discourse.org scrapers compared
Which discourse.org scraper should you use? We rank 11 ready-made tools by how many people actually used them and how often their runs succeeded in the last 30 days, from official Apify Store statistics updated daily.
Quick answer
Short answer (Apify Store data, 2026-10-25): the most used discourse.org scraper is Discourse Forum Scraper — 12 users in the last 30 days, 98.5% of runs succeeded, listed at $1.15 per 1,000 billed “topic extracted” events.
- Most used — Discourse Forum Scraper: 12 users in 30 days, 98.5% of runs succeeded, Selected billing event: topic extracted (
result); $1.15 per 1,000 selected events; run start: $0.005; 0 additional listed charge events · billing evidence (listed rates only).
At a glance: 11 tools; 9 of 11 displayed tools have recorded 30-day run completion (20+ public runs); the current usage pick accounts for 60% of all reported users. Dataset file date: 2026-10-25; individual observation dates vary or are unknown.
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| Tool | Users 30d | Observed run completion 30d | Runs 30d | USD / 1,000 primary events | USD / run start | Review count (rating shown) | Last run |
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| Discourse Forum Scraper automation-lab/discourse-scraper Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25 | 12 Interval crosses a Store-wide count revision on 2026-10-23. | 98.5% | 464 | $1.15Selected event: Topic extracted (result)1 additional listed charge eventsCharged per forum topic extracted.
| $0.005 | 1 reviews · rating 5.0 | 2026-10-24 |
| Discourse Forum Scraper – Topics, Posts, Replies & Categories rl1987/discourse-community-scraper Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25 | 2 Interval crosses a Store-wide count revision on 2026-10-23. | 91.9% | 37 | $1.00Selected event: Dataset item (dataset-item)Event detailsCharged per row (topic or post) added to the output dataset, regardless of scrape mode. | Unavailable | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-24 |
| Discourse Forum Scraper + Pain Point Analysis pappy-dev/discourse-forum-pain Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25 | 1 Interval crosses a Store-wide count revision on 2026-10-23. | 100.0% | 26 | $0.20Selected event: Item scraped (item-scraped)4 additional listed charge events1 item collected ($0.20 per 1,000)
| Unavailable | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-23 |
| Discourse Forum Topics Scraper parseforge/discourse-forum-topics-scraper Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25 | 1 Interval crosses a Store-wide count revision on 2026-10-23. | 100.0% | 27 | $21.00Selected event: result (result-item)Event detailsSingle result in the default dataset. | Unavailable | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-23 |
| Discourse Forum Scraper | Topics, Replies, Views & Tags muzafferkadir/discourse-forum-scraper Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25 | 1 Interval crosses a Store-wide count revision on 2026-10-23. | — | 18 | $0.50 | $0.010 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-24 |
| Discourse Forum Scraper - Topics, Replies & Views logiover/discourse-forum-scraper Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25 | 1 Interval crosses a Store-wide count revision on 2026-10-23. | 100.0% | 27 | $5.00 | Unavailable | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-23 |
| Discourse Meta Latest Scraper benthepythondev/discourse-meta-latest-scraper Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25 | 1 Interval crosses a Store-wide count revision on 2026-10-23. | 100.0% | 26 | $2.50 | <$0.001 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-23 |
| Discourse Community Topic Monitor maydit/discourse-community-topic-monitor Carried forward · Observed: 2026-10-24 | 1 Interval crosses a Store-wide count revision on 2026-10-23. | — | 5 | $1.00 | <$0.001 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-23 |
| Discourse Forum Scraper bindler/discourse-forum-scraper Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25 | 0 Interval crosses a Store-wide count revision on 2026-10-23. | 100.0% | 27 | $3.00 | $0.005 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-23 |
| Discourse Forum Scraper: Topics & Posts to JSON enezli/discourse-forum-scraper Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25 | 0 Interval crosses a Store-wide count revision on 2026-10-23. | 100.0% | 23 | $2.00Selected event: Result (result)3 additional listed charge eventsCharged per result record produced.
| <$0.001 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-24 |
| Discourse Forum Monitor — Mentions & Feedback bikram07/discourse-forum-monitor Fetched · Observed: 2026-10-25 | 0 Interval crosses a Store-wide count revision on 2026-10-23. | 100.0% | 29 | Explicit FREE modelExplicit FREE pricing model; billing unit unavailable.Event detailsEvent description unavailable. | Explicit FREE model | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-24 |
Download the discourse.org comparison CSV (11 displayed tools). The source URL (url) is preserved for provenance; vendor_url is the approved buying destination, blank when unavailable. Affiliate vendor links may earn ScraperWatch a commission, disclosed per row in affiliate_disclosure. Includes snapshot_date (the dataset file date, not tool observation), observed_on (blank when unknown), observation_status (fetched, carried_forward or unknown), carried_forward, usage, recorded runs and reviews (blank when unavailable; 0 means recorded zero), success rate (0–1), pricing model (pricing_model), exact selected billing-event key (event), listed USD per 1,000 selected events (per_k), and USD per recorded run start (start). These are listed rates, not a workload quote: event units differ and additional event or platform charges may apply. Unknown model/event, charges and success rates are blank; numeric zero is recorded zero, and FREE identifies an explicit free pricing model.
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How to read this data
Success rate is the share of public runs that finished successfully in the last 30 days. Summed reported actor users: 20. Users may overlap across tools; this is not a count of unique people or buyers, or search volume.
Carried forward means retained from an earlier fetch; pricing and usage may have changed, or the listing may be absent from today's fetch. Unknown observation dates remain unknown. Dataset file dates and tool build dates are not tool observation dates.
Most used: Discourse Forum Scraper (12 users in 30 days).
Current recommendations use only tools fetched in this dataset with a known observation date. Carried-forward and unknown-date records remain in comparisons but cannot be current picks.
Pricing coverage among 11 displayed tools: 10 with a recorded primary-event rate; 0 with an unavailable primary-event rate; 1 with an explicit FREE model. Primary-event rates use the recorded billing units below; different events are not equivalent results.
Success rate is shown only for tools with 20+ runs in 30 days; below 90% is highlighted. Prices use recorded list-tier event amounts (explicit FREE tier when tiered); other plan rates are not inferred. Rates are per 1,000 primary events in the recorded unit named beside each rate; an unavailable billing unit is labeled explicitly. Different billing events do not imply equivalent results. Run-start and additional charges, plus your workload, determine total cost. Unavailable means the snapshot did not provide the value; an explicit FREE model is separate from a zero listed event rate. You are responsible for complying with discourse.org's terms and applicable law. How we measure.
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Dataset file date: 2026-10-25; this does not date each tool’s recorded price. See tool observations in the table. Quantities refer to the selected tool’s billing event, not a result count. Changing tools clears both quantities; enter a workload for the new unit.
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