ScraperAPI has acquired Traject Data
ScraperAPI has acquired Traject Data
One API. Predictable credits. Production-ready data, without the proxy juggling or the surprise bills.
Quick answer: ScraperAPI is a strong Oxylabs alternative for teams that want predictable credit-based pricing, structured JSON outputs, built-in scraping infrastructure, async workflows, and hands-on enterprise support without managing separate proxy, unblocker, and parser products.
ScraperAPI is a production-ready web data infrastructure provider built to deliver clean, localized data at any scale, with one API call.
Oxylabs is a proxy-first data acquisition platform offering from residential and datacenter proxies to a Web Scraper API and managed datasets.
If you want enterprise-level data delivery without enterprise-level complexity, ScraperAPI is the simpler path.
With Oxylabs, the same scraping job can cost three different prices depending on whether the target is Amazon, Google, or something else, and JavaScript rendering bumps every result into a higher pricing band. That makes forecasting harder than it needs to be, especially when your data pipeline touches multiple sources.
ScraperAPI takes a different approach. One credit-based system. One predictable bill. One support team that answers within an hour.
So how do our prices and features actually compare?
To make the comparison fair, we lined up ScraperAPI’s Business Plan ($299/month) against Oxylabs Web Scraper API at a similar monthly spend.
Comparison
Monthly price
Successful results/credits
Pricing model
JS rendering
Amazon results
Google / SERP results
Other sites
Protected domains
Geotargeting
Concurrent threads
Structured Data Endpoints
Cloud delivery (S3, GCS, Azure)
ScraperAPI Business plan
$299
3,000,000 API credits
Flat credit-based, cost known before request
Included
5 credits/request
25 credits/request
1 credit/request
Up to 30 credits/request
150+ countries
100 (Business plan)
Included (Google, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Redfin, etc.)
Included
Oxylabs Web Scraper API (Adv.)
$249 (starting)
~622,500 results (mixed types)
Tiered per-result, varies by target & JS
Higher per-result rate ($1.25/1K)
$0.40/1K (no JS)
$0.80/1K (no JS)
$0.95/1K (no JS)
Bundled into ‘Other’ or JS tiers
195+ countries
Rate limit: 50 req/s
Available, varies by target
Available
Both vendors update pricing periodically; check live pricing pages before committing.
Oxylabs charges different rates depending on what you scrape and how you scrape it:
That works fine if your pipeline only hits one or two target types. The moment you mix Amazon, Walmart, Google, Redfin, and a few long-tail domains in the same workflow, your monthly bill becomes a moving target.
ScraperAPI simplifies it with one credit pool:
| Category | Normal | Ecommerce | SERP | Protected Domains |
| credit cost | 1 |
5 |
25 |
30 |
That’s it. One flat rate per category.
Thanks to Traject Data’s acquisition, ScraperAPI now delivers production-grade structured data across both search and marketplace endpoints, too.
Oxylabs offers similar coverage through its target library, but parsed JSON is only available on a subset of endpoints; many sites return raw HTML that requires you to plug in their separate Custom Parser. With ScraperAPI, structured JSON is the default across the entire Structured Data Endpoint catalog.
If not enough, we also launched AI Parser, a feature that automatically turns raw HTML into structured data, even for domains outside of our SDE catalogue. It enables users to skip the work of writing and maintaining selectors or scraping logic, so they can extract clean, structured data from any similar page in minutes, instead of building extraction code for every site.
A common pain we hear from teams evaluating Oxylabs: “We’re already paying for Residential Proxies, then we add Web Unblocker for tough targets, then Web Scraper API for parsed data, then maybe a Custom Dataset on top.”
That’s four products, four billing lines, and four contracts.
ScraperAPI consolidates all of it into one platform:
For teams scaling across multiple data types, that consolidation alone usually translates into measurable savings.
Oxylabs Advanced plan caps at 622,500 results for $249/month. If you exceed that, you top up, and top-up pricing is constrained by plan ($249 max top-up on Starter, $499 on Advanced). Higher volumes require an Enterprise contract.
ScraperAPI’s plans scale linearly:
You can also burst into Pay-As-You-Go on from our Scaling plan, so a spike in demand doesn’t break your pipeline or your budget.
Both vendors offer 24/7 support and Dedicated Account Managers on paid plans. The difference is access and speed.
ScraperAPI gives enterprise customers a direct Slack channel with the support team. First response in under one hour, every time. No ticket queues. No ‘we’ll escalate to engineering.’ Engineers help you debug your scraper live.
