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Zenrows vs. Oxylabs: Which One Is Right for You in 2025?

Comparing Pricing, Features, and Performance to Help You Decide

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Zenrows vs. Oxylabs
Zenrows vs. Oxylabs

Discover why 10,000+ companies chose ScraperAPI to scale their web scraping projects
over tools like Zenrows and Oxylabs

Quick Overview

Choosing between ZenRows and Oxylabs? Both excel at bypassing anti-bot systems, but their pricing models and target users differ. Here’s how they stack up, plus why ScraperAPI might be the smarter alternative.

About Zenrows

Zenrows is a web scraping API focused on anti-bot bypass and scalability. It’s designed for developers and businesses that need to scrape data at scale without getting blocked.

Strengths:

  • Dynamic pricing based on request complexity
  • Built-in headless browser with human-like interactions
  • Automatic proxy rotation and CAPTCHA solving

Top Features:

  • Pay-per-success model (even after retries)
  • Anti-bot evasion (Cloudflare, DataDome)
  • Headless Browser included

About Oxylabs

Oxylabs provides premium web scraping and proxy services with specialized solutions for e-commerce, SERP monitoring, and AI development. The platform targets enterprises and developers needing large-scale, reliable data extraction from complex websites.

Strengths:

  • A vast proxy network spanning 195 countries
  • Success-based pricing (pay only for delivered results)
  • Advanced features like OxyCopilot for AI-generated scraping code

Top Features:

  • Web Scraper API with Amazon/Google specialized scrapers
  • Headless Browser for JavaScript rendering
  • ISO-certified infrastructure with 99.9% uptime

How ScraperAPI Stacks Up

ScraperAPI provides a more straightforward, affordable web scraping solution with transparent credit-based pricing. For teams wanting an alternative that balances cost and capability:

✅ Higher success rates with automatic CAPTCHA handling

✅ 3M API credits for $299/month (5x more Amazon requests than Oxylabs)

✅ 150+ geolocation options with real-time JS rendering

Top Features:

  • Auto CAPTCHA handling and IP rotation
  • 100 concurrent threads (vs. Oxylabs’ 50 at the same price)
  • ​​Transparent price system( Pay only for successful requests)

Feature-by-Feature Breakdown

1️⃣ Pricing & Value

FeatureZenrowsOxylabsScraperAPI
Pricing ModelBandwidth/CPM (Pay-per-successful-request)Fixed request (Pay-per-successful-request, with rate limit/second)API credits (Pay-per-successful-request)
Free TrialYesYesYes
Pay-as-you-goNoNoNo
Cost example$299 = 120K protected requests$249 = 199,200 requests(50 request /s)$299 = 3M API credit = 600K Amazon(e-commerce) requests
Extra Costs (Bandwidth, IPs, etc.)NoSome features, such as Headless Browser, use more traffic than simple requests, increasing costs.No
Money-back GuaranteeYes Yes Yes

📌 Takeaway: ScraperAPI’s Business Plan offers 3,000,000 API credits, and every successful e-commerce request (e.g., to Amazon) costs 5 API credits. That gives you 600,000 successful requests for $299/month.

Oxylabs’ Advanced Plan offers 199,200 results (successful requests) for $249/month. To level the pricing between the plans, we calculate the additional $50. Since the plan charges $1.25 per 1,000 results, that extra $50 would give you 40,000 additional results, bringing the total to 239,200 results for $299/month.

Zenrows’ Business Plan offers $299/month in usage credits. The pricing follows a CPM model, where the basic rate is $0.28 per 1,000 requests. For e-commerce scraping with JavaScript rendering and premium proxies, the cost is 25× the basic rate or $7.00 per 1,000 requests. At this rate, you can make approximately 42,714 protected e-commerce requests per month.

