Diffbot vs Zyte API
Diffbot is an AI extraction API, while Zyte API is a Scraping API. Diffbot fits best for: Teams that need rule-free, consistent structured data across many sites, or entity data from a Knowledge Graph. Zyte API fits best for: Python/Scrapy teams that want a reliable unblocking API and pay-per-success billing.
| Diffbot | Zyte API | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | AI extraction API | Scraping API |
| Starting price | $299/mo | Pay as you go |
| Free tier | 10,000 credits/month, all APIs, 5 requests/min, no credit card | $5 free credit valid for 30 days |
| Pricing model | credits | per 1K successful responses, tiered by site difficulty |
| AI extraction | ||
| Structured JSON | ||
| JS rendering | ||
| Proxies / anti-bot | ||
| API | ||
| No-code UI | ||
| Open source | ||
| MCP server | ||
| Best for | Teams that need rule-free, consistent structured data across many sites, or entity data from a Knowledge Graph. | Python/Scrapy teams that want a reliable unblocking API and pay-per-success billing. |
| Visit Diffbot | Visit Zyte API |
Why choose Diffbot
- Automatic Extract APIs (article, product, discussion etc.) with no rules
- Crawlbot for whole-site crawling
- Knowledge Graph of organizations, people and articles
- Natural-language processing API
Watch out for
- High jump from free to $299/mo
- Fixed page-type schemas; less flexible than prompt-based extraction
- Knowledge Graph credits are expensive per record
Why choose Zyte API
- Automatic ban handling and proxy rotation
- Browser rendering and actions
- AI-powered automatic extraction for products, articles, jobs etc.
- Native Scrapy integration and Scrapy Cloud hosting
Watch out for
- Per-site tier pricing makes costs hard to estimate upfront
- Browser rendering on hard sites gets expensive (up to ~$16/1K PAYG)
- Best value requires a monthly commitment
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