--- title: "Compare Scrape.ly: web scraping tools and alternatives" description: "Scrape.ly compared with Apify, scraping APIs, proxy networks, hosted browsers, AI crawlers, SERP APIs, and no-code tools. Sourced, dated pricing." url: https://scrape.ly/compare markdown: https://scrape.ly/compare.md --- Compare # Scrape.ly compared with other web scraping tools 15 side-by-side comparisons, from Actor platforms to proxy networks. Every competitor fact links to its source and carries the date we read it, and every page says where the other tool is the better fit. [Scrape.ly vs Apify](https://scrape.ly/compare/apify.md) [Scrape.ly pricing](https://scrape.ly/pricing.md) Actor platform ## Actor platforms Platforms that host scraping programs (Actors) with storage, scheduling, and a marketplace. The closest match to Scrape.ly. - ### [Scrape.ly vs Apify](https://scrape.ly/compare/apify.md) [Cloud platform and marketplace (Apify Store) for serverless scraping and automation programs called Actors, with its own proxy, SDKs, CLI, API client, and hosted MCP server.](https://scrape.ly/compare/apify.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/apify.md) Scraping API ## Scraping APIs One HTTP endpoint that fetches a URL through proxies and returns the page, usually billed in credits per request. - ### [Scrape.ly vs Crawlbase](https://scrape.ly/compare/crawlbase.md) [Web data API (Crawling API, Enterprise Crawler, Smart AI Proxy, Cloud Storage, and managed scrapers) billed from a shared credit balance per successful request.](https://scrape.ly/compare/crawlbase.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/crawlbase.md) - ### [Scrape.ly vs ScraperAPI](https://scrape.ly/compare/scraperapi.md) [Web scraping API that handles proxies, JavaScript rendering, and anti-bot bypassing per request, billed in API credits, with structured data endpoints and a DataPipeline scheduler.](https://scrape.ly/compare/scraperapi.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/scraperapi.md) - ### [Scrape.ly vs Scrapfly](https://scrape.ly/compare/scrapfly.md) [Web scraping API platform with proxy rotation, JavaScript rendering, and anti-bot bypass, plus Extraction, Screenshot, Crawler, and Cloud Browser APIs.](https://scrape.ly/compare/scrapfly.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/scrapfly.md) - ### [Scrape.ly vs ScrapingAnt](https://scrape.ly/compare/scrapingant.md) [Web scraping API that fetches pages through headless Chrome and rotating proxies, with AI extraction, Markdown output, and an MCP server; also sells residential proxies per GB.](https://scrape.ly/compare/scrapingant.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/scrapingant.md) - ### [Scrape.ly vs ScrapingBee](https://scrape.ly/compare/scrapingbee.md) [Web scraping API that fetches pages through rotating proxies with optional headless-browser rendering, billed in API credits per request.](https://scrape.ly/compare/scrapingbee.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/scrapingbee.md) - ### [Scrape.ly vs Zyte](https://scrape.ly/compare/zyte.md) [Web data company and maintainer of Scrapy, offering Zyte API for unblocking, browser rendering, and AI extraction, priced per 1,000 successful responses by site tier, and Scrapy Cloud for hosting Scrapy spiders.](https://scrape.ly/compare/zyte.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/zyte.md) Proxy network ## Proxy networks Residential, datacenter, and mobile IP pools, often bundled with scraping APIs and datasets. - ### [Scrape.ly vs Bright Data](https://scrape.ly/compare/bright-data.md) [Proxy network and web data provider selling residential, datacenter, ISP, and mobile proxies plus scraping products (Unlocker API, SERP API, Browser API, Web Scraper API, Scraper Studio) and datasets.](https://scrape.ly/compare/bright-data.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/bright-data.md) - ### [Scrape.ly vs Oxylabs](https://scrape.ly/compare/oxylabs.md) [Proxy and web data provider selling residential, mobile, ISP, and datacenter proxies plus a Web Scraper API and Web Unblocker, with volume-tiered pricing under monthly plans.](https://scrape.ly/compare/oxylabs.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/oxylabs.md) Browser infrastructure ## Browser infrastructure Hosted headless browsers you drive over CDP with Playwright or Puppeteer. - ### [Scrape.ly vs Browserless](https://scrape.ly/compare/browserless.md) [Hosted headless browsers (Chrome, Firefox, WebKit) for Puppeteer, Playwright, and Selenium, plus BrowserQL and REST endpoints for screenshots, PDFs, and scraping.](https://scrape.ly/compare/browserless.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/browserless.md) AI crawler ## AI crawlers Crawlers that turn websites into Markdown or structured data for LLMs and agents. - ### [Scrape.ly vs Firecrawl](https://scrape.ly/compare/firecrawl.md) [API that turns websites into LLM-ready data (Markdown, JSON) with scrape, crawl, map, search, interact, and agent endpoints, billed in credits; the core is open source under AGPL-3.0.](https://scrape.ly/compare/firecrawl.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/firecrawl.md) SERP API ## SERP APIs APIs that return search engine results pages as structured JSON. - ### [Scrape.ly vs SerpApi](https://scrape.ly/compare/serpapi.md) [API that returns search engine results (Google, Bing, Baidu, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Yandex, Naver, and others) as structured JSON.](https://scrape.ly/compare/serpapi.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/serpapi.md) No-code tool ## No-code tools Point-and-click scrapers and automations that need no programming. - ### [Scrape.ly vs Octoparse](https://scrape.ly/compare/octoparse.md) [No-code, point-and-click web scraping desktop app with cloud extraction, templates, and an AI assistant that builds tasks.](https://scrape.ly/compare/octoparse.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/octoparse.md) - ### [Scrape.ly vs PhantomBuster](https://scrape.ly/compare/phantombuster.md) [Cloud automation and data extraction tool for sales and growth teams, with prebuilt automations ('Phantoms') for LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, and other platforms, plus CRM syncing.](https://scrape.ly/compare/phantombuster.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/phantombuster.md) - ### [Scrape.ly vs Web Scraper](https://scrape.ly/compare/webscraper-io.md) [Point-and-click browser extension for building scrapers (sitemaps), with a paid Web Scraper Cloud for scheduled, managed runs.](https://scrape.ly/compare/webscraper-io.md) [Read the comparison](https://scrape.ly/compare/webscraper-io.md) Method ## How we compare Comparison pages are only useful if you can trust them, so these follow three rules. ### Sourced Competitor facts come from their public pricing pages and docs, linked at the bottom of each page. ### Dated Prices are shown as listed on the day we read them. Scrape.ly's own claims link to the [docs](https://scrape.ly/docs/quickstart.md). ### Fair Each page says who the other tool suits best. If something is out of date, [tell us](mailto:support@scrape.ly?subject=Comparison%20correction\&body=I%27d%20like%20to%20suggest%20a%20correction%20to%20a%20comparison.). ## The internet is full of data. Start owning yours. Scrape.ly gives you the infrastructure, the tooling, and the team to extract, process, and operationalize web data at any scale. Setup takes minutes. The advantage lasts forever. [Get Started Free](https://my.scrape.ly/register) [Book a Demo](mailto:support@scrape.ly?subject=Book%20a%20demo\&body=I%27d%20like%20to%20book%20a%20demo.) No credit card. No setup calls.