ScraperAPI vs. Oxylabs for Ecommerce Web Scraping

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ScraperAPI vs. Oxylabs Comparison

As you would expect, ScraperAPI and Oxylabs have quite different pricing structures and use different terms to break down their pricing.

To make a fair comparison, let’s establish some common ground:

  • Oxylabs successful results are equivalent to a success request from ScraperAPI
  • We’ll compare Oxylabs’ advanced plan ($249/month) vs. ScraperAPI’s business plan ($299/month)
  • Oxylabs states that in this plan, every extra 1k results costs $2.40 – so we’ll add $50 of extra results per month to be at the same price range ($299/month)

With these factors in mind, here’s a detailed breakdown of the two services:

Features

API Credits

Scraped Pages

Concurrent threads

JavaScript Rendering

Premium Proxies

Ultra-premium proxies

Geotargeting

CAPTCHA Handling

IP Rotation

Monthly Cost

ScraperAPI’s Business Plan

3,000,000 API credits

600,000

100

Smart proxy and header rotation

$299

Oxylabs’s Advanced Plan

N/A

124,800

30

Worldwide geo-distribution

Proxy management

$299

Scrape over 400k more pages by switching to ScraperAPI

Why Choose ScraperAPI over OxyLabs?

After building hundreds of web scrapers, we understand that there are enough moving parts that you shouldn’t also have to worry about plan limitations, pricing, and scope.

 

Instead of making you decide between ten different plans and combinations (each with its own limitations and capabilities), the only thing you need to think about when choosing ScraperAPI is how many requests you’ll need.

1. Use proxies more efficiently

Unlike our competitors, ScraperAPI doesn’t always use expensive residential or mobile proxies to unlock a site. Instead, it uses machine learning and statistical analysis to smartly rotate your IP and headers to ensure a successful request, protecting you from the overhead of using premium proxies when it’s not necessary.

 

Thanks to this more efficient process, we’re able to provide more data at a lower price without compromising success rates or speed.

2. Enable JS rendering only when you need it

By default, Oxylabs always charges the same, no matter if you need to render or not a page to get accurate results. This can be an advantage in some cases, but more often than not, it means you’re always getting the most expensive version of a request.

 

ScraperAPI offers a different approach, only rendering a page – thus charging for the rendering cost – only when needed and specified by you.

 

That said, here’s a clear comparison of using ScraperAPI with JS rendering for ecommerce sites vs. Oxylabs:

Features

API Credits

JS rendered results

Cost Monthly

ScraperAPI’s Business Plan

3,000,000 API credits

200,000*

$299

Oxylabs’s Advanced Plan

N/A

124,800

$299

* This was calculated taking the 3M API credits divided by 15 API credits that would cost each successful request using the ecommerce scraper and JS rendering feature.

You’re still getting 75,200 more results with ScraperAPI!

 

There’s an exception to the rule. For websites we already have structured data endpoints (SDEs) – like Amazon and Walmart – JS rendering is free.

3. Scrape even more dynamic pages

For non-ecommerce dynamic sites, you get even more data, as every JS rendered request would cost 10 API credits:

Features

API Credits

JS rendered results

Cost Monthly

ScraperAPI’s Business Plan

3,000,000 API credits

300,000

$299

Oxylabs’s Advanced Plan

N/A

124,800

$299

Collecting data from online forums, SPAs or JS-heavy sites? ScraperAPI let’s you scrape 2.5x more pages with the same budget!

4. Enterprise scraping with a simple API

We’ve developed an API specifically to help you handle all the complexities of scraping the web with one simple GET request. This means you can start scraping sites within minutes.

 

No extra software, no extra fees, and no extra decisions. Just data!

 

Need help creating your first scraper? Our support team is equipped to walk you through every step of the way.

All of the Internet’s Data Waiting for Your Call

ScraperAPI is ready to handle all of your data scraping needs- no matter the scale of your project.

1- Never get blocked

Our API rotates your IP with every request from a pool of millions of proxies across over a dozen ISPs and automatically retries failed requests.

2- Get accurate data fast

We automatically prune slow proxies from our pools periodically and guarantee unlimited bandwidth with speeds up to 100Mb/s, perfect for writing speedy web crawlers.

3- Never handle CAPTCHAs

Call ScraperAPI and forget about annoying CAPTCHAs. No need for 3rd party services or any extra software.

4- Automate javascript rendering

Simply set render=true and you’re ready to go. As simple as that.

Do you want more customization? ScraperAPI allows you to customize request headers, request type, IP geolocation, and more.

Worried About Your Tech Stack?

We put developers first! In our documentation, you’ll find sample code for all major coding languages: Node, Python/Scrapy, PHP, Ruby, Java, C#, and Bash.

 

No matter what you use, we have you covered:

Want to learn more? We’re constantly update our blog with the latest practices and techniques to scrape the web more efficiently.

Just Starting Out in the World of Web Scraping? Not to Worry!

Making data easy to gather is our goal. No matter your level of expertise, using ScraperAPI will only take a few minutes.

 

Test ScraperAPI. No Strings Attached.

Testing is critical for any project’s success. Before you commit to a tool, you need the time and resources to test and ensure you’re making the right choice.

 

Create a free ScraperAPI account and get 5,000 API credits and access to all our premium features for seven days—no credit card required. You’ll enjoy the unmatched success rates and high-volume web scraping only ScraperAPI can offer.

 

Need more time to test? Contact our sales team to discuss a potential extended trial based on your needs and request volume.

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Simple Pricing. No Surprises.

Hobby

Hobby

$49

/ month

Annual Hobby

$49

$44

/ month, billed annually

Startup

Startup

$149

/ month

Annual Startup

$149

$134

/ month, billed annually

Business

Business

$299

/ month

Annual Business

$299

$269

/ month, billed annually

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ENTERPRISE

Custom

Custom

/ month

Need more than 3,000,000 API Credits with all premium features, premium support and an account manager?

Are you not sure what plan fits best for you? Or do you want to discuss the option of a custom plan? Contact our sales.

All plans come with

IP locatations

40M IPs Around
the World

geolocation

30+
Geolocations

Uptime guarantee

99.9%
Uptime Guarantee

Unlimited bandwith

Unlimited
Bandwidth

Professional support

Professional
Support

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Get in touch with our team of experts to build a plan that fits your goals,

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