Price intelligence infrastructure for developers

Oxylabs vs PricesAPI

Product Search API. Target-specific ecommerce extraction and controls versus one normalized cross-retailer Search contract.

PricesAPI provides normalized product and offer data today, with snapshots, history, monitoring, and delivery rolling out in stages. Your application owns its workflows and decisions.

TL;DR · PricesAPI assessment

Choose Oxylabs when supported-target controls, parsed ecommerce output, target-dependent economics, or its free cron Scheduler matter. Choose PricesAPI when you want one query normalized across retailers with available merchant offers included.

Official-source facts

Reviewed 2026-09-02. Competitor facts below come from these official sources; PricesAPI facts come from our pricing page.

FeaturePricesAPIOxylabs
Free access1,000 one-time product-bearing Search credits; 6 rpm2,000-result free trial
Entry paid plan$49/month: 25,000 product-bearing Searches; 20 rpmMicro $49 for up to 98,000 results
Pricing unitProduct-bearing SearchesResults; pricing varies by target
OutputMatched products with available merchant offers inlineStructured or parsed ecommerce output for supported targets
Control modelOne cross-retailer normalized searchBroader target and configuration controls
SchedulingDaily or weekly Schedules (Beta)Free cron Scheduler
Feature
Free access
PricesAPI
1,000 one-time product-bearing Search credits; 6 rpm
Oxylabs
2,000-result free trial
Feature
Entry paid plan
PricesAPI
$49/month: 25,000 product-bearing Searches; 20 rpm
Oxylabs
Micro $49 for up to 98,000 results
Feature
Pricing unit
PricesAPI
Product-bearing Searches
Oxylabs
Results; pricing varies by target
Feature
Output
PricesAPI
Matched products with available merchant offers inline
Oxylabs
Structured or parsed ecommerce output for supported targets
Feature
Control model
PricesAPI
One cross-retailer normalized search
Oxylabs
Broader target and configuration controls
Feature
Scheduling
PricesAPI
Daily or weekly Schedules (Beta)
Oxylabs
Free cron Scheduler

This table reports source-backed facts without a visual winner. The recommendations below are our assessment.

Choice guide · PricesAPI assessment

Choose PricesAPI when

  • You want one retailer-independent commerce schema.
  • Your application needs available offers inline with matched products.

Choose Oxylabs when

  • You need supported-target controls or target-specific extraction.
  • You want a free cron Scheduler or broader scraper configuration.

Response shape

Product Search API uses one Search endpoint and returns matched products with available merchant offers inline. Both examples are illustrative and based on the linked contracts; values are not live measurements or current commercial data.

Illustrative PricesAPI response shapeDocumentation: PricesAPI OpenAPI
GET /api/v1/products/search?q=Sony%20WH-1000XM5&country=us

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "query": "Sony WH-1000XM5",
    "country": "us",
    "products": [{
      "position": 1,
      "pid": 100569554,
      "gpcid": "123456789",
      "gid": "987654321",
      "title": "Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Headphones",
      "image": "https://example.com/headphones.jpg",
      "price": 348,
      "currency": "USD",
      "condition": "new",
      "source": "Amazon.com",
      "multi_store": true,
      "rating": 4.7,
      "reviews": 8523,
      "delivery": "Free delivery",
      "tags": [],
      "nearby_distance_km": null,
      "offers": [{
        "seller": "Amazon.com",
        "seller_url": "https://amazon.com",
        "price": 348,
        "currency": "USD",
        "product_title": "Sony WH-1000XM5",
        "stock_status": "In stock",
        "delivery_info": "Free delivery",
        "condition": "new",
        "url": "https://example.com/product"
      }],
      "offerCount": 1
    }]
  },
  "meta": { "latency_ms": 842, "raw_count": 3, "gid_bearing_count": 2 }
}
Illustrative Oxylabs · ecommerce scrape jobDocumentation: Amazon product request
POST https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries
{
  "source": "amazon_product",
  "query": "B08Y72CH1F",
  "domain": "nl",
  "parse": true
}

Try the Product Search API

1,000 one-time product-bearing Search credits and 6 rpm free. Developer is $49/month for 25,000 product-bearing Searches and 20 rpm.