Zyte alternatives: 6 options compared on published price
Zyte API: automatic unblocking, rendering and extraction with per-site difficulty tiers. Looking for something different? These are the vendors in our data closest to Zyte by product type and shared price metrics, compared on published prices checked . Prices only, not quality.
full verification from $100/mo MCP: Yes · Zyte full pricing page
What to weigh about Zyte first
Drawn from the Zyte record on this site: its published watch-outs and the figures we could not verify.
Watch-outs
- Cost varies 10x+ by site tier; you must check your target domains.
- Commitment tiers are minimum monthly spends.
Could not verify
- Zyte classifies each website; use their URL price checker. This site shows Tier 1 and Tier 5 bounds only.
Alternatives at a glance
How these were chosen: a fixed rule counts the price metrics both vendors publish plus category overlap. The order is by that score. It is not by price, popularity or commercial relationship; FetchIndex has an affiliate relationship with Firecrawl only (disclosure).
| Alternative | Category | Shared price metrics | Free tier | MCP / agent support | Verification | Head-to-head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrapfly alternatives to Scrapfly | Scraping APIs | Basic page fetch, JavaScript-rendered page, Protected / anti-bot page | 1,000 credits on signup, no card, no time limit (one-time allotment). | Yes | full verification | Zyte vs Scrapfly |
| ScrapingBee alternatives to ScrapingBee | Scraping APIs | Basic page fetch, JavaScript-rendered page, Protected / anti-bot page | 1,000 free API credits, no card (trial grant). | Yes | full verification | Zyte vs ScrapingBee |
| ZenRows alternatives to ZenRows | Scraping APIs | Basic page fetch, JavaScript-rendered page, Protected / anti-bot page | 5,000 credits/month, no card, every primitive except standalone residential proxies. | Yes | partial verification | no head-to-head page |
| Crawl4AI alternatives to Crawl4AI | Scraping APIs | Basic page fetch, JavaScript-rendered page | Self-hosting is free forever (you pay your own infra). Cloud: 1,000 free credits/month, no card. | Yes | full verification | no head-to-head page |
| ScraperAPI alternatives to ScraperAPI | Scraping APIs | Basic page fetch, Protected / anti-bot page | 1,000 free credits/month (max 5 concurrent) per the FAQ; 7-day trial with 5,000 credits. | Yes | partial verification | Zyte vs ScraperAPI |
| Bright Data alternatives to Bright Data | Proxies & unblockers | Basic page fetch, Protected / anti-bot page | Unlocker and SERP APIs: 5K requests/month free, no card (as stated on their pricing pages). Browser API page lists a 1 GB monthly free tier. | Yes | full verification | no head-to-head page |
Price comparison by use case
Basic page fetch
| Vendor | Lowest published price | Plan / rate | Monthly spend needed | Compared with Zyte |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zyte | $0.06 per 1,000 | $500/mo commitment - Tier 1 HTTP | $500/mo | this vendor |
| ScrapingBee | $0.083 per 1,000 | Business | $249/mo | 1.4x more expensive |
| Scrapfly | $0.0909 per 1,000 | Enterprise | $500/mo | 1.5x more expensive |
| ZenRows | $0.0916 per 1,000 | Scale | $458/mo | 1.5x more expensive |
| ScraperAPI | $0.095 per 1,000 | Scaling | $475/mo | 1.6x more expensive |
| Crawl4AI | $0.3327 per 1,000 | Cloud Scale | $499/mo | 5.5x more expensive |
| Bright Data | $0.9995 per 1,000 | Crawl API $1,999 | $1999/mo | 16.7x more expensive |
JavaScript-rendered page
| Vendor | Lowest published price | Plan / rate | Monthly spend needed | Compared with Zyte |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ScrapingBee | $0.415 per 1,000 | Business | $249/mo | 1.2x cheaper |
| Scrapfly | $0.4545 per 1,000 | Enterprise | $500/mo | 1.1x cheaper |
| ZenRows | $0.458 per 1,000 | Scale | $458/mo | about the same price |
| Zyte | $0.48 per 1,000 | $500/mo commitment - Tier 1 rendered | $500/mo | this vendor |
| Crawl4AI | $0.6653 per 1,000 | Cloud Scale | $499/mo | 1.4x more expensive |
Protected / anti-bot page
| Vendor | Lowest published price | Plan / rate | Monthly spend needed | Compared with Zyte |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zyte | $0.61 per 1,000 | $500/mo commitment - Tier 5 HTTP | $500/mo | this vendor |
| ScraperAPI | $1.04 per 1,000 | Scaling | $475/mo | 1.7x more expensive |
| Bright Data | $1.30 per 1,000 | Unlocker Scale ($499) | $499/mo | 2.1x more expensive |
| ScrapingBee | $2.08 per 1,000 | Business | $249/mo | 3.4x more expensive |
| Scrapfly | $2.27 per 1,000 | Enterprise | $500/mo | 3.7x more expensive |
| ZenRows | $2.29 per 1,000 | Scale | $458/mo | 3.8x more expensive |
Estimated monthly cost at example volumes
Basic page fetch, using the cost calculator model: cheapest published plan that covers each volume, including published overage rates. Free tiers are not subtracted. Open the calculator with these inputs.
