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Both managed, both mid-market. The differences are process, documentation and whose schema you get.

Datahut and Actowiz Solutions are both managed web scraping providers serving mid-market and enterprise buyers. Neither is self-serve infrastructure. What differs in practice is how scope is defined before quoting, whose schema the output arrives in, and how much compliance documentation exists before signature.

At this end of the market, the vendors look alike on a website and differ considerably in how the engagement actually runs. The questions worth asking are unglamorous: what happens when a source turns out to be infeasible, and who does the schema work.

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Free pilot on your own sources, returned in 24 hours. Delivered in your existing schema so you can diff it against what you have today.

The short version

Datahut and Actowiz are different products, not competing versions of the same one. This page sets out where each one wins, including where we lose. If the honest answer is that you should not use us, it is on this page.

Where we are the wrong choice →

Our Data Powers

B2C Marketplace

amazon

D2C + Marketplace

NYKAA

D2C + Marketplace

Walmart

FMCG Marketplace

udaan

Food Delivery

Uber Eats

Quick Commerce

blinkit

Taxi Aggregator

Uber

E-Commerce

Tmall

Side by side

Which one fits your situation

Both models work. The question is which shape of product matches how your team is set up and what it is trying to protect.

Choose them when

Datahut is the better fit if…

Their existing pipelines already cover most of your source list, which makes onboarding faster and cheaper
You prefer the vendor to own the schema so your team does not have to define one
You have an established relationship and the differences below do not justify switching cost
Your requirement is straightforward retail collection where process differences matter less
Their commercial terms fit a budget cycle better than a monthly retainer

Choose us when

Actowiz is the better fit if…

You want per-source feasibility classified in writing before you receive a quote
You want output in your own data model, so adding a source does not create downstream rework
Your data protection review needs a source-by-source methodology document rather than an assurance
You want coverage and fill rates reported per batch rather than assumed
Your sources include documents, regional portals or formats that are not web pages
You want a named engineer rather than an account layer between you and the pipeline

Being straight about it

Where we are honestly the wrong choice

Every vendor comparison page is written by the vendor. Ours included. So here is the list we would rather you read now than discover in month three.

Do not buy from us if any of these apply

Your requirement is small and straightforward. Both of us carry engagement overhead, and below a certain size a smaller provider or a freelancer serves you better than either.
You want the vendor to make schema decisions for you. We deliver in your model, which assumes you have one or want to define one.
You need it live this week. Our production timeline is 5–10 business days after scoping, and we will not quote faster than we can deliver.
You want the lowest price per record with no documentation requirements. That is a commodity purchase and we do not compete on it.

Detail

Point-by-point comparison

Focused on what differs operationally rather than on feature counts, since feature lists rarely predict whether a data feed still works in month eight.

Datahut versus Actowiz managed service — operational comparison
Consideration	Datahut	Actowiz managed service
What you buy	Managed scraping with custom crawls and scheduled delivery	Managed collection scoped per source with a documented schema agreed before build
Feasibility	Assessed during scoping	Classified per source in writing before quoting, with reasons for anything declined
Schema	Vendor-defined with customisation	Yours — field names, units, null conventions and internal join keys
Pricing model	Custom quotes on scope	Fixed monthly retainer sized to scope, no per-request metering
QA	Quality checks as part of delivery	Schema validation plus sampled human QA on every run, with coverage reported per batch
Compliance artefacts	Available on request	Written methodology document per source plus DPA, provided before signature
Support model	Account and support channels	A named engineer who built the pipeline
Exit	Standard commercial terms	Full historical export on request, no exit fee, handover documentation available

All third-party names and marks are the property of their respective owners. This is our own comparison, is not endorsed by any provider named, and reflects publicly available information as of August 2026. Provider capabilities and pricing change — check their own site for current details, and hold us to the same standard.

Practical next step

How to evaluate this properly, in five steps

Not a sales process. A method for reaching a decision you can defend internally, including a decision not to change anything.

Send us your source list and current schema
We work from the specification. No access to your existing vendor's systems is needed or wanted.
Free per-source feasibility within 24 hours
Every source classified feasible, partial or not feasible, with reasons. If something is better left where it is, we say so.
Pilot in your target schema
Real output in your own data model, so you compare against today's feed rather than against a claim.
Parallel run before switching
Two to four weeks of both. Compare coverage, fill rates and freshness on your own sources.

The 24-hour sample — run on your sources, not ours

Before you switch anything, we run your existing sources in your existing schema and hand you the output. Compare it against what you have today. If ours is not better on the fields you care about, that is a useful answer and it cost you nothing.

