ZenRows alternatives

For 100,000 JavaScript-rendered pages a month, ZenRows costs $99 a month, tied for cheapest with ScrapingBee, Firecrawl, Scrape.do and Crawlbase. Across 16 workloads (10,000 to 1,000,000 pages, four kinds of page), Scrape.do beats it in 10, Bright Data Web Unlocker in 9, ScrapingBee and Oxylabs Web Scraper API each in 8.

API	100,000 JS pages	Against ZenRows, a year	Cheaper in
ZenRows Launch L2	$99	–	–
ScrapingBee Startup	$99	Same	8 of 16
Firecrawl Standard	$99	Same	4 of 16
Scrape.do Pro	$99	Same	10 of 15
Crawlbase Starter	$99	Same	6 of 16
Scrapfly Pro	$100	+$12	3 of 11
Oxylabs Web Scraper API Starter	$130	+$372	8 of 16
ScraperAPI Startup	$149	+$600	3 of 15
Bright Data Web Unlocker Pay as you go	$150	+$612	9 of 16
ScrapingAnt Business	$249	+$1,800	5 of 12

Cheapest published plan a month with monthly billing; a minus sign means cheaper than ZenRows. "Cheaper in" counts the 16 workloads (four volumes × plain, JavaScript, premium-proxy and combined pages) where both publish a price.

What the numbers say

The cheapest alternative at 250,000 pages a month, by kind of page: plain HTML, Scrape.do at $29 (ZenRows: $69); JavaScript rendering, Scrape.do at $99 (ZenRows: $279); premium proxies, Crawlbase at $199 (ZenRows: $399); JavaScript and premium proxies, Crawlbase at $199 (ZenRows: $749).
ZenRows' smallest plan is $19 a month (Build B1); only Bright Data Web Unlocker starts lower, with no monthly minimum.

All 10 APIs at 100,000 JavaScript-rendered pages a month

ScrapingBee$99/moStartup: 500,000 credits (5 per page). $0.99 per 1,000 pages.
ZenRows$99/moLaunch L2: 500,000 credits (5 per page). $0.99 per 1,000 pages.
Firecrawl$99/moStandard: 100,000 credits (1 per page). $0.99 per 1,000 pages.
Scrape.do$99/moPro: 500,000 credits (5 per page). $0.99 per 1,000 pages.
Crawlbase$99/moStarter: 200,000 credits (2 per page). $0.99 per 1,000 pages.
Scrapfly$100/moPro: 600,000 credits (6 per page). $1.00 per 1,000 pages.
Oxylabs Web Scraper API$130/moStarter: $1.30 per 1,000 pages.
ScraperAPI$149/moStartup: 1,000,000 credits (10 per page). $1.49 per 1,000 pages.
Bright Data Web Unlocker$150/moPay as you go: $1.50 per 1,000 pages.
ScrapingAnt$249/moBusiness: 1,000,000 credits (10 per page). $2.49 per 1,000 pages.

Price your own volume and page type, or see every API's credit multipliers.

Prices checked against each platform's own pricing page on 5 October 2026.