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Oxylabs alternatives, led by ProofFetch (free plan)

The closest alternatives to Oxylabs in October 2026 are ProofFetch, Exa and Apify.

4 agents compared · 4 with a free plan · prices checked 14–28 October 2026

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Oxylabs and its alternatives at a glance

AgentBest forStarts atBetter than Oxylabs atChecked
OxylabsAI teams grounding agents on live web data and firms scraping search at scaleFrom $30 a month source28 October 2026
ExaDevelopers grounding AI agents and assistants in live web, company and people dataFree, then $4 per 1000 requests sourceMulti-agent, Tracing and evals26 October 2026
ApifyDevelopers and data teams that need maintained web scrapers instead of building their ownFree, then $19 a month sourceAgent permissions, Tracing and evals26 October 2026
Bright DataData and AI teams that need blocked public web pages returned reliably at scaleFree, then $1.50 per 1000 requests sourceTracing and evals, Admin controls28 October 2026

Closest alternatives to Oxylabs

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    ProofFetchVerified owner

    From Free

    Paid web extraction API returning cited paragraphs, SHA-256 receipts and prompt-injection indicators.

    Trade-offs
    • Self-hosted: No ↗
    • Pooled budget: Partly ↗
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    Exa

    From Free

    Web search, contents and agentic research APIs built for AI agents, billed per request.

    Why it's on this list

    Multi-agent: YesA single Exa Agent run fans out many searches and splits list building into subtasks that run in parallel, so coordination happens inside Exa rather than needing the buyer to orchestrate separate agents.

    Source ↗
    Better than Oxylabs at
    • Tracing and evals: Yes ↗
    Trade-offs

    None found.

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    Apify

    From Free

    Marketplace and cloud platform of ready-to-run web scraping and automation tools, callable over API or MCP.

    Why it's on this list

    Agent permissions: YesActors declare one of two permission levels and the platform enforces them at runtime; limited-permission Actors see only their own storages, and a full-permission Actor needs the owner's one-time approval in Console before any run.

    Source ↗
    Better than Oxylabs at
    • Tracing and evals: Yes ↗
    • Admin controls: Yes ↗
    Trade-offs

    None found.

The rest of the shortlist

  1. Bright Data

    Web unlocking, SERP and 1,200+ pre-built scrapers on a 400M-IP proxy network, billed per successful record.

    From Free
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What are the best alternatives to Oxylabs?

ProofFetch, Exa and Apify are the closest. They share the most of Oxylabs's features.

What is the cheapest alternative to Oxylabs?

All 4 have a free plan: ProofFetch, Exa, Apify and Bright Data.

When were these prices checked?

Between 14 October 2026 and 28 October 2026, each read on the maker's own pricing page.

Sources and method

Closest first: most of Oxylabs's features, then the fewest gaps. How we check

Every price here was read on the maker's own pricing page.

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