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anti-bot
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zenrows
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vendor
string
scenario
string
pricing_model
string
plan_usd_month
float64
included_units
int64
unit_cost_usd
float64
js_render_multiplier
int64
premium_proxy_multiplier
int64
base_credits_per_page
int64
credits_per_attempt_js_premium
int64
credits_per_attempt_raw
int64
block_rate_pct
float64
attempts_per_clean_page
float64
cost_per_1k_clean_usd
float64
cost_per_100k_clean_usd
float64
notes
string
source_url
string
observed_at
timestamp[s]
ZenRows
measured
credits
49
250,000
0.000196
5
10
1
50
1
1.5
1.0152
9.9492
994.92
Credit-based: JS render x5, premium proxy x10, retry amplification 1.015x
https://www.zenrows.com/pricing
2026-10-19T00:00:00
ZenRows
hard_target_plus8pp
credits
49
250,000
0.000196
5
10
1
50
1
9.5
1.105
10.8287
1,082.87
Credit-based: JS render x5, premium proxy x10, retry amplification 1.105x; hard-target stress adds 8pp block
https://www.zenrows.com/pricing
2026-10-19T00:00:00
ScrapingBee
measured
credits
49
150,000
0.000327
5
10
1
50
1
2.2
1.0225
16.7178
1,671.78
Credit-based: JS render x5, premium proxy x10, retry amplification 1.022x
https://www.scrapingbee.com/pricing/
2026-10-19T00:00:00
ScrapingBee
hard_target_plus8pp
credits
49
150,000
0.000327
5
10
1
50
1
10.2
1.1136
18.2071
1,820.71
Credit-based: JS render x5, premium proxy x10, retry amplification 1.114x; hard-target stress adds 8pp block
https://www.scrapingbee.com/pricing/
2026-10-19T00:00:00
ScraperAPI
measured
credits
49
100,000
0.00049
5
10
1
50
1
3.5
1.0363
25.3886
2,538.86
Credit-based: JS render x5, premium proxy x10, retry amplification 1.036x
https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing/
2026-10-19T00:00:00
ScraperAPI
hard_target_plus8pp
credits
49
100,000
0.00049
5
10
1
50
1
11.5
1.1299
27.6836
2,768.36
Credit-based: JS render x5, premium proxy x10, retry amplification 1.130x; hard-target stress adds 8pp block
https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing/
2026-10-19T00:00:00
Crawlbase
measured
credits
29
20,000
0.00145
5
1
1
5
1
4.8
1.0504
7.6155
761.55
Credit-based: JS render x5, premium proxy x1, retry amplification 1.050x
https://crawlbase.com/pricing
2026-10-19T00:00:00
Crawlbase
hard_target_plus8pp
credits
29
20,000
0.00145
5
1
1
5
1
12.8
1.1468
8.3142
831.42
Credit-based: JS render x5, premium proxy x1, retry amplification 1.147x; hard-target stress adds 8pp block
https://crawlbase.com/pricing
2026-10-19T00:00:00
Bright Data
measured
requests
499
332,667
0.0015
1
1
1
1
1
0.5
1.005
1.5075
150.75
Per-request billing; managed unblocker already includes JS + premium egress
https://brightdata.com/pricing/web-unlocker
2026-10-19T00:00:00
Bright Data
hard_target_plus8pp
requests
499
332,667
0.0015
1
1
1
1
1
8.5
1.0929
1.6393
163.93
Per-request billing; managed unblocker already includes JS + premium egress
https://brightdata.com/pricing/web-unlocker
2026-10-19T00:00:00
Smartproxy (Decodo) Residential
measured
bandwidth
350
100
3.5
1
1
1
0
0
15
1.1765
0.7238
72.38
Bandwidth-billed at 180 KB/page; failed and challenge pages bill the same bytes
https://decodo.com/proxies/residential-proxies/pricing
2026-10-19T00:00:00
Smartproxy (Decodo) Residential
hard_target_plus8pp
bandwidth
350
100
3.5
1
1
1
0
0
23
1.2987
0.799
79.9
Bandwidth-billed at 180 KB/page; failed and challenge pages bill the same bytes
https://decodo.com/proxies/residential-proxies/pricing
2026-10-19T00:00:00
Self-Hosted Playwright (4 vCPU VPS)
measured
infra
24
1
0.0004
1
1
1
0
0
15
1.1765
0.4706
47.06
Own VPS at $24/mo modelled at 60,000 rendered pages/mo ($0.0004/page) before retries
https://github.com/600me/check-proxy-tax
2026-10-19T00:00:00
Self-Hosted Playwright (4 vCPU VPS)
hard_target_plus8pp
infra
24
1
0.0004
1
1
1
0
0
23
1.2987
0.5195
51.95
Own VPS at $24/mo modelled at 60,000 rendered pages/mo ($0.0004/page) before retries
https://github.com/600me/check-proxy-tax
2026-10-19T00:00:00

