Best Leboncoin Scraper 2026

Analysis date: June 29, 2026. Pricing and product figures below come from each vendor's official pages, checked on that date. Speed and field-count numbers published by lobstr.io in their comparison remain internal benchmarks that cannot be reproduced without their test protocol.

Leboncoin offers no public API for reading listings. Every extraction route goes through scraping — and not every tool plays by the same rules, technically or legally.

How we compared

We focused on three tools commonly cited for Leboncoin:

1. Piloterr — REST API, no Leboncoin user session
2. Apify — marketplace actor saswave/advanced-leboncoin-scraper
3. lobstr.io — no-code platform with dedicated scrapers

Criteria: returned data, billing model, integration, throughput, and access mode (public vs authenticated).

Pricing note: Piloterr bills 1 credit per API request — a Search page returns multiple listings. lobstr bills 4 or 10 credits per listing (1 credit = 1 result). For an apples-to-apples comparison on full listing detail, use Search + Ad at Piloterr (~2 requests/listing), i.e. ~$5.44/1k listings on Premium — not the $2.72/1k figure, which covers 1,000 raw requests.

Comparison table (June 29, 2026)

Public scraping vs connected scraping

This is the most important distinction — and the one lobstr.io's comparison largely skips.

lobstr.io scrapes Leboncoin while logged in. Their phone scraper requires syncing one or more Leboncoin accounts (Chrome extension or API), revealing numbers through an authenticated session, and auto-switching accounts when one gets logged out. This is documented on their Leboncoin Listings & Phone Search Export product page.

Apify follows the same pattern for phone numbers: the saswave/advanced-leboncoin-scraper actor requires email, password, and Leboncoin cookies for the product_phone feature, with mandatory French residential proxies.

Piloterr does not use a Leboncoin account. The Leboncoin Search, Leboncoin Ad, and Leboncoin Search API endpoints query publicly accessible data without a user session. Phone numbers are not offered — precisely because they sit behind an authenticated action on Leboncoin.

Why connected scraping raises legal issues

Disclaimer: this is not legal advice. Consult a lawyer before production use.

1. Leboncoin terms of use — Leboncoin forbids automated access (robots.txt, ToS). Logging in with an account to bypass that restriction and extract data reserved for logged-in users aggravates the contractual breach.

2. Personal data (GDPR) — Seller phone numbers are personal data. Collecting them through a Leboncoin account, without a documented lawful basis or notice to data subjects, creates significant GDPR exposure. See our guide on legal vs illegal web scraping.

3. French case law — The Paris Court of Appeal (February 18, 2021, entreparticuliers.com) penalized substantial republication of Leboncoin data. Connected scraping with PII extraction for commercial prospecting sits in the highest-risk zone.

4. Third-party accounts — Running automated Leboncoin accounts (multi-account, auto-switch) can constitute ToS fraud and trigger bans — which lobstr.io documents as an « account protection » feature.

In short: extracting public listings for internal market analysis and logging in to harvest phone numbers are not the same legal category. The latter is, for most B2B use cases, illegal or highly risky in France.

1. Piloterr

Piloterr offers a three-endpoint Leboncoin API suite, billed per credit on the Scraper API plan.

Endpoints

Each endpoint costs 1 credit per request. On the Premium plan ($49/mo, 18,000 credits), that's $2.72 per 1,000 Standard requests. On Startup ($249/mo, 110,000 credits): $2.26/1k.

For full detail per listing (Search then Ad), budget 2 credits/listing — ~$5.44/1k listings on Premium and ~$4.52/1k on Startup. A Search page alone returns multiple listings per request, so price monitoring without detail costs far less.

Example Ad call:

GET https://api.piloterr.com/v2/leboncoin/ad?query=https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/equipement_auto/3012186547

Data

The Ad endpoint returns full structured JSON: price, location, vehicle or real-estate attributes (DPE, GES, surface), multi-size images, favorites count, GeoJSON. No phone numbers, no detailed reputation layer.

Performance

Typical response time: 1–2 s per Search or Ad request. Rate limit: 7 req/s (Premium) to 15 req/s (Startup). In lobstr's benchmark, Piloterr hits ~20 listings/min including the Ad call — the highest single-worker throughput of the three tools.

Pros

• Scraping without a Leboncoin account — public data only
• Transparent pricing; cheapest at entry for full detail (~$5.44/1k vs $8 at lobstr)
• Three endpoints covering search, detail, and advanced filters
• +500 credit trial, no credit card
• API + MCP for code-first integration

Cons

• No phone numbers
• No seller reputation (reply rate, badges)
• No no-code UI — you integrate the API

Best for: dev pipelines, real-estate and automotive price monitoring, CRM enrichment with public data, n8n/Zapier workflows.

2. Apify (SASWAVE Advanced Leboncoin Scraper)

The Apify actor is a community scraper by SASWAVE, billed at $50/mo rental plus Apify compute and proxy usage.

How it works

Two modes via the feature parameter:

• product_details — listings from a search URL or product URLs
• product_phone — phone extraction only via products_url, with cookies, email, and Leboncoin password

French residential proxy is mandatory, including in product_details mode (no phone). You cannot get detail + phone in the same run. Apify compute adds on top of rental — lobstr estimates ~$8/1k listings without phone in their own test, before blockage overhead.

Data

The only tool here with a full seller reputation layer: registration date, reply rate, badges, category feedback, online presence. JSON also includes transport, POI, images, and owner.siren for pro sellers.