Real extraction from your actual sources
Returned inside two business days
Coverage and QA note included
You keep the data either way
No card, no trial clock
Named engineer on the call

Get my free sample Book a 20-min scoping call Reply within one business day. Reference calls available under NDA.

How we engage

Three ways to engage us

Same collection pipeline and QA underneath. The difference is who holds the schedule and how the data reaches you.

Managed service (most common)

We own the collection, the QA and the delivery. You receive clean data on a schedule and never touch a scraper.

Dedicated engineer assigned to your account
Site changes fixed by us, not reported to you
Scheduled delivery to your warehouse or S3
Named contact on Slack or email

Best fit: Teams who need the data, not the infrastructure.

API access

The same collection pipeline exposed as an authenticated REST endpoint your systems query directly.

On-demand and scheduled endpoints
Rate limits agreed to your load profile
Sandbox keys for integration testing
Versioned schema with deprecation notice

Best fit: Product and engineering teams building on live data.

One-time or project extraction

A defined pull for a specific question — market sizing, diligence, a pitch, a one-off audit.

Fixed scope agreed in writing upfront
Single delivery with full QA report
Methodology documented for your records
Converts to managed if you want continuity

Best fit: Research, strategy and diligence work with a deadline.

Pricing

Every engagement is quoted individually, because the honest answer depends on your scope: how many sources, how many records, how often, and how the data reaches you. We scope it with you, run a free pilot on your own sources, and then quote a fixed monthly figure — no per-request metering and no overage billing when volumes move. Request a quote and you will have a number after one call.

Service commitments

What we commit to, in writing

Contractual, not marketing copy. These appear in the engagement document.

Service level commitments written into every managed engagement
Commitment	What we hold ourselves to
Pilot turnaround	A real sample from your own sources within 24 hours of scoping, at no cost.
Go-live	Production collection running within 5–10 business days of sign-off.
Delivery punctuality	99.5% on-schedule delivery, measured monthly and reported to you.
Breakage response	Source layout changes triaged same business day; critical sources inside 4 hours.
Data quality	Schema validation on every run plus sampled human QA before any delivery leaves us.
Escalation	A named engineer and an account owner, not a shared ticket queue.
Change requests	Field additions and source changes handled inside the retainer, not re-quoted.
Exit	Your historical data exported in full on request. No lock-in, no export fee.

Why teams pick Actowiz for this work

Engineers, not a dashboard. You get people who fix breakages, not a self-serve tool you maintain yourself.
We tell you what we can't do. Scope limits and coverage gaps are stated before you sign, not discovered in month three.
QA is part of the service. Schema validation and sampled human review run before delivery, every run.
Compliance is documented. Sources, method and lawful basis written down so your legal team can review them.
Fixed monthly cost. No per-request metering, no surprise overage on a month when a competitor adds SKUs.
Six years, 40+ countries. Long-running production pipelines across retail, travel, mobility and finance.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The questions that come up when teams are comparing options.

In process rather than capability. The three that show up in practice: whether feasibility is classified before or after quoting, whose schema the output arrives in, and whether compliance documentation exists before signature or on request.

None of that is glamorous and all of it determines how much work your team does after the data lands.

Not reliably. Both of us quote on scope, so it depends on your source list and volumes. If their pipelines already cover your sources, they will likely be cheaper — existing coverage beats a new build on price.

Our model is a fixed monthly retainer, which is predictable rather than cheap. Whether that is the better trade depends on how your finance team values certainty.

We tell you before quoting. About one source in ten comes back not feasible — usually because it is behind a login, the field is not published anywhere, or the content is licensed.

The alternative is a quote that includes work nobody can deliver, which ends in a scope dispute. Declining one source in eleven keeps the other ten credible.

Yes, and it is one of the main reasons clients choose us. Your field names, types, units, null conventions and internal join keys.

The benefit compounds: nothing downstream changes when you add a source. The usual hidden cost of external data is not the vendor fee, it is the translation layer your team maintains indefinitely.

Yes — PDF catalogues, spreadsheet downloads, scanned documents requiring OCR and legacy exports, through custom extraction and AI-assisted extraction with grounding validation.

If your source list includes those, ask both vendors specifically. It is a genuine capability difference between providers who otherwise look similar.

Your source list and current schema, a free feasibility assessment within 24 hours, a pilot in your target schema, then two to four weeks of parallel running before anything is switched off.

We do not ask for access to your existing vendor's systems, and we will tell you which sources to leave where they are. Most switches at this end of the market are partial rather than wholesale.

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