For cross-border sellers, researchers, and creators. Open any page — AI extracts what you see, builds the tables, writes the brief. Every row traces back to its source.
Competitor storefront
Competitor's best-selling SKUs this week
AeroBlend Portable Blender
Kitchen / 4.8 stars
2,430
PureMist Smart Humidifier
Home / 4.7 stars
1,860
Lumina Desk Lamp
Desk / 4.6 stars
1,520
LumaPods Noise Canceling
Audio / 4.6 stars
1,140
TrailLite Solar Lantern
Outdoor / 4.9 stars
860
DockPro USB-C Hub
Desk / 4.5 stars
740
Sound familiar?
The hardest part of competitive research isn't the data — it's the tools constantly failing you. DataLens removes these three failure modes.
Helium 10, Octoparse — one Amazon update and your saved templates stop working. Hours wasted on re-config.
AI re-reads the layout each run. Site changes don't break us.Tools give you competitor data, you check Amazon, the numbers don't match. You won't risk pricing decisions on it.
Click any row → see the original page. Verify everything.Top complaints hide three reply layers deep. Tmall encrypts prices with custom fonts. Most tools give up.
AI reads what you see — nested trees, encrypted fields, all extracted.Verifiable data
Every row carries its source page, capture timestamp, and original snippet. Whatever the AI concludes, you can verify — so you can act on it.
Open a page. AI marks the extractable fields. Everything happens inside your browser.
Nested comments and encrypted fields included. Export to Excel / CSV / JSON in one click.
Every number ships with a capture snapshot and source URL. Decisions stay defensible.
We keep the page state at the moment of capture. Even if the original site changes later, the snapshot you saw stays exact.
When AI says 'competitor cut prices 20%', it tells you which raw rows it leaned on — like footnotes in a paper.
Every step the AI took inside the browser is logged. You can audit what it clicked and which fields it read.
Why DataLens
Cloud scrapers get blocked. Template tools break when sites change. Platform dashboards never show you competitors. DataLens runs inside your browser, with AI reading what you see — including the parts other tools can't reach.
Reviews matter most three levels deep — where customers complain and competitors respond. DataLens follows replies, sub-replies, and threaded discussions automatically. Other tools stop at the top level.
The #1 reason tools like Helium 10 silently fail: Amazon redesigns a layout and your saved template breaks. DataLens uses AI to read the page in real time — selectors aren't hard-coded, they're inferred fresh on every run.
Tmall encrypts prices with custom fonts. Shopee renders critical fields in Canvas. Traditional scrapers grab gibberish; DataLens reads what you actually see on screen — because it's looking at the rendered page, not the HTML source.
| Capability | DataLensBrowser extension + AI | Cloud scrapersHelium 10, Jungle Scout | Template toolsOctoparse, ParseHub | Platform dashboardsSeller Central, etc. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitor data | ||||
| Verifiable source | ||||
| Survives redesigns | ||||
| Encrypted fonts / Canvas | ||||
| Nested / threaded data | ||||
| Anti-bot / IP blocks | ||||
| AI-generated insights |
Comparison reflects publicly documented capabilities of each tool — let us know if anything looks out of date.
See who's using it
These are real ways DataLens users work — not marketing personas.
When rivals drop prices, no one tells you. New product launches catch you late. Helium 10 misses the signals hiding in reviews.
「Running a Takealot store in South Africa, watching 5 competitors. DataLens gives me a weekly comparison and action recommendations.」
Baidu Index trends, hedge fund holdings, niche research communities — the 'small data' that drives real investment calls has no API.
「I track one hedge fund's portfolio every week. DataLens does the diff for me — adds and drops jump right out.」
Before making a video on a topic you want to see what's working — but manually scrolling 100 YouTube / TikTok results takes 3 hours.
「I create home-design content. DataLens hands me a weekly recap of 20 reference accounts — no more hunting for inspiration.」
BOSS Zhipin's recommendation page shows 15 candidates per page. Reviewing them by hand takes half a day. Sorting them takes another.
「Hiring a sales lead, I let DataLens pull 80 candidates from BOSS and rank them. Saved 4 hours.」
Quick answers before you start.
An AI workspace that turns web pages into tables. Open a page, tell the AI what to grab, get Excel / CSV / JSON.
