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Directory Buildr | No-Code Directory Software

Find the right platform and software tools to build an online directory.

ScraperAPI | The Unblocking Layer for a Scraper You Built Yourself

Send it a URL, get back the HTML that would otherwise be blocked. Proxy rotation, JS rendering and CAPTCHA handling behind one API call. From $49 a month, with a 7-day trial and 5,000 credits.

Scraping Tools

SerpApi | Google Maps and Search Results as Structured JSON

An API that returns Google Maps places and search results as clean JSON, with place_id, coordinates, hours, ratings and phone numbers. Paid plans include a legal shield. Free tier gives 250 searches a month.

Scraping Tools

Instant Data Scraper | Free Chrome Extension for Validating a Niche

A free Chrome extension that guesses the list structure on any page and exports it to CSV or Excel. No account, no credits, no configuration. The fastest way to find out whether your niche has data.

Scraping Tools

Octoparse | Visual Desktop Scraper With 50,000 Free Rows a Month

A point-and-click desktop scraper whose free plan exports up to 50,000 rows a month across 10 tasks. Paid plans move extraction to the cloud with IP rotation and CAPTCHA solving.

Scraping Tools

Browse AI | No-Code Scraping Robots That Keep a Directory Fresh

Train a scraping robot by recording your screen, then schedule it to re-run and flag what changed. The free plan gives 50 credits a month, and one credit pulls 10 rows.

Scraping Tools

Apify | Ready-Made Scrapers for Filling a Directory

A marketplace of thousands of pre-built scrapers, including a Google Maps scraper that returns business name, address, phone, website, hours and ratings from $1.50 per 1,000 places.

Scraping Tools

Directory Hunt Script

The Directory Hunt Script is a premium, ready-to-launch directory website template designed for founders, indie makers, agencies, and digital entrepreneurs who want a modern, scalable platform without the technical headache. Create your own "ProductHunt" style project.

Coded (Boilerplate) Solutions

Create a Directory with MyListing Wordpress Theme

Create a Directory and Listing Site with MyListing, Elementor and Woocommerce

WordPress Directory Plugins & Themes

VOXEL — Dynamic Directory Theme for WordPress

Voxel excels at creating highly dynamic WordPress sites such as directory and listing sites, platforms with complex filtering and monetization models, and membership communities where users submit, edit and manage their own listings from the front end.

WordPress Directory Plugins & Themes

DirectoryCraft | Build & launch a directory site

From idea to directory: collect submissions, import spreadsheets, customize fields, and publish on your domain

No Code Directory Platforms

Google Maps Data Scraper

Scrape Google Maps data in seconds. Outscraper’s Google Maps Scraper lets you extract business names, emails, phone numbers, reviews & ratings. No-code or API. Try free.

Scraping Tools

Firecrawl - The Web Data API for AI

The web crawling, scraping, and search API for AI. Built for scale. Firecrawl delivers the entire internet to AI agents and builders. Clean, structured, and ready to reason with.

Scraping Tools
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