IN THE FIELD GUIDE

Insightsocial

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Insight Social is a free Chrome extension and web dashboard that scrapes public data from nine social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Threads, YouTube, Reddit, and Pinterest. It allows users to extract posts, profiles, comments, and bio-link emails to Excel or other formats without coding or API keys, with data processed locally in the browser for privacy.

THE PRODUCT, BEYOND THE PITCH

Automatically researched · Not editorially reviewed · Sources checked Oct 7, 2026

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A good fit for

Not confirmed yet.

Know the limitations

Automated scheduled scrapes require the Chrome window to stay in front while running; it is not a cloud job that runs when the laptop is closed.

What you can do

Journalists use it for profile enrichment by following bio links to surface complete public footprints for due diligence and competitive research.
Founders use it for competitor analysis to track posts, engagement, and audience across platforms.

Features

Extract posts, profiles, comments, and bio-link emails from social media platforms.
Smart filtering by date, keywords, engagement, and more to get exactly the needed data.
Auto schedule scrapes to repeat hourly, daily, or weekly with each run opening its own Chrome window.
Export data in CSV, Excel (.xlsx), JSON, or Google Sheets formats.
AI-powered features to chat with scraped data in plain language and draft personalized replies.

Integrations

Not confirmed yet.

Platforms & data export

Supports exporting data in CSV, Excel (.xlsx), JSON, and Google Sheets formats.

THE COST FOR YOUR TEAM

Go beyond the starting price.

Published plan prices for your team size and usage. Results update as you type. Taxes, currency conversion and unlisted add-ons are excluded, and anything the source did not state is called out rather than guessed.

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Cheapest fit for 1 person, all 1 tools

$9.99/month

$119.88 a year on these plans.

Plan costs based on your requirements
Tool / plan	Monthly	Per year	What this assumes
Insightsocial ProCheapest fit Flat subscription	$9.99	$119.88	Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.

A practical workflow

Install the free Chrome extension from the Web Store in one click.
Navigate to a supported social media platform and click the extension icon to start scraping.
Export the scraped data in preferred format and start analyzing.

Based on the sources below. Editorial review does not imply hands-on product testing.

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Clura

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Clura is a no-code AI web data tool that enables users to scrape any website into structured data and export it to CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets. It supports workflows including scraping, enrichment, automation, and syncing, all accessible via a Chrome extension.

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Insight Social: Free Social Media Scraper Extension ↗

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