Olostep vs ScraperAPI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Olostep grades higher than ScraperAPI: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Olostep grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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
ScraperAPI
Web scraping API with Google search endpoints, priced in API credits
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 ScraperAPI if
- Fits if you scrape Google alongside Amazon, Walmart or eBay on one key
- Works for large batches that need retries and scheduling, through the async API or DataPipeline
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: a Google or Bing request costs 25 credits, so Hobby's 100,000 credits is about 4,000 searches
- Skip it if you need rankings outside the US and EU below Business at $269.10 a month
- Pricey if you need rendering, premium proxies or screenshots, which add 10 credits each
- Tight if you run out mid-month, as credits don't roll over and pay-as-you-go starts at Scaling, $427.50
- Tight if you're on Free, with 1,000 credits a month, about 40 Google searches
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAOlostepGood | 2.2GPAScraperAPIFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CHobby is $44.10 a month on yearly billing ($49 monthly), at the dear end of this category's usual range. A Google or Bing request is 25 credits, so 100,000 credits is about 4,000 searches, around $11 per 1,000. |
| 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 7-day trial of 5,000 credits with no card, then a free plan of 1,000 credits a month. At 25 credits a search, that's 40 Google searches. |
| Features | CScrape, crawl, map, batches, search and answer endpoints and people search. AI browser automations start at Scale. | CGoogle Search, Shopping, Maps, News and Jobs endpoints, Bing, rendering, async jobs and a no-code DataPipeline. The gap is in the listing: Hobby and Startup geotarget only the US and EU, and country targeting starts at Business, $269.10. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It is an API, with keys and code to write. | CJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: SDKs, a CLI and ready Google endpoints that need no rendering turned on. No rating on record, and credit costs stack up by site and option. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, but it lists Claude Desktop, Cursor, n8n, LangChain and Slack. | BWeb, with an API, SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server, plus LangChain, LlamaIndex, n8n and Zapier. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. |
| Best for | scraping and crawling web pages in large batches | Google results alongside shop and site scraping |
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 ScraperAPI. 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. ScraperAPI starts at $44.10 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Olostep starts $35.10 a month lower. Of the other SERP and SEO data APIs on the chart, 1 scores higher than Olostep for less, and 10 score higher than ScraperAPI 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 and AI agents.
At a glance
| Olostep | ScraperAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $9 per month for 5,000 requests | $44.10 per month for 100K API credits, billed annually ($49 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Free plan after the trial: 1,000 API credits a month and 5 concurrent threads, no credit card needed. A Google or Bing request costs 25 credits. |
| Free trial | Free trial plan: 500 successful requests, no credit card required. | 7-day free trial with 5,000 API credits, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Olostep Technologies, Inc. | ScraperAPI |
| Price read from | olostep.com | scraperapi.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 23, 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.
ScraperAPI
- A Google or Bing request costs 25 credits, so Hobby's 100,000 credits cover about 4,000 Google searches.
- JavaScript rendering, premium proxies and screenshots each add 10 credits, and bypassing bot protection adds 10 more.
- Credits reset each billing cycle with no rollover; pay-as-you-go past the allowance starts at the Scaling plan.
- Hobby and Startup can only geotarget the US and EU; country-level targeting starts at Business.
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.
ScraperAPI
- Google structured data endpoints
- Ready-made endpoints return Google Search, Shopping, Maps, News and Jobs results as JSON, without needing JavaScript rendering turned on.
- Proxy rotation and anti-bot handling
- Rotating proxy pools, premium residential and mobile IPs, CAPTCHA handling and automatic retries, with geotargeting by country on Business and up.
- JavaScript rendering and screenshots
- Load dynamic pages in a headless browser, follow a rendering instruction set, and capture screenshots of the result.
- Asynchronous API and DataPipeline
- Submit up to 50,000 jobs that retry until they succeed, or schedule large scraping jobs in DataPipeline without writing code.
- AI Parser and LLM-ready output
- Train a custom parser to get clean JSON from any source, or ask for pages as text or Markdown for language model pipelines.
- MCP server and integrations
- An MCP server, a CLI and SDKs, with LangChain, LlamaIndex, n8n and Zapier integrations.
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.
ScraperAPI
Free$0
1,000 API credits a month and 5 concurrent threads, to keep scraping after the trial ends.
Hobby$44.10
per month for 100K API credits, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)
20 concurrent threads, geotargeting in the US and EU only, and 30 days of analytics history.
Startup$134.10
per month for 1M API credits, billed annually ($149 billed monthly)
50 concurrent threads, with US and EU geotargeting only.
Business$269.10
per month for 3M API credits, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)
100 concurrent threads, country-level geotargeting worldwide and unlimited analytics history.
Scaling$427.50
per month for 5M API credits, billed annually ($475 billed monthly)
200 concurrent threads, and the first plan with pay-as-you-go credits past the monthly allowance.
Professional$877.50
per month for 10.5M API credits, billed annually ($975 billed monthly)
300 threads and priority support. Advanced is $1,777.50 a month billed annually for 21.5M credits; Enterprise is custom above 22M.
Ways to pay less
Olostep
No public discounts listed.
ScraperAPI
- Annual discount
10% off with yearly billing
ScraperAPI's pricing page lists 10% off every self-serve plan when billed yearly: Hobby is $44.10 a month instead of $49.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Olostep or ScraperAPI?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Olostep is cheaper to start with: $9 a month, against $44.10 a month for ScraperAPI. Olostep starts at $9 per month for 5,000 requests, and ScraperAPI starts at $44.10 per month for 100K API credits, billed annually ($49 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Olostep or ScraperAPI?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only ScraperAPI has a free plan. Olostep does not, though it has 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.