Dexi.io with Mozenda

Score7 out of 10

7 Reviews and Ratings

What is Dexi.io with Mozenda?

Dexi.io with Mozenda is a digital commerce intelligence suite that combines the data capture capabilities of Dexi's robots with Mozenda's web scraping technology. According to the vendor, this solution automates data collection from websites, APIs, and marketplaces, allowing users to extract insights and integrate the data with other systems. It is designed for a wide range of professionals and industries, including business analysts, data scientists, e-commerce managers, market researchers, and retailers.

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Sales Operations Manager in Corporate at Nitto Tire (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

Dynamic agent creation
Clean graphical user interface for agent design
Excellent customer support when necessary

Cons

The user interface for managing agents can be improved
When websites change, the agents could be better at dynamically updating
The "credit" usage can be confusing

Most Important Features

Price
Unique website credentials
customer support

Return on Investment

Stay relevant in the market
Ensure product placement against competitors
Dramatically enhance profitability

Alternatives Considered

Google Analytics, Corsearch Brand Protection and with Pointer BP

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Operations Manager in Corporate at Icon Distributing (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

Action Items. Mozenda is broken down into a series of actions that can be performed on a page. Some actions take you to other pages. The action list, while short, provides a comprehensive set of tools for scraping just about any website (I haven't met one where it didn't work yet).
Error Handling. I've used some scraping tools that have virtually no error handling. Mozenda has great error handling; the software almost always pinpoints the exact action where the agent failed and why.
Speed. Mozenda is very fast at obtaining results. Other "bot" software can be slow and cumbersome but Mozenda plows through pages rapidly and accurately aggregates information.
XPath compatibility. One of the most powerful features of Mozenda is the integrated ability to use XPaths to get at the exact bits of information we're after on a particular website. Access to visible information is only limited by imagination.

Cons

Page Credits. It's hard to determine exactly how many page credits will be used in a scraping action. You can end up using a lot more page credits than you bargain for unless you really know what you're doing. Page credits are the lifeblood of the SaaS.
Software Intelligence. This is a pro and a con. The software has built-in intelligence that tries to understand what the agent writer intends. Sometimes this results in new columns being added to the results when the results should be fit into existing results columns.
Testing Bugs. You can test an agent in the Agent Builder, but it is kind of buggy. There are times when it hangs and then the only way to get out of it is to open Task Manager and end the task.
Windows Only. Enough said.

Return on Investment

Costly. My only complaint was the initial price tag associated with Mozenda. It was expensive. However, we quickly learned that it was worth the money. The development team behind Mozenda has really done a thorough job of creating a fast, easy-to-use platform.
Speed to Market. Getting and curating the information we need is what pays the bills. Mozenda makes that happen as a tool that reduced agent development time from days to hours.
Low Code. One very positive aspect of Mozenda is the low code functionality. There are a lot of sites that can be scraped with simple point-and-click actions. That means we can train users who aren't coders to write good agents with very little support from our developers.

Alternatives Considered

UBot Studio, Scrapy and Connotate

Other Software Used

Mendix, Microsoft Office 365, Epicor Prophet 21