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Zyte vs ScraperAPI

Zyte Zyte API is cheaper at all three volumes. 100,000 pages: Zyte Zyte API is $100/mo on $100 monthly commitment, ScraperAPI ScraperAPI is $149/mo on Startup; 500,000 pages: Zyte Zyte API is $344/mo on $200 monthly commitment, ScraperAPI ScraperAPI is $475/mo on Scaling; 2 million pages: Zyte Zyte API is $1,104/mo on $500 monthly commitment, ScraperAPI ScraperAPI is $1,975/mo on Advanced. All prices are for 20% JavaScript, medium bot protection, US targets, 40 concurrent requests, monthly billing.

Pricing checked Nov 13, 2026 · 0.1.0 · cost wins Zyte 3 – ScraperAPI 0

MetricZyte Zyte API

Scraping API · Per successful request

ScraperAPI ScraperAPI

Scraping API · Credits

Cost for the same workload
100,000 pagesper month

$100

$100 monthly commitment · $1 per 1K pages

Cheaper at this volume

$149

Startup · $1.49 per 1K pages

500,000 pagesper month

$344

$200 monthly commitment · $0.688 per 1K pages

Cheaper at this volume

$475

Scaling · $0.95 per 1K pages

2 million pagesper month

$1,104

$500 monthly commitment · $0.552 per 1K pages

Cheaper at this volume

$1,975

Advanced · $0.9875 per 1K pages

BillingPer successful requestCredits
Capabilities
JavaScript renderingYesYes
Premium proxyYesYes
Country targetingYesYes
City targetingNoNo
Sticky sessionYesYes
ScreenshotYesYes
Structured outputYesNot documented
Async requestNot documentedYes
Limits
requests per minute
  • 3,000
Not documented
max response size
  • 10 MB
Not documented
session durationNot documented
  • 900 seconds
request timeoutNot documented
  • 60 seconds
geotargeting countriesNot documented
  • US · hobby
  • US · startup
Things to know
Billing notes
  • Price depends on a website difficulty tier (1-5) that Zyte assigns per website and request type; users cannot know it without Zyte's estimator. The cost engine maps anti-bot level to an assumed tier range and labels it an assumption.
  • Commitment plans bill max(commitment, usage) and stop at the spending limit; above $2,500/month requires Enterprise.
  • Any target response that is not a ban counts as successful and is billed, whatever its HTTP status (e.g. 404); ban, rate-limiting and error responses are free.
  • The $350 commitment level (48% discount) is documented but its per-tier rates are not published.
  • No concurrency cap; throughput is limited to 3,000 requests/minute on standard plans.
  • Extended geolocation, actions and network captures carry extra, unpublished usage-based costs.
  • Credit costs are an absolute lookup table, not stacked multipliers (premium + render = 25, not 10 x 10).
  • How domain costs combine with render/premium parameters is not documented; the provider points to its urlcost endpoint. Only the documented case (a standard page without render/premium) is encoded; other combinations fall back to the generic rows and are flagged as unverified.
  • PAYG credits exist on Scaling and above but the per-credit rate is not published, so no overage is modelled; lower plans must upgrade.
  • Professional and Advanced currently show limited-time bonus credits (+250K / +500K), not included here.
  • Requests cancelled by the client before 70 seconds are billed.

“Not documented” means the provider's pages don't say, not that the capability is missing. Estimates use list prices and exclude promotions and taxes; the provider's checkout is authoritative.

Cheapest at each volume

  • 100k: Zyte Zyte API — $100/mo on $100 monthly commitment
  • 500k: Zyte Zyte API — $344/mo on $200 monthly commitment
  • 2M: Zyte Zyte API — $1,104/mo on $500 monthly commitment

Switch to ScraperAPI when…

  • It documents async request, which the other does not.

Stay with Zyte when…

  • It is cheaper for this workload: $344/month versus $475/month.
  • It documents structured output, which the other does not.

Zyte vs ScraperAPI FAQ

Is Zyte cheaper than ScraperAPI?

It depends on volume. 100,000 pages: $100/mo on $100 monthly commitment vs $149/mo on Startup; 500,000 pages: $344/mo on $200 monthly commitment vs $475/mo on Scaling; 2 million pages: $1,104/mo on $500 monthly commitment vs $1,975/mo on Advanced. Prices are list prices for 20% JavaScript, medium bot protection, US targets, 40 concurrent requests, monthly billing, checked Nov 13, 2026.

What is the difference between Zyte and ScraperAPI?

Zyte bills by per successful request; ScraperAPI bills by credits. The capability and limit tables above list the documented differences; billing notes list the add-ons that change the headline price.

Which is better for JavaScript-heavy pages?

For Zyte Zyte API, JavaScript rendering is documented as supported. For ScraperAPI ScraperAPI, JavaScript rendering is documented as supported. The cheaper option at your volume is in the cost table above.

Can I switch from Zyte to ScraperAPI?

The APIs are not drop-in replacements: endpoints, parameters and billing units differ. Check each product's docs before switching; this page compares published prices and documented capabilities, not migration effort.

More ways to compare

Product pages list the official sources and check dates. The methodology explains what the cost engine does and does not model.