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# ZenRows pricing in 2026: plans from $19, and the price per page

Compared on Nov 12, 2026. The page: https://specstream.ai/zenrows-pricing

ZenRows sells monthly credits, from Build at $19 for 45,000 to Scale at $2,999 for 45 million. A standard page is 1 credit, JavaScript rendering 5, premium proxies 10 and both 25, and unused plan credits expire at every renewal.

SpecStream reads any page for $0.80 per 1,000 with no plan, and tries a real browser when a plain read is refused. Keep your ZenRows client and change its address to `https://api.specstream.ai/zenrows/v1/`.

[Get an API key](https://specstream.ai/signup?src=alternatives-zenrows-pricing&utm_source=alternatives-md&utm_campaign=zenrows-pricing&returnTo=%2Fworkspace%2Fagents%3Ftab%3Dkeys) New accounts get $10 of credit, no card. It covers 12,500 pages.

## What a page costs on ZenRows and on SpecStream

| | SpecStream | ZenRows |
|---|---|---|
| Free to start | $10 of credit, no card, which covers 12,500 pages | Free: 5,000 credits a month, no card |
| Plans | None needed. Pay $0.80 per 1,000 pages from your balance | Build $19 to $39, Launch $69 to $129, Growth $199 to $399 and Scale $549 to $2,999 a month. Enterprise is custom above 45M credits |
| Price of a page | $0.0008 for every page read, rendered or not | 1 credit for a standard request, 5 with JavaScript rendering, 10 with premium proxies, 25 with both |
| 1,000 pages rendered with JavaScript | $0.80 | 5,000 credits: $2.11 on Build B1, $1.38 on Launch L1 and $0.83 on Growth G1, with every credit used |
| 1,000 protected pages | $0.80 for each page read. A page that stays behind a bot check is not charged | 25,000 credits: $10.56 on Build B1 and $6.90 on Launch L1 |
| 404, 410 and empty pages | Not charged. A page that is missing, blocked, empty or fails is not charged | Failed requests are not charged. 404 and 410 count as successful results and are charged |
| Unused credit | Credit you buy never expires | Plan credits expire at every renewal. Top-up credits roll over once, then expire |
| More credit | A top-up from $10, at the same price per page | One pack per rung, such as 11,000 credits for $6.50 on Build B1, up to 10 per billing period |
| Pay as you go | Yes. Every call draws from the balance, with no plan | Not on a zenrows.com account. Agents at its agent storefront pay $0.50 per 1,000 credits, 10,000 credits at least |
| Concurrency | A busy call gets `429` with `Retry-After` and is not charged | 5 requests at once on Free, 20 on Build, 50 on Launch, 100 on Growth and 200 to 400 on Scale |

## What a ZenRows credit buys, page by page

### The credit weight sets the price

On Build B1, $19 buys 45,000 credits: 45,000 standard pages, 9,000 pages rendered with JavaScript, 4,500 with premium proxies or 1,800 protected pages. On Launch L1, $69 buys 250,000 credits, or 10,000 protected pages.

On SpecStream $19 reads 23,750 pages of any kind. Each URL gets up to 30 seconds: a page that refuses a plain read is tried again as a browser would ask for it, then in a real browser, then from the site's own feed, then from its newest public archive capture.

### Credits that expire raise the price

ZenRows plan credits expire at every renewal, and top-up credits roll over once. A Build B1 month that uses half its credits pays twice the listed rate per page. SpecStream credit you buy never expires, and a yearly plan adds 20% more credit.

### What is not charged

ZenRows charges only for successful requests, and counts a `404` or `410` as a successful result. On SpecStream only a page read with text is charged. A page the site does not have, a page behind a bot check, an empty page and a call that times out cost nothing, and a busy call gets `429` with `Retry-After`, also free.

### The call, before and after

```
# Before
curl -G https://api.zenrows.com/v1/ \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=$ZENROWS_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping"

# After
curl -G https://api.specstream.ai/zenrows/v1/ \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=$SPECSTREAM_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping"
```

`url`, `apikey`, `response_type` with `markdown` or `plaintext`, `json_response` and `outputs` with `links` and `emails` keep their meaning, and errors come back in ZenRows' own codes. Every parameter is listed on the [ZenRows compatible](https://specstream.ai/migrate/zenrows?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=zenrows-pricing) page.

