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Starts at
$299/mo
- Contract
- no long-term contract, monthly subscription, cancel anytime
- Free plan
- 10,000 credits per month across all four APIs, 5 requests / min, no credit card.
Cheaper than Diffbot (11)
Compared by starting price, same currency.
| Alternative | Starts at | Against Diffbot | States that Diffbot doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 OlostepStarter, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$9/moStarter plan, starting price | $290 lessstarting price | Natural-language extraction prompts, JavaScript rendering, LLM-ready markdown output, Scheduling and change monitoring | Plans can be switched at any time, pro-rated | Free plan with 500 successful requests, no credit card required, low rate... |
 ThunderbitStarter, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$15/moStarter plan, starting price | $284 lessstarting price | Natural-language extraction prompts, Scheduling and change monitoring, No-code visual interface | Monthly or annual subscription, cancel anytime effective end of... | Free plan with 6 pages per month, max 30 credits per page, 3 max bulk URLs... |
 ApifyStarter, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$19/moStarter plan, starting price | $280 lessstarting price | JavaScript rendering, Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included, LLM-ready markdown output and 3 more | Cancel any time; subscription lasts until end of current billing cycle | Free plan with $5 of prepaid usage per month, no credit card required; once... |
 FirecrawlHobby, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$19/moHobby plan, starting price | $280 lessstarting price | Natural-language extraction prompts, JavaScript rendering, LLM-ready markdown output, Scheduling and change monitoring and 2 more | Enterprise agreements with custom terms; self-serve plans monthly... | 1,000 credits every month, refreshed monthly, no credit card required; 2... |
 ScrapingBeeHobby, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$19/moHobby plan, starting price | $280 lessstarting price | Natural-language extraction prompts, JavaScript rendering, Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included and 2 more | Subscription billing cycles that auto-renew; cancel anytime | Trial: 1,000 free API credits, no credit card required (one-time, no time limit stated) |
 ScrapeGraphAIStarter, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$20/moStarter plan, starting price | $279 lessstarting price | Natural-language extraction prompts, JavaScript rendering, Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included and 3 more | Not found | 500 one-time API credits, 10 requests/min, 1 monitor, 1 concurrent crawl. |
 OxylabsStarter, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$30/moStarter plan, starting price | $269 lessstarting price | Natural-language extraction prompts, JavaScript rendering, Rotating proxies included, Scheduling and change monitoring and 2 more | Not found | Time-limited: $5 welcome credits toward any product, free to start |
 ScrapflyDiscovery, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$30/moDiscovery plan, starting price | $269 lessstarting price | Natural-language extraction prompts, JavaScript rendering, Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included and 2 more | no minimum term or commitment period | One-off allowance: 1,000 credits on signup, no credit card, no time limit, every product... |
 Browse AIPersonal, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$48/moPersonal plan, starting price | $251 lessstarting price | Natural-language extraction prompts, JavaScript rendering, Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included and 3 more | Credits reset at end of billing cycle; unused credits do not roll over | 50 credits per month, 2 domains, 3 users, no credit card; credits reset monthly |
 Web ScraperProject, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$50/mo yearlyProject plan, starting price | $249 lessstarting price | JavaScript rendering, Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included, Scheduling and change monitoring and 1 more | Cancel any time; subscription stays active until end of current... | Trial: 7-day free trial, no credit card required |
 OctoparseStandard, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$83/moStandard plan, starting price | $216 lessstarting price | Natural-language extraction prompts, JavaScript rendering, Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included and 2 more | Monthly, quarterly and annual billing options; cancel any time... | Free forever plan: 10 tasks, 1 device, local runs only, 50K rows of data... |
Flat tiers (2)
Priced in tiers, where Diffbot charges by use.
| Alternative | Starts at | Against Diffbot | States that Diffbot doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bright DataManaged Data Acquisition, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$1,500/moManaged Data Acquisition plan, starting price | $1,201 morestarting price | JavaScript rendering, Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included | Not found | Free tier on Unlocker API, SERP API, Scraper APIs and Scraper Studio... |
 TinyFishread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.016/stepUsage price | Not comparable | Natural-language extraction prompts, JavaScript rendering, Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included and 3 more | No subscription or monthly minimum on self-serve; Enterprise is... | TinySearch and TinyFetch are free at any Wallet balance within rate limits... |
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Questions
What is the cheapest alternative to Diffbot?
Olostep, at $9/mo by starting price, $290 less than Diffbot. Computed from each vendor's published prices.
Is there a free alternative to Diffbot?
Yes. 9 AI web scraping tools have a free plan, including Olostep, Thunderbit, Apify, Firecrawl, ScrapeGraphAI.
How this page is made
Alternatives come from Diffbot's own category, AI web scraping tools. Prices come from each vendor's pricing page and are compared at the same volume where both can be computed, and by starting price where neither can. "States that Diffbot doesn't" lists what we found on the other vendor's site and didn't find on Diffbot's, which doesn't prove Diffbot lacks it. How prices are read.