ZenRows and WebScraping.AI share the same credit model — proxies, JS rendering, anti-bot. WebScraping.AI starts lower ($29 vs $69.99), ships 7 official SDKs, and adds AI Q&A and field extraction on any page.
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| WebScraping.AI | ZenRows | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | $29/mo (250k credits) | $69.99/mo (Developer) |
| Credit multipliers | 1 / 5 / 10 / 25 | 1 / 5 / 10 / 25 (same model) |
| JS + residential (hard sites) | 25 credits | 25 credits |
| AI extraction | Yes (/ai/question, /ai/fields) |
Yes (Autoparse) |
| MCP server for AI agents | Yes | Yes |
| Official SDKs | 7 (Python, JS, Ruby, PHP, Go, Java, C#) | 3 (Python, Node, Go) |
| Concurrency | 10–50 (by plan) | 20–400 (by plan) |
| Bills only successful requests | Yes | Yes |
Pricing and credit costs last checked July 2026. Sources: ZenRows pricing · WebScraping.AI pricing.
No tool is right for everyone. ZenRows is a capable product, and these are the areas where it genuinely shines — worth weighing before you switch.
The most common reasons teams evaluate a switch.
ZenRows' Developer plan starts at $69.99/mo; WebScraping.AI starts at $29/mo with an identical credit model — the same 1 / 5 / 10 / 25 multipliers.
The ×25 multiplier for JS plus premium proxies applies to most protected sites — the same math on both tools. That makes the lower per-credit price and entry point matter more.
ZenRows ships Python, Node, and Go. WebScraping.AI maintains 7 official SDKs (Python, JS/TS, Ruby, PHP, Go, Java, C#), plus an MCP server, CLI, and n8n node.
Every request type has a fixed, published credit cost — no surprises, and you only pay for successful requests.
Plans from $29/mo (250k credits) · $99/mo (1M) · $249/mo (3M). Failed requests are always free. See full pricing.
ZenRows and WebScraping.AI work almost identically: a credit-based API with proxy rotation, JS rendering, and anti-bot handling, and both bill only for successful requests. The multipliers even match — 1 for a basic request, 5 with JS, 10 for premium/residential proxies, 25 for both.
The difference is where you start: ZenRows' entry plan is $69.99/mo and WebScraping.AI's is $29/mo. With the same multiplier math, the lower per-credit price flows straight through to a lower effective cost per page.
ZenRows genuinely leads on anti-bot tuning and concurrency — if you need hundreds of parallel requests against protected sites, that's a real strength.
WebScraping.AI's edge is language coverage and AI: 7 official SDKs versus ZenRows' three, an MCP server and CLI, and /ai/question and /ai/fields to answer questions or extract structured data from any page.
Point your requests at WebScraping.AI — here's the equivalent call in your language.
curl -G "https://api.webscraping.ai/ai/question" \
--data-urlencode "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "url=https://news.ycombinator.com" \
--data-urlencode "question=What are the titles of the top 3 stories?"
# Response:
# "1. ... 2. ... 3. ..."
# pip install webscraping_ai
# https://pypi.org/project/webscraping-ai/
from webscraping_ai import Client
client = Client(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
answer = client.question(
"https://news.ycombinator.com",
question="What are the titles of the top 3 stories?",
)
print(answer)
# Response:
# "1. ... 2. ... 3. ..."
// npm install webscraping-ai
// https://www.npmjs.com/package/webscraping-ai
import { WebScrapingAI } from 'webscraping-ai';
const client = new WebScrapingAI({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' });
const answer = await client.question({
url: 'https://news.ycombinator.com',
question: 'What are the titles of the top 3 stories?',
});
console.log(answer);
// Response:
// "1. ... 2. ... 3. ..."
<?php
// composer require webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-php
// https://packagist.org/packages/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use WebScrapingAI\Client;
$client = new Client('YOUR_API_KEY');
$answer = $client->question(
'https://news.ycombinator.com',
'What are the titles of the top 3 stories?',
);
echo $answer;
// Response:
// "1. ... 2. ... 3. ..."
# gem install webscraping_ai
# https://rubygems.org/gems/webscraping_ai
require 'webscraping_ai'
client = WebScrapingAI::Client.new(api_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY')
answer = client.question(
'https://news.ycombinator.com',
question: 'What are the titles of the top 3 stories?'
)
puts answer
# Response:
# "1. ... 2. ... 3. ..."
// go get github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4
// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4
package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
webscrapingai "github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4"
)
func main() {
client, _ := webscrapingai.NewClient(&webscrapingai.Config{APIKey: "YOUR_API_KEY"})
answer, _ := client.Question(context.Background(), &webscrapingai.QuestionOptions{
URL: "https://news.ycombinator.com",
Question: "What are the titles of the top 3 stories?",
})
fmt.Println(answer)
}
// Response:
// "1. ... 2. ... 3. ..."
// Maven: ai.webscraping:webscraping-ai:4.0.0
// https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/ai.webscraping/webscraping-ai
import ai.webscraping.Client;
import ai.webscraping.Config;
import ai.webscraping.option.QuestionOptions;
Client client = new Client(Config.builder().apiKey("YOUR_API_KEY").build());
String answer = client.question(QuestionOptions.builder()
.url("https://news.ycombinator.com")
.question("What are the titles of the top 3 stories?")
.build());
System.out.println(answer);
// Response:
// "1. ... 2. ... 3. ..."
// dotnet add package WebScrapingAI
// https://www.nuget.org/packages/WebScrapingAI
using WebScrapingAI;
var client = new WebScrapingAIClient(new WebScrapingAIClientOptions { ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY" });
var answer = await client.QuestionAsync(new QuestionRequest {
Url = "https://news.ycombinator.com",
Question = "What are the titles of the top 3 stories?",
});
Console.WriteLine(answer);
// Response:
// "1. ... 2. ... 3. ..."
Is WebScraping.AI a good ZenRows alternative?
Yes. It uses the same credit model — proxies, JS rendering, anti-bot, and success-only billing — at a lower entry price ($29 vs $69.99), with 7 official SDKs and AI Q&A and field extraction on any page.
How does WebScraping.AI pricing compare to ZenRows?
Both use the same multipliers (1 basic, 5 with JS, 10 premium/residential, 25 for both). WebScraping.AI's entry plan is $29/mo for 250k credits versus ZenRows' $69.99/mo, so the same request costs less per credit.
Does WebScraping.AI bypass anti-bot systems like ZenRows?
Yes — requests can route through residential (10–25 credits) or stealth (50 credits) proxies for protected sites. ZenRows has a strong anti-bot reputation and higher concurrency ceilings, so for very large parallel workloads it's worth weighing.
How many SDKs does WebScraping.AI have versus ZenRows?
WebScraping.AI maintains 7 official SDKs (Python, JS/TS, Ruby, PHP, Go, Java, C#) plus an MCP server, CLI, and n8n node. ZenRows ships Python, Node, and Go.
Does WebScraping.AI support AI agents and MCP?
Yes — an MCP server and CLI, plus /ai/question and /ai/fields. ZenRows also offers an MCP server and Autoparse, so both fit agent workflows.
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