Zyte Review
Zyte comes from the people who wrote Scrapy, and it shows: smart per-target ban handling, real compliance credentials, and a route to managed data if you would rather not build.
Review last updated 2026-08-20 · How we rate providers
Scorecard
Pros
- Built by the team behind Scrapy, the standard open-source scraping framework
- Automatic ban handling that picks the cheapest strategy that works per target
- Strong legal and compliance posture, with published guidance on lawful collection
- ISO 27001 certified and GDPR native
- Managed data services available when you would rather buy the dataset than build it
Cons
- Pricing varies by target difficulty, so forecasting is harder
- More enterprise-oriented than the self-serve competitors
- Dashboard is dense
- Support is business hours unless you are on a larger plan
Privacy, jurisdiction & audits
Who the company answers to legally, what it keeps, and whether anyone independent has checked.
| Legal jurisdiction | Ireland outside 5/9/14 EyesIrish company operating under GDPR; formerly Scrapinghub, the team behind the Scrapy framework. |
|---|---|
| Logging policy | Not a privacy service; operational logs by design |
| Independent audits | BSI, 2024 ISO 27001 information security certification |
| Anonymous payment | Card / PayPal only |
| How IPs are sourced | Aggregated residential and datacenter supply with a published compliance and legal framework. |
Zyte plans & pricing
Advertised rates as of August 20, 2026. VPN promo rates normally require the prepaid term shown and renew at the higher rate; proxy pricing falls with volume. Confirm on Zyte's own site before buying.
| Plan | Price | Min spend | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zyte API (pay as you go)Scraping APIs | $0.45/1k requestsusage based, no minimum | Free | Cost varies with the anti-bot difficulty of the target |
| Zyte API (committed)Scraping APIs | $0.30/1k requestsmonthly commitment | $450 | |
| Residential proxiesResidential Proxies | $5/GBmonthly | $50 |
Features
Our Zyte review
Zyte, formerly Scrapinghub, has been in this business since 2010 and maintains Scrapy, the open-source framework a large share of the industry builds on. That heritage buys credibility that marketing cannot.
The Zyte API is unusual in how it prices: rather than charging a flat rate, it works out the cheapest method that succeeds against a given target, from a plain datacenter request up to a full browser with residential IPs, and bills accordingly. Easy targets cost very little, hard ones cost more, and you are not paying browser prices for static HTML.
Compliance is a genuine differentiator. Zyte publishes guidance on lawful data collection, is ISO 27001 certified, operates under GDPR from Ireland, and its legal position on public-data scraping is more carefully argued than any competitor's. For a company whose legal team is nervous, this is the vendor that answers their questions.
Beyond the API there is a managed data service: describe what you need and Zyte delivers the dataset, which suits organizations that want the output without owning the pipeline.
Variable pricing cuts both ways. It is efficient but harder to budget, and the dashboard assumes some familiarity with the domain.
Recommended for teams that need to defend their data collection to someone, and for anyone already living in Scrapy.
Notable facts
- Maintains Scrapy, the most widely used open-source scraping framework
- Zyte API prices per request based on the target's difficulty
- ISO 27001 certified and based in Ireland under GDPR
At a glance
| Founded | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Ballincollig, Ireland |
| Service types | Scraping APIs, Residential Proxies |
| IP pool | 40M addresses |
| Country coverage | 100 |
| Proxy protocols | HTTP(S) |
| Rotation | Automatic, with per-target strategy selection by the platform |
| Starting price | $5/GB |
| Free trial | 14 days |
| Free tier | No |
| Support | email, tickets, slack, account manager on larger plans |
Frequently asked questions
Why does Zyte pricing vary per request?
It selects the cheapest technique that succeeds for each target, so a simple page costs a fraction of a heavily defended one. Efficient, but harder to forecast than flat pricing.
Do I need to use Scrapy?
No. Zyte API works from any HTTP client, though the Scrapy integration is the most polished path.
Is scraping legal?
It depends on the data, the jurisdiction and the terms of the site. Zyte publishes more careful guidance on this than any other vendor here, but none of it substitutes for your own legal advice.
Bottom line
Zyte comes from the people who wrote Scrapy, and it shows: smart per-target ban handling, real compliance credentials, and a route to managed data if you would rather not build.
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