2024
Founded
Per PitchBook
Report
Should I Use Olostep?
Search, scrape, crawl, structure, and monitor the web with one API.
Depends
DependsBuy if you're a developer building AI agents, RAG, or enrichment pipelines and want cheap web data infrastructure.
Cheap, capable scraping API for AI builders (from $9/mo), but young company and a reported botnet tie demand security due diligence.
Confidence: Medium
$9/month
Starting price
Starter plan, per Capterra
Yes
Free tier
~500 requests to start
10,000 URLs
Batch size
Single batch call, per WebScraping.cc
Value for money
4
From $9/mo; no bandwidth or proxy charges
Ease of use
4
Reviewers cite straightforward implementation for developers
Feature depth
4
Search, scrape, crawl, monitor, PDF/DOCX parsing, browser automation
Security posture
2
SOC 2 claimed; Mellowtel botnet link reported; no security page
Pros
Cons
Gotchas
- highSecureAnnex reported connections between Mellowtel and Olostep; ask the vendor directly during procurement⁵
- mediumThe '60% cheaper' claim is vendor-published — benchmark against your own volume before committing⁴
- mediumSOC 2 and HTTPS claims appear only in FAQ; no dedicated security page to verify controls
- mediumTwo-year-old company: expect API and pricing changes; confirm data export paths before deep integration⁷
Best for
- AI agent and MCP developers
- Lead enrichment pipelines
- RAG and research data feeds
- Price monitoring at scale
Not for
- Non-technical teams wanting no-code scraping
- One-off small extraction jobs — use a spreadsheet or manual tool
- Buyers requiring mature vendor security programs and public security pages
- Teams needing enterprise support SLAs from an established vendor
Pricing
Starter
$9/month
- Entry-level scraping and search usage
- Free tier of ~500 requests to evaluate first
Custom
Not disclosed
- Volume-based pricing discussed with sales
Security
SOC 2 compliance and HTTPS encryption claimed in FAQ, but no security page exists and security researchers reported Mellowtel botnet connections.
- Mellowtel botnet association reportedSecureAnnex found connections between Mellowtel and Olostep in reporting on browser extensions hijacked for web scraping botnets. The vendor's role is unclear — request clarification before buying.⁵
What users say
Early users praise speed and cost-effectiveness, but the independent review base is small and recent.
“Searching google, individual websites and scraping their content. Fast and cost-effective.”
“Olostep's batch endpoint - 10,000 URLs in one call”
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Based on ~25 public sources. Few independent reviews exist; much coverage is vendor-published content. Verify the Mellowtel report with the vendor before procurement.
Sources
- Olostep Review (2026) | WebScraping.ccwebscraping.ccreview
- Olostep Reviews — SourceForgesourceforge.netreview
- Olostep Pricing — Capterracapterra.comreview
- Cost effectiveness — Olostep Docsdocs.olostep.comofficial
security
- Olostep Security pageolostep.comsecurity
- Olostep Company Profile — PitchBookpitchbook.comofficial
- Olostep × Gumloop Case Studyolostep.comofficial
- Olostep × Podqi Case Studyolostep.comofficial
- Olostep MCP — Reddit r/mcpreddit.comreview
- Olostep Alternatives — ClawEngineclawengine.aireview
- Best Olostep Alternatives for AI Web Scrapingscrapegraphai.comreview
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