Zyte vs Scrapfly: site tiers or request features?
Published prices compared, with the arithmetic shown. Last checked . Prices only: we have not tested reliability, speed or output quality.
At a glance
| Zyte | Scrapfly | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | scraping apis | scraping apis |
| Free tier | $5 free credit trial; 30 days, no commitment. | 1,000 credits on signup, no card, no time limit (one-time allotment). |
| Entry paid price | from $100/mo | from $30/mo |
| MCP / agent support | Yes | Yes |
| Verification | full verification | full verification |
| Official pricing page | Pricing (opens official site in a new tab) | Pricing (opens official site in a new tab) |
Analysis
Zyte prices by site difficulty: each website is placed in one of five tiers and you pay a per-request rate for that tier. Scrapfly prices by request features (plain HTTP, JS rendering, residential proxies). The two only line up when you know which tier your target sits in.
Easy sites
Zyte tier 1 (Simple), HTTP response body: $0.13 per 1,000 with no commitment, $0.10 with a $100/month minimum and $0.06 at $500/month. Scrapfly plain HTTP: $0.15 on the $30 plan, $0.10 on Pro ($100), $0.0909 on the $500 plan. For easy sites Zyte's pay-as-you-go rate already beats Scrapfly's cheapest plan, and its $500 tier is about 1.5x lower than Scrapfly's.
Hard sites
Zyte tier 5 (Advanced), HTTP response body: $1.27 pay-as-you-go, $0.61 at the $500 minimum. Scrapfly's 25-credit residential path: $2.50 on Pro and $2.27 on the $500 plan. That favours Zyte, but note the catch: if a tier-5 site also needs browser rendering, Zyte's browser-rendered price for that tier is much higher ($16.08 per 1,000 pay-as-you-go, $7.68 at $500 per its pricing table), above Scrapfly's 25-credit rate.
Rendered pages on easy sites
Zyte tier 1 browser-rendered: $1.01 pay-as-you-go ($0.48 at $500). Scrapfly with JS rendering (5 credits): $0.50 on Pro, $0.4545 at $500. Scrapfly is cheaper for rendered pages at similar spend.
Other differences
- Predictability. Scrapfly's cost per request can be read from the credit chart; Zyte's depends on a classification of each website, so use their URL price checker for your domains.
- Free start. Zyte: $5 credit for 30 days, no commitment. Scrapfly: 1,000 credits, no time limit.
- Ecosystem. Zyte maintains Scrapy; both list MCP servers.
Verdict
If your targets are mostly easy-to-moderate and you want no minimum spend, Zyte is hard to beat per request. If you need JS rendering across many sites, or you want to forecast cost without a site classification, Scrapfly's credit model is simpler and often cheaper.
Price ladders from the data
Effective price per unit at each published plan (monthly spend shown). Overage and assumption-based rows are excluded here; see each vendor page.
Basic page fetch
Zyte
- $0.13 Pay as you go - Tier 1 HTTP · pay as you go
- $0.10 $100/mo commitment - Tier 1 HTTP · $100/mo
- $0.08 $200/mo commitment - Tier 1 HTTP · $200/mo
- $0.06 $500/mo commitment - Tier 1 HTTP · $500/mo
Scrapfly
- $0.15 Discovery · $30/mo
- $0.10 Pro · $100/mo
- $0.10 Startup · $250/mo
- $0.0909 Enterprise · $500/mo
JavaScript-rendered page
Zyte
- $1.01 Pay as you go - Tier 1 rendered · pay as you go
- $0.75 $100/mo commitment - Tier 1 rendered · $100/mo
- $0.60 $200/mo commitment - Tier 1 rendered · $200/mo
- $0.48 $500/mo commitment - Tier 1 rendered · $500/mo
Scrapfly
- $0.75 Discovery · $30/mo
- $0.50 Pro · $100/mo
- $0.50 Startup · $250/mo
- $0.4545 Enterprise · $500/mo
Protected / anti-bot page
Zyte
- $1.27 Pay as you go - Tier 5 HTTP · pay as you go
- $0.95 $100/mo commitment - Tier 5 HTTP · $100/mo
- $0.76 $200/mo commitment - Tier 5 HTTP · $200/mo
- $0.61 $500/mo commitment - Tier 5 HTTP · $500/mo
Scrapfly
- $3.75 Discovery · $30/mo
- $2.50 Pro · $100/mo
- $2.50 Startup · $250/mo
- $2.27 Enterprise · $500/mo
What we could not verify
- Zyte: Zyte classifies each website; use their URL price checker. This site shows Tier 1 and Tier 5 bounds only.
- Scrapfly: The Unblocker's credit cost depends on the target; this site shows 5 and 25 credit reference points.