (which adds friction), and scraping tools are a crowded market. Local demand and willingness to pay are not shown.

38/100

Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.

Receipts (3)

States the bring-your-own Gemini key model with 'no AI markup', so the builder has no revenue mechanism.
“I built something I've wanted for a while. iscrape.site IScrape — scrape websites without knowing how to scrape. Give it a website and simply tell it what you want. For example: “Get all movies from this website with their title, year, rating and poster from imdb.com.” IScrape handles the scraping for you. You don't need to: ❌ write Code ❌ find CSS selectors ❌ understand the website structure ”
Post · @kkykbots · 26 Aug 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The site says 'Free to try. No card.' and shows no pricing page or payment provider.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · iscrape.site (opens in a new tab)
The sign-in notice says Google login is not configured, which blocks new users from trying it.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · iscrape.site (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

This is essentially an LLM-driven scraper generator that others could rebuild fairly quickly. The extras (unshortening ad gates, self-rewriting recipes, browser rendering) show some effort but are not hard to copy, and there is no proprietary data, local integration or network effect.

15/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (3)

The pipeline is 'the model reads the page once and writes the extractor', a pattern many tools use.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · iscrape.site (opens in a new tab)
Ad-gate unshortening, unblocker routing and recipe caching are execution details, not structural defenses.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · iscrape.site (opens in a new tab)
The AI cost is pushed to the user's own Gemini key, so there is no owned asset.
“I built something I've wanted for a while. iscrape.site IScrape — scrape websites without knowing how to scrape. Give it a website and simply tell it what you want. For example: “Get all movies from this website with their title, year, rating and poster from imdb.com.” IScrape handles the scraping for you. You don't need to: ❌ write Code ❌ find CSS selectors ❌ understand the website structure ”
Post · @kkykbots · 26 Aug 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

Activity spans only two days (26–27 Aug) across three posts, with nothing since, so there is no sustained shipping record yet.

0/100

Sustained shipping0/60
Worked on across 1 days.
Consistency0/40
Updates in 1 of 1 month.

Receipts (2)

Earliest post about it.
“I built something I've wanted for a while. iscrape.site IScrape — scrape websites without knowing how to scrape. Give it a website and simply tell it what you want. For example: “Get all movies from this website with their title, year, rating and poster from imdb.com.” IScrape handles the scraping for you. You don't need to: ❌ write Code ❌ find CSS selectors ❌ understand the website structure ”
Post · @kkykbots · 26 Aug 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Most recent post about it.
“Fixed Minor bugs and added some features on iscrape.sit”
Post · @kkykbots · 27 Aug 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A real app exists on its own domain with accounts, job history, and multiple export formats, though the visible Google sign-in is unconfigured, so it may not be usable by new visitors.

83/100

It's live20/20
https://iscrape.site responded when checked.
HTTPS5/5
Served over HTTPS.
Real product25/35
The site has a working-looking app with accounts, a task UI, history, settings, deep crawl options and multiple export formats. However, the live sign-in is broken per the page's own message, and there is no independent evidence of runs or completed jobs, so it counts as working but thin.
Own home10/10
Lives on its own domain (iscrape.site).
Maintained15/15
Last sign of shipping 2026-08-27.
Operations8/15
There are accounts, a backend with jobs and history, data retention and account deletion controls, and docs. There is no status page, API, privacy policy or multi-platform presence.

Receipts (5)

https://iscrape.site responded when checked.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · iscrape.site (opens in a new tab)
The app UI shows New Task, Scraper, History, job counters, deep crawl, unblocker and export options.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · iscrape.site (opens in a new tab)
The page says Google sign-in is not configured on this server, which undermines usability.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · iscrape.site (opens in a new tab)
The creator reports fixing bugs and adding features after launch.
“Fixed Minor bugs and added some features on iscrape.sit”
Post · @kkykbots · 27 Aug 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Facts show accounts: true and docs: true, with no status page.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · iscrape.site (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

It is a web app with its own domain, but there is no pricing, payments, privacy policy, terms or support contact, and the bring-your-own-key model leaves no revenue path. The commitment signals so far are a few early posts.

28/100

Distribution25/30
A web app on its own domain.
Payments0/15
No payment provider found.
Pricing0/10
No pricing found on the site.
Revenue0/5
No post or page mentions paying customers or revenue; the tool is free to try with the user's own API key.
Privacy policy0/7
No privacy policy found.
Terms0/5
No terms of service found.
Support0/8
No support contact found.
Commitment3/20
The creator launched and posted a quick bug-fix update, and invites users to send sites that break it. There is no roadmap, team, dedicated community channel, or funding, and activity stopped after two days.

Receipts (4)

A web app on its own domain.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · iscrape.site (opens in a new tab)
'Free to try. No card.' and no payment provider detected.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · iscrape.site (opens in a new tab)
Reports a bug-fix and feature update a day after launch.
“Fixed Minor bugs and added some features on iscrape.sit”
Post · @kkykbots · 27 Aug 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Asks users to send sites it can't scrape, which is informal feedback, not a dedicated channel.
“I built something I've wanted for a while. iscrape.site IScrape — scrape websites without knowing how to scrape. Give it a website and simply tell it what you want. For example: “Get all movies from this website with their title, year, rating and poster from imdb.com.” IScrape handles the scraping for you. You don't need to: ❌ write Code ❌ find CSS selectors ❌ understand the website structure ”
Post · @kkykbots · 26 Aug 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)