Independent cost comparison
ZenRows alternatives
ZenRows costs $749/mo on Scale S2 at 500,000 pages a month. We priced every other product in the catalog on the same workload: 20% JavaScript, medium bot protection, US targets, 40 concurrent requests, monthly billing. The cheapest alternative depends on volume, and the billing unit is usually why.
Pricing checked Nov 5, 2026 · 9 alternatives · 0.1.0
100,000 pages / month
ScrapingBee Web Scraping API
$99
Startup · $0.99 per 1K pages
500,000 pages / month
ScrapingBee Web Scraping API
$249
Business · $0.498 per 1K pages
2 million pages / month
ScrapingBee Web Scraping API
$999
Enterprise 14 · $0.4995 per 1K pages
ZenRows vs 9 alternatives
Expected monthly cost on the published plan that fits
| Product | Billing | 100,000 pages | 500,000 pages | 2 million pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZenRows Fetch (Universal Scraper API) Scraping API · Current provider | Credits | $251 Growth G1 | $749 Scale S2 | $1,999 Scale S4 |
| ScrapingBee Web Scraping API Scraping API | Credits | $99Lowest Startup | $249Lowest Business | $999Lowest Enterprise 14 |
| Zyte Zyte API Scraping API | Per successful request | $100 $100 monthly commitment | $344 $200 monthly commitment | $1,104 $500 monthly commitment |
| Firecrawl Firecrawl API Scraping API | Credits | $399 Growth | $399 Growth | $1,749 Scale |
| ScraperAPI ScraperAPI Scraping API | Credits | $149 Startup | $475 Scaling | $1,975 Advanced |
| Oxylabs Web API /Scrape Scraping API | Per successful request | $100 Basic | $500 Basic | $1,800 Flexible |
| Bright Data Web Unlocker API Web Unlocker | Per successful request | $150 Pay as you go | $651 Scale $499 | $1,999 Scale $1,999 |
| Apify Apify Platform Scraping platform Self-managed | Compute units | $163 Starter | $739 Scale | $2,682 Business |
| Oxylabs Web Unblocker Web Unlocker | Per GB of traffic | $288 Basic | $1,152 Flexible | $4,608 Flexible |
| Browserless Browserless Cloud (BaaS, BrowserQL, REST APIs) Browser infrastructure Self-managed | Browser time | $500 Scale | $2,298 Scale | $9,944 Scale |
“Can't be priced” means no published plan fits this workload (usually a concurrency or allowance limit), not that the product is unavailable. Prices are list prices in USD, excluding promotions and taxes; the provider's checkout is authoritative.
Alternatives to ZenRows Fetch (Universal Scraper API)
At 500,000 pages the cheapest alternative is ScrapingBee Web Scraping API at $249/month on Business; this product is $749/month.
Fetch (Universal Scraper API) plans and sources →What changes the bill
Why the headline price is not the whole bill
- Formerly "Universal Scraper API"; per-plan dollar-per-1K pricing from earlier years is obsolete.
- Annual billing grants the full year's credits up front as one balance.
- Country targeting requires premium proxies, so a geotargeted request costs at least 10 credits.
- No metered overage; up to 10 top-up packs per billing period, usually pricier per credit than the plan. Unused top-up credits roll over once; unused plan credits expire at every renewal.
- The "Pay as you go (agent storefront)" plan is sold at agents.zenrows.com to AI agents, which pay by card or USDC without a Zenrows account (an agent can also send its human a checkout link). It covers Fetch and Extract only; Batch, Browser Sessions and the CLI need a zenrows.com plan. No concurrency limit is published for it.
- Site Not Found (RESP007) errors are also billed according to the error-code docs.
- The workload assumes 20% JavaScript, medium bot protection, US targets, 40 concurrent requests, monthly billing. Change the workload in the cost calculator to see your own ranking.
- Billing units differ: credits, requests, browser time and compute units are normalized here from each provider's published table. Add-ons such as JSON extraction, country targeting or sessions can change the effective cost.
ZenRows alternatives FAQ
What is the cheapest ZenRows alternative?
For 500,000 pages a month (20% JavaScript, medium bot protection, US targets, 40 concurrent requests, monthly billing), ScrapingBee Web Scraping API is the cheapest alternative at $249/month on Business.
Is ZenRows cheaper than ScrapingBee Web Scraping API?
It depends on volume. 100,000 pages: ZenRows $251/mo on Growth G1, ScrapingBee Web Scraping API $99/mo on Startup; 500,000 pages: ZenRows $749/mo on Scale S2, ScrapingBee Web Scraping API $249/mo on Business; 2 million pages: ZenRows $1,999/mo on Scale S4, ScrapingBee Web Scraping API $999/mo on Enterprise 14. Prices are list prices for 20% JavaScript, medium bot protection, US targets, 40 concurrent requests, monthly billing, checked Nov 5, 2026.
Which ZenRows alternative is cheapest for 100,000 pages?
ScrapingBee Web Scraping API is the cheapest alternative at $99/month on Startup, for 20% JavaScript, medium bot protection, US targets, 40 concurrent requests, monthly billing.
Do these prices include JSON extraction, proxies or country targeting?
No. Each cell is the provider's published price for a basic page scrape on the cheapest fitting plan. Add-ons differ by provider; the product pages and the notes above list what changes the bill.
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