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ScrapeOwl pricing and alternatives: web scraping API, Scrape API, premium proxies with render_js

ScrapeOwl's sitellms.txtBest web scraping API in 2026
29% complete: 2 of the 7 key fields we checkSee the 7 fields
$0.00per 1,000 pagesThe cheapest of the 473 plans we rank by price is Scrapestack, $199.99 monthly, Business, GET /scrape, Scrape, at $0.067 per 1,000 pages.ScraperAPI, Scrapestack and HasData are the best web scraping API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free one of ScrapeOwl's 5 plans
Call: POST /v1/scrape, Scrape API, premium proxies with render_js one of ScrapeOwl's 4 calls
API: Web scraping API ScrapeOwl's only API

About this item

  • Live. The call fetches the page when you make it.
  • 2 of the 7 key fields we check. Screenshot, HTML.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 1,000 credits, enough for 40 calls. Calls stop once your credits run out.
  • One call. You call POST /v1/scrape. You send url, render_js true and premium_proxies true. The call returns the page's content.
  • Who can get it: with conditions. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

ScrapeOwl: web scraping API alternatives

The table starts with ScrapeOwl's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 pages closest to ScrapeOwl's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

ScrapeOwl, $249 monthly, Business, POST /v1/scrape, Scrape API, premium proxies with render_jsScraperAPI, $21,330 yearly, Advanced, GET /, Sync API with premium proxies and JS renderingScrapingBee, $249 monthly, Business, GET /api/v1/, HTML API, premium proxyScrapingAnt, $249 monthly, Business, GET /v2/extended, Extended JSON: Simple request (no browser usage) + premium (residential) proxyWebScraping.AI, $249 monthly, Startup, GET /text, Get Page Text, residential proxy, JS rendering
$ per 1,000 pages$2.075$2.067$2.075$2.075$2.075
Completeness29%43%57%29%29%
Billingmonthlyyearlymonthlymonthlymonthly
Pay$249$21,330$249$249$249
Enough for120,000 calls a month860,000 calls a month120,000 calls a month120,000 calls a month120,000 calls a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itFor now, we provide this Website for use only by persons located in the United Statesanyoneany natural person aged at least 18 years old with full and complete legal capacity acting in the scope of their professional activity or being the legal representative of a legal entity empowered to enter into legally binding commitmentsanyone at least 18 years old, or with a parent's permissionanyone 18 or older

Every web scraping API provider we score, ranked

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-28.

  1. scrapeowl.com
  2. scrapeowl.com/docs/
  3. scrapeowl.com/pricing/
  4. scrapeowl.com/terms/

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Screenshot
  • Markdown, not in the answer
  • HTML
  • Text, not in the answer
  • Summary, not in the answer
  • Links, not in the answer
  • Images, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 pages$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: Scrape API, rotating proxies without render_js · Scrape API, rotating proxies with render_js · Scrape API, premium proxies without render_js
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchScrapeOwl is a web scraping API that unlike other scraping APIs, only gets you the elements that you specify.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou are permitted to use the Website for your personal, non-commercial use, or legitimate business purposes, provided that your activities are lawful and in accordance with these Terms of Service. Prohibited uses include violation of laws and regulations, hacking the Website in any manner, or violating the Content Standards set below. No right, title or interest in or to the Website or any content on the site is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Service is a breach of these Terms of Service and can lead to account termination.
Plan
Pay$0
You get1,000 credits
Enough for40 calls
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendurl, render_js true, premium_proxies true. Optional: elements, elements[].type, elements[].selector, elements[].html, elements[].attributes, html, return_headers, return_cookies, cookies, headers, request_method, post_data, elements[].timeout, custom_js, wait_for, reject_requests, block_resources, screenshot, country, session
MethodPOST
Path/v1/scrape
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itFor now, we provide this Website for use only by persons located in the United States
The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

status code, billed, credits available, credits used, credit cost, page HTML, extracted data, response headers, cookies, screenshot

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