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Perplexity scraper API: best providers in 2026

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We score 3 Perplexity scraper APIs. The most expensive costs 63 times as much per 1,000 answers as the cheapest. Otterly.ai, ScrapeLLM and Omnia are the best Perplexity scraper API providers in the Datacircle benchmark. We benchmarked 3 providers. We list all three, ranked by score. For each one, we show its top scoring plan and each part of the plan's score. We rank 89 plans by price. Surfeo's $39 monthly plan costs the least per 1,000 answers: as little as $0.13.

Perplexity scraper API alternatives, ranked by score

RankProvider and planOverall scoreAccuracy score$ per 1,000 answers
1Otterly.ai, $189 monthly64.5100$94.50
2ScrapeLLM, $499 monthly63.686$1.497
3Omnia, €79 monthly, Growth (25 prompts)49.586
We rank 3 Perplexity scraper API providers by Overall score, out of 100. Otterly.ai is first at 64.5, then ScrapeLLM at 63.6 and Omnia at 49.5.

Compare the top three side by side: Otterly.ai vs ScrapeLLM, Omnia vs Otterly.ai, Omnia vs ScrapeLLM

  1. #1 Otterly.ai: Perplexity scraper API

    Otterly.ai, $189 monthly

    It returns 4 of the 10 key fields we check: Citations, Search queries, Products, Model.

    Overall score
    64.5
    $ per 1,000
    $94.50
    Price score
    11
    • $ per 1,000 prompts the provider gets no answer for: the provider's pages don't say
    • Plans of this API we rank by price: 89
    • Plans cheaper per 1,000 answers than this plan: 70
    Accuracy score
    100
    Cost to get started score
    69
    • How you pay: monthly
    • Least to pay before your first result: $189
    Bundle score
    98
    • Also pays for, from the same budget: 41 other calls
    Performance score
    100
    • This call's median time on 30 October 2026, minus the baseline: 0.261 s
    • Otterly.ai, the fastest provider we benchmarked that answers from a copy: 0.261 s
    • On 30 October 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 prompts as every other provider in our benchmark.
    • This plan scored 1 out of 1 on those 20 prompts. That gives this plan an Accuracy score of 100 out of 100.
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  2. #2 ScrapeLLM: Perplexity scraper API

    ScrapeLLM, $499 monthly

    It returns 2 of the 10 key fields we check: Citations, Follow-up prompts.

    Overall score
    63.6
    $ per 1,000
    $1.497
    Price score
    36
    • $ per 1,000 prompts the provider gets no answer for: the provider's pages don't say
    • Plans of this API we rank by price: 89
    • Plans cheaper per 1,000 answers than this plan: 25
    Accuracy score
    86
    Cost to get started score
    62
    • How you pay: monthly
    • Least to pay before your first result: $499
    Bundle score
    88
    • Also pays for, from the same budget: ChatGPT · Grok · Gemini · Copilot · Google AI Mode · Amazon Rufus · Google Search
    Performance score
    N/A
    • On 6 November 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 prompts as every other provider in our benchmark.
    • This plan scored 0.858 out of 1 on those 20 prompts. That gives this plan an Accuracy score of 86 out of 100.

  3. #3 Omnia: Perplexity scraper API

    Omnia, €79 monthly, Growth (25 prompts)

    It returns 2 of the 10 key fields we check: Citations, Model.

    Overall score
    49.5
    Price score
    1
    • $ per 1,000 answers: none. The provider's pages give this plan's price, but not how many answers it pays for.
    • Our benchmark paid per prompt: $3.5559, a prompt monitored for a month
    • Price we use to rank this plan: $3,555.90 per 1,000 prompts
    • $ per 1,000 prompts the provider gets no answer for: the provider's pages don't say
    • Plans of this API we rank by price: 89
    • Plans cheaper per 1,000 answers than this plan: 87
    Accuracy score
    86
    Cost to get started score
    74
    • How you pay: monthly
    • Least to pay before your first result: $88.90
    Bundle score
    99
    • Also pays for, from the same budget: 74 other calls: the token bucket of the rate limit
    Performance score
    24
    • This call's median time on 30 October 2026, minus the baseline: 1.086 s
    • Otterly.ai, the fastest provider we benchmarked that answers from a copy: 0.261 s
    • On 30 October 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 prompts as every other provider in our benchmark.
    • This plan scored 0.858 out of 1 on those 20 prompts. That gives this plan an Accuracy score of 86 out of 100.

