Crawlera alternative for web scraping?
Piloterr as an alternative to 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.
Beyond proxy rotation
Crawlera focused on rotating proxies. Piloterr adds structured extraction, JavaScript rendering, and CAPTCHA handling in one API, closer to what many Crawlera users now get from Zyte API.
Transparent credit pricing
Pay only for successful requests with clear 1/2/3 credit modes. Start with +500 credits, no credit card required.
400+ ready-made endpoints
Skip building scrapers from scratch. Use production-ready APIs for Amazon, Google, LinkedIn, and hundreds more targets.
Developer-first experience
OpenAPI reference, copy-paste examples, and a live playground for every endpoint in the API library.
Piloterr vs Crawlera
| Feature | Piloterr | Crawlera |
|---|---|---|
| Pay only for successful requests | Included | Not included |
| Self-serve signup with free trial credits | Included | Not included |
| JavaScript rendering built in | Included | Not included |
| Anti-bot and WAF bypass | Included | Included |
| CAPTCHA solving | Included | Not included |
| 400+ ready-made API endpoints | Included | Not included |
| Structured JSON extraction | Included | Not included |
| OpenAPI spec with live library playground | Included | Not included |
Transparent credit pricing
Pay only for successful requests. Start with +500 credits, then scale with plans from $49/mo.
Premium
$49/mo
18,000 credits
Premium+
$99/mo
40,000 credits
Startup
$249/mo
110,000 credits