Pros

• Richest seller reputation data
• Apify integrations (webhooks, datasets, MCP)
• Cars and real estate

Cons

• $50/mo fixed rental before any usage
• Phone = connected scraping (cookies + login) → legal risk
• Phone and details require two separate runs
• No multi-account auto-switch
• Variable compute billing hard to budget

Best for: seller reputation analysis, vendor due diligence, teams already on Apify — without needing phone numbers.

3. lobstr.io

lobstr.io is a French no-code platform with two Leboncoin scrapers:

• Leboncoin Listings Search Export — 58 attributes, 4 credits/listing, no phone
• Leboncoin Listings & Phone Search Export — 53+ phone attributes, 10 credits/listing, phone included

Connected scraping: the core of the phone product

lobstr.io's phone scraper requires connected Leboncoin accounts. Their documentation and comparison article describe:

• Account sync via Chrome extension or API
• Number reveal through authenticated session (functions.get_phone_numbers)
• Auto-switch between accounts when one logs out or gets blocked
• Cooldowns to limit bans

This is scraping behind authentication to extract personal data (phone numbers). As outlined above, this practice violates Leboncoin ToS and creates major GDPR issues for commercial prospecting. We do not recommend this workflow for B2B use in France.

Data (excluding phone)

The no-phone listings scraper documents 58 fields: price, location, DPE/GES, pro SIREN, publication dates, images. Their blog article claims 132 « data points » via a different nested counting method than the store page.

Pricing — expensive at entry, no pay-as-you-go

lobstr.io bills monthly with no pay-as-you-go option. Credits refresh each cycle and do not roll over.

Before July 2025, the entry plan started at €50/month — lobstr lowered it to $10, but the effective cost per Leboncoin listing remains high for small volumes.

Real Leboncoin cost (figures published by lobstr.io themselves in their Leboncoin comparison):

That's ~50% more than Piloterr (~$5.44/1k with Search + Ad) at entry for detail without phone — and 2× cheaper than Piloterr at scale ($2/1k vs ~$4.52/1k) if you move to a high lobstr tier. With phone, the gap widens to ~$20/1k at entry.

Store pages advertise « $2 per 1000 listings » and « 35 listings/min » in marketing — but those are at-scale figures, contradicted by lobstr's own testing (3–4 listings/min in real conditions). Each listing costs 4 credits without phone (listings page) and 10 credits with phone (phone page). Leboncoin scrapers are marked Premium: locked on the free plan.

Hidden costs:

• Billing cycle reset if credits run out mid-month — you pay a full subscription again
• No pay-as-you-go: you can't test 500 listings without subscribing
• Free plan (100 cr.) = 25 listings max without phone (100 ÷ 4 cr.), no scheduling

Speed: internal contradiction

The store page advertises 35 listings/minute. Their own blog measures 3–4 listings/min without phone and 1 listing/min with phone — deliberately slowed to reduce bans.

Pros (no phone)

• Accessible no-code interface
• Scheduling, Google Sheets / S3 export
• Leboncoin suite (listing, boutiques, status checker)
• Pro data (SIREN, online shop)

Cons

• Connected scraping for phone = illegal or highly risky for prospecting
• Slow per worker (3–4/min real-world)
• No seller reputation
• Premium plan required for all Leboncoin scrapers (Premium badge on both store pages)

Best for: no-code listing export without phone numbers, multi-URL monitoring — staying on public data.

FAQ

Which Leboncoin scraper is cheapest in 2026?

It depends on the scenario:

• Price monitoring (Search only, many listings/request) — Piloterr is hard to beat (~$2.72/1k requests).
• Full detail per listing (Search + Ad), small volumes — Piloterr ($5.44/1k) beats lobstr ($8/1k without phone).
• High volume, no phone — lobstr drops to $2/1k at scale, undercutting Piloterr (~$4.52/1k on Startup).
• With phone numbers — lobstr ($20 → $5/1k) vs Apify ($16/1k + $50/mo); both rely on connected scraping.

Apify always adds a $50/mo fixed rental on top of compute and proxies.

Can you legally retrieve phone numbers?

Numbers on Leboncoin are only accessible after login and user action. Tools that extract them (lobstr.io, Apify in phone mode) rely on connected scraping. For commercial use in France, this is illegal or highly risky under GDPR and Leboncoin ToS. Piloterr does not offer this capability.

Which tool for a developer pipeline?

Piloterr: three REST endpoints, MCP, +500 trial credits, 1–2 s response time, no Leboncoin session. Start with Leboncoin Search to list, then Leboncoin Ad for detail.

Apify or lobstr.io for seller reputation?

Apify alone returns reply rate, badges, and feedback. lobstr.io and Piloterr only cover headline seller rating, not the detailed profile.

Does Leboncoin have an official API?

No. Leboncoin does not publish a listing-read API. Available « APIs » target ad posting for professionals, not extraction.

Conclusion

On June 29, 2026, the choice depends less on marketing features than on access mode:

• Piloterr — public-data scraping via API, cheapest at entry for full detail (~$5.44/1k), fastest single worker (~20 listings/min), three endpoints including Ad. No phone, no no-code — but the cleanest legal posture.
• Apify — seller reputation niche, but $50/mo rental, mandatory FR proxy, and connected scraping if you want phone numbers.
• lobstr.io — no-code and native phone, expensive at entry ($8–20/1k) but competitive at very high volume ($2/1k without phone), connected scraping mandatory for phone numbers (illegal or highly risky for prospecting in France), monthly subscription with no pay-as-you-go.

Before launching a Leboncoin project, decide whether you need public data (price, attributes, location) or PII (phone). The answer immediately points to the right tool — and the right legal framework.