Olostep vs Scrapfly (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Olostep grades higher than Scrapfly: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Olostep grades higher on value for money. Scrapfly grades higher on features. They get the same grade on the free plan, 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
Scrapfly
Web scraping API with anti-bot unblocking, browsers and AI extraction
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 Scrapfly if
- Fits if you track rankings on Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex or Baidu from your own code
- Works for developers who want scraping, a hosted browser and screenshots on one key
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: a request costs 1 credit plain, 5 with a browser, 25 on residential proxies and 60 for a full-page screenshot
- Tight if your usage spikes on Discovery, which stops at its quota with no pay-as-you-go overflow
- Pricey if you need a team, since Discovery and Pro are single-user and team management starts at $250 a month
- Tight if your usage swings, as credits reset at renewal and don't roll over
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAOlostepGood | 2.4GPAScrapflyFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CDiscovery is $30 a month for 200,000 credits, this category's middle. What that buys swings with the request: 1 credit plain, 5 with a browser or the Unblocker, 25 with residential proxies, so 8,000 to 200,000 pages. Pro is $100 for 1 million. |
| 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. | CNo free plan: 1,000 credits on sign-up with no card and no time limit, across every product. They don't renew, and at 25 credits on residential proxies that's 40 requests. |
| Features | CScrape, crawl, map, batches, search and answer endpoints and people search. AI browser automations start at Scale. | BSearch results from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex and Baidu with positions and SERP features as JSON or CSV, anti-bot unblocking, proxies in more than 190 countries, a cloud browser, a site crawler, AI extraction and screenshots. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job. |
| 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: one flag for unblocking, SDKs for Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust and Scrapy, and a CLI. No rating on record, and the credit cost of each request changes with its options. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, but it lists Claude Desktop, Cursor, n8n, LangChain and Slack. | BWeb, with an API, SDKs, a CLI and a hosted MCP server for Claude, Cursor, Cline and Windsurf, plus Zapier, Make, n8n, LangChain, LlamaIndex and CrewAI. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. |
| Best for | scraping and crawling web pages in large batches | scraping protected sites and several search engines |
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 Scrapfly. 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. Scrapfly starts at $30 a month and scores 2.7.
Scrapfly scores higher, and starts $21 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other SERP and SEO data APIs on the chart, 1 scores higher than Olostep for less, and none scores higher than Scrapfly 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 | Scrapfly | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $9 per month for 5,000 requests | $30 per month for 200,000 API credits |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | Free trial plan: 500 successful requests, no credit card required. | 1,000 free API credits on sign-up, no card needed and no time limit |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Olostep Technologies, Inc. | Joam Intelligence, LLC |
| Price read from | olostep.com | scrapfly.io |
| 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.
Scrapfly
- A request costs 1 credit as plain HTTP on a datacenter IP, 5 with a browser or the Unblocker, 25 with residential proxies and 60 for a full-page screenshot.
- Discovery stops when its credits run out; only Pro and above continue as pay as you go.
- Credits reset at renewal and do not roll over. Failed requests are not charged.
- Discovery and Pro are single-user accounts; team management starts at Startup for $250 a month.
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.
Scrapfly
- Web Scraping API with Unblocker
- One flag handles anti-bot systems, browser rendering, proxy rotation and retries, with residential and datacenter proxies in more than 190 countries.
- Search result scraping
- Send a query with a location and get positions, titles, URLs, snippets and SERP features back as JSON or CSV from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex or Baidu.
- Cloud Browser and Crawler APIs
- Drive a hosted Chromium with Playwright or Puppeteer and keep sessions between calls, or crawl a whole site in one job with path filters and webhooks.
- Data Extraction API
- Turn pages into JSON with ready-made models for products, articles, reviews and jobs, with CSS or XPath templates, or with plain-language AI prompts.
- Screenshot API
- Full-page or viewport captures in PNG, JPEG or WebP, with auto-scroll and scheduled captures sent to a webhook.
- MCP server, CLI and SDKs
- A hosted MCP server for Claude, Cursor, Cline and Windsurf, a command-line tool, and SDKs for Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust and Scrapy.
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.
Scrapfly
Discovery$30
per month for 200,000 API credits
5 concurrent requests, 1 week of logs and one user. Stops at the quota, with no pay-as-you-go overflow.
Pro$100
per month for 1,000,000 API credits
20 concurrent requests, 2 weeks of logs and one user. Extra credits at $3.50 per 10,000.
Startup$250
per month for 2,500,000 API credits
50 concurrent requests, 3 weeks of logs and team management. Extra credits at $2.00 per 10,000.
Enterprise$500
per month for 5,500,000 API credits
100 concurrent requests, 4 weeks of logs, team management and premium support. Extra credits at $1.20 per 10,000.
CustomCustom
Negotiated volume above 5.5 million credits, with committed concurrency, dedicated residential IPs, a BAA and 24/7 support.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Olostep or Scrapfly?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Olostep is cheaper to start with: $9 a month, against $30 a month for Scrapfly. Olostep starts at $9 per month for 5,000 requests, and Scrapfly starts at $30 per month for 200,000 API credits.
Which has a free plan, Olostep or Scrapfly?
As of Nov 12, 2026, neither Olostep nor Scrapfly 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.