| Requests / month | Zyte | Scrapfly | ScrapingBee | ZenRows | Crawl4AI | ScraperAPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $1.30 Pay as you go - Tier 1 HTTP | $30.00 Discovery | $19.00 Hobby | $16.00 Build (annual billing) | $10.00 Cloud Starter | $44.10 Hobby (annual billing) |
| 100,000 | $13.00 Pay as you go - Tier 1 HTTP | $30.00 Discovery | $49.00 Freelance | $58.00 Launch (annual billing) | $99.00 Cloud Builder | $44.10 Hobby (annual billing) |
| 1,000,000 | $100 $100/mo commitment - Tier 1 HTTP | $100 Pro | $99.00 Startup | $166 Growth (annual billing) | $395 Cloud Builder | $149 Startup |
Which alternative fits which job
- Scrapfly: Scraping, screenshot, extraction and cloud-browser APIs on one key and one credit pool. Tends to fit: Anti-bot-heavy scraping with transparent credit multipliers. Watch-out: Residential/Unblocker requests burn 5-25x the base credits.
- ScrapingBee: Web scraping API with headless-browser rendering, proxies and AI extraction. Tends to fit: Developers wanting simple HTTP scraping with JS rendering. Watch-out: Default JS rendering means 5 credits per request unless you turn it off.
- ZenRows: Fetch, extract, crawl, batch and browser primitives on one credit balance. Tends to fit: Protected sites where you want a single credit meter. Watch-out: Monthly-billed and annual-billed rates differ by about 17%; check which one you compare against.
- Crawl4AI: Open-source (Apache-2.0) LLM-friendly crawler, with an optional hosted Cloud API. Tends to fit: Free, self-hosted crawling for RAG. Watch-out: Self-hosting means you handle browsers, proxies and blocks.
- ScraperAPI: Proxy-rotating scraping API billed in API credits, with per-domain credit costs. Tends to fit: Simple 'send URL, get HTML' scraping at modest volume. Watch-out: Credit cost varies by domain: Google SERP = 25 credits, bot-protected sites 11+.
- Bright Data: Large proxy networks plus Web Unlocker, SERP, Crawl and Browser APIs, datasets and scrapers. Tends to fit: Hard anti-bot targets at scale. Watch-out: Many products with separate pricing pages; check which one you need.
When Zyte is still the better choice
- Per-site fair pricing where easy sites are very cheap
- Teams already on Scrapy
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest alternative to Zyte?
For javascript-rendered page, ScrapingBee has the lowest published price among the alternatives listed: $0.415 per 1,000 (Business) versus $0.48 for Zyte ($500/mo commitment - Tier 1 rendered). That is price only: check reliability on your own targets, and note the cheapest plan can require a larger monthly spend.
Is there a free alternative to Zyte?
Alternatives with a recurring free tier in our data: ZenRows (5,000 credits/month, no card, every primitive except standalone residential proxies); Crawl4AI (Self-hosting is free forever (you pay your own infra). Cloud: 1,000 free credits/month, no card); ScraperAPI (1,000 free credits/month (max 5 concurrent) per the FAQ; 7-day trial with 5,000 credits); Bright Data (Unlocker and SERP APIs: 5K requests/month free, no card (as stated on their pricing pages). Browser API page lists a 1 GB monthly free tier). Free-tier limits change often; check the vendor page.
Which Zyte alternatives support MCP?
Zyte: yes. Alternatives with a documented MCP server in our data: Scrapfly, ScrapingBee, ZenRows, Crawl4AI, ScraperAPI, Bright Data.
Keep exploring
- Zyte pricing
- Scraping APIs
- Cost calculator
- Which tool?
- Zyte vs Scrapfly
- Zyte vs ScrapingBee
- Zyte vs ScraperAPI
Use-case guides
- RAG and LLM ingestion
- Ecommerce price monitoring
- JavaScript-heavy sites
- Anti-bot protected sites
- Browser automation for agents
Corrections welcome: [email protected]. Each vendor page lists the official sources used.