Category · 19 tools · 7 comparisons
Web scraping tools
Tools that automate browser tasks and collect data from websites.
At a glance
- Tools tracked
- 19
- Entry plans
- $0.06–$499/mo
- Typical entry plan
- $19/mo
- Free plan
- 17 of 19
- Cheapest paid
- Zyte, $0.06/mo
- Best value score
- Crawlee, 9.5/10
Every tool we cover
API pricing →| Tool | Score | From | Top listed plan | Free plan | Trial | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ScrapyScrapy | 8.1 | $9/mo* | $9/mo | Yes | — | ReviewAlternatives |
 CrawleeCrawlee | 8.0 | Free* | — | Yes | — | Review |
 ApifyApify | 7.7 | $19/mo | $899.10/mo | Yes | — | ReviewPricingAlternatives |
 ZyteZyte | 7.7 | $0.06/mo | $500/mo | No | 30 days | ReviewPricingAlternatives |
 ZenRowsZenRows | 7.5 | $16/mo | $458/mo | Yes | — | ReviewPricing |
 Crawl4AICrawl4AI | 7.5 | $10/mo* | $415.83/mo | Yes | Yes | ReviewAlternatives |
 FirecrawlFirecrawl | 7.4 | $16/mo | $599/mo | Yes | — | ReviewPricingAlternatives |
 ScraperAPIScraperAPI | 7.4 | $44.10/mo | $1,777.50/mo | Yes | 7 days | ReviewPricingAlternatives |
 Bright DataBright Data | 7.0 | $499/mo* | $1,999/mo | Yes | 7 days | ReviewPricingAlternatives |
 Browse AIBrowse AI | 7.0 | $19/mo | $500/mo | Yes | — | ReviewPricingAlternatives |
 OxylabsOxylabs | 6.8 | $15/mo | $2,500/mo | Yes | — | ReviewPricing |
 OutscraperOutscraper | 6.8 | $1/mo | — | Yes | — | ReviewPricingAlternatives |
 ScrapingBeeScrapingBee | 6.8 | $19/mo | $5,799/mo | Yes | — | ReviewPricingAlternatives |
 SOAXSOAX | 6.8 | $200/mo | $3,000/mo | Yes | — | Review |
| OctoparseOctoparse | 6.7 | $69/mo | $249/mo | Yes | — | ReviewPricingAlternatives |
 PhantomBusterPhantomBuster | 6.5 | $56/mo* | $352/mo | Yes | 14 days | ReviewPricingAlternatives |
 Data MinerData Miner | 6.5 | $19.99/mo | $200/mo | Yes | — | ReviewAlternatives |
 ThunderbitThunderbit | 6.2 | $9/mo | $16.50/mo | Yes | — | Review |
 Captain DataCaptain Data | 5.8 | Custom* | — | No | — | Review |
* Lower confidence: the vendor's pricing page couldn't be read directly or didn't list every price, so the figure was compiled from other public sources and may be incomplete. Check the vendor's page before you buy.
Head-to-head
Highest scored
ScrapyScrapy
Scrapy gives Python teams a free, extensible crawler; browser rendering and hosted scaling take extra setup.
CrawleeCrawlee
Crawlee gives developers crawler building blocks; production infrastructure and proxy costs remain yours to manage.
ApifyApify
A capable hosted Actor platform, with usage costs and concurrency limits to plan around.
Web scraping tools: quick answers
How much do web scraping tools cost?
Paid plans for the 19 web scraping tools we track start between $0.06 and $499 a month, and the typical entry plan is about $19 a month. 17 of them have a free plan. Captain Data doesn't publish a starting price. Prices are the vendors' own, checked Nov 10, 2026; most quote the per-month price when billed annually.
Which web scraping tool is the cheapest?
Zyte has the lowest paid entry plan at $0.06 a month, followed by Outscraper at $1. If you can live with limits, Scrapy, Crawlee, Apify and ZenRows have a free plan.
Which web scraping tools have a free plan?
Scrapy, Crawlee, Apify, ZenRows, Crawl4AI, Firecrawl, ScraperAPI, Bright Data, Browse AI, Oxylabs, Outscraper, ScrapingBee, SOAX, Octoparse, PhantomBuster, Data Miner and Thunderbit have a free plan. Zyte offers a free trial instead. Free plans are usually capped on usage, seats or features; each review lists the limits.