Zyte API vs ScrapeHero Cloud

Zyte API8.5Visit SScrapeHero Cloud7.7Visit

Higher score Zyte API #3 in Web Scraping Tools 8.5/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Zyte API

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S ScrapeHero Cloud #7 in Web Scraping Tools 7.7/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 1 of 2 features Try ScrapeHero Cloud

• Zyte API fits best

  Developers needing browser rendering and anti-blocking

• ScrapeHero Cloud fits best

  Users who can use ready-made website scrapers

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Side by side

Feature	Zyte API 8.5/10 Visit ↗	SScrapeHero Cloud 7.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.5	7.7
Ranking	#3 in Web Scraping Tools	#7 in Web Scraping Tools
Best for	Developers needing browser rendering and anti-blocking	Users who can use ready-made website scrapers
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$100/mo	$5/mo (best)
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	30 days	30 days
Free trial length	30 days	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Tickets, Docs · 24/7	Email
Integrations	9 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features Zyte API 0/2 · ScrapeHero Cloud 1/2
JavaScript rendering	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Scheduled runs	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Scraping modes	Not checked yet	Ready-made scrapers; real-time APIs; no-code projects
Export formats	Not checked yet	Excel, CSV, JSON
Deployment options	Not checked yet	Cloud
Our review
Pros	Renders pages and supports browser actions, screenshots, and CDP access. Rotates proxies and handles bans, sessions, geolocation, and IP types. Extracts structured data and integrates with Playwright, Puppeteer, and Scrapy.	Ready-made scrapers with configurable URLs and site-specific filters Run projects now or schedule recurring runs with record limits Export to Excel, CSV or JSON; connect cloud storage on eligible plans
Cons	No free plan; usage charges vary by target site, request type, and features. Monthly commitment plans start at $100, with volume discounts at higher tiers. Enterprise pricing is custom; premium 24/7 support and SLAs are enterprise-only.	Custom dynamic scraping flexibility is comparatively limited API integration and premium proxies start at Standard The free plan is non-renewing and capped at 400 credits
Our verdict	Zyte API is a cloud-hosted web scraping API for developers and data teams working with pages that need browser rendering or more than a basic HTTP fetch. It returns rendered HTML and screenshots, can perform browser actions such as… Read the review →	ScrapeHero Cloud is a hosted, no-code service for collecting structured data from websites through ready-made scrapers and real-time APIs. It suits people who can work with prebuilt crawlers rather than needing to design a custom scraping… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Zyte API — where it wins

  • Renders pages and supports browser actions, screenshots, and CDP access.
  • Rotates proxies and handles bans, sessions, geolocation, and IP types.
  • Extracts structured data and integrates with Playwright, Puppeteer, and Scrapy.

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; usage charges vary by target site, request type, and features.
  • Monthly commitment plans start at $100, with volume discounts at higher tiers.
  • Enterprise pricing is custom; premium 24/7 support and SLAs are enterprise-only.

• ScrapeHero Cloud — where it wins

  • Ready-made scrapers with configurable URLs and site-specific filters
  • Run projects now or schedule recurring runs with record limits
  • Export to Excel, CSV or JSON; connect cloud storage on eligible plans

  Where it doesn't

  • Custom dynamic scraping flexibility is comparatively limited
  • API integration and premium proxies start at Standard
  • The free plan is non-renewing and capped at 400 credits

• Zyte API8.5/10 · 30-day trial

  A flexible scraping API for developers tackling browser-rendered, hard-to-fetch pages.

  Visit Zyte APIFull verdict →
• SScrapeHero Cloud7.7/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A managed route to ready-made scrapers, scheduled runs and structured data exports.

  Try ScrapeHero CloudFull verdict →