Scrapfly vs ZenRows

Scrapfly
scrapfly.io
98%
Success
17.8s
Speed
$3.14
Cost
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Scrapfly
vs
ZenRows
ZenRows
www.zenrows.com
22%
Success
9.2s
Speed
$3.47
Cost
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Side-by-side comparison of Scrapfly and ZenRows using the latest benchmark data for success rate, speed, cost, and features.

Pros & Cons of Scrapfly

Pros
  • Exceptional and fair scraper blocking bypass.
  • Below average pricing for most targets.
  • Javascript rendering with custom javascript evaluation.
  • Full browser control through Javascript Scenarios.
  • Python, Scrapy and Typescript SDKs for easy integration.
  • Detailed web dashboard for reviewing scraping performance.
  • Multi-project support with dedicated environments and quotas.
  • Feature rich with many unique features
  • Low entry point at $30.
  • Web UI player for testing and experimenting.
Cons
  • Credits do not carry over month-to-month.
  • No annual plans are available.
  • Above average pricing for some targets in favor of higher success rate and reliability.

Pros & Cons of ZenRows

Pros
  • Integrations for Python, Nodejs, Selenium, Puppeteer
  • Captcha solver integration with 2Captcha.
  • Optional Javascript rendering for scraping dynamic pages.
  • Optional auto data parser.
  • Web UI player for testing and experimenting.
Cons
  • Very high entry point of 69$.
  • Credits do not carry over month-to-month.
  • Poor scraper blocking bypass without headless browser feature.
  • Blocks use when many subsequent scrape blocks are encountered.

Benchmark Comparison

Success rate per target from the latest benchmark run. Higher is better; the winning value is highlighted in green.

Target Scrapfly success ZenRows success
all average 97.9% 22.1%
amazon.com 98.9% -
booking.com 97.8% 25.6%
etsy.com 100.0% 83.1%
indeed.com 97.1% 12.9%
instagram.com 99.0% -
linkedin.com 97.4% -
realtor.com 90.7% -
stockx.com 99.0% -
twitter.com 97.7% 17.4%
walmart.com 99.8% 80.6%
zillow.com 99.7% 42.6%
Data range Sep 11 - Sep 25

Feature Comparison

Feature Scrapfly ZenRows
Capterra ratingCapterra rating
★ 4.9
(237)
★ 4.8
(103)
Integrations Python, Typescript Python, NodeJS
Proxy support Datacenter default, Residential optional Datacenter default, Residential optional
Geolocation 50+ countries Only for Premium proxies, country coverage unclear
Webhook support Yes No
Javascript rendering Yes, at extra cost Yes, at extra cost
Custom JS evaluation Yes, up to 160s Yes
Browser control Yes, up to 160s Yes
Screenshots Yes, full page and individual elements Yes, full page only
Sessions Yes, persistent IP & cookies Yes, persistent IP up to 10min

Pricing Comparison

Scrapfly
Plan Price Credits Concurrency
Discovery 30 200,000 5
Pro 100 1,000,000 20
Startup 250 2,500,000 50
Enterprise 500 5,500,000 100
Custom — — ∞
ZenRows
Plan Price Credits Concurrency
Developer 69 250,000 10
Startup 99 1,000,000 25
Business 249 3,000,000 50
Custom — — —

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