Price intelligence infrastructure for developers

Scrapfly vs PricesAPI

Product Search API. Configurable scraping, extraction, and scheduling versus PricesAPI's ready normalized product search.

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 Scrapfly when you need configurable scraping, templates, prompt extraction, a predefined product model, or recurring cron workflows. Choose PricesAPI when you want a ready matched-product and available-offer contract without configuring extraction.

Official-source facts

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

Feature	PricesAPI	Scrapfly
Free access	1,000 one-time product-bearing Search credits; 6 rpm	1,000 credits
Entry paid plan	$49/month: 25,000 product-bearing Searches; 20 rpm	Discovery $30/month: 200,000 credits; 5 concurrent requests
Pricing unit	Product-bearing Searches	Credits with feature-dependent multipliers
Output	Matched products with available merchant offers inline	Templates, prompt extraction, or a predefined product model
Configuration	Ready normalized cross-retailer Search	Configurable scrape and extraction controls
Scheduling	Daily or weekly Schedules (Beta)	One-shot or recurring cron with dashboard, history, pause/resume, and webhook flow

Feature: Free access
PricesAPI: 1,000 one-time product-bearing Search credits; 6 rpm
Scrapfly: 1,000 credits

Feature: Entry paid plan
PricesAPI: $49/month: 25,000 product-bearing Searches; 20 rpm
Scrapfly: Discovery $30/month: 200,000 credits; 5 concurrent requests

Feature: Pricing unit
PricesAPI: Product-bearing Searches
Scrapfly: Credits with feature-dependent multipliers

Feature: Output
PricesAPI: Matched products with available merchant offers inline
Scrapfly: Templates, prompt extraction, or a predefined product model

Feature: Configuration
PricesAPI: Ready normalized cross-retailer Search
Scrapfly: Configurable scrape and extraction controls

Feature: Scheduling
PricesAPI: Daily or weekly Schedules (Beta)
Scrapfly: One-shot or recurring cron with dashboard, history, pause/resume, and webhook flow

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

Choice guide · PricesAPI assessment

Choose PricesAPI when

You need a ready product-and-offer response.
You do not want to design templates or prompts for commerce extraction.

Choose Scrapfly when

You need configurable extraction across varied sites.
You need cron workflows, webhooks, or feature-level scrape controls.

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 Scrapfly · scrape with extractionDocumentation: Extraction documentation

GET /scrape
  ?url=https://retailer.example/product
  &extraction_model=product

{
  "result": {
    "content": "...",
    "extracted_data": { "data": { "name": "...", "price": 348 } }
  }
}

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.

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