openlibrary.org scrapers compared
25 tools that scrape openlibrary.org, ranked by real usage over the last 30 days. Success rate is the share of public runs that finished successfully in the last 30 days. Summed reported actor users: 28. Users may overlap across tools; this is not a count of unique people or buyers, or search volume.
At a glance: 25 tools; 21 of 25 displayed tools have recorded 30-day run completion (20+ public runs); the most used tool has 11% of reported users. Dataset file date: 2026-10-20; individual observation dates vary or are unknown.
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: Open Library Book Scraper — Search, Works & ISBN API (3 users in 30 days).
Pricing coverage among 25 displayed tools: 24 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.
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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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| Open Library Book Scraper — Search, Works & ISBN API bovi/openlibrary-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 3 | 100.0% | 28 | $1.00 | <$0.001 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| Open Library Scraper — Books & ISBN Data ponderable_hydrometer/openlibrary-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 2 | 100.0% | 27 | $1.50 | <$0.001 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-19 |
| Open Library Books Scraper bgfc97/openlibrary-books-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 2 | 100.0% | 27 | $0.75Selected event: Book scraped (book-scraped)Event detailsEach book returned | $0.00 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| OpenLibrary Book Search Scraper chrisp1211/openlibrary-scraper-max Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 2 | 100.0% | 27 | $0.50Selected event: Record (record)Event detailsOne scraped result record | $0.00 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| Open Library Scraper — Books, Authors & Subjects logiover/openlibrary-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 27 | $3.00 | <$0.001 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-19 |
| OpenLibrary Scraper — Book Search, ISBN & Author Data thriftykiwi/openlibrary-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 25 | $5.00Selected event: Result item (push-data)Event detailsEach result item pushed to the dataset | $0.00 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-19 |
| OpenLibrary Books Scraper — ISBN, Author & Metadata haketa/openlibrary-books-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | — | 10 | $2.50 | <$0.001 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-19 |
| Open Library Scraper: Books, Authors & Editions naimurhasanrwd/openlibrary-books-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | — | 7 | Explicit FREE modelExplicit FREE pricing model; billing unit unavailable.Event detailsEvent description unavailable. | Explicit FREE model | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| ISBN Book Lookup: Open Library Metadata & Covers accountable_eel/openlibrary-isbn-lookup Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 30 | $4.00Selected event: Successful lookup (item-lookup)Event detailsCharged once per ISBN successfully found and returned in the dataset. Never charged for a miss. | $0.003 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| Open Library Book Data — ISBN Lookup & Edition Records nexgenwatch/openlibrary-book-edition-master Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | — | 16 | $20.00Selected event: Bibliographic Record (bibliographic_record)Event detailsPer delivered openlibrary_edition record. | $0.020 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| Open Library Scraper — Book Metadata in Bulk devilscrapes/openlibrary-books-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 27 | $1.50Selected event: Result emitted (result)1 additional listed charge eventsCharged for each item written to the dataset.
| $0.20 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| Open Library Books — Search Books, Authors & ISBNs omao/openlibrary Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 25 | $1.00Selected event: Book (book)Event detailsPer book returned. | $0.00 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-19 |
| Open Library Books Scraper scrapers_lat/openlibrary-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 26 | $8.00Selected event: Result (result)Event detailsA data record returned by the scraper. | $0.00 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| Open Library Books Scraper gio21/openlibrary-books-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 27 | $2.00Selected event: Book Scraped (book-scraped)Event detailsCharged per Open Library book returned | $0.00 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-19 |
| Books Scraper — Titles, Authors, ISBN, Editions (Open Library) yadroo/openlibrary-books Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 25 | $1.00 | $0.001 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| OpenLibrary Scraper lulzasaur/openlibrary-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 29 | $10.00 | <$0.001 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-19 |
| Open Library Scraper: Books, Authors & Editions arman-bd/openlibrary-books-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 26 | $1.00Selected event: Book scraped (book-scraped)Event detailsCharged once per record returned in the dataset (Open Library Books). Failed lookups and diagnostic-only rows are not charged. | <$0.001 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-19 |
| Openlibrary Authors Scraper benthepythondev/openlibrary-authors-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 26 | $2.50 | <$0.001 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| Open Library Book Search pepeschuster/openlibrary-book-search Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | — | 19 | $1.00Selected event: Book record (book-scraped)Event detailsOne book record scraped and returned. | $0.00 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| Open Library Scraper - Books, Authors & Editions scrapesage/openlibrary-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 26 | $1.00Selected event: Book scraped (book)Event detailsOne Open Library book: title, authors, year, editions, ISBN, publisher, subjects, ratings, pages and cover. | $0.00 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| OpenLibrary Book Search jedii_123/openlibrary-book-search Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 26 | $1.00 | <$0.001 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| OpenLibrary Book Scraper — Titles, Authors & ISBNs hipersoft/openlibrary-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 27 | $2.00Selected event: Book scraped (book-scraped)1 additional listed charge eventsOne book with title, authors, publisher, year, subjects, ISBNs, editions, rating and cover
| <$0.001 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| Open Library Editions Scraper parseforge/openlibrary-editions-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 1 | 100.0% | 26 | $18.67Selected event: Result item (result-item)Event detailsCharged per record successfully returned in the dataset. | $0.00 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-19 |
| 📚 Open Library Intelligence - 20M+ Books & Covers benthepythondev/openlibrary-book-intelligence Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 0 | 100.0% | 26 | $5.00 | <$0.001 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-18 |
| Open Library ISBN Book Metadata Scraper jungle_synthesizer/openlibrary-isbn-book-metadata-scraper Observation date unknown · Observed: unknown | 0 | 100.0% | 26 | $0.50Selected event: Record scraped (data-record)Event detailsCost per record scraped. | $0.10 | 0 reviews · rating 0.0 | 2026-10-19 |
Download the openlibrary.org comparison CSV (25 displayed tools). 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, success rate (0–1), pricing model, primary event and its listed USD price per 1,000 events (per_k). This primary-event rate is not total cost: run-start and additional charges may apply, and events can differ between tools. Unknown prices and success rates are blank; FREE identifies an explicit free pricing model.
Success rate is shown only for tools with 20+ runs in 30 days; below 90% is highlighted. Prices are list prices for Apify's free plan (paid plans are cheaper). 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 openlibrary.org's terms and applicable law. How we measure.
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