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Choose Zyte when a managed scraping API with a $100 monthly commit is the job — not Bright Data enterprise proxy commits by default.

Last updated 2026-08-18Independent editorial review
  • Starting price

    $100.00/user/month

  • Free plan

    No

  • Free trial

    Yes

  • Best for

    Teams that knew Scrapinghub and need the Zyte API extraction path

SoftwareGlimpse review

7.4/10

Good

  • ease of use8
  • it job fit8
  • workflow depth8
  • integrations8
  • admin security7
  • scalability7
How we score →

See Zyte in action

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Prompt to Production Scraper for any website

What this shows

  • Zyte Claude plugin generating a Scrapy project from a URL
  • Path to deploy scrapers to Scrapy Cloud

Pricing

Verified 2026-08-18 from zyte.com/pricing (high confidence). Zyte API PAYG; monthly commitments from $100. $5 free trial credit. Formerly Scrapinghub — same vendor, new brand. Affiliate economics excluded.Full pricing details →
  • Monthly commitment

    Most popular

    $100.00

    per month, billed monthly

    $100/mo commitment floor for Zyte API — PAYG also exists. $5 free trial credit.

  • Pay-as-you-go

    Custom

    Contact sales

    Zyte API PAYG — usage meters without the $100 monthly commit. Confirm live rates.

  • Enterprise

    Custom

    Contact sales

    Higher commits, SLAs, and support — contact sales.

Product screenshots

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How Zyte works

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Zyte API overview visual

SoftwareGlimpse teaching visual for Zyte API (original-diagram).

Decision snapshot

Entity field audit 94/100

Zyte (formerly Scrapinghub) is a managed web-data collection platform — Zyte API for crawling/extraction rather than a raw residential-proxy GB pack as the primary shape. Pay-as-you-go plus monthly commitments from $100. $5 free trial credit. Same web-data-collection cluster as Bright Data. Bright Data remains the award (7.7); this entity does not outrank it. Distinct from IPRoyal’s $1.75/GB residential floor and from Apify’s Actor compute path.

Best for

  • Teams that knew Scrapinghub and need the Zyte API extraction path
  • Buyers who want a published $100 monthly commit versus Bright Data ~$499
  • Projects that will spend the $5 trial credit before scaling
  • small-business / engineering: Zyte fit for small-business engineering teams in the web-data-collection job cluster, from first-party positioning and IT Tier-B + ITSM SMB research.

Not ideal for

  • Enterprises that require Bright Data / Oxylabs proxy-estate compliance packaging
  • Budget residential GB buyers (IPRoyal / ThorData)
  • Hosting or ITSM purchases
  • Formerly Scrapinghub — same vendor; do not treat as two products

Key tradeoffs

  • Formerly Scrapinghub — same vendor; do not treat as two products
  • Does not outrank Bright Data (7.7)
  • $100 monthly commit is not unlimited extraction; PAYG meters still apply
  • API/extraction shape — not a Bright Data-style enterprise proxy estate as the primary identity

Pricing: 3 documented plans · entry paid: Monthly commitment · trial documented on at least one plan

Evidence: Research/data-based (no completed hands-on test) · Latest verification/research signal: 2026-08-18T22:00:00.000Z · Editorial assessment: approved

Incomplete entity fields (not invented): canonical_vendor

Next step: Compare against peers: Zyte vs Bright Data

Our verdict

Choose Zyte when a managed scraping API with a $100 monthly commit is the job — not Bright Data enterprise proxy commits by default. Compare Bright Data or Oxylabs for enterprise proxy estates; ScraperAPI for API-credit scraping; Apify for Actor compute; IPRoyal for cheap residential GB. Scores reflect first-party documentation as of 2026-08-18 — not hands-on product testing. Confirm current packaging, host/GB rates and minimums on the vendor site before purchase.

Best for

  • Teams that knew Scrapinghub and need the Zyte API extraction path
  • Buyers who want a published $100 monthly commit versus Bright Data ~$499
  • Projects that will spend the $5 trial credit before scaling

Not ideal for

  • Enterprises that require Bright Data / Oxylabs proxy-estate compliance packaging
  • Budget residential GB buyers (IPRoyal / ThorData)
  • Hosting or ITSM purchases

Bottom line

Zyte API PAYG. Monthly commitments from $100. $5 free trial credit. Confirm live on zyte.com/pricing.

Zyte pros and cons

Pros

  • Published $100 monthly commit floor
  • $5 free trial credit
  • Scrapinghub / Scrapy heritage
  • Managed extraction API identity
  • Clear cluster fit vs proxy-only packs

Cons

  • Does not outrank Bright Data
  • Rebrand naming confusion
  • Thinner enterprise proxy catalogue
  • Usage still meters TCO
  • Not Actor-platform depth (Apify)

Pricing comparison

Full comparison →
 Zyte(this review)Bright DataScraperAPIOxylabsApify
Starting price$100.00/user/month$499.00/user/month$49.00/user/month$30.00/user/month$29.00/user/month
Free planNoNoYesNoYes
Free trialYesNoYesYesNo

Use cases for Zyte

Zyte may not be the best fit if…

  • · Enterprises that require Bright Data / Oxylabs proxy-estate compliance packaging
  • · Budget residential GB buyers (IPRoyal / ThorData)
  • · Hosting or ITSM purchases

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