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.
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.
| Feature | PricesAPI | Oxylabs |
|---|---|---|
| Free access | 1,000 one-time product-bearing Search credits; 6 rpm | 2,000-result free trial |
| Entry paid plan | $49/month: 25,000 product-bearing Searches; 20 rpm | Micro $49 for up to 98,000 results |
| Pricing unit | Product-bearing Searches | Results; pricing varies by target |
| Output | Matched products with available merchant offers inline | Structured or parsed ecommerce output for supported targets |
| Control model | One cross-retailer normalized search | Broader target and configuration controls |
| Scheduling | Daily 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.
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.
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 }
}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.