Zyte
Web data providers software
Data extraction tools
Proxy network software
Confidentiality software
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- Ease of use
- Ease of management
- Quality of support
- Affordability
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What is Zyte
Zyte is a web data extraction platform that provides tools and APIs to collect, render, and structure data from websites at scale. It is used by data engineering, analytics, and product teams for use cases such as market intelligence, price monitoring, and content aggregation. The product combines managed crawling/extraction services with proxy and anti-bot handling to reduce the operational work of maintaining scrapers.
End-to-end extraction workflow
Zyte covers multiple steps of web data collection, including crawling, JavaScript rendering, extraction, and delivery via APIs. This reduces the need to assemble separate components for fetching, parsing, and infrastructure management. For teams building repeatable pipelines, the integrated approach can simplify operations and monitoring compared with using only a proxy layer or only a parsing library.
Managed anti-bot handling
The platform is designed to handle common web scraping obstacles such as rate limits, IP blocks, and dynamic pages. Zyte’s managed services can reduce the frequency of scraper breakage and the time spent tuning request patterns. This is particularly relevant for organizations that need consistent data refreshes across many sites.
Developer-oriented integration options
Zyte provides API-based access and tooling intended for programmatic integration into data pipelines. This supports automation, scheduling, and downstream processing in common data engineering workflows. Teams can integrate Zyte outputs into internal databases, BI environments, or data products without relying on manual exports.
Cost scales with usage
As with most managed extraction and proxy-backed services, pricing typically increases with request volume, rendering needs, and success-rate requirements. High-frequency crawling or large site coverage can become expensive compared with self-managed infrastructure. Budget predictability may require careful quota management and monitoring.
Less control than self-hosted
Managed extraction abstracts away parts of the crawling stack, which can limit fine-grained control over browser behavior, custom retry logic, or site-specific optimizations. Some edge cases still require custom code or supplemental tooling. Organizations with highly specialized scraping requirements may find the abstraction constraining.
Compliance and policy considerations
Using proxy networks and automated extraction introduces legal, contractual, and ethical considerations that vary by jurisdiction and target site terms. Zyte provides tooling, but customers remain responsible for ensuring compliant data collection and appropriate use. Internal governance processes may be needed before deploying at scale.
Plan & Pricing
Zyte API (usage-based)
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (with optional monthly commitment tiers that provide volume discounts) Free tier/trial: $5 free credit for new signups (30 days). No permanent free tier for Zyte API itself. Example costs (per 1,000 successful responses):
- HTTP response body (PAYG): From $0.13 to $1.27 per 1,000 successful responses.
- HTTP response body ($100 commitment): From $0.10 to $0.95 per 1,000.
- HTTP response body ($200 commitment): From $0.08 to $0.76 per 1,000.
- HTTP response body ($500 commitment): From $0.06 to $0.61 per 1,000.
- Browser-rendered requests (PAYG): From $1.01 to $16.08 per 1,000 (browser prices follow the same commitment discounts). Additional/ancillary costs: screenshots ($0.002 each), automatic extraction ($0.0004–$0.0016 per data type), certain network/residential traffic costs, and action/CPU-based costs depend on consumption. Discount options: Volume discounts tied to monthly commitment. Example volume-discount table for Standard plans: $100 → 25%; $200 → 40%; $350 → 48%; $500 → 52%.
Scrapy Cloud (tiered/unit pricing)
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free (low-resource unit on signup) | Free (included on signup) | Low-resource unit: jobs retained for 7 days, jobs run up to 1 hour. |
| Unit (paid) | $9 per unit / month | Paid unit replaces low-resource unit; job data retained up to 120 days; unlimited job runtime; scheduling and Docker; students may get 1 unit free. |
Notes: Zyte’s public pricing pages emphasise per-website tiering (5 site tiers) and that the exact per-request price depends on the website and request type; Zyte provides a cost estimator/calculator and lets you enter a website to see per-site pricing. Enterprise plans and higher-volume commitments offer custom pricing and SLAs.
Seller details
Zyte Group Limited
Dublin, Ireland
2010
Private
https://www.zyte.com/
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