Olostep vs. ScrapeGraphAI
Olostep is a fully managed extraction API with built-in anti-bot bypass and self-healing parsers. ScrapeGraphAI is an open-source Python library that invokes an LLM on every extraction — flexible for local workflows, but slower and costlier at production scale.
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Which one is right for you?
Choose Olostep
Choose Olostep for production workloads that require speed, scale, and reliability. Anti-bot bypass, residential proxies, and managed infrastructure are built in — no Playwright setup, no proxy pool to manage, no LLM inference cost on every page.
Choose ScrapeGraphAI
Choose ScrapeGraphAI if you want to self-host extraction pipelines using your own LLM — including local models via Ollama — with full control over the stack. The MIT-licensed library is free, and the graph-based pipeline architecture is modular and extensible.
Why Olostep
Clean web data,
at any scale.
Zero Infrastructure Overhead
Olostep is a single REST API call. No Playwright, no proxy pools, no Ollama server, no LLM API keys to manage on your side.
Learn moreBuilt-in Anti-Bot Bypass
Residential proxies and browser fingerprinting are active on every request. ScrapeGraphAI's open-source version has no built-in anti-bot — you bring your own proxy setup.
Learn moreUnlimited Horizontal Scale
Scale to thousands of parallel requests without hitting local concurrency limits. ScrapeGraphAI cloud caps at 200 req/min even on the Pro plan.
Learn moreKey differences
Olostep vs. ScrapeGraphAI
| Feature | Olostep | ScrapeGraphAI |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Fully managed REST API | Open-source Python library (MIT) + optional cloud API |
| Anti-Bot Bypass | Residential proxies + fingerprinting, built-in on every request | Not included in open-source version — requires external proxy setup |
| LLM Invocation | LLM used selectively; pre-built parsers handle popular sites without LLM cost | LLM invoked on every extraction — adds latency and API cost per page |
| Language Support | Any language that can make HTTP requests | Python only for the open-source library |
Use cases & benchmarks
Run extraction jobs continuously at scale without managing infrastructure or monitoring proxy health.
Bypass Cloudflare, Datadome, and advanced CAPTCHAs automatically. The ScrapeGraphAI open-source library has no equivalent capability.
Process thousands of URLs in parallel. Olostep has no concurrency cap; ScrapeGraphAI cloud is limited to 200 req/min.
Get structured JSON from any URL in minutes with a single API call — no local environment setup required.
Full comparison
Every feature, side by side.
A complete overview of Olostep vs. ScrapeGraphAI.
| Feature | Olostep | ScrapeGraphAI | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform Approach | Fully managed API — no infrastructure to run | Self-hosted Python library or managed cloud with rate limits | Olostep abstracts everything. ScrapeGraphAI gives you the library tools to run yourself, which means you own the complexity. |
| Proxies & Stealth | Built-in residential IPs, active on every request | Open-source: bring your own. Cloud: proxy rotation available on Growth plan ($85/mo) and above | On Olostep, proxy management is invisible. On ScrapeGraphAI open-source, you configure and pay for proxies separately. |
| LLM Usage | Selective — pre-built self-healing parsers avoid unnecessary LLM calls | Every page extraction invokes an LLM, adding latency and token cost | At high volume, ScrapeGraphAI's LLM-per-page model becomes significantly more expensive and slower than Olostep's parser-first approach. |
| Concurrency | No documented cap — scales with API requests | Cloud API caps at 200 req/min on the Pro ($425/mo) plan | Olostep is better suited for large-scale simultaneous batch jobs. ScrapeGraphAI cloud enforces hard rate limits at all tiers. |
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Co-founder & CEO, Aurium
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Co-founder & CEO, Openmart
Olostep has become the default Web Layer infrastructure for our company.
Co-founder & CEO, Gumloop
Olostep works like a charm! And your customer service is exceptional.
Co-founder, Merchkit
Olostep lets us turn any website into an API. Great product, great people.
Co-founder & CTO, CivilGrid
I highly recommend Olostep, great product!
Co-founder & CEO, Aurium
Olostep is the best!!! We automated entire data pipelines with just a prompt.
Co-founder & CEO, Openmart
Olostep has become the default Web Layer infrastructure for our company.
Co-founder & CEO, Gumloop
Olostep works like a charm! And your customer service is exceptional.
Co-founder, Merchkit
Olostep lets us turn any website into an API. Great product, great people.
Co-founder & CTO, CivilGrid
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Co-founder & CEO, Gedd.it
We verify coupon codes at scale. Love Olostep. It works on any e-commerce.
Co-founder & CEO, Podqi
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Co-founder, Zecento
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Founder, Foundbase
Reliable and cost-effective API for working with data. Congrats on the cool product.
Co-founder & CEO, Gedd.it
We verify coupon codes at scale. Love Olostep. It works on any e-commerce.
Co-founder & CEO, Podqi
Olostep is the best API to search, extract, and structure data from the Web. Happy to be customers.
Co-founder, Zecento
We use /batches combined with parsers and it's magical how we can get structured data deterministically at large scale.
Growth, PlotsEvents
Olostep allowed us to search and structure events data across the Web.
Founder, Foundbase
Reliable and cost-effective API for working with data. Congrats on the cool product.
Co-founder & CEO, Gedd.it
We verify coupon codes at scale. Love Olostep. It works on any e-commerce.
Co-founder & CEO, Podqi
Olostep is the best API to search, extract, and structure data from the Web. Happy to be customers.
Co-founder, Zecento
We use /batches combined with parsers and it's magical how we can get structured data deterministically at large scale.
Growth, PlotsEvents
Olostep allowed us to search and structure events data across the Web.
Founder, Foundbase
Reliable and cost-effective API for working with data. Congrats on the cool product.
Co-founder & CEO, Gedd.it
We verify coupon codes at scale. Love Olostep. It works on any e-commerce.
Co-founder & CEO, Podqi
Olostep is the best API to search, extract, and structure data from the Web. Happy to be customers.
Co-founder, Zecento
We use /batches combined with parsers and it's magical how we can get structured data deterministically at large scale.
Growth, PlotsEvents
Olostep allowed us to search and structure events data across the Web.
Founder, Foundbase
Reliable and cost-effective API for working with data. Congrats on the cool product.
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