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19 APIs are cheaper than String for 100,000 JavaScript pages a month: ScrapeBadger costs $49.00, $121.00 a month less than String's $170.00.

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 $121.00 a month · Starter plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check ScrapeBadger's pricing
  2. FlyByAPIs AI Web Scraper $49.99 a month saves $120.01 a month · Ultra plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check FlyByAPIs AI Web Scraper's pricing
  3. ScrapingDog $90.00 a month saves $80.00 a month · Standard plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check ScrapingDog's pricing
  4. Scrape.do $99.00 a month saves $71.00 a month · Pro plan · checked Oct 17, 2026 Check Scrape.do's pricing
  5. Olostep $99.00 a month saves $71.00 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. String: $50.00 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 $35.01 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 $31.00 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 $31.00 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 $31.00 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 $21.00 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. String: $500.00 a month for the same job.

  1. Context.dev $0.99 per 1,000 pages $99.00 a month for this job · saves $401.00 a month · via premium proxies · Pro plan · checked Oct 23, 2026 Check Context.dev's pricing
  2. Expand AI $1.00 per 1,000 pages $100.00 a month for this job · saves $400.00 a month · via premium proxies · Pay as you go · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check Expand AI's pricing
  3. ScrapeBadger $1.29 per 1,000 pages $129.00 a month for this job · saves $371.00 a month · via premium proxies · Growth plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check ScrapeBadger's pricing
  4. ScrapingDog $2.00 per 1,000 pages $200.00 a month for this job · saves $300.00 a month · via premium proxies · Pro plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check ScrapingDog's pricing
  5. Decodo Web Scraping API $2.49 per 1,000 pages $249.00 a month for this job · saves $251.00 a month · via premium proxies · $249 plan · checked Oct 19, 2026 Check Decodo Web Scraping API'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 $121.00 a month · Starter plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check ScrapeBadger's pricing
  2. FlyByAPIs AI Web Scraper $49.99 a month saves $120.01 a month · Ultra plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check FlyByAPIs AI Web Scraper's pricing
  3. ScrapingDog $90.00 a month saves $80.00 a month · Standard plan · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check ScrapingDog's pricing
  4. Scrape.do $99.00 a month saves $71.00 a month · Pro plan · checked Oct 17, 2026 Check Scrape.do's pricing
  5. Olostep $99.00 a month saves $71.00 a month · You lose: no published price for protected sites · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check Olostep's pricing

Pay as you go, no plan to outgrow

Nothing unused at the end of the month, and no cliff at a plan boundary.

  1. Expand AI $100.00 at this volume saves $70.00 a month · Pay as you go · checked Oct 24, 2026 Check Expand AI's pricing

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Who should stay with String

Stay when your sites mix plain, JavaScript and protected pages and you want String to pick the route for each: you pay the plain-fetch rate where it works and the browser or premium-proxy rate only where a site needs it, and a blocked request costs nothing. Stay too if one key for fetching, search and a remote browser saves you a second vendor. (String pricing and billing docs, checked Oct 22, 2026.)

What a switch must replace

String’s $20 or $100 fee buys no requests, so at a few thousand pages a month most of the bill is the fee, and a plan that includes its requests is often cheaper there. At volume, compare at the mix of routes your sites actually take, since String’s rate for a page runs from $0.30 to $6.00 per 1,000 on Starter by the route it picks. A switch must also replace search and remote-browser sessions if you use them, and String bills a site’s 404 as a returned page. (String billing docs, checked Oct 22, 2026.)