This entry runs no foundation model. Every finding below is quoted to the vendor’s own document, or marked not disclosed where the vendor publishes nothing.
No-code visual web scraping tool with point-and-click setup, cloud execution, and AI-assisted scraping templates for non-developers
No foundation model. Octoparse does not run one, so this criterion does not apply and is excluded from the grade rather than counted against it. A no-code web scraper. Its own MCP server exposes scraped data TO external AI assistants; the scraping itself invokes no foundation model, and its in-app auto-detect and RPA features name none. Reviewed from the vendor’s own documentation: octoparse.com ↗ If that is out of date, tell us at right of reply.
Training and retention posture varies by plan. What we publish above describes the vendor’s default plan; enterprise, team and API agreements frequently differ, often materially, and a contract can override the published default entirely. Check your own plan and contract before relying on this row.
This is a separate question from the grade above. The grade measures resilience — whether the tool endures and whether you could leave it. This describes who controls the vendor. A tool can score modestly on one and strongly on the other, and many do.
On U.S. CLOUD Act reach specifically: the statute reaches a provider subject to U.S. jurisdiction over data in its possession, custody or control. Corporate control is a strong indicator of that and it is what we can evidence from published documents — but it is not the whole test. A company founded outside the U.S. can still contract through a U.S. entity or run substantial U.S. operations. Treat this as a starting point for your own review, not a legal determination, and take advice on anything that matters.
Taken from the vendor’s own published material. Vannus does not hold these reports and has not reviewed their scope or dates — ask the vendor for the current report before relying on any of them.
Vannus publishes a nine-dimension trust framework — data sovereignty, training privacy, compliance posture, operational resilience, exit portability, and more. The heaviest criterion asks whether the tool builds its own AI or resells someone else's model; where the vendor discloses it, the grade cites the vendor's own documentation. No paid placements — scoring is walled off from affiliate revenue. See the methodology →