How Piloterr compares
Side-by-side guides for popular scraping APIs. Each page calls out where Piloterr fits, and where a competitor may still be the better choice.
What Piloterr includes
| Feature | Piloterr |
|---|---|
| Pay only for successful requests | Included |
| Self-serve signup with free trial credits | Included |
| JavaScript rendering built in | Included |
| Anti-bot and WAF bypass | Included |
| CAPTCHA solving | Included |
| 400+ ready-made API endpoints | Included |
| OpenAPI spec with live library playground | Included |
| Structured JSON and Markdown output | Included |
Compare by competitor
| Competitor | Overview | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Crawlera | Crawlera was Zyte's legacy smart proxy manager (deprecated in 2023). Piloterr is built for API-first teams who want library endpoints and self-serve credits, not proxy-only plumbing. | Read comparison → |
| NetNut | NetNut is strong on ISP proxies and unblocker APIs, but trials are sales-led and pricing is bandwidth-heavy. Piloterr targets teams that want self-serve credits and maintained library endpoints. | Read comparison → |
| ScraperAPI | ScraperAPI and Piloterr overlap on anti-bot scraping, JS rendering, and pay-per-success billing. Piloterr adds 400+ dedicated library endpoints and Markdown output for AI workflows. | Read comparison → |
| ScrapingBee | ScrapingBee and Piloterr both offer JS rendering, CAPTCHA handling, and pay-per-success billing. Piloterr emphasizes 400+ library endpoints and Markdown output for downstream AI pipelines. | Read comparison → |
| Oxylabs | Oxylabs is an enterprise-grade data platform with Web Scraper API, parsers, and proxy products. Piloterr suits teams that want self-serve credits and 400+ library endpoints without a sales-led rollout. | Read comparison → |
| Bright Data | Bright Data is a full data platform with 650+ Web Scraper API endpoints, Browser API, and datasets. Piloterr fits teams that want a narrower, API-first stack with self-serve credits. | Read comparison → |
| Apify | Apify is an Actor platform with a marketplace and browser automation. Piloterr suits teams that prefer maintained REST endpoints over writing, hosting, and debugging custom scrapers. | Read comparison → |
| SerpAPI | SerpAPI is the specialist for search engine results, structured JSON from Google, Bing, Amazon, and 100+ engines. Piloterr covers SERP plus e-commerce, jobs, social, and B2B targets in one credit wallet. | Read comparison → |
| Zyte API | Zyte API combines proxies, browser rendering, and AI extraction with Scrapy ecosystem ties. Piloterr targets teams that want 400+ library endpoints and published credit tiers without tier-by-site pricing surprises. | Read comparison → |