Rainforest API Reviews 90

TrustScore 3 out of 5

3.0

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My trial got blocked even though I had not used a single credit. To test the platform properly, I paid for the account. We only used 15 credits out of 500 because the results were not meeting my re... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful company policies. They tote about the quality of their API calls but when tested it had a spotty success rate versus just simply using Amazon's add product page with the same UPC. I had only mad... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had struggled a lot to extract infos from Amazon websites and keep up to date with constant layout modifications on their stores. Then I discovered Rainforest API. It just works, it is very well doc... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Data is wildly inconsistent. Many times the Product API sends back responses that the ASIN has its buybox removed, or no description, or price...and all those things are there on the actual page. Rain... See more

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Rainforest is the real-time Amazon product data API you've been looking for. No manual rules or web-scraper maintenance required. Getting reliable and high-scale Amazon product data is difficult - that's why we created Rainforest. Customers use Rainforest to build apps and services to support the Amazon ecosystem.


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3.0

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Let the experts handle your web-scraping

Trying to implement and manage web-scraping internally proved to be a huge maintenance burden for our software team. With Rainforest API, we no longer spend time worrying about how to get our data but, rather, how to use it most effectively to benefit our clients. Thanks for providing a very intuitive, user-friendly API!

30 August 2023
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hi Zac! Thank you for the review. We couldn't be happier to hear that we are helping you and your team save time so you can focus on what's most important - finding value for your clients! Our engineering team works hard to keep Rainforest API performing at its best. Thanks again!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor support, clunky tool… consider other vendors!

API is clunky and challenging to use for bulk ASIN processing. API’s behaviour was different than expected. Support team refused to consider refunding unused subscription. Do not recommend!

21 August 2023
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hi Jack. Thank you for sharing your feedback. We apologize that Rainforest did not meet your expectations. Unfortunately, we did not find any record of a support request associated with this account/domain. Please feel free to reach out to our CS team at hello@rainforestapi.com so we can investigate your feedback further. We would love to make things right!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They refuse to refund subscription even…

They refuse to refund subscription even one day after subscription renew. They stay behind their policy and refuse to refund. I have test the product one day, pay for one month and forget the date of renew, with a single email before renew I would have close the account and stop it. Amazing way to help a new small customer. Not sure it is a good way to work for 59$. I have never send a wrong review before that's the first one.

14 July 2023
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hi Fabien. Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We apologize for the dissatisfactory experience with the renewal of your subscription.

Our subscription renewals policy is designed to ensure seamless and uninterrupted service for our customers. While we understand that situations may arise where a refund is requested, we adhere to this policy to maintain consistency and fairness for all customers. We acknowledge that this can be frustrating, especially when it results in an unintended subscription renewal. We value your feedback and that of every customer.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great API

It works on most of my cases with no problems.

15 July 2023
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hi Zack. Happy to hear you've found Rainforest to be a great solution. Thanks so much for the review!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Easy to use API

Easy to use API, responsive customer service.

2 August 2023
Unprompted review
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hey Jojo! Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're thrilled to know about your positive experience!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

excellent service and support

That's an excellent service but it would be better if the data was updated since it's outdated sometimes.

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The support was great and resolved my issue. The problem was my wrong request and not the product.

13 June 2023
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hello justmisam, thanks for the review! We'd love to look into any instance of outdated data for you. Feel free to write us at hello@rainforestapi.com any time! Thanks again

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible Experience

Terrible Experience.
Production Plan (250$) to use the method ASIN to GTIN.
10K request done with existing ASIN. Less than 10% GTIN result.
Support indicates they were investigating. No ETA provided. We waited 3 weeks. Nothing have been done.
Credits could not be transfer next month. Move to another provider.

2 May 2023
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hi there. Sorry to hear that this was your experience. We looked into your recent ticket and are not seeing any investigation in relation to your inquiry. Unfortunately, we are unable to transfer credits from one product to another at this time.

If we are missing another ticket that was open for 3 weeks, please respond to that last email so the ticket can be reopened and we can assist you again. Sorry again for any trouble.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Almost perfect service

Perfect service, fast and detailed, easy to use.
Unfortunately, results from bulk uploads are not friendly to handle.

