# ScraperAPI alternative Read JavaScript pages, paid per page. Use ScrapeGraphAI, Firecrawl, Olostep, JoinMassive and Notte from one TaskFuel balance. Compare the Markdown each returns and what it costs. ScrapeGraphAI, Firecrawl, Olostep, JoinMassive and Notte were each tested once on the same JavaScript page. Provider in the worked example: ScrapeGraphAI. Price shown for this route: 0.5¢ per page. ## Compare ScraperAPI alternatives. TaskFuel provides five scraping providers, listed below. A direct ScraperAPI plan is included for context. We publish this comparison and sell access through TaskFuel. Scraping providers, billing and trade-offs. Prices as of 3 November 2026. | Option | Price and billing | Strength | Good to know | Available through TaskFuel | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ScraperAPI (Direct provider account) | From $49 / month. Monthly plan with API credits. Hobby: 100,000 API credits a month and 20 concurrent threads. Startup is $149 for 1,000,000 credits. | JavaScript rendering, premium proxies, CAPTCHA and anti-bot handling and JSON parsing on every plan. | Cheaper per page at volume: $49 buys 100,000 API credits. Geotargeting is US and EU only on the two lowest plans. | No | | ScrapeGraphAI (Scrape) | $0.005 / page. Per request from your TaskFuel balance. One public URL as Markdown. | A page as Markdown with absolute links, at the lowest price here. | Markdown only, with no stealth option on this tool. | Yes | | Firecrawl (Scrape) | $0.0126 / page. Per request from your TaskFuel balance. One public URL, Markdown with absolute links. | Markdown with absolute links, so an agent need not rebuild URLs. | Output settings are chosen by the tool, not by you. | Yes | | Olostep (Scrape) | $0.01 / page. Per request from your TaskFuel balance. One public URL as Markdown. | A page as Markdown from one public URL. | Links come back relative, so an agent rebuilds the full URLs. | Yes | | JoinMassive (Browser page read) | $0.0125 / page. Per request from your TaskFuel balance. One rendered page as Markdown. | JavaScript rendering with anti-bot handling and speed tiers. | Links come back relative. We did not test its anti-bot handling. | Yes | | Notte (Page scrape) | $0.01 / page. Per request from your TaskFuel balance. One page as Markdown, no session to manage. | A page as Markdown from one call. | Links come back relative. | Yes | - [ScraperAPI: provider reference](https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing/). Checked 2026-11-03. - [ScrapeGraphAI: provider reference](https://docs.scrapegraphai.com). Checked 2026-11-03. - [Firecrawl: provider reference](https://docs.firecrawl.dev). Checked 2026-11-03. - [Olostep: provider reference](https://docs.olostep.com). Checked 2026-11-03. - [JoinMassive: provider reference](https://docs.joinmassive.com). Checked 2026-11-03. - [Notte: provider reference](https://docs.notte.cc). Checked 2026-11-03. ## What it can do ### Scrape with ScrapeGraphAI ScrapeGraphAI turns one public URL into Markdown. Our test returned all 10 quotes with absolute links. Price: $0.005 / page. ### Scrape with Firecrawl Firecrawl returns one public URL as Markdown with absolute links. Our test returned the same 10 quotes. Price: $0.0126 / page. ### Scrape with Olostep Olostep returns one public URL as Markdown. Our test returned the same 10 quotes. Price: $0.01 / page. ### Read a rendered page A rendered page from JoinMassive. Our test returned the same 10 quotes. Price: $0.0125 / page. ## A real example Tested on 2026-11-03 through ScrapeGraphAI. We read quotes.toscrape.com/js, a practice page whose list appears only after JavaScript runs, like many shop and listing pages. ScrapeGraphAI returned the rendered page as Markdown with all 10 quotes, their authors and tags. Your agent asked: Read the JavaScript quotes page as Markdown Returned in this test: - Quotes returned: 10, with authors and tags - First quote: “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking.” by Albert Einstein - Links: Absolute URLs - Four more providers: All returned the same 10 quotes Charged in this test: $0.005. One public JavaScript page, read once by five providers. ## Try the API request Use your TaskFuel API key as TASKFUEL_API_KEY in your terminal or server. Keep it out of browser code. ### 1. Check the price This request checks the price without paying. These are the exact inputs of the first read, with ScrapeGraphAI. ```sh curl --fail-with-body https://app.taskfuel.ai/v1/call \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TASKFUEL_API_KEY" \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data-binary @- <<'TASKFUEL_REQUEST' { "url": "https://mpp.orthogonal.com/scrapegraphai/api/scrape", "method": "POST", "body": { "url": "https://quotes.toscrape.com/js/", "formats": [ { "type": "markdown" } ] }, "dryRun": true } TASKFUEL_REQUEST ``` ### 2. Run the request Review amount_usd in the quote. To pay and run, change dryRun to false and add maxAmountUsd with that approved amount inside the same JSON object. Keep the inputs unchanged; this limit applies to one call. ### 3. Read the result Read the returned Markdown for the page text and links. We requested the Markdown format only. [Setup and API reference](https://taskfuel.ai/docs/) · [Job polling and timeout recovery](https://app.taskfuel.ai/using.md) ## Connect your agent Read the [setup guide](https://taskfuel.ai/docs/setup/) and choose the connection your agent supports. Use one TaskFuel account and prepaid balance. Inspect the provider and request quote before a paid call, then review the returned response and recorded charge. ## When to use it ### Read the list a plain fetch misses. All five providers returned the page’s 10 quotes with authors and tags, as Markdown an agent can read. ### Links come back in two styles. Firecrawl and ScrapeGraphAI returned absolute URLs. JoinMassive, Olostep and Notte returned relative links, so an agent has to rebuild the full URLs. ### Pay per page from one balance. Each read is one call paid from a TaskFuel balance, from 0.5¢ to 1.26¢ in our tests. ## Questions ### Do I need a ScraperAPI account? No. Your agent pays from your TaskFuel balance, so there is nothing else to sign up for. ### What does a page read cost? Our ScrapeGraphAI read cost $0.005 on 3 November 2026. ScraperAPI’s Hobby plan is $49 a month for 100,000 API credits, as published that day. Your agent shows the price for your own request before it pays. ### Is this cheaper than ScraperAPI? Not at volume. ScraperAPI’s Hobby plan works out to about $0.0005 per credit, against $0.005 for a ScrapeGraphAI read here. TaskFuel suits occasional reads from one balance, with no monthly plan. ### Does it get past anti-bot protection? ScraperAPI lists CAPTCHA and anti-bot handling on every plan. On TaskFuel, JoinMassive says it handles anti-bot checks. We read only an open practice page and exercised neither. ## Related tool guides - [Compare Firecrawl alternatives for extracting pages](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/firecrawl-alternative/) - [Compare Browserbase alternatives for pages that need JavaScript](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/browserbase-alternative/) - [Read a complete single-page extraction example](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/extract-webpage/) ## Reference - [Read this guide on the website](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/scraperapi-alternative/). - [Browse providers and capabilities](https://taskfuel.ai/catalog/). - [Pricing](https://taskfuel.ai/pricing/). - [Agent instructions](https://taskfuel.ai/llms.txt).