Oxylabs is an enterprise data platform with a massive proxy network. WebScraping.AI gives developers the same core scraping — proxies, JS rendering, AI extraction — with transparent per-request pricing, no KYC, and a $29 entry point.
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| WebScraping.AI | Oxylabs | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $29/mo (250k credits) | $49/mo (Web Scraper API, ~98k results) |
| Pricing model | Fixed credits per request (published) | Per-result (varies by target) + per-GB proxies |
| Signup | Self-serve, no KYC | Self-serve core; KYC for advanced residential/ISP |
| JS (Chromium) rendering | 5 credits | Yes (+ per-1k render fee) |
| Proxy network | Datacenter, residential, stealth | Residential, datacenter, ISP, mobile (175M+ IPs) |
| AI extraction | Yes (/ai/question, /ai/fields) |
Yes (AI Studio) |
| MCP server for AI agents | Yes | Yes |
| Compliance certs (SOC 2 / ISO) | — | Yes (SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001) |
Pricing and credit costs last checked July 2026. Sources: Oxylabs pricing · WebScraping.AI pricing.
No tool is right for everyone. Oxylabs is a capable product, and these are the areas where it genuinely shines — worth weighing before you switch.
The most common reasons teams evaluate a switch.
Oxylabs' Web Scraper API starts around $49/mo, and the best per-result rates need volume. WebScraping.AI starts at $29/mo with published per-request pricing.
Oxylabs' per-1,000 rate varies by target site, with separate JS-render and media fees, so your real cost depends on which sites you hit. WebScraping.AI publishes one fixed credit cost per request type, the same on any site.
Advanced residential and ISP access requires KYC and business verification. WebScraping.AI needs no KYC for any usage — sign up and scrape in minutes with 2,000 free credits.
Multiple proxy types, several API products, and AI Studio are a lot of surface area when you just need an API. WebScraping.AI is one endpoint with an SDK in your language.
Every request type has a fixed, published credit cost — no surprises, and you only pay for successful requests.
Plans from $29/mo (250k credits) · $99/mo (1M) · $249/mo (3M). Failed requests are always free. See full pricing.
Oxylabs is built for large data teams: a huge proxy pool, formal compliance, dedicated account managers, and volume pricing. That's exactly right if you're procuring web data at scale — and heavier than you need if you just want to call an API.
WebScraping.AI gives you the same core capabilities — datacenter, residential, and stealth proxies, JS rendering, and AI extraction — as one self-serve endpoint from $29/mo, with no KYC and no sales process.
Oxylabs prices per successful result, but the rate varies by target and adds render and media fees on top, so two jobs of the same size can cost differently depending on the sites involved.
WebScraping.AI uses one published table: 1 credit for a datacenter request, 5 with JS, 10–25 for residential, 50 for stealth, +5 for AI extraction — the same on any site. You can estimate a month's bill from your request count alone.
Point your requests at WebScraping.AI — here's the equivalent call in your language.
curl -G "https://api.webscraping.ai/text" \
--data-urlencode "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "url=https://example.com/article" \
--data-urlencode "text_format=plain"
# Response: clean page text, fetched through rotating proxies.
# pip install webscraping_ai
# https://pypi.org/project/webscraping-ai/
from webscraping_ai import Client
client = Client(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
text = client.text("https://example.com/article", text_format="plain")
print(text)
# Response: clean page text, fetched through rotating proxies.
// npm install webscraping-ai
// https://www.npmjs.com/package/webscraping-ai
import { WebScrapingAI } from 'webscraping-ai';
const client = new WebScrapingAI({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' });
const text = await client.text({
url: 'https://example.com/article',
text_format: 'plain',
});
console.log(text);
// Response: clean page text, fetched through rotating proxies.
<?php
// composer require webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-php
// https://packagist.org/packages/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use WebScrapingAI\Client;
$client = new Client('YOUR_API_KEY');
$text = $client->text('https://example.com/article', textFormat: 'plain');
echo is_string($text) ? $text : print_r($text, true);
// Response: clean page text, fetched through rotating proxies.
# gem install webscraping_ai
# https://rubygems.org/gems/webscraping_ai
require 'webscraping_ai'
client = WebScrapingAI::Client.new(api_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY')
text = client.text('https://example.com/article', text_format: 'plain')
puts text.inspect
# Response: clean page text, fetched through rotating proxies.
// go get github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4
// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4
package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
webscrapingai "github.com/webscraping-ai/webscraping-ai-go/v4"
)
func main() {
client, _ := webscrapingai.NewClient(&webscrapingai.Config{APIKey: "YOUR_API_KEY"})
text, _ := client.Text(context.Background(), &webscrapingai.TextOptions{
URL: "https://example.com/article",
TextFormat: "plain",
})
fmt.Println(text)
}
// Response: clean page text, fetched through rotating proxies.
// Maven: ai.webscraping:webscraping-ai:4.0.0
// https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/ai.webscraping/webscraping-ai
import ai.webscraping.Client;
import ai.webscraping.Config;
import ai.webscraping.option.TextOptions;
Client client = new Client(Config.builder().apiKey("YOUR_API_KEY").build());
String text = client.text(TextOptions.builder()
.url("https://example.com/article")
.textFormat("plain")
.build());
System.out.println(text);
// Response: clean page text, fetched through rotating proxies.
// dotnet add package WebScrapingAI
// https://www.nuget.org/packages/WebScrapingAI
using WebScrapingAI;
var client = new WebScrapingAIClient(new WebScrapingAIClientOptions { ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY" });
var text = await client.TextAsync(new TextRequest {
Url = "https://example.com/article",
TextFormat = "plain",
});
Console.WriteLine(text);
// Response: clean page text, fetched through rotating proxies.
Is WebScraping.AI a good Oxylabs alternative?
It is for developers and small-to-mid teams who want a self-serve scraping API with transparent per-request pricing, AI extraction, and an MCP server — without KYC. Oxylabs is the better fit for enterprise-scale proxy needs, formal compliance, and dedicated account management.
How is WebScraping.AI's pricing different from Oxylabs'?
WebScraping.AI publishes one fixed credit cost per request type (1 datacenter, 5 with JS, 10–25 residential, 50 stealth, +5 AI) from $29/mo. Oxylabs prices per successful result at a rate that varies by target, with separate JS-render and media fees, starting around $49/mo.
Do I need KYC to use WebScraping.AI?
No. WebScraping.AI is fully self-serve with no KYC for any usage. Oxylabs' core products are self-serve too, but advanced residential and ISP access requires KYC and business verification.
Does WebScraping.AI have as many proxies as Oxylabs?
WebScraping.AI offers datacenter, residential, and stealth proxies with geotargeting. Oxylabs' network is larger (175M+ residential IPs) and also includes ISP and mobile, so for the very hardest targets at massive scale its pool is broader.
Does WebScraping.AI support AI agents and MCP?
Yes — it ships an MCP server and CLI alongside /ai/question and /ai/fields. Oxylabs also offers an MCP server and its AI Studio suite, so both fit agent workflows.
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