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Guides
Playwright proxy configuration/guides/playwright-proxyFixing 403 errors when scraping/guides/scraping-403Handling 429 rate limits/guides/scraping-429Python rotating proxies/guides/python-rotating-proxyMCP web scraping setup/guides/mcp-web-scraping
Use cases
Best API for Playwright/use-cases/playwrightWeb access for AI agents/use-cases/ai-agent
Providers
Bright Data/providers/bright-dataZenRows/providers/zenrowsOxylabs/providers/oxylabsApify/providers/apifyDecodo/providers/decodoScraperAPI/providers/scraperapi
Comparisons
Bright Data vs Oxylabs/compare/bright-data-vs-oxylabsZenRows vs ScraperAPI/compare/zenrows-vs-scraperapiBright Data + Playwright vs ZenRows + Playwright/compare/bright-data-vs-zenrows?workload=playwright
Benchmarks
Browser API benchmark · 30D/benchmarks/browser-apiScraping API benchmark · 30D/benchmarks/scraping-api
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Independent benchmarks for Web Data infrastructure.

Success rate, latency, and cost per successful request. Compare scraping APIs, proxies, browser APIs, and SERP APIs on the same workload, with a transparent methodology.

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1,284
Requests / run
28
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Scraping API · 7 daysDemo data
Sample tested 14 min ago· n = 1,284· Tokyo
ProviderSuccessp50 latencyCost / 1k ok7d
BBright Data98.4%1.42s$2.85
OOxylabs97.8%1.31s$2.51
ZZenRows96.9%1.80s$1.70
DDecodo96.2%1.56s$1.46
AApify95.7%2.10s$1.25
SScraperAPI94.8%2.35s$1.00
Demo dataLast tested Sep 10, 2026 11:46 UTCn = 1,284 / runTokyo28 runs shown
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Benchmark history

Sample tested 14 min ago· n = 1,284· Tokyo· fixed demo clockMethodology →
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28 stored run(s) oldest demo-scraping-api-083 · started 2026-09-03T11:40:00+00:00 · finished 2026-09-03T11:46:00+00:00 newest demo-scraping-api-136 · started 2026-09-10T11:40:00+00:00 · finished 2026-09-10T11:46:00+00:00100%98%96%94%92%28 stored run(s) oldest demo-scraping-api-083 · started 2026-09-03T11:40:00+00:00 · finished 2026-09-03T11:46:00+00:00 newest demo-scraping-api-136 · started 2026-09-10T11:40:00+00:00 · finished 2026-09-10T11:46:00+00:00100%96%92%
Sep 3Sep 8Sep 9Sep 9Sep 10
Median success rate
96.6%
−0.4 ptStored 7d change
Median p50 latency
1.68s
+39 msStored 7d change
Cost / 1k successful
$1.58
+$0.01Stored 7d change

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Success
98.4%
p50 latency
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Cost / 1k ok
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  • 98.4% sample success; reliability 92/100.
  • 1.42s p50 and 3.90s p95 sample latency.
  • $2.85 per 1,000 successful requests; locations not verified.
02Oxylabs97.8% · 1.31s · 90 rel.03ZenRows96.9% · 1.80s · 86 rel.04Decodo96.2% · 1.56s · 84 rel.

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30DZenRows · success rate+4.2 pt30DScraperAPI · success rate-1.1 pt30DApify · success rate+0.8 pt

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OxylabsNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verified
ZenRowsNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verified
DecodoNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verified
ApifyNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verified
ScraperAPINot verifiedNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verified
Bright Data
MCP
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Browser
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SERP
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Extraction
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Oxylabs
MCP
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Browser
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SERP
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Extraction
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ZenRows
MCP
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Browser
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SERP
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Extraction
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Decodo
MCP
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Browser
Not verified
SERP
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Extraction
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Apify
MCP
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Browser
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SERP
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Extraction
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ScraperAPI
MCP
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Browser
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SERP
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Extraction
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Providers

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BBright Data

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OOxylabs

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ZZenRows

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DDecodo

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AApify

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SScraperAPI

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Technical guides

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Browser automation

Playwright proxy configuration

Configure a proxy, separate credentials, and check navigation and content before comparing performance.

Troubleshooting

Fixing 403 errors when scraping

Distinguish missing authorization, content blocks, and configuration failures.

Troubleshooting

Handling 429 rate limits

Bound concurrency, honor retry instructions, and avoid retry storms.