ScraperAPIZenrowsOxylabs
API Credits3,000,000N/AN/A
Results600,00042,714 protected239,200
Concurrent thread100Not stated50
Cost$299/month$299/month$299/month

2️⃣ Performance & Reliability

FeatureZenrowsOxylabsScraperAPI
Success Rate (%)99.93%99.9595+%
JS Rendering SupportYes Yes Yes
CAPTCHA HandlingYes Yes Yes
Geolocation Options50+ countries195 countries150+ countries

3️⃣ User Reviews & Ratings (Capterra and Trustpilot)

PlatformZenrowsOxylabsScraperAPI 
Capterra4.8⭐4.9⭐4.6⭐
Trustpilot3.4⭐4.2⭐4.7⭐

Takeaway:

ZenRows: Complex pricing for large projects

Oxylabs: High cost for startups

ScraperAPI Fixes: Transparent credits + lower entry cost ($49/month)

Pros and Cons for Each – Based on User Feedback

ZenRows

👍 Pros:

  • Best-in-class bot detection bypass (98.7% success rate per docs)
  • Built-in headless browser for JavaScript-heavy sites
  • The pay-per-tech model is ideal for small/medium projects

👎 Cons:

  • Only 50+ geolocations
  • Business plan ($299) = just 120K protected requests
  • Complex Cost Management

Oxylabs

👍 Pros:

  • Extensive proxy network (195 countries)
  • Enterprise-grade reliability (ISO-certified)
  • Specialized scrapers for Amazon/Google

👎 Cons:

  • Expensive entry point ($49 Micro plan = only 36K results)
  • Complex setup for advanced features
  • 50 concurrent thread limit on the $249 plan

ScraperAPI

👍 Pros:

  • Automatic CAPTCHA solving included
  • 3M credits/$299 = 600K Amazon scrapes (5 credits each)
  • 150+ geolocations (more than ZenRows)

👎 Cons:

  • Basic plan restricts to US/EU geotargeting

Which One Should You Choose?

Choose Zenrows if…

 ✔ You prioritize bypassing advanced anti-bot systems (Cloudflare, DataDome)
 ✔ You need built-in headless browser interactions for JavaScript-heavy sites
 ✔ You prefer flexible pay-per-tech pricing (JS/proxies/CAPTCHA as needed)

Choose Oxylabs if…

✔ You scrape at enterprise scale (ISO-certified)

✔ You need structured data (e.g., Amazon ASIN parsing)

✔ You prioritize global proxies (195 countries)

Choose ScraperAPI if…

 ✔ You need transparent, volume-based pricing (3M credits/$299 = 600K Amazon requests)
 ✔ You want zero proxy management (automatic IP rotation + CAPTCHA solving)
 ✔ You prefer simple integration (just add &render=true parameter)

Why is ScraperAPI the best alternative to Zenrows and Oxylabs?

ScraperAPI is the best alternative to Zenrows and Oxylabs because it offers a rare combination of cost efficiency, ease of use, and robust capabilities. While all three tools effectively bypass anti-bot systems, ScraperAPI eliminates the need to manage proxies, headless browsers, or complex configurations—streamlining the entire scraping process.

Its pricing model is highly predictable and cost-effective: for $299/month, you can make up to 600,000 successful Amazon requests, compared to around 42,714 protected requests with Zenrows at the same price, or approximately 239,200 results with Oxylabs after adjusting for equivalent spend.

Beyond pricing, ScraperAPI matches or exceeds key features, offering automatic CAPTCHA solving, real-time JavaScript rendering, 150+ geolocation options, automatic retries, and task scheduling—making it a robust and scalable solution for teams that need reliable, high-volume data extraction without the overhead. 

ScraperAPI is the better (yet affordable) alternative

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Cristina SaavedraOptimization Director at SquareTrade
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Ilya SukharFounder of Parse, Partner at YCombinator
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Alexander Zharkov
Alexander ZharkovFullstack Javascript Developer
BigCommerce

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  • US & EU Geotargeting
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  • Slack Support
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Frequently Asked Questions

ScraperAPI is better because it is packed with all the advanced features you need, scrapes more data, and costs less

ScraperAPI is the most cost-efficient option across all plans, offering significantly more data for the price. For $299/month, ScraperAPI delivers 600,000 Amazon requests (3 million credits), compared to approximately 42,714 protected requests with Zenrows and 239,200 parsed results with Oxylabs.

Switching to ScraperAPI is very easy. Sign up, get your API key, and you’re ready. For Zenrows, replace the API with that of ScraperAPI in your code and enter your API key. For ParseHub, try out ScraperAPI’s Datapipeline for a seamless transition.

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