Comparison · Scraping APIs and proxies
Zyte, the company behind the open-source Scrapy framework, offers Zyte API for unblocking and automatic extraction, Scrapy Cloud for hosting and scheduling crawlers, and Zyte Data for managed data delivery. Import.io offers a self-service extraction platform, managed web data delivery and a pricing intelligence application. Both offer self-service and managed approaches.
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| Dimension | Import.io self-service | Zyte self-service |
|---|---|---|
| Offering | Import.io platform on the Standard, Professional or Advanced plan (self-service) | Zyte API, optionally with Scrapy Cloud |
| Build | Point-and-click or AI-assisted extractors with schema detection, configured by your team | Your team writes the spider or application; automatic extraction covers supported data types |
| Scheduling and delivery | Hourly to monthly schedules. CSV, JSON and webhook on all plans; S3 and SFTP on Professional and above. API: rate-limited on Standard, full API and webhooks on Professional and above | Scrapy Cloud adds hosted scheduling and monitoring; using Zyte API alone, your application handles it |
| Site changes | Run reporting flags failed and empty runs; your team updates the extractor. A managed engagement transfers this work | Your team maintains spider logic; automatic extraction reduces selector work for supported types |
| QA | Per-run success, failure and empty-row reporting; acceptance checks configured by your team | Data acceptance checks are yours to define |
| Reliability | Platform availability and run reporting. End-to-end reliability depends on how your team configures and monitors the workflow | API availability is separate from your end-to-end pipeline reliability |
| Cost | From $199 a month on a 12-month term billed monthly ($249 month-to-month): 50,000 successful queries, then $7 per 1,000. Professional $399 (200,000), Advanced $699 (500,000). Blocked and failed requests are not billed | Usage-based API pricing, plus Scrapy Cloud where used |
| Governance | GDPR and CCPA processing terms, PII detection and removal, audit logs. You approve sources, purposes and downstream use | Attribute compliance statements to Zyte’s published sources and confirm scope |
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| Dimension | Import.io managed | Zyte managed |
|---|---|---|
| Offering | Import.io Managed Services, scoped per agreement | Zyte Data, scoped per proposal |
| Build | Import.io engineers build each source against a written schema contract and acceptance tests you approve | Zyte builds the extraction for the agreed sources |
| Scheduling and delivery | Agreed cadence to S3, GCS, Azure Blob, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, SFTP or API, with a manifest on every delivery; backfills per agreement | Managed delivery; confirm cadence, format and destinations |
| Site changes | Detected on the next run by QA against the baseline. AI proposes a fix, an engineer verifies it. Repair and escalation times are set in the agreement | Monitoring is described; confirm repair responsibilities and times |
| QA | Automated checks against source HTML and the contracted schema, plus human review. Deliveries that fail are held, not shipped, as defined in the agreement | Monitoring and QA are described; confirm the validations included |
| Reliability | SLAs on coverage, freshness, correctness and response, with fees at risk, as defined in the agreement | Enterprise SLAs advertised for the managed service; agree metrics, exclusions and remedies |
| Cost | Per source maintained, with fixed onboarding, on an annual agreement billed monthly. Scope changes are quoted | Managed service fee per proposal |
| Governance | Named controls, data processing agreement and audit trail. You retain approval of sources and permitted use | Confirm named controls and data handling terms |
Zyte API is usage-based, with Scrapy Cloud and Zyte Data priced separately. Import.io self-service is query-based with published plans and overages; managed is priced per source maintained. Compare in four clearly scoped columns: Import.io self-service, Zyte API with any hosting, Import.io managed, and Zyte Data.
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Zyte API combines access handling, browser rendering and extraction. Its automatic extraction documentation covers supported types such as products, articles and jobs. Teams already using spiders should evaluate how much existing code and operational knowledge they can retain. [2]
Zyte also markets a fully managed pipeline: building, running and maintaining extraction. It describes quality dimensions and enterprise SLAs. Compare managed proposals directly; do not imply that choosing Zyte always means operating everything yourself. [3]
An availability promise is different from an agreement about complete, fresh records. Define acceptance samples, incident escalation and reprocessing responsibilities. Request the applicable data processing terms and document your own approval of sources and permitted use. [3]
Zyte API pricing varies by target tier, HTTP versus browser-rendered response and commitment. Use representative targets and rendering needs when estimating. Managed delivery is a separate scope and should be costed against the same outcome. [1]
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Research updated: . The linked primary sources support the updated discussion below. Import.io publishes this comparison; it is not an independent review. Compare the operating model and plan you would actually buy. Public documentation changes, and a listed feature is not a guarantee for every source or agreement.
This comparison is published by Import.io. It evaluates the named products and service models using the primary sources linked below, checked on 25 September 2026. Features, limits and prices vary by plan and agreement. Fit depends on your sources, required output and the operational work your team wants to retain.
A provider’s product page shows what it advertises; it does not prove achieved uptime, accuracy or coverage. The source check recorded for this edition is 25 September 2026. Confirm current plans and terms with each provider before buying. Spot something out of date? Tell us.
Answers about the products and service models compared above.
Yes. Its data service describes operated extraction. Compare the scope and commitments in a proposal, not only the API subscription.
Yes, automatic extraction supports documented data types. Test your required fields and target sites rather than assuming all schemas behave identically.
The pricing model distinguishes HTTP and browser-rendered responses. Measure the response mode your sources actually require.
Not automatically. Compare migration work and existing operational expertise with the work a new platform or managed scope would remove.
Use the same source set, schema, refresh window and recovery test. Count accepted records and operating effort, not just successful HTTP calls.
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