Guides
Playwright proxy configuration/guides/playwright-proxyFixing 403 errors when scraping/guides/scraping-403Handling 429 rate limits/guides/scraping-429Python rotating proxies/guides/python-rotating-proxyMCP web scraping setup/guides/mcp-web-scraping
Use cases
Best API for Playwright/use-cases/playwrightWeb access for AI agents/use-cases/ai-agent
Providers
Bright Data/providers/bright-dataZenRows/providers/zenrowsOxylabs/providers/oxylabsApify/providers/apifyDecodo/providers/decodoScraperAPI/providers/scraperapi
Comparisons
Bright Data vs Oxylabs/compare/bright-data-vs-oxylabsZenRows vs ScraperAPI/compare/zenrows-vs-scraperapiBright Data + Playwright vs ZenRows + Playwright/compare/bright-data-vs-zenrows?workload=playwright
Benchmarks
Browser API benchmark · 30D/benchmarks/browser-apiScraping API benchmark · 30D/benchmarks/scraping-api

ZenRows vs Oxylabs

ZenRows vs Oxylabs

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Sample tested 14 min ago· n = 1,284· Tokyo· hourly · fixed demo clockMethodology →
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Independent measurementDemo dataFetchGauge probes · self-funded accounts · no vendor-supplied dataMethodology v2.3
Last tested
14 min ago · hourly
Sample size
n = 1,284 / run · 924,480 / 30D
Region
Tokyo (ap-northeast-1)
Test type
Scraping API · identical target list
Configuration
JS off · 50 conc · 30s timeout · 3 retries
Targets
50 e-commerce domains
Simulated protocol · all figures and freshness timestamps are fixtures, not real measurements.

Winner by workload · from stored runs

Large-scale scraping

Oxylabs

96.9%vs97.8%
Higher success rate; concurrency 200 / Unlimited
Low latency

Oxylabs

1.80svs1.31s
490 ms difference at p50
Cost-sensitive

ZenRows

$1.70vs$2.51
47.1% gap per successful request
Small project

Oxylabs

$69vs$49
Lowest committed plan
MetricZenRowsOxylabsDifference · A / B
Performance
Success rate96.9%97.8%Oxylabs +0.9 pt
p50 latency1.80s1.31sOxylabs 490 ms faster
p95 latency4.60s3.40sOxylabs 1200 ms faster
Error rate3.1%2.2%Oxylabs · 0.9% lower
Reliability score8690Oxylabs +4
Stability σ 30d0.9%0.3%Oxylabs · 0.6% lower
Cost
List price / 1k requests$1.65$2.45ZenRows · $0.80 lower
Cost / 1k successful$1.70$2.5147.1% gap
Minimum monthly plan$69$49Oxylabs · $20 lower
JS rendering surcharge5.0×2.0×Oxylabs · 3.0× lower
Coverage
Countries190195Oxylabs · 5 higher
Concurrency200UnlimitedHigher concurrency shown in bold
JS renderingYesYesSame sample capability
Browser API (CDP)YesZenRows supports this in the sample
Developer
API / SDKsNot specifiedNot specifiedNot available in the canonical dataset
MCP serverYesYesSame sample capability
Structured extractionYesYesSame sample capability
Docs qualityNot specifiedNot specifiedNot available in the canonical dataset
Support
SLANot specifiedNot specifiedNot available in the canonical dataset
Support channelsNot specifiedNot specifiedNot available in the canonical dataset
Bold = better between A and B. Cost / 1k ok = list price ÷ sample success rate.Methodology →

Performance

Success rate
96.9%97.8%
Oxylabs +0.9 pt
p50 latency
1.80s1.31s
Oxylabs 490 ms faster
p95 latency
4.60s3.40s
Oxylabs 1200 ms faster
Stability σ 30d
0.9%0.3%
Oxylabs · 0.6% lower

Cost

Cost / 1k successful
$1.70$2.51
47.1% gap
Minimum monthly plan
$69$49
Oxylabs · $20 lower
JS rendering surcharge
5.0×2.0×
Oxylabs · 3.0× lower

Coverage

Concurrency
200Unlimited
Higher concurrency shown in bold
JS rendering
YesYes
Same sample capability
Browser API (CDP)
Yes
ZenRows supports this in the sample

Developer

MCP server
YesYes
Same sample capability
Structured extraction
YesYes
Same sample capability

Support

SLA
Not specifiedNot specified
Not available in the canonical dataset
Success rate · 30D
30 stored run(s) oldest demo-scraping-api-060 · started 2026-08-11T11:40:00+00:00 · finished 2026-08-11T11:46:00+00:00 newest demo-scraping-api-136 · started 2026-09-10T11:40:00+00:00 · finished 2026-09-10T11:46:00+00:00100%97%94%30 stored run(s) oldest demo-scraping-api-060 · started 2026-08-11T11:40:00+00:00 · finished 2026-08-11T11:46:00+00:00 newest demo-scraping-api-136 · started 2026-09-10T11:40:00+00:00 · finished 2026-09-10T11:46:00+00:00100%97%94%
p50 latency · 30Dseconds
30 stored run(s) oldest demo-scraping-api-060 · started 2026-08-11T11:40:00+00:00 · finished 2026-08-11T11:46:00+00:00 newest demo-scraping-api-136 · started 2026-09-10T11:40:00+00:00 · finished 2026-09-10T11:46:00+00:003.0s1.5s0.0s30 stored run(s) oldest demo-scraping-api-060 · started 2026-08-11T11:40:00+00:00 · finished 2026-08-11T11:46:00+00:00 newest demo-scraping-api-136 · started 2026-09-10T11:40:00+00:00 · finished 2026-09-10T11:46:00+00:003.0s1.5s0.0s

Region and workload labels describe the sample scenario. JS-heavy applies the canonical JS penalty. Unspecified capabilities have no winner.

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