API alternatives
Honest, tested comparisons against the tools you already know. One key, one wallet, priced in dollars, 403 APIs behind it.
Best ScrapingBee alternative with no monthly credits (2026)
ScrapingBee is the cheapest raw-HTML API at steady volume, but credits expire monthly and a request costs 1 to 75 of them. A flat $0.70 per 1,000 pages instead.
Kevin WangSep 11, 2026
Best ScraperAPI alternative for one price per page (2026)
ScraperAPI charges 1 credit for a page, 10 to render it, 25 for Google, and 30 for LinkedIn, on a plan that resets monthly. One flat price per call instead.
Kevin WangSep 11, 2026
Best Firecrawl alternative for pay-per-page scraping (2026)
Firecrawl is the best way to crawl a site into LLM-ready markdown. Fetching pages one at a time? Paying per request is $0.70 per 1,000, no plan. 2026 prices.
Kevin WangSep 11, 2026
Best Bright Data alternative for scraping many APIs (2026)
Bright Data is built for enterprise-scale collection. If you only want JSON from a few sources, a pay-per-request API is simpler and cheaper, with 2026 prices.
Kevin WangJun 28, 2026
Best RapidAPI alternative for multi-source API access (2026)
RapidAPI is a monthly subscription per API, now owned by Nokia. Using several APIs? Pay per request instead: one wallet, nothing to cancel, a real $44 bill.
Kevin WangJun 27, 2026
Best Apify alternative for multi-source API scraping (2026)
Apify is great if you run your own scrapers. If you just want the data back, a pay-per-request API costs less and is easier to budget. 2026 prices inside.
Kevin WangJun 27, 2026