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Scrapfly alternatives

11 tools we tested head to head against Scrapfly, ranked — and what each one actually does differently.

last reviewed 21 aug 2026 · from our best 12 web scraping and browser apis ·list curated by Onur Ozcanxin

first — what you'd be leaving

Scrapfly ranks #2 of 12 in our web scraping apis testing. cheapest verified price per thousand, with a failure guarantee that has a cliff.

80/100

the cheapest thousand pages we could actually verify, with itemised per-feature credits — undercut by anti-bot handling that can silently raise the price of a call.

why people look for an alternative
  • the failure guarantee switches off above a 30% hourly failure rate
  • anti-bot handling can upgrade the proxy pool and raise the real cost
  • 5 concurrent requests on the entry plan
  • no mcp server or self-host option we could confirm

stay with Scrapfly if about $0.90 per 1,000 js pages — cheapest verified in the category is the thing you care about most — nothing below beats it on that.

the short version
best alternativeFirecrawlfeeding clean, llm-ready pages to a model without thinking about proxies86/100
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  1. 1

    Firecrawl

    #1 in web scraping apis · one credit, one page, js included — and 170k stars behind it

    86/100

    verdictthe simplest honest pricing in the category and the largest open-source project in it — with a copyleft licence that will stop some teams cold.

    Firecrawl vs Scrapfly
     ScrapflyFirecrawl
    price$30 / month on Discovery$16 / month on Hobby
    free tieryesyes
    typeproxy + scraping infrastructurellm content extraction
    1k js pages~$0.90~$3.20 amortised
    billing unit6 credits per js request1 credit = 1 page
    concurrency5 on discovery5 on hobby
    self-hostnone publishedyes — AGPL-3.0

    switch forfeeding clean, llm-ready pages to a model without thinking about proxies

    pros
    • +one credit per page with js rendering included — no multiplier to model
    • +charges only for successful requests
    • +official mcp server, so agents can drive it directly
    • +170,358 github stars and actively developed; self-hostable
    • +returns llm-ready markdown rather than raw html
    cons
    • AGPL-3.0 core licence blocks embedding in closed products
    • no published captcha-solving or residential proxy rates
    • 5 concurrent requests on the entry plan
    • pricier per thousand pages than the proxy vendors
  2. 2

    Bright Data

    #3 in web scraping apis · pay per successful record, everything bundled, concurrency uncapped

    79/100

    verdictthe most complete bundle in the category with a genuine pay-only-for-success guarantee and no concurrency ceiling — sold through a pricing surface that hides its own plan prices behind a slider.

    Bright Data vs Scrapfly
     ScrapflyBright Data
    price$30 / month on Discovery$1.50 / 1,000 records pay-as-you-go
    free tieryesyes
    typeproxy + scraping infrastructureproxy + scraping infrastructure
    1k js pages~$0.90$1.50
    billing unit6 credits per js requestper successful record
    concurrency5 on discoveryunlimited
    self-hostnone publishednone published

    switch forproduction scraping at volume where unlimited concurrency matters more than the last cent

    pros
    • +explicit no-charge-for-failed-deliveries guarantee
    • +js rendering, proxies and captcha solving bundled into the per-record price
    • +unlimited concurrency on every plan including pay-as-you-go
    • +free tier of 5,000 records a month, no card required
    cons
    • scale plan pricing is behind a slider rather than printed
    • no separate js-rendering figure, so the surcharge cannot be modelled
    • the product catalogue sprawls across many overlapping pricing pages
  3. 3

    Browserbase

    #4 in web scraping apis · the best real browser to hand an agent, billed by the hour

    77/100

    verdictthe strongest agent-browser product here, with captcha solving and stealth included from the entry tier — and a time-based bill that makes a fixed page count impossible to forecast.

    Browserbase vs Scrapfly
     ScrapflyBrowserbase
    price$30 / month on Discovery$20 / month on Developer
    free tieryesyes
    typeproxy + scraping infrastructureagent browser sessions
    1k js pages~$0.90not per-page priced
    billing unit6 credits per js request$0.12 / browser-hour
    concurrency5 on discovery25 on developer
    self-hostnone publishedno — cloud only

    switch foragents that need to log in, click through and act rather than just read a page

    pros
    • +Stagehand is the most mature agent-driving layer in the category
    • +official mcp server over hosted streamable http
    • +captcha solving and stealth included from the $20 tier, not metered
    • +25 concurrent browsers on the entry plan
    cons
    • billed by browser-hour, so a fixed page count has no predictable price
    • proxy data at $12/GB is the most expensive here
    • no self-hosting — cloud only, private cloud is enterprise-gated
    • the per-call Fetch api is not confirmed to render javascript
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  4. 4

    Oxylabs

    #5 in web scraping apis · the clearest js surcharge in the category, stated in dollars

    75/100

    verdictthe most legible pricing table of the proxy vendors — a flat $1.35 per thousand rendered results regardless of target — held back by a hard requests-per-second ceiling.

