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13 APIs are cheaper than Expand AI for 100,000 JavaScript pages a month: ScrapeBadger costs $49.00, $51.00 a month less than Expand AI's $100.00.

Prices read on each vendor's own pricing page; dates on every row. How we check prices

The lowest bills for 100,000 JavaScript pages a month

The whole job priced the way each vendor sells it.

  1. ScrapeBadger $49.00 a month saves $51.00 a month · Starter plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check ScrapeBadger's pricing
  2. FlyByAPIs AI Web Scraper $49.99 a month saves $50.01 a month · Ultra plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check FlyByAPIs AI Web Scraper's pricing
  3. ScrapingDog $90.00 a month saves $10.00 a month · Standard plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check ScrapingDog's pricing
  4. Scrape.do $99.00 a month saves $1.00 a month · Pro plan · checked Oct 17, 2026 Check Scrape.do's pricing
  5. Olostep $99.00 a month saves $1.00 a month · You lose: no published price for protected sites · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check Olostep's pricing

Cheapest for plain HTML, no JavaScript

Priced for 100,000 pages a month: static pages, where rendering is wasted money. Expand AI: $100.00 a month for the same job.

  1. FlyByAPIs AI Web Scraper $0.15 per 1,000 pages $14.99 a month for this job · saves $85.01 a month · Pro plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check FlyByAPIs AI Web Scraper's pricing
  2. BrowserCloud $0.19 per 1,000 pages $19.00 a month for this job · saves $81.00 a month · You lose: does not say whether it bills failed requests, no published price for protected sites · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check BrowserCloud's pricing
  3. ScrapeOps $0.19 per 1,000 pages $19.00 a month for this job · saves $81.00 a month · You lose: no published price for protected sites · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check ScrapeOps's pricing
  4. ScrapingAnt $0.19 per 1,000 pages $19.00 a month for this job · saves $81.00 a month · Enthusiast plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check ScrapingAnt's pricing
  5. Scrape.do $0.29 per 1,000 pages $29.00 a month for this job · saves $71.00 a month · Hobby plan · checked Oct 17, 2026 Check Scrape.do's pricing

Cheapest on sites that block bots

Priced for 100,000 JavaScript, protected-site pages a month, through each vendor's cheapest published mode for protected sites, named on the row. Expand AI: $100.00 a month for the same job.

  1. Context.dev $0.99 per 1,000 pages $99.00 a month for this job · saves $1.00 a month · via premium proxies · Pro plan · checked Oct 23, 2026 Check Context.dev's pricing
  2. ScrapeBadger $1.29 per 1,000 pages $129.00 a month for this job · $29.00 more a month · via premium proxies · Growth plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check ScrapeBadger's pricing
  3. ScrapingDog $2.00 per 1,000 pages $200.00 a month for this job · $100.00 more a month · via premium proxies · Pro plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check ScrapingDog's pricing
  4. Decodo Web Scraping API $2.49 per 1,000 pages $249.00 a month for this job · $149.00 more a month · via premium proxies · $249 plan · checked Oct 19, 2026 Check Decodo Web Scraping API's pricing
  5. HasData $2.49 per 1,000 pages $249.00 a month for this job · $149.00 more a month · via residential proxies · Growth plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check HasData's pricing

Bills only successful requests

At 5% failures, a vendor that bills errors charges for pages you never get.

  1. ScrapeBadger $49.00 a month saves $51.00 a month · Starter plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check ScrapeBadger's pricing
  2. FlyByAPIs AI Web Scraper $49.99 a month saves $50.01 a month · Ultra plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check FlyByAPIs AI Web Scraper's pricing
  3. ScrapingDog $90.00 a month saves $10.00 a month · Standard plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check ScrapingDog's pricing
  4. Scrape.do $99.00 a month saves $1.00 a month · Pro plan · checked Oct 17, 2026 Check Scrape.do's pricing
  5. Olostep $99.00 a month saves $1.00 a month · You lose: no published price for protected sites · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check Olostep's pricing

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Who should stay with Expand AI

Stay when your volume is uneven or your targets block bots: every successful page is one credit at $1 per 1,000 whatever it took to render or unblock, failed, blocked and empty requests are free, and credits bought in a quiet month are still there in a busy one. Stay too if your agents use the Markdown and cited Highlights as they come back, since a switch means rebuilding that step. (Expand AI pricing, checked Oct 22, 2026.)

What a switch must replace

At a steady volume a monthly plan that includes its pages can cost less than $1 per 1,000, so compare the bill for your month, not the rate. Expand AI raises concurrency with spend and account age, from 2 requests at once to 100 after $1,000 and 60 days, or $1 a browser a month to have it sooner; a plan that publishes its concurrency up front may suit a large job that has to start now. A switch away must replace crawling, the change feed and document conversions if you use them. (Expand AI pricing, checked Oct 22, 2026.)