The Olostep Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Olostep in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Olostep
The Insider’s Guide
Scrape, crawl and search API that returns clean web data
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among SERP and SEO data APIs, read from Olostep’s own pages.
Made by Olostep Technologies, Inc. · checked Nov 12, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Olostep’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Olostep’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 12, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.6
GPA, above 47 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade
Olostep is an API for pulling data from websites. Its endpoints cover scraping, crawling, URL mapping, batch jobs, search, AI answers, monitoring and people and company search. Plans are monthly request allowances, and every request is JavaScript rendered through residential IP addresses.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Olostep, taken from its own pages and our grades.
It is an API, with keys and code to write.
- 1
Best for scraping and crawling web pages in large batches
Olostep scrapes, crawls and maps pages, with batch jobs, search and answer endpoints and people and company search.
- 2
Paid plans start at $9 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $9 per month for 5,000 requests.
- 3
You can try it first
Free trial plan: 500 successful requests, no credit card required.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Scrape, crawl and map
Separate endpoints fetch a single page, crawl a site, or list a site's URLs.
- 6
Batch processing
Batch jobs run thousands of URLs together, from 5,000 URLs in 20 minutes on Starter to 1 million on Growth+.
- 7
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.
- 8
A 2.6 GPA, above 47 of 56
That is against the other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace Olostep you would be making search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Olostep at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $9 per month for 5,000 requests
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- Free trial plan: 500 successful requests, no credit card required.
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Olostep Technologies, Inc.
- Category
- SERP & SEO Data APIs
- Our grade
- 2.6 GPA, good
The report card
Best for scraping and crawling web pages in large batches
Olostep scrapes, crawls and maps pages, with batch jobs, search and answer endpoints and people and company search. Starter is $9 a month for 5,000 requests, but the free trial is only 500 requests, and AI browser automations need the $399 plan.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Free plan and trial | C | A trial of 500 successful requests with no card, but it is not a monthly allowance and the page does not say it refills. |
| Features | C | Scrape, crawl, map, batches, search and answer endpoints and people search. AI browser automations start at Scale. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record. It is an API, with keys and code to write. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web only, but it lists Claude Desktop, Cursor, n8n, LangChain and Slack. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Olostep is for
- Fits if you need to scrape lots of URLs in batches cheaply
- Works for people testing a scraper before committing
Who it is not for
- 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
Good to know
Good for
- Developers who want a flat monthly request allowance for scraping
- Teams running large batch jobs against many URLs
- Small tests on the 500-request trial
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$9
A month to start
Olostep is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $9 per month for 5,000 requests.
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.
Trying it first
Free trial plan: 500 successful requests, no credit card required.
Read from olostep.com on Nov 12, 2026.
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Scrape, crawl and search API that returns clean web data. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI search, AI agents, sERP API.
Scrape, crawl, map, batches, search and answer endpoints and people search.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Claude Desktop
- Cursor
- n8n
- LangChain
- Slack
Olostep is made by Olostep Technologies, Inc.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
47/56
Other SERP and SEO data APIs it is graded above
Olostep's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 47 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on value for money (A, above 52 of 56) and worst on features (C, above 2).
Its paid plans start at $9 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 2 of the 39 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 57 SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, cut by the letter each got. Olostep’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 52 of 56
- CFree plan and trialAbove 5 of 56
- CFeaturesAbove 2 of 56
- CEase of useAbove 6 of 56
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 16 of 56
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 41 SERP and SEO data APIs. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Olostep is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Olostep you would be making search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 47 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade. It costs $108 a year.
What you could not
- Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- A search engine with an AI model behind it.
- It plugs into other products, Claude Desktop, Cursor and n8n among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Olostep’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Firecrawl, ScrapingBee, ZenRows, Scrapfly and ScraperAPI
The 5 tools Olostep is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.6GPA
Firecrawl
Free plan · from $16/mo
Web search, scrape and crawl API that returns LLM-ready data.
- Firecrawl has a free plan. Olostep does not, though it has a free trial.
- Firecrawl is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Olostep also covers AI search.
- 2.4GPA
ScrapingBee
Free trial · from $19/mo
Web scraping API with a Google search endpoint, priced by credits.
- Olostep also covers AI search and AI agents.
- 2.4GPA
ZenRows
Free plan · from $16/mo
Web scraping API for protected sites, priced by monthly credits.
- ZenRows has a free plan. Olostep does not, though it has a free trial.
- Olostep also covers AI search and AI agents.
- 2.4GPA
Scrapfly
Free trial · from $30/mo
Web scraping API with anti-bot unblocking, browsers and AI extraction.
- Olostep also covers AI search and AI agents.
- 2.2GPA
ScraperAPI
Free plan · from $44.10/mo
Web scraping API with Google search endpoints, priced in API credits.
- ScraperAPI has a free plan. Olostep does not, though it has a free trial.
- Olostep also covers AI search and AI agents.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Olostep free?
No, Olostep is a paid product, but you can try it first. Free trial plan: 500 successful requests, no credit card required.
How much does Olostep cost?
Olostep lists 6 plans. Trial: $0.
What platforms does Olostep work on?
Olostep is available on Web.
Does Olostep have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Olostep is listed for Web.
Does Olostep have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Olostep is listed for Web.
Is Olostep open source?
Olostep is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Olostep have an API?
Yes. Olostep offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Olostep integrate with?
Olostep's listing names Claude Desktop, Cursor, n8n, LangChain and Slack.
Who makes Olostep?
Olostep is made by Olostep Technologies, Inc.
What are the alternatives to Olostep?
The closest alternatives to Olostep in our directory are Firecrawl, ScrapingBee, ZenRows, Scrapfly and ScraperAPI.
How does Olostep compare with other SERP and SEO data APIs?
Olostep's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 47 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 5.
Is Olostep good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Olostep A for value for money. Its paid plans start at $9 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 2 of the 39 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Olostep?
To replace Olostep you would be making search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Olostep’s own pages on Nov 12, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 12, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Olostep's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Olostep Technologies, Inc. Prices change, so check olostep.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
7,721
Tools graded, in 95 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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tools graded
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categories
739
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Olostep, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/olostep
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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