30 April 2023
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hi Giacomo. Thank you for sharing your feedback! We're happy to hear you've found the service near perfect.

Unfortunately (you're right), CSV results from bulk uploads (Collections) are still subject to a size limit per file. For now, we split the results into smaller groupings in order to ensure smooth downloads across all Collections. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Review API not functioning as advertised

Unfortunately, I have not been able to get the intended results. Firstly, empty results are counted towards my token usage. This means that even when I don't receive any data, my token count is still being deducted. Furthermore, currently the custom review API responses give only the first page as a result, which is not helpful as I need thousands of pages of data. This has resulted in me not being able to use the service as advertised. I have reached out to the support team multiple times for help, but I have not received any helpful response for over 10 days. This is unacceptable, as I am still paying for the service without being able to use it effectively. I urge RainforestAPI to rectify these issues as soon as possible and provide the service that I am paying for. I am extremely dissatisfied with the service provided, and in its current state I do not recommend it to others looking into downloading customer reviews.

1 April 2023
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hello Ian. Thank you for the review. We're very sorry for any issue you are experiencing. Our team would be more than happy to investigate any charges for empty results -- we encourage you to share an exact url for any empty result that's been returned. In the case that there has been a mistaken charge, we'll certainly return the credits to your account.

We acknowledge that there has been an issue with the review responses, which we've communicated in your support ticket. Any further update would be communicated via that ticket. Thank you for your understanding.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stock data doesn't work most of the…

Stock data doesn't work most of the time, been down for weeks and weeks and still no answers. Not impressed by this and needs to be sorted

15 March 2023
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hi BF FBA Sellers. Sorry for this negative experience, and thank you for sharing the feedback. We're on it -- our team is working hard to get that fixed. If you have a question about your specific use case, please reach out to us at hello@rainforestapi.com.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A valuable tool for any Amazon seller

Just like the title states, this is a critical tool for any seller managing a large catalog with a lot of competitors.

The interface is clean, and easy to use.

27 January 2023
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hi A Satisfied Seller. We're pleased you are finding value in Rainforest. Love to hear it! Thank you for the feedback.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Superb service

Superb service, documentation, support and integration all at a competitive price. Love it!

28 January 2023
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hi Tom. Wow, we couldn't be happier to read this! Thank you for taking the time to share this review.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful Refund Policy. Absolute Garbage of a Company

Awful company policies. They tote about the quality of their API calls but when tested it had a spotty success rate versus just simply using Amazon's add product page with the same UPC. I had only made less than 5% of my monthly allotted request limit and decided to cancel the same day I subscribed. I thus requested a refund and they claimed that all sales are final and no refunds or partial refunds were allowed and that when I cancelled I would lose immediate access to my remaining requests allotment. Absolute garbage company policies.

21 January 2023
Unprompted review
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hey there, sorry to hear your experience was far below your expectations. If you're open to it, we'd still like to troubleshoot your issue. We are confident in Rainforest's success rate and would love to get to the bottom of why you've experienced a spotty success rate.

While we do have a policy in place to protect our business, our customer success team would be happy to take a closer look at your issue to make this right for you! (hello@rainforestapi.com)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Easy to use

Easy to use. Great tool.

16 January 2023
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hi there! Thank you for the review. Happy to hear you are finding our API to be a valuable tool!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The best external API but slow

Everything is excellent but I think you can improve these:
1. API speed.
2. Provide refinements in a different endpoint, because the current way is slow and requires a lot of manual work.

21 December 2022
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Reply from Rainforest API

Thank you for the feedback, Juan.

In case you haven't discovered this yet: If you are running a large number of requests, it would make sense to use Collections to run the requests in bulk. You’ll get much better speeds overall as the platform runs requests in a Collection concurrently, and you can have up to 15k requests per Collection. Let us know if you have any questions!
👉 hello@rainforestapi.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great experience so far!

We're using the Rainforest API inside our Laravel project and really appreciate the proper returned data they offer.

Great experience so far!

25 November 2022
Unprompted review
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Reply from Rainforest API

Hi flowdee. We appreciate you sharing your feedback. Thank you!

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