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Anti-Captcha alternatives on cost per successful call

Weighing up Anti-Captcha? What is actually published, what it does not tell you, and how to settle the decision on your own target for a few dollars.

September 9, 2026 · 4 min read

Apify Pricing: What a Compute Unit Actually Costs

Apify bills in compute units, not requests. We read the published rates on 9 September 2026 and converted every tier into money per thousand successful calls.

September 9, 2026 · 10 min read

Coresignal alternatives without a monthly floor

Weighing up Coresignal? What is actually published, what it does not tell you, and how to settle the decision on your own target for a few dollars.

September 9, 2026 · 5 min read

Crustdata alternatives without a monthly floor

Looking past Crustdata? Match the units, find the expiry clause, then measure success rate on your own target. This page covers all three.

September 9, 2026 · 5 min read

DataForSEO Pricing: What One SERP Task Actually Costs

DataForSEO charges per task with no subscription. We read the published rates on 9 September 2026 and found Google SERPs at $0.60 per thousand.

September 9, 2026 · 8 min read

Ficstar alternatives once credits are converted to requests

Comparing a Ficstar alternative? The published numbers, the questions their pricing page leaves open, and a ten minute test that beats every review.

September 9, 2026 · 4 min read

Firecrawl Pricing: What a Credit Buys and What a Top-Up Costs

Firecrawl sells credits, and one credit is one page. We read the plans on 9 September 2026 and found top-up credits costing three times plan credits.

September 9, 2026 · 10 min read

Import.io alternatives without a monthly floor

A Import.io alternative, judged by a competitor who says so up front: the record we hold, the gaps in it, and the test that outranks this page.

September 9, 2026 · 4 min read

MMOAPI alternatives once credits are converted to requests

Looking past MMOAPI? Match the units, find the expiry clause, then measure success rate on your own target. This page covers all three.

September 9, 2026 · 4 min read

Nimble Pricing: What Is Public and What Needs a Sales Call

Nimble publishes six API rates and a managed service starting at $30,000 a year. We read both price lists on 9 September 2026 and converted them.

September 9, 2026 · 7 min read

Octoparse Pricing: What a Task and a Cloud Process Cost

Octoparse advertises Standard from $69 a month and bills $83 monthly. We re-read the plans on 14 September 2026 and converted them to cost per task and per cloud process.

September 9, 2026 · 9 min read

Parsera alternatives on cost per successful call

Comparing a Parsera alternative? The published numbers, the questions their pricing page leaves open, and a ten minute test that beats every review.

September 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Prospeo alternatives without a monthly floor

A Prospeo alternative, judged by a competitor who says so up front: the record we hold, the gaps in it, and the test that outranks this page.

September 9, 2026 · 5 min read

ScrapeBox alternatives on cost per successful call

Weighing up ScrapeBox? What is actually published, what it does not tell you, and how to settle the decision on your own target for a few dollars.

September 9, 2026 · 5 min read

Leaving ScrapeHero: what the same job costs elsewhere

Comparing a ScrapeHero alternative? The published numbers, the questions their pricing page leaves open, and a ten minute test that beats every review.

September 9, 2026 · 5 min read

Scrapeless alternatives without a monthly floor

Looking past Scrapeless? Match the units, find the expiry clause, then measure success rate on your own target. This page covers all three.

September 9, 2026 · 4 min read

ScrapeOps alternatives on cost per successful call

A ScrapeOps alternative, judged by a competitor who says so up front: the record we hold, the gaps in it, and the test that outranks this page.

September 9, 2026 · 5 min read

ScrapeOwl alternatives once credits are converted to requests

Comparing a ScrapeOwl alternative? The published numbers, the questions their pricing page leaves open, and a ten minute test that beats every review.

September 9, 2026 · 4 min read

ScraperAPI Pricing: What 100,000 Credits Really Buys

ScraperAPI charges 1 credit for a plain page and 75 for an ultra premium rendered one. We converted every plan into money per thousand requests.

September 9, 2026 · 10 min read

Scrapfly Pricing: What a Credit Buys, Feature by Feature

Scrapfly meters by feature, from 1 credit to 60. We read the plans and the billing documentation on 9 September 2026 and converted every weight into money.

September 9, 2026 · 10 min read

Leaving ScrapingAnt: what the same job costs elsewhere

A ScrapingAnt alternative, judged by a competitor who says so up front: the record we hold, the gaps in it, and the test that outranks this page.

September 9, 2026 · 4 min read

ScrapingBee Pricing: The Default Request Costs Five Credits

ScrapingBee enables JavaScript rendering by default, so a plan's credit count is five times its request count. We converted every tier on 9 September 2026.

September 9, 2026 · 9 min read

Scrapingdog alternatives without a monthly floor

Looking past Scrapingdog? Match the units, find the expiry clause, then measure success rate on your own target. This page covers all three.

September 9, 2026 · 5 min read

Leaving Scrapoxy: what the same job costs elsewhere

Looking past Scrapoxy? Match the units, find the expiry clause, then measure success rate on your own target. This page covers all three.

September 9, 2026 · 4 min read

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Proxies that don't die mid-job

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