One scraping API,
priced the way you'd expect.
Side-by-side comparisons against 13 scraping APIs — based on each vendor's public pricing page, not marketing copy. Flat per-request billing, residential proxies included, balance never expires.
- Entry rate
- €1.00/1K
- Free trial
- Yes
- Concurrency
- 200
- Ready-made scrapers
- 100+
Full browser + residential
No card required
Every plan, including free
Across 20 categories
At-a-glance comparison
Pricing and key features as published by each vendor. Click any row for the full comparison.
Verified 2026-04-15.
All numbers reference the vendor's own public pricing page.
| Vendor | Pricing model | Entry / minimum | ≈ Per 1K (browser) | Residential included | Credit multipliers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Scrappey | Pay-as-you-go, flat rate | None | €1.00 | Yes | None | |
| SC ScrapingBee | Subscription | ~$49/mo | varies | Premium tier | Yes | Compare |
| ZE ZenRows | Subscription | ~$69/mo | ~$2.75−64% | Premium tier | Yes | Compare |
| SC ScraperAPI | Subscription | ~$49/mo | ~$5.00−80% | Premium tier | Yes | Compare |
| SC Scrapfly | Subscription | ~$30/mo | ~$3.91−74% | Premium tier | Yes | Compare |
| FI Firecrawl | Subscription | ~$19/mo | ~$1.90−47% | Not advertised | No | Compare |
| BR Bright Data | Multi-SKU / Enterprise | ~$499/mo Scale | ~$8.00−88% | Yes | No | Compare |
| ZY Zyte | Per-URL tiered | $500 for lower rate | ~$6.00−83% | Yes | Per-tier | Compare |
| OX Oxylabs | Plan + per-result | ~$49/mo | ~$2.50−60% | Separate product | No | Compare |
| CR Crawlbase | PAYG + subscription | ~$149/mo Smart AI | ~$2.90−66% | Separate product | No | Compare |
| SC Scrapingdog | Subscription | ~$40/mo | ~$2.50−60% | No | No | Compare |
| SC Scrape.do | Subscription | ~$29/mo | ~$5.00−80% | Premium tier | Yes | Compare |
| SC ScrapingAnt | Subscription (credits) | ~$19/mo | ~$23.75−96% | Yes | Yes | Compare |
| OC Octoparse | No-code app + subscription | ~$69/mo | ~$3.45−71% | Yes | No | Compare |
Per-1K figures are indicative effective rates on entry plans drawn from each vendor's public pricing page and 2026 third-party comparison reports. Actual cost varies with credit consumption, success rate, and protection level. See each detailed page for sources.
Detailed comparisons
One page per vendor — full feature table, pricing notes, and migration guide.
ScrapingBee
Subscription scraping API; ~$49/mo entry, JS render multiplies credits.
- Pay-as-you-go vs subscription
- LLM-ready Markdown output
- 100+ ready-made scrapers
ZenRows
Subscription API with strong handling of JavaScript-heavy sites; ~$69/mo entry.
- No monthly commitment
- Residential proxies included
- Markdown output included
ScraperAPI
Subscription scraping service starting around $49/mo with credit-based requests.
- Per-request, no plan
- Handles CDN & browser verification flows by default
- Markdown + JSON output
Scrapfly
Subscription API with +5 JS / +25 residential credit multipliers; monthly resets.
- Flat per-request, balance never expires
- 200 concurrent on every plan
- 30+ named browser actions
Firecrawl
LLM-first scraping API focused on Markdown for RAG and agent workloads.
- Same Markdown output, stronger on JavaScript-heavy sites
- No subscription
- Per-request billing
Bright Data
Enterprise proxy + scraping platform with multi-product catalog and Scale tier from ~$499/mo.
- Real PAYG, no enterprise minimum
- Single flat rate
- Self-serve in under 2 minutes
Zyte
Scrapy Cloud and managed scraping with per-URL tiered pricing.
- Flat rate, no per-protection tier
- No $500 commitment
- Self-serve onboarding
Oxylabs
Enterprise-leaning proxy + scraper plans starting ~$49/mo plus per-record charges.
- Start from first request
- No monthly minimum
- Residential proxies included
Crawlbase
PAYG Crawling API alongside Smart AI Proxy subscription tiers from ~$149/mo.
- Single flat rate
- LLM-ready Markdown included
- No AI-tier upsell
Scrapingdog
Budget subscription API with datacenter proxy network; residential not advertised.
- Residential proxies included free
- Markdown output included
- Higher success on JavaScript-heavy sites
Scrape.do
Subscription API with 1×/5×/10×/25× credit multipliers; credits do not roll over.
- Flat per-request, balance never expires
- 200 concurrent on every plan
- Native MCP / LangChain / Claude Code
ScrapingAnt
Credit-based subscription; full-browser + JS + residential costs up to 125 credits per request.
- Flat per-request, no credit multipliers
- Residential proxies included free
- Balance never expires
Octoparse
No-code visual desktop scraper with cloud extraction; subscription from ~$69/mo.
- Code-first API vs desktop app
- 200 concurrency vs 3-20 cloud
- LLM-ready output + MCP
Why teams pick Scrappey
The four things that matter most when you're rebuilding a scraping stack.
Flat per-request, no multipliers
€1.00 per 1,000 full-browser requests with residential proxies and browser verification handling included. No credit math, no subscription minimum.
Balance never expires
Pay-as-you-go means what it says. Top up once, draw down as you scrape, no monthly resets that forfeit unused credits.
200 concurrent on every plan
Including the free tier. Most competitors gate concurrency behind $250+ tiers — Scrappey doesn't.
100+ ready-made scrapers
Pre-built endpoints for common public data sources, so you skip the parser maintenance.
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