    Oxylabs vs Scrapfly
     ScrapflyOxylabs
    price$30 / month on Discovery$49 / month on Micro
    free tieryesyes
    typeproxy + scraping infrastructureproxy + scraping infrastructure
    1k js pages~$0.90$1.35
    billing unit6 credits per js requestper successful result
    concurrency5 on discovery50 requests/sec
    self-hostnone publishednone published

    switch forbuyers who want the javascript premium stated as a price rather than a multiplier

    pros
    • +javascript surcharge printed as a flat $1.35/1,000, independent of target
    • +billed per successful result, with rendered and non-rendered split out
    • +proxies and captcha handling included as standard
    • +soc 2 type 2 and gdpr posture stated on the product page
    cons
    • concurrency capped as a 50 requests/second rate limit, not parallel threads
    • residential bandwidth priced on a separate page from the scraper api
    • no mcp server found on the vendor's own pages
  5. 5

    ScrapingBee

    #6 in web scraping apis · flat multipliers, cheapest entry plan, and 404s count as wins

    73/100

    verdictthe cheapest entry plan here with multipliers simple enough to do in your head — as long as your targets never push you onto the 75-credit stealth tier.

    ScrapingBee vs Scrapfly
     ScrapflyScrapingBee
    price$30 / month on Discovery$19.99 / month on Hobby
    free tieryesyes
    typeproxy + scraping infrastructureproxy + scraping infrastructure
    1k js pages~$0.90$1.33
    billing unit6 credits per js request5 credits per js request
    concurrency5 on discovery25 on hobby
    self-hostnone publishednone published

    switch forsmall teams who want a predictable bill and a cheap way in

    pros
    • +cheapest entry plan in the ranking at $19.99/month
    • +four flat credit multipliers, simple enough to forecast mentally
    • +25 concurrent requests on the entry plan
    • +1,000 free credits, no card required
    cons
    • 404 and 410 responses are billed as successful requests
    • stealth tier costs 75 credits a call — 15x the ordinary rendered rate
    • no confirmable mcp server, self-host option or captcha documentation
  6. 6

    Steel

    #7 in web scraping apis · the agent browser you can actually run yourself

    71/100

    verdictthe only genuinely self-hostable browser platform here, Apache-2.0 and running in docker — with every resource drawing from one credit pool that makes forecasting a modelling exercise.

    Steel vs Scrapfly
     ScrapflySteel
    price$30 / month on Discovery$0.10 / browser-hour pay-as-you-go
    free tieryesyes
    typeproxy + scraping infrastructureagent browser sessions
    1k js pages~$0.90not per-page priced
    billing unit6 credits per js request$0.10 / browser-hour
    concurrency5 on discovery10 free, 100 on scale
    self-hostnone publishedyes — Apache-2.0

    switch forteams who want agent browser infrastructure without a vendor dependency

    pros
    • +Apache-2.0 and self-hostable via docker — the permissive open option here
    • +7,521 github stars and actively developed
    • +no monthly minimum on the pay-as-you-go tier, billed by the minute
    • +$30 of free credits to start
    cons
    • browser hours, proxy, captcha and tool calls all meter from one pool
    • captcha solving is marketed as built-in but billed per solve
    • $250/month is a steep jump to the first flat plan
    • no per-page price exists, so budgeting means benchmarking
  7. 7

    Apify

    #8 in web scraping apis · a marketplace of ready-made scrapers, priced in ram-hours

    69/100

    verdictthe largest library of pre-built scrapers in the category and a first-class mcp server — sold in a compute unit that makes the cost of a page unknowable until after you run it.