Web Scraping & Anti-Bot API True TCO Benchmark (2026)

Managed scraping APIs quote credits per request. Your pipeline is paid in clean pages. This dataset converts credit multipliers, JS rendering surcharges and the retry amplification caused by blocked attempts into one comparable number: USD per 1,000 clean pages.

Files

File Rows Description
data/scraping_api_tco_2026.csv 14 One row per vendor/pricing model
data/scraping_api_tco_2026.jsonl 14 Same records as newline-delimited JSON

Schema

Column Type Meaning
vendor string ScraperAPI, ZenRows, ScrapingBee, Crawlbase, Bright Data, Smartproxy residential, self-hosted Playwright
scenario string measured or hard_target_plus8pp stress case
pricing_model string credits, requests or bandwidth
plan_usd_month float Entry plan used for unit economics
included_units int Credits / requests / GB in that plan
unit_cost_usd float USD per credit, request or GB
js_render_multiplier int Credit multiplier for JS rendering
premium_proxy_multiplier int Credit multiplier for premium/residential egress
credits_per_attempt_js_premium int Credits burned per hard-page attempt
block_rate_pct float Share of attempts that return a challenge/403
attempts_per_clean_page float 1 / (1 - block_rate)
cost_per_1k_clean_usd float Comparable metric
cost_per_100k_clean_usd float Scale check

Method 

attempts_per_clean_page = 1 / (1 - block_rate)
credits_cost            = unit_cost * credits_per_attempt * attempts_per_clean_page
bandwidth_cost          = price_per_gb * 0.180MB/1024 * attempts_per_clean_page
self_hosted_cost        = monthly_vps / monthly_page_capacity * attempts_per_clean_page

Block rates are the published benchmark's measured success rates (success = 100 - block) for the same target set; the hard-target 15% block rate applies to raw residential bandwidth and self-hosted Playwright, where no managed unblocker sits in front of the request.

Summary table

Vendor Scenario Credits/attempt (JS+premium) Block % $/1k clean $/100k clean
ZenRows measured 50 1.5% $9.95 $995
ZenRows hard_target_plus8pp 50 9.5% $10.83 $1083
ScrapingBee measured 50 2.2% $16.72 $1672
ScrapingBee hard_target_plus8pp 50 10.2% $18.21 $1821
ScraperAPI measured 50 3.5% $25.39 $2539
ScraperAPI hard_target_plus8pp 50 11.5% $27.68 $2768
Crawlbase measured 5 4.8% $7.62 $762
Crawlbase hard_target_plus8pp 5 12.8% $8.31 $831
Bright Data measured 1 0.5% $1.51 $151
Bright Data hard_target_plus8pp 1 8.5% $1.64 $164
Smartproxy (Decodo) Residential measured 0 15.0% $0.72 $72
Smartproxy (Decodo) Residential hard_target_plus8pp 0 23.0% $0.80 $80
Self-Hosted Playwright (4 vCPU VPS) measured 0 15.0% $0.47 $47
Self-Hosted Playwright (4 vCPU VPS) hard_target_plus8pp 0 23.0% $0.52 $52

Note the ordering inversion: the vendor with the lowest credit burn is not the vendor with the lowest cost per clean page once retries are priced.

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Transparency & FTC affiliate disclosure

This dataset is published by the independent cost-research project at mybskm.top. Some outbound vendor links are affiliate links: if you open one and later buy, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Commissions never change the measured numbers, the formula, or which vendor wins a scenario, and the free open-source baseline is included on purpose because it pays us nothing. Every price is a vendor-published list rate captured on the observed_at date; prices, trials, KYC rules and refund terms change without notice. Nothing here is a quote, a guarantee of eligibility, tax or legal advice, or a promise of results. Verify current pricing and terms with the vendor before purchasing.
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