| Screen Scraping | Data Scraping |
|---|---|
| Screen scraping is used to extract non-structural data. | Data scraping is generally used to extract structural data. |
| It keeps scraped information in a string. | It keeps scraped information in a data table. |
| It can extract or collect data from images and PDFs. | It cannot extract data from PDF files or images. |
| It cannot easily extract data into databases or excel. | It can efficiently extract data into databases or excel. |