That’s the model behind customer outcomes like:
“We saved two full-time engineers immediately.” Sigil
“We haven’t had a single outage.” LSG SEO
“We processed 250,000+ batches in 24 hours.” Semify
“We migrated 400,000 keywords in two weeks with zero gaps.” Semify
“Our workflow went from 45 seconds to 5 seconds.” Publisher Rocket
“We track 700+ SKUs every day across retailers automatically.” Arden Companies
Comparison
Pricing model
JS rendering
Structured JSON coverage
One vendor for SERP + marketplaces + real estate
Cloud delivery (S3, GCS, Azure)
Async/batch scraping
Command Line Interface (CLI)
Support response time
Free trial
ScraperAPI
Flat credit cost per category, known before request
Charged based on standard, premium and ultra premium proxies.
Default across all Structured Data Endpoints
Yes, unified API, one credit pool
Built-in
Native Async Endpoint + DataPipeline scheduler
sapi
<1 hour via Slack (Enterprise)
5,000 credits / 7 days, no credit card
Oxylabs
Per result, varies by target type & JS rendering
Charged at a higher per-result rate
Available on subset; others need Custom Parser
Yes, but split across Web Scraper API, Web Unblocker, and Datasets
Available
Available via the Scheduler feature
No CLI
24/7 + account manager
2,000 results, no credit card
What it means
ScraperAPI is forecastable. Oxylabs requires modeling the traffic mix to predict spend.
With ScraperAPI, rendering is a fixed credit add, not a higher rate to track
ScraperAPI ships parsed data out of the box.
ScraperAPI consolidates billing and ops.
Both support it. ScraperAPI sets up once and reuses across batches.
Both support it; ScraperAPI’s DataPipeline is no-code.
For developers who want data from the terminal without an SDK project, ScraperAPI’s CLI handles proxies, CAPTCHAs, and JS rendering in one line.
ScraperAPI offers a direct, real-time channel.
Comparable, both let you test before committing.
Paying per result sounds simpler until you map it across your real traffic mix. Amazon is one rate, Google is another, “Other” is a third, and JS rendering pushes everything into a higher band. The “simple” model becomes a spreadsheet.
ScraperAPI’s smart bypassing engine ensures you only pay for what you actually need. One credit cost per category, known before the request fires.
Oxylabs has a strong product. What makes ScraperAPI different for large data operations is:
That’s how most of the teams we work with started. We’re often brought in as a secondary or fallback provider first, especially for high-failure or hard-to-scrape domains, or where structured JSON would save engineering cycles. Many customers eventually consolidate once they see the credit model in action.
Proactive support to keep your scrapers running
Direct line to engineering, <1 hour response
Ethically sourced data, compliant with applicable laws
150+ countries, 40M+ proxy pool
Async Scraper, DataPipeline, Structured Data Endpoints, AI Parser, LangChain/LlamaIndex/MCP
Near-perfect success rates at millions of requests per day
What makes ScraperAPI unique for large data operations is our API’s resource efficiency, which allows us to offer better pricing for the same volumes, our dedicated and hands-on support team that ensures fast solutions during times of crisis, and our scalable managed infrastructure that automatically handles spikes and anti-bot challenges.
At a similar monthly spend ($299 ScraperAPI Business vs $249 Oxylabs Advanced), ScraperAPI delivers 3,000,000 credits, enough for 600,000 ecommerce requests, 120,000 SERP requests, or 3M standard pages. Oxylabs Advanced caps at ~622,500 results across mixed target types at the lowest per-result rate. Real-world volume depends on your traffic mix, but ScraperAPI’s credit model scales more predictably.
ScraperAPI’s Structured Data Endpoints deliver parsed JSON across Google, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Target, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Redfin, and more, without writing a parser. Oxylabs has comparable target coverage, but parsed JSON is only available on a subset of endpoints; the rest return raw HTML you must parse yourself or via their separate Custom Parser feature.
Yes, natively. The Async Endpoint lets you submit millions of URLs in a single batch and receive results via webhook. DataPipeline adds a no-code visual scheduler for recurring jobs (up to 10,000 URLs per project). Cloud delivery to S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob is included.
ScraperAPI charges for JavaScript rendering based on standard, premium, and ultra premium proxies. Oxylabs charges a higher per-result rate ($1.25–$1.35 per 1,000) whenever JS rendering is enabled, regardless of target type. For JS-heavy pipelines, ScraperAPI’s pricing is materially simpler.
Most teams integrate within days. SDKs are available in Python, Node.js, PHP, Ruby, Java, and Go. Structured Data Endpoints replace custom parsers immediately. The free trial gives you 5,000 credits over 7 days, no credit card required, so you can validate against your real targets before committing.
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