### Scored on the official benchmarks

The SpecStream Extract API scores 0.908 F1 on WCXB. The Search API scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 SimpleQA Verified questions and 64.0 item F1 on all 200 WideSearch tasks. Every score and its method is on the [benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=zenrows-pricing) page.

### Pages, search and rows on one key

The same key reads up to 20 pages or documents a call with the [Extract API](https://specstream.ai/extract-api?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=zenrows-pricing), searches the web for $1 per 1,000 searches with `speed=fast`, and runs [Deep Search](https://specstream.ai/deep-search?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=zenrows-pricing), which returns every match for a request in plain words as structured rows at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row.

## What other page APIs cost

### ScrapingBee

Hobby at $19 a month for 75,000 API credits, and a call with JavaScript rendering, the default, costs 5 credits. Credits are valid for one month. SpecStream answers ScrapingBee's own call at `https://api.specstream.ai/scrapingbee/api/v1` for $0.80 per 1,000 pages.

### ScraperAPI

Hobby at $49 a month for 100,000 API credits, and the balance resets when the subscription renews. SpecStream answers ScraperAPI's call at `https://api.specstream.ai/scraperapi`, and credit you buy never expires.

### Firecrawl

Hobby at $19 a month for 5,000 credits. SpecStream answers Firecrawl's scrape call at `https://api.specstream.ai/firecrawl` for $0.80 per 1,000 pages.

## How to pay $0.80 per 1,000 pages

1. Create a key under Agents & API in the workspace. A new account gets $10 of credit, no card, which covers 12,500 pages.

2. Set the address to `https://api.specstream.ai/zenrows/v1/` where your code has `https://api.zenrows.com/v1/`, and send the SpecStream key as `apikey`. In Python:

```
import requests

URL = "https://api.specstream.ai/zenrows/v1/"  # was https://api.zenrows.com/v1/

reply = requests.get(
    URL,
    params={"apikey": SPECSTREAM_KEY, "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping", "response_type": "markdown"},
    timeout=60,
)
reply.raise_for_status()
print(reply.text[:500])
```

3. With ZenRows' Python SDK, the change is the constructor: `ZenRowsClient(SPECSTREAM_KEY, base_url="https://api.specstream.ai/zenrows/v1/")`, or set `ZENROWS_SCRAPER_BASE_URL` to the same address. Read `429` as a call to send again after `Retry-After`. It is not charged.

## Frequently asked questions

### How much does ZenRows cost?

From $19 a month for 45,000 credits on Build B1 to $2,999 for 45 million on Scale S5, with custom Enterprise plans above that. Yearly billing gives two months free.

### Does ZenRows have a free plan?

Yes. Free gives 5,000 credits a month with no card, and no top-ups. A new SpecStream account gets $10 of credit, no card, which reads 12,500 pages.

### How many credits does a ZenRows request cost?

1 credit for a standard request, 5 with JavaScript rendering, 10 with premium proxies and 25 with both. SpecStream charges $0.0008 for every page read.

### Do ZenRows credits roll over?

No. Unused plan credits expire at every renewal, and top-up credits roll over once, then expire. SpecStream credit you buy never expires.

### Does ZenRows charge for failed requests?

No, but `404` and `410` responses count as successful and are charged. On SpecStream a missing, blocked or empty page is not charged.

### Does ZenRows have pay as you go pricing?

Not on a zenrows.com account. Agents at its agent storefront pay $0.50 per 1,000 credits, 10,000 credits at least. SpecStream bills every call from your balance at $0.80 per 1,000 pages, with no plan.

## Sources

SpecStream wrote this page. Each figure about ZenRows and other providers comes from that company's own page, read on the date shown.

- [ZenRows pricing docs](https://docs.zenrows.com/first-steps/pricing.md), read Nov 12, 2026
- [ZenRows pricing](https://www.zenrows.com/pricing), read Nov 12, 2026
- [SpecStream ZenRows pass table](https://specstream.ai/specstream/dialects/zenrows.md), read Nov 12, 2026
- [ScrapingBee pricing](https://www.scrapingbee.com/pricing/), read Nov 12, 2026
- [ScrapingBee documentation](https://www.scrapingbee.com/documentation/), read Nov 12, 2026
- [ScraperAPI pricing](https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing/), read Nov 12, 2026
- [Firecrawl pricing](https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing), read Nov 12, 2026
- [SpecStream benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks), read Nov 12, 2026
- [SpecStream for agents](https://specstream.ai/agents.md), read Nov 12, 2026