5.0/5
G2 rating
18 reviews
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Should I Use ZenRows?
Web scraping API and data infrastructure for AI agents, apps, and data teams
Depends
DependsBuy if your dev team scrapes protected sites at volume — users praise the anti-bot handling, scalability, and support.
Solid developer scraping API; wrong tool for non-technical teams or one-off jobs.
Confidence: Medium
$16/mo
Starting price
free tier, credit-based
Yes
Free tier
14-day trial, 1,000 URLs
$1.1M
Funding
single seed round
Value for money
3
Cheap entry, but cost is the top cited drawback
Ease of use
4
Users say it simplified workflows; SDKs, CLI, n8n
Feature depth
4
API, scraping browser, anti-bot bypass, batch extraction
Support quality
4
G2 reviewers praise support; 24/7 claimed
Security posture
4
GDPR, DPA, security policy published; no known CVEs
Pros
Cons
Gotchas
- mediumUsage-based billing: price per GB plus $0.09 per session hour — bills are hard to predict⁵
- mediumTheir security system may temporarily ban you on suspected abuse⁶
- mediumCredit-based pricing escalates: ~1M requests runs $99/month
- lowSignup requires a company email — a stated dealbreaker for one reviewer³
Best for
- Dev teams scraping anti-bot-protected sites
- AI agent and LLM data pipelines
- Startups and growth teams
- Data engineers at small/mid-size companies
Not for
- Non-technical teams — it's an API/SDK, code required
- Anyone needing a one-off or tiny scrape job — overkill; use free tools
- Teams wanting fixed monthly bills — usage-based pricing
- No-code users wanting point-and-click scrapers
Pricing
Starter
$16/mo
- Credit-based
- Lowest paid tier
Growth tiers
from $69/mo
- 4 paid plans total
- Scaling request volumes
High volume
$99/mo
- ~1M API requests
Usage add-ons
variable
- GB-based pricing plus $0.09/session hour
Security
No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
What users say
Reviews are strongly positive on a small base — users praise scalability, support, and anti-bot handling — with cost the recurring complaint.
“Super website scrapper!”
“The thing that clicked for me: ZenRows handles all the complex anti-bot prot”
“ZenRows simplified our web scraping workflow significan”
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ZenRows vs ScraperAPIFull analysis
Based on 20+ public sources; independent review volume is low (18 G2, 2 Trustpilot), and no named customer companies appeared in the evidence.
Sources
review
- ZenRows Capterra reviews and pricingcapterra.comreview
- Trustpilot — zenrows.com reviewstrustpilot.comreview
- ZenRows official pricing pagezenrows.comofficial
- ZenRows pricing docs — usage formuladocs.zenrows.comofficial
- ZenRows FAQ — bans and limitsdocs.zenrows.comofficial
- ZenRows GDPR pagezenrows.comofficial
- Scrapeway benchmark of ZenRowsscrapeway.comreview
- TrustRadius ZenRows pricingtrustradius.comreview
- SoftwareAdvice ZenRows reviewsoftwareadvice.comreview
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