# Zyte API alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 226 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Zyte API 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/zyte-api/alternatives/

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

- Decodo: 47
- Bright Data: 42
- Oxylabs: 37
- Webshare: 18
- Smartproxy: 15
- IPRoyal: 5

## Proxy and web data providers

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Zyte API.

- Decodo: first choice in 26 of those 77
- Webshare: first choice in 12 of those 77
- Smartproxy: first choice in 8 of those 77
- Bright Data: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Oxylabs: first choice in 4 of those 77
- IPRoyal: first choice in 3 of those 77
- ScraperAPI: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Rayobyte: first choice in 2 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Zyte API (Zyte API is #10 of 11 at 0%).

- Decodo: first choice in 20 of those 75
- Bright Data: first choice in 7 of those 75
- Oxylabs: first choice in 7 of those 75
- Smartproxy: first choice in 7 of those 75
- Webshare: first choice in 6 of those 75
- IPRoyal: first choice in 2 of those 75
- SOAX: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Blazing SEO: first choice in 1 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Zyte API (Zyte API is #4 of 7 at 0%).

- Bright Data: first choice in 30 of those 74
- Oxylabs: first choice in 26 of those 74
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Decodo: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Forcepoint Web Security: first choice in 1 of those 74
- NetNut: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Netskope: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Proxy-Cheap: first choice in 1 of those 74

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