    Apify vs Scrapfly
     ScrapflyApify
    price$30 / month on Discovery$29 / month on Starter
    free tieryesyes
    typeproxy + scraping infrastructurescraper marketplace
    1k js pages~$0.90not derivable
    billing unit6 credits per js request1 cu = 1gb ram-hour
    concurrency5 on discoveryunpublished on starter
    self-hostnone publishedmcp server only

    switch forgetting a working scraper for a specific site today instead of building one

    pros
    • +thousands of pre-built Actors for specific sites, ready to run
    • +official mcp server, open source, that lets agents discover and run Actors
    • +Crawlee is Apache-2.0 with 25,453 stars
    • +$5 of free platform credit every month
    cons
    • compute-unit billing means no derivable per-page cost
    • Actor rental prices stack on top of platform compute
    • residential proxy at $8/GB is the priciest here
    • concurrency on the entry paid tier is not published
  8. 8

    Hyperbrowser

    #9 in web scraping apis · every rate itemised on the pricing page, and nothing behind it

    66/100

    verdictthe most transparently itemised pricing of the browser-session vendors — attached to a company with no visible open-source presence or agent integration.

    Hyperbrowser vs Scrapfly
     ScrapflyHyperbrowser
    price$30 / month on Discovery$30 / month on Startup
    free tieryesyes
    typeproxy + scraping infrastructureagent browser sessions
    1k js pages~$0.90not per-page priced
    billing unit6 credits per js request$0.10 / browser-hour
    concurrency5 on discovery25 on startup
    self-hostnone publishednone published

    switch forteams who want browser sessions with residential proxy bundled and the arithmetic spelled out

    pros
    • +credit-to-dollar conversion stated outright — 1 credit = $0.001
    • +residential proxies included as a plan feature from $30
    • +25 concurrent browsers and free uncapped api requests on paid plans
    • +5,000 free credits a month
    cons
    • no mcp server or agent integration found
    • no open-source repo or self-hosting path
    • billed by browser-hour, so no per-page price exists
  9. 9

    Zyte

    #10 in web scraping apis · no commitment, no overage penalty, and a sixteenfold price range

    64/100

    verdictgenuinely fair terms — no minimum, no overage penalty, $5 to try it — wrapped around a price that varies sixteenfold on a tier assignment you do not control.

    Zyte vs Scrapfly
     ScrapflyZyte
    price$30 / month on Discovery$1.01 / 1,000 rendered pages at the Simple tier
    free tieryesyes
    typeproxy + scraping infrastructureproxy + scraping infrastructure
    1k js pages~$0.90$1.01 to $16.08
    billing unit6 credits per js requestper 1k, by site tier
    concurrency5 on discoverynot published
    self-hostnone publishednone published

    switch forscraping simple targets where you can confirm your sites fall in the cheap bands

    pros
    • +no minimum commitment and no overage penalty, stated explicitly
    • +$1.01 per 1,000 at the Simple tier is the cheapest rendered rate here
    • +$5 free credit with thirty days to use it
    • +stands behind Scrapy, BSD-3-Clause with 63,982 stars
    cons
    • rendered pricing spans 16x across five tiers you do not control
    • the $0.06 headline figure requires three separate qualifiers to reach
    • concurrency, failure-billing and compliance terms are unpublished
  10. 10

    ScraperAPI

    #11 in web scraping apis · the most detailed credit table here, on the priciest thousand pages

    60/100

    verdictthe most granular published cost table in the category, attached to the highest verified price per thousand and a free tier its own two pages describe differently.

    ScraperAPI vs Scrapfly
     ScrapflyScraperAPI
    price$30 / month on Discovery$49 / month on Hobby
    free tieryesyes
    typeproxy + scraping infrastructureproxy + scraping infrastructure
    1k js pages~$0.90$4.90
    billing unit6 credits per js request10 credits per js request
    concurrency5 on discovery20 threads on hobby
    self-hostnone publishedno

    switch fortargets on its named-domain list where the documented multipliers are worth the premium

    pros
    • +the most complete published credit-multiplier table in the category
    • +named per-domain and per-anti-bot costs stated as whole numbers
    • +official mcp server for prompt-driven scraping
    • +20 concurrent threads on the entry plan
    cons
    • about $4.90 per 1,000 rendered pages — the highest verified rate here
    • its marketing page and its docs describe different free tiers
    • 404 responses are billed as successful requests
    • no self-host option and no published overage rate
+ 1 more tested, not detailed here
we ranked 12 web scraping apis in total. the 1 that didn't make this page are written up in the full ranking →

how these were compared

every tool on this page went through the same test as Scrapfly — same tasks, same order, scored the same way. the comparison tables are the figures from that testing, not vendor spec sheets.

the web scraping apis test in full →
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