# ScraperAPI alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 241 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where ScraperAPI holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/scraperapi/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Bright Data: 56
- Decodo: 47
- Oxylabs: 46
- Webshare: 18
- Smartproxy: 14
- IPRoyal: 5

## Proxy and web data providers

**Small business**: 76 of 84 answers did not name ScraperAPI.

- Decodo: first choice in 26 of those 76
- Webshare: first choice in 12 of those 76
- Smartproxy: first choice in 7 of those 76
- Bright Data: first choice in 5 of those 76
- Oxylabs: first choice in 5 of those 76
- IPRoyal: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Rayobyte: first choice in 2 of those 76
- DataImpulse: first choice in 1 of those 76

**Mid-market**: 81 of 84 answers did not name ScraperAPI (ScraperAPI is #11 of 11 at 0%).

- Decodo: first choice in 20 of those 81
- Bright Data: first choice in 13 of those 81
- Oxylabs: first choice in 8 of those 81
- Smartproxy: first choice in 7 of those 81
- Webshare: first choice in 6 of those 81
- IPRoyal: first choice in 2 of those 81
- SOAX: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Blazing SEO: first choice in 1 of those 81

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name ScraperAPI.

- Bright Data: first choice in 38 of those 84
- Oxylabs: first choice in 33 of those 84
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Decodo: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Forcepoint Web Security: first choice in 1 of those 84
- NetNut: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Netskope: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Proxy-Cheap: first choice in 1 of those 84

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