Comparison

ZenRows vs ScraperAPI

ZenRows and ScraperAPI both land on Depends.

ZenRows

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if your dev team scrapes protected sites at volume . users praise the anti-bot handling, scalability, and support.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're a developer running recurring scrapes and want proxies, browsers, and CAPTCHAs handled for you.

ZenRows versus ScraperAPI
Compare	ZenRows	ScraperAPI
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Dev teams scraping anti-bot-protected sites	Developer teams scraping at recurring volume
Who it's not for	Non-technical teams . it's an API/SDK, code required	Non-technical users . it's an API, not a no-code tool
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; vendor publishes GDPR, DPA, and information security policy pages.^⁷	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; no public security page, and one Cloudflare misuse controversy.
Support quality	G2 reviewers praise support; 24/7 claimed	Trustpilot complaints about misleading communication
Public sentiment	Reviews are strongly positive on a small base . users praise scalability, support, and anti-bot handling . with cost the recurring complaint.	Ratings land at 4.3/5 on G2 and 8.0/10 on GetApp with ease-of-use praise, but some Trustpilot reviewers call the company's communication misleading.¹¹
Biggest gotcha	Usage-based billing: price per GB plus $0.09 per session hour . bills are hard to predict^⁵	Credit cost varies by request type; effective spend often exceeds list price¹⁶