Ollagraph vs Zyte
Zyte (formerly Scrapinghub) is the Scrapy company — managed crawl infrastructure, a smart proxy/unblocker, and automatic extraction for large engineering teams. Ollagraph is the consolidated single-API alternative.
What Zyte does well
Zyte has deep scraping heritage — they steward the Scrapy framework, run mature managed crawling infrastructure, and their proxy/unblocker handles tough anti-bot targets. For teams already invested in Scrapy at scale, Zyte is a natural home.
Where Ollagraph goes further
- Single API, no framework to run. Ollagraph is one endpoint family with a bearer token — no Scrapy project to maintain or deploy.
- Breadth behind one key. Markdown, structured extraction, domain intelligence, and browser automation all in the same API and bill.
- Agent-native. An MCP server and natural-language browser actions make it directly usable by AI agents.
- Low entry point. Pay-as-you-go from $5, 1,000 free credits, 1 credit per call, refunds on failure.
Side by side
| Feature | Zyte | Ollagraph |
|---|---|---|
| Managed Scrapy infrastructure | Yes (its core) | API-first (no framework) |
| Smart proxy / unblocker | Yes | Built into the managed engine |
| Automatic extraction | Yes | Native |
| Clean markdown output for LLMs | Partial | Native |
| Domain intelligence (DNS/WHOIS/SSL) | Not offered | Included |
| Browser automation (sessions + NL actions) | Via tooling | Included |
| MCP server for AI agents | Not offered | Included |
| Free to start | Trial / credits | 1,000 credits |
Who each is best for
Engineering teams standardized on Scrapy or needing managed crawl infrastructure and a dedicated unblocker for hard targets at large scale.
Teams who want a single API spanning scrape, intelligence, and browser automation without running a crawling framework themselves.
Sources & further reading
The standards behind every tool in this comparison, for readers who want the primary sources rather than our summary of them:
- Web scraping (Wikipedia) — the category these tools operate in, with its technical and legal background.
- RFC 9309 — Robots Exclusion Protocol (IETF, 2022) — the robots.txt standard a responsible crawler honors.
- JSON-LD 1.1 (W3C Recommendation) — the structured-data format these tools extract.
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (Lewis et al., 2020) — the AI pattern most of this web data ultimately feeds.
Common questions
Do I need Scrapy to use Ollagraph?
No. Ollagraph is a plain HTTP API — no framework, no project scaffolding. You POST a URL and get JSON. That's the main difference from a Scrapy-centric platform.
Does Ollagraph handle tough anti-bot sites like Zyte's unblocker?
Our managed engine escalates automatically — fast HTTP path, then a stealth browser, with a residential-proxy option for the hardest targets — and tells you which path served the request via the tier field. For the toughest enterprise targets, evaluate both against your specific sites.
How does pricing compare?
Ollagraph prices in credits — 1 per call, refunds on failure — with pay-as-you-go from $5 and 1,000 free credits. Compare against Zyte's current plans on their pricing page.
Try Ollagraph free.
1,000 credits, one bearer token, every endpoint. Decide for yourself.