What are the best alternatives to Oxylabs Web Unblocker for scraping?

Alternatives to Oxylabs Web Unblocker that charge per request instead of per GB include Bright Data’s Web Unlocker API ($1.50 per 1,000 requests on pay as you go), Zyte API (priced per 1,000 successful responses in five site tiers) and ScrapeUnblocker (€0.55 to €1.00 per 1,000 requests, browser rendering included). Credit-based APIs such as ScraperAPI, ScrapingBee and Zenrows are a third option: each request costs a number of credits that depends on the rendering and proxy type it uses. The best choice depends on your page sizes, the configuration your target sites need and the features your pipeline uses.

How is Oxylabs Web Unblocker priced?

Oxylabs Web Unblocker is priced per GB of traffic. Its pricing page lists Micro at $75 a month for 8 GB ($9.40 per GB), Starter at $325 for 38 GB ($8.60 per GB) and Advanced at $660 for 88 GB ($7.50 per GB), with Enterprise-tab plans down to $5 per GB (Corporate, $3,500 for 700 GB). On 24 September 2026 the page also advertised 40% off for six months with a coupon code. According to Oxylabs’ FAQ, only successfully extracted data is charged, and both upstream and downstream traffic count. The same FAQ says JavaScript rendering is requested with the X-Oxylabs-Render header and that Web Unblocker returns raw HTML only, not parsed results.

Which alternatives charge per request or per credit?

ScrapeUnblocker publishes this page; every competitor figure comes from that provider’s own pages, in its own currency.

Provider	Billing unit	Entry price	Notes from its own pages
Bright Data Web Unlocker API	Per 1,000 requests	$1.50 per 1,000 pay as you go; Scale from $499 a month	5,000 free credits a month; Markdown or screenshot output
Zyte API	Per 1,000 successful responses, five site tiers	Pay as you go: $0.13 to $1.27 (HTTP), $1.01 to $16.08 (browser rendered)	$5 free credit; screenshots $0.002 each
ScrapeUnblocker	1 request = 1 credit	€1.00 per 1,000 pay as you go; Starter €29 for 34,000	Rendering always on; parsed_data=true JSON; 500 free requests
ScraperAPI	Credits	Hobby $49 for 100,000 credits	render=true 10 credits; ultra premium with rendering 75
ScrapingBee	Credits	Hobby $19 for 75,000 credits	5 credits with JavaScript (default); 75 with stealth proxy
Zenrows	Credits	Build B1 $19 for 45,000 credits	5 credits JavaScript, 10 premium proxies, 25 both

How do you compare a per-GB price with a per-request price?

You compare them by converting the per-GB price with your own page sizes, because the units differ. Price per 1,000 pages equals the average GB transferred per page, times 1,000, times the price per GB. Oxylabs says both upstream and downstream traffic count, so measure the full transfer on a sample of your own target pages with the settings you would use in production. A per-request price stays the same whatever the page size. The larger your pages, the more a per-GB price adds up next to a per-request price; the smaller your pages, the less. Then compare the cost per good page, not the headline rate.

What does Oxylabs Web Unblocker offer that some alternatives do not?

Oxylabs Web Unblocker works as a proxy endpoint, so according to its product page, existing proxy-based code can switch by changing the entry node. It lists country, city and coordinate-level targeting, PNG output through the render header, custom browser instructions for clicks, inputs and scrolls, and a free trial with no credit card required. ScrapeUnblocker is called as an HTTP API instead. It returns structured JSON with parsed_data=true, runs clicks and typing through steps, and does not offer screenshots. Pick the features your pipeline needs first, then test cost per good page on your own URLs. ScrapeUnblocker’s 500 free requests are on the pricing page.

Sources

• Oxylabs Web Unblocker pricing and product page with FAQ, viewed 24 September 2026
• Bright Data Web Unlocker pricing and documentation, viewed 24 September 2026
• Zyte API pricing and Zyte API pricing documentation, viewed 24 September 2026
• ScraperAPI pricing and credit costs, viewed 24 September 2026
• ScrapingBee pricing and documentation, viewed 24 September 2026
• Zenrows pricing documentation, viewed 24 September 2026
• ScrapeUnblocker pricing and documentation

Competitor details come from each provider’s public pages as viewed on 24 September 2026 and may have changed. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners; ScrapeUnblocker is not affiliated with them.