Best Perplexity scraper API for each need

Of the 3 Perplexity scraper API providers ranked in the Datacircle benchmark:

  • Best for the lowest price per 1,000 answers: ScrapeLLM.
  • Best for the most accurate answers: Otterly.ai.
  • Best for the lowest cost to get your first result: Omnia.
  • Best for the most endpoints on one plan: Omnia.
  • Best for the fastest answers: Otterly.ai.

How we tested

On 30 October and 6 November 2026, we sent 3 providers the same list of 20 prompts. Each plan's Overall score adds five parts at their weights, scaled to 100. Price and Accuracy weigh 40 each, and Cost to get started, Bundle and Performance weigh 10 each. We score all 3 providers and rank them by their top plan's Overall score.

Questions about Perplexity scraper APIs

What is a Perplexity scraper API?

A Perplexity scraper API takes a prompt. The API returns Perplexity's answer. Our price sheet lists 496 Perplexity scraper API plans from 65 providers.

What is the best Perplexity scraper API?

Otterly.ai is the best Perplexity scraper API in the Datacircle benchmark. Otterly.ai's $189 monthly plan has an Overall score of 64.5 out of 100. ScrapeLLM is second at 63.6 and Omnia third at 49.5.

What is the cheapest Perplexity scraper API?

Surfeo's $39 monthly plan is the cheapest Perplexity scraper API per 1,000 answers: as little as $0.13. Surfeo's $39 monthly plan covers up to 300,000 answers a month at no extra cost. We rank 89 Perplexity scraper API plans by price. Half of them cost $3.00 per 1,000 answers or less.

Is there a free Perplexity scraper API?

Yes: 25 Perplexity scraper API plans on our price sheet are free.

Which is better, Otterly.ai or ScrapeLLM?

Otterly.ai scores higher overall, at 64.5 against ScrapeLLM's 63.6 in our benchmark. ScrapeLLM scores higher on Price, at 36 against Otterly.ai's 11.

Can I use Perplexity scraper API data?

Each provider's terms decide what you can do with Perplexity scraper API data. We rank 3 Perplexity scraper API providers. All 3 have API terms. All 3 set no time limit on keeping the data. All 3 set conditions on how you use the data. Each plan's page shows what the provider's terms say about keeping and using the data.

How did you test Perplexity scraper APIs?

On 30 October and 6 November 2026, we sent 3 providers the same list of 20 prompts.

We haven't benchmarked 57 other Perplexity scraper API providers yet:

We don't rank 5 other Perplexity scraper API providers yet. We list their plans:

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How we tested each provider, and what each one costs

Otterly.ai, #1 of 3

We tested Otterly.ai on 30 October 2026 with all 20 prompts in our test. Otterly.ai scored 100 out of 100 for accuracy. Best for: the most accurate answers of the 3.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of answers:

  • 1,000 answers: $1,920 a year paid up front with Otterly.ai's Standard (annual) plan
  • 10,000 answers: contact Otterly.ai for a price
  • 100,000 answers: contact Otterly.ai for a price
  • 1,000,000 answers: contact Otterly.ai for a price

ScrapeLLM, #2 of 3

We tested ScrapeLLM on 6 November 2026 with all 20 prompts in our test. ScrapeLLM scored 86 out of 100 for accuracy. Best for: the lowest price per 1,000 answers.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of answers:

  • 1,000 answers: $49 a month with ScrapeLLM's Starter plan
  • 10,000 answers: $49 a month with ScrapeLLM's Starter plan
  • 100,000 answers: $299 a month with ScrapeLLM's Scale plan
  • 1,000,000 answers: $1,499 a month with ScrapeLLM's Custom 3.6M plan

Omnia, #3 of 3

We tested Omnia on 30 October 2026 with all 20 prompts in our test. Omnia scored 86 out of 100 for accuracy. Best for: the lowest cost to get your first result.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of answers:

  • 1,000 answers: no plan listed
  • 10,000 answers: no plan listed
  • 100,000 answers: no plan listed
  • 1,000,000 answers: no plan listed

The Accuracy score on Perplexity scraper APIs

We score each provider out of 100 on how much of Perplexity's answer the provider's call returns. We ask Perplexity one prompt at a time, from the United States. One prompt is "What are the best GitHub user repository APIs?". We check which parts of the answer the call returns. The parts include the text, the raw data, the cited pages and the links in the text. Perplexity gives a new answer each time you ask, so we don't compare the words of two answers. We compare each list with the longest list on the same prompt. The cited pages are one such list. We average the scores over all prompts. Each prompt counts the same. A prompt with no answer counts as 0. We compare a provider that ran on fewer prompts with the other providers on those same prompts. A provider can't score higher by running only on easy prompts. We lower the score when we test the call on fewer prompts than the benchmark has.

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