ZenRows
Web scraping API with anti-bot bypass and rotating proxies
$69.00
from $69.00 /GB
- IP Pool
- Rotating residential pool
- Countries
- 190+
- Uptime
- 99.9%
- Avg. response
- 1.5s
- Free trial
- Yes
- Founded
- 2021
Our verdict
ZenRows earns its reputation as one of the more reliable scraping APIs for heavily protected targets. The combination of rotating residential proxies, automatic anti-bot handling and optional JS rendering removes a lot of the plumbing developers usually build themselves, and the docs are clear enough to get a first request working quickly. Credit-based pricing can climb on JavaScript-heavy or premium-proxy jobs, so cost modelling matters at scale. For teams that value shipping over maintaining proxy infrastructure, it is an easy recommendation.
Pros & cons
Pros
- Handles anti-bot bypass and CAPTCHAs automatically
- Rotating residential proxies included in the API
- Optional headless rendering and JavaScript execution
- Clean documentation with Python, Node and cURL examples
- Single endpoint replaces a whole scraping stack
Cons
- Credit-based pricing can rise on JS-heavy targets
- Not ideal if you only want raw proxy IPs
- Highest concurrency reserved for pricier plans
Proxy types & pricing
| Type | Starting price | Pool size |
|---|---|---|
| Web Scraping API | $69.00 /mo | Rotating residential |
| Residential | $4.00 /GB | Large residential pool |
Overview
ZenRows is a developer-focused web scraping API that bundles rotating residential proxies, anti-bot bypass, headless browser rendering and JavaScript execution behind a single endpoint. Instead of managing proxy pools and CAPTCHA solvers, you send a target URL and ZenRows returns the rendered HTML or structured data, handling fingerprinting and retries automatically.
How it works
- Send requests to one API endpoint with your target URL and optional parameters
- Rotating residential proxies are applied automatically to reduce blocks
- Toggle JavaScript rendering, premium proxies and geo-targeting per request
- Billing is typically credit-based, where harder targets consume more credits
- SDKs and code snippets for Python, Node.js and cURL speed up integration
Best for
ZenRows suits developers and data teams that want to bypass modern anti-bot systems without maintaining their own scraping infrastructure. It is a strong fit for scraping protected e-commerce, search and social pages at scale, and less relevant if you only need raw proxy IPs to plug into an existing stack.
Features & capabilities
Anti-bot bypass
Automatically handles fingerprinting, CAPTCHAs and blocks
Rotating residential proxies
Requests rotate through a large residential pool
JavaScript rendering
Optional headless browser for dynamic pages
Geo-targeting
Target specific countries per request
Concurrency scaling
Higher parallel request limits on larger plans
Integrations & supported tools
Privacy & compliance
Frequently asked questions
It is primarily a web scraping API that includes rotating residential proxies, anti-bot bypass and optional browser rendering, rather than a raw proxy list you configure yourself.
Plans are generally credit-based, so simple requests cost fewer credits while JavaScript rendering or premium proxies consume more. A free trial with limited credits is usually available.
Any language that can make HTTP requests works, and ZenRows publishes ready-made snippets and SDK guidance for Python, Node.js and cURL.
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