Olostep vs ScrapeGraphAI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Olostep grades higher than ScrapeGraphAI: 2.6 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Olostep grades higher on value for money, ease of use and platforms. ScrapeGraphAI grades higher on features. They get the same grade on the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Olostep
Scrape, crawl and search API that returns clean web data
ScrapeGraphAI
Credit-based API to scrape, extract, search and crawl the web
Which one is for you
Pick Olostep if
- Fits if you need to scrape lots of URLs in batches cheaply
- Works for people testing a scraper before committing
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: the trial is 500 requests, once
- Watch out: AI browser automations are listed from Scale at $399 a month
- Watch out: only monthly prices are shown and no yearly discount is listed
- Pricey if you grow: Growth is $1,100 a month and the top tier $3,500, through sales
Pick ScrapeGraphAI if
- Fits if you want one API for scraping and AI extraction and can code
- Works for small tests, since packs of credits never expire
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 500 credits is one time and does not come back each month
- Watch out: credit use varies by endpoint and stealth option, so cost per request is not fixed
- Watch out: the Starter limit is 100 requests a minute, 3 concurrent crawls and 5 monitors
- Skip it if you want integrations: none are listed
- Watch out: the Yearly toggle showed the same prices as Monthly when read
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAOlostepGood | 2.0GPAScrapeGraphAIFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A$9 a month for 5,000 requests, under 60% of the cheapest quarter of this category ($19). The 200,000-request Standard plan is $99. | CStarter is $20 a month for 10,000 credits, a hair above the $19 cheaper-quarter start for data APIs. Packs run $5 for 1,000 credits and never expire. |
| Free plan and trial | CA trial of 500 successful requests with no card, but it is not a monthly allowance and the page does not say it refills. | CA free plan of 500 credits, one time only; they do not renew. No card is mentioned, but it is a trial grant, not a free tier. |
| Features | CScrape, crawl, map, batches, search and answer endpoints and people search. AI browser automations start at Scale. | BScrape, extract, search, crawl, monitors and fetch options in one API. The listing names no gap in the core job. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It is an API, with keys and code to write. | DNo store rating on record. It is an API: you write the calls and manage credits. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, but it lists Claude Desktop, Cursor, n8n, LangChain and Slack. | CWeb API only, with no integrations or SDKs listed on the pages we read. |
| Best for | scraping and crawling web pages in large batches | AI scraping API billed in credits |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Olostep and ScrapeGraphAI. How we grade
Price against what you get
Olostep starts at $9 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. ScrapeGraphAI starts at $20 a month and scores 2.0.
Olostep scores higher and starts $11 a month lower. Of the other SERP and SEO data APIs on the chart, 1 scores higher than Olostep for less, and 9 score higher than ScrapeGraphAI for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Olostep also covers AI search, AI agents and sERP API.
At a glance
| Olostep | ScrapeGraphAI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $9 per month for 5,000 requests | $20 per month for 10,000 credits |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | Free trial plan: 500 successful requests, no credit card required. | Free plan with 500 API credits, one-time |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Olostep Technologies, Inc. | ScrapeGraphAI, Inc. |
| Price read from | olostep.com | scrapegraphai.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Olostep
- The pricing page does not say whether the 500 trial requests refill; it is shown as a trial, not a monthly allowance.
- AI browser automations are listed from the Scale plan up.
- Top-up credit packs are valid for 6 months, from $5 for 2,000 credits to $1,000 for 2,000,000.
- Only monthly prices are shown; no annual discount is stated on the pricing page.
ScrapeGraphAI
- The Free plan is a one-time 500-credit grant, not a monthly allowance.
- Credit use varies by endpoint and by the stealth option, so the monthly cost depends on the mix of requests.
- Credit packs are $5 for 1,000, $40 for 10,000 and $150 for 50,000; they never expire and stack on a subscription.
- The pricing page has a Yearly toggle, but it showed the same prices as Monthly when read.
Key features
Olostep
- Scrape, crawl and map
- Separate endpoints fetch a single page, crawl a site, or list a site's URLs.
- Batch processing
- Batch jobs run thousands of URLs together, from 5,000 URLs in 20 minutes on Starter to 1 million on Growth+.
- Search and Answer APIs
- A search endpoint and an AI answers endpoint sit beside the scraping ones, and a Monitor API appears in the endpoint list.
- People and company search
- A dedicated endpoint for looking up people and companies is listed with the other APIs.
- Agents and integrations
- An MCP server and CLI serve agents. The integrations page lists Claude Desktop, Cursor, n8n and LangChain.
ScrapeGraphAI
- Scrape
- Converts a URL to markdown, HTML, a screenshot or branding analysis, costing 1 credit for markdown, 2 for a screenshot and 25 for branding.
- Extract
- Pulls structured data from a page using a natural-language prompt, at a base cost of 5 credits.
- Search and crawl
- Search costs 2 credits per result, or 5 with a prompt. Crawl costs 2 credits to start plus the per-page scrape cost.
- Monitors
- Watches a page for changes and notifies a webhook, costing 5 extra credits when a change is detected.
- Fetch options
- Render mode (auto, fast or JS) does not change the cost; the stealth toggle for anti-bot bypass adds 5 credits.
Plans
Olostep
Trial$0
500 successful requests with JavaScript rendering and residential IPs, low rate limits, no card needed.
Starter$9
per month for 5,000 requests
$1.80 per 1,000 requests, 20 concurrent requests, batches of 5,000 URLs in 20 minutes.
Standard$99
per month for 200,000 requests
$0.50 per 1,000 requests, 200 concurrent requests, batches of 10,000 URLs in 20 minutes.
Scale$399
per month for 1 million requests
$0.40 per 1,000 requests, 500 concurrent, AI browser automations, batches of 100,000 URLs.
Growth$1,100
per month for 3 million requests
$0.37 per 1,000 requests, 750 concurrent requests, batches of 200,000 URLs in 20 minutes.
Growth+$3500
per month for 10 million requests
$0.35 per 1,000 requests, 1,000 concurrent requests. Sold through sales.
ScrapeGraphAI
Free$0
500 API credits, one time (they do not renew), 10 requests per minute, 1 monitor and 1 concurrent crawl.
Starter$20
per month for 10,000 credits, billed monthly
100 requests per minute, 5 monitors and 3 concurrent crawls.
Growth$100
per month for 100,000 credits, billed monthly
500 requests per minute, 25 monitors, 15 concurrent crawls and basic proxy rotation.
Pro$500
per month for 750,000 credits, billed monthly
5,000 requests per minute, 100 monitors, 50 concurrent crawls, advanced proxy rotation and priority support.
EnterpriseCustom
Ad-hoc credits, custom rate limits, dedicated support and an SLA, arranged through sales.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Olostep or ScrapeGraphAI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Olostep is cheaper to start with: $9 a month, against $20 a month for ScrapeGraphAI. Olostep starts at $9 per month for 5,000 requests, and ScrapeGraphAI starts at $20 per month for 10,000 credits.
Which has a free plan, Olostep or ScrapeGraphAI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Olostep nor ScrapeGraphAI has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.