0.5¢ per page

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.

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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.
OptionPrice & billingChoose it forGood to knowAvailable through TaskFuel
ScraperAPIDirect provider accountProvider referenceFrom $49 / monthMonthly plan with API creditsHobby: 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
ScrapeGraphAIScrape$0.005 / pagePer request from your TaskFuel balanceOne 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
FirecrawlScrape$0.0126 / pagePer request from your TaskFuel balanceOne 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
OlostepScrape$0.01 / pagePer request from your TaskFuel balanceOne public URL as Markdown.A page as Markdown from one public URL.Links come back relative, so an agent rebuilds the full URLs.Yes
JoinMassiveBrowser page read$0.0125 / pagePer request from your TaskFuel balanceOne 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
NottePage scrape$0.01 / pagePer request from your TaskFuel balanceOne page as Markdown, no session to manage.A page as Markdown from one call.Links come back relative.Yes

ScraperAPI alternative: what your agent gets.

ScrapeGraphAI, Firecrawl, Olostep, JoinMassive and Notte were each tested once on the same JavaScript page.

  • Scrape with ScrapeGraphAI

    ScrapeGraphAI turns one public URL into Markdown. Our test returned all 10 quotes with absolute links.

    $0.005 / page
  • Scrape with Firecrawl

    Firecrawl returns one public URL as Markdown with absolute links. Our test returned the same 10 quotes.

    $0.0126 / page
  • Scrape with Olostep

    Olostep returns one public URL as Markdown. Our test returned the same 10 quotes.

    $0.01 / page
  • Read a rendered page

    A rendered page from JoinMassive. Our test returned the same 10 quotes.

    $0.0125 / page

JavaScript page read, tested.

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.

TaskFuel test run ·

Charged $0.005

Your agent asked

Read the JavaScript quotes page as Markdown
Data from
ScrapeGraphAI

What came back

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

One public JavaScript page, read once by five providers.

Try it in your next task.

Sign in to TaskFuel and connect your existing agent. Ask it to read a JavaScript page and show the price before it makes the paid call.

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Name the task

Tell your agent what the output needs to contain.

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See the price

Your agent shows the provider and price before spending.

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Review the response

Check the output against your task. The call reports its cost and remaining balance.

When to use it.

Pages that load with JavaScript

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.

Choosing an output

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.

Occasional scraping

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.

Good 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.

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