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Cost to scrape a site behind Akamai at 10K, 100K, and 1M
Scraping 100,000 pages behind Akamai costs from $119.00 a month on HasData (JavaScript rendering, datacenter proxy, Basic plan), which charges 10 credits a page. The dearest published rate costs $999.60 on WebScraping.AI (stealth proxy).
HasData checked Oct 12, 2026; each vendor's own page is linked with its rate.
- 10,000 a month
- $7.50Bright Data Web Unlocker and Web Scraper API, Web Unlocker Pay as you go
- 100,000 a month
- $119.00HasData, JavaScript rendering, datacenter proxy, Basic
- 1,000,000 a month
- $830.00HasData, JavaScript rendering, datacenter proxy, Growth 10M
How hard to scrape: Very hard, with rate limits, CAPTCHAs, bot fingerprinting, IP reputation checks, pages built by JavaScript and TLS fingerprinting in the way; JavaScript rendering needed.
Target access and billing context
Access
Easy means no protection is recorded; moderate, rate limits or fingerprinting without CAPTCHAs; hard, CAPTCHAs and IP checks that usually call for residential proxies; very hard, all of that plus measures such as TLS fingerprinting, a login wall in front of most data or honeypot links.
Protections in the way
Terms
No terms URL is recorded for this target.
What you scrape moves the bill more than who you buy from. A target that forces JavaScript rendering or a residential exit multiplies the meter before any plan is chosen.
What each API charges for a site behind Akamai
6 APIs publish a rate for a site behind Akamai. Each figure is the cheapest of that API's current plans for the volume, from its own page.
| API | 10,000 a month | 100,000 a month | 1,000,000 a month | Costs | What you get | Choose a location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HasData, JavaScript rendering, datacenter proxychecked Oct 12, 2026 | $59.00Startup | $119.00Basic | $830.00Growth 10M | 10 credits a page | HTML or parsed fields | Country | source |
| Bright Data Web Unlocker and Web Scraper APIchecked Oct 12, 2026 | $7.50Web Unlocker Pay as you go | $142.50Web Unlocker Pay as you go | $1,100.20Web Unlocker Scale $999 | $0.0015 a page | HTML or parsed fields | Country | source |
| ScraperAPI, Akamai Bypasschecked Oct 12, 2026 | $49.00Hobby | $149.00Startup | $975.00Professional | 10 credits a page | HTML or parsed fields | Country | source |
| Scrape.do, residential proxies and headless browserchecked Oct 12, 2026 | $29.00Hobby | $249.00Business | by quote | 25 credits a page | not stated | Country | source |
| WebScraping.AI, stealth proxychecked Oct 12, 2026 | $99.00Plus | $999.60Pay as you go | $9,999.60Pay as you go | 50 credits a page | HTML or parsed fields | Country | source |
| ScrapingAnt, headless browser and residential proxychecked Oct 12, 2026 | $249.00Business | no published plan covers it | no published plan covers it | 125 credits a page | HTML or parsed fields | Country | source |
How to tell a site uses Akamai
Akamai Bot Manager detects bots at Akamai's edge servers, in front of the site, and blocks, slows or challenges the ones the site does not want while letting good bots through. Akamai's own page, read Oct 11, 2026.
| Look for | What it is | Source |
|---|---|---|
bm_sv cookie | Used by Akamai Bot Manager to tell requests from people and from bots apart. | source |
_abck, bm_sz cookie | Listed among the cookies Akamai's own website sets; Akamai's documentation does not say what they do. | source |
an injected script script | Bot Manager adds a script to the site's pages for its behaviour checks; Akamai does not publish its address. | source |
What a blocked request gets back: Akamai's default deny response is a 403, and a site can put a challenge such as a CAPTCHA in front of a suspected bot instead.source
Whether a blocked request still costs credits depends on the API: most bill only successful requests, and each one's own rule for a 403, a 429 and a 5xx is quoted in the answer linked below.
Every way to get the data from a site behind Akamai
No API documents an endpoint built for a site behind Akamai; each one reaches it through its general scraping endpoint, at the rates above.
Official API: Akamai is a protection a site switches on, not a content platform; any official API belongs to the protected site.
Terms: There is no single terms document for sites behind Akamai; each protected site's operator sets its own content terms and access policy.
What the bill depends on
Getting past Akamai is bought as a mode, not as a separate product: a stealth or premium proxy, JavaScript rendering, or a named bypass, each with its own credits per request. The table prices the mode each API’s own pages name for Akamai. Most of these APIs bill only requests that come back with the page, so a failed attempt costs time rather than credits, but check the vendor’s rule before a large run.
Not in the table
Scrapfly sells a bypass for this protection, but its price is a floor rather than a rate: “The Unblocker starts at 30+ credits per request, scaling with target complexity” (Scrapfly, read Oct 11, 2026). ZenRows’ guide to Akamai uses its adaptive stealth mode, which bills whichever configuration succeeds, so it has no fixed Akamai price to list (ZenRows, read Oct 11, 2026).
Evidence to check before buying
- A mode that gets past Akamai on one site can fail on another, because each site sets its own rules; run a few hundred requests against your own target before you choose a plan.
- A price for getting past a protection is not permission to scrape the site behind it; the site’s own terms still apply.