Roundup
Best Web Unblockers, Sorted by What You Actually Pay For
Some web unblockers bill per request, others per GB, and Zyte by site tier. Here's how Bright Data, Zyte, Oxylabs and Decodo compare on paper.
My best-web-unblocker shortlist is by output and billing fit: Bright Data Unlocker for managed raw request delivery, Zyte for actual target-tier fetch/extraction, and Oxylabs/Decodo as documentation-only GB alternatives. I have no measured speed or protection-success ranking, and the restricted vendors have no test recipes here. Unlocker, Zyte, Oxylabs terms, Decodo licence.
I would define raw HTML versus entities versus browser actions before comparing request, GB or tier prices. A cheap headline cannot tell you the cost of validated output without actual targets, traffic and allowed scope.
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Here's my take
- If you want the raw page
- Bright Data Unlocker
- Inspect the request product and output contract, without assuming extracted records or clicks.
- If you need extraction too
- Zyte API
- Actual website/mode tiers, extras and spend limits determine the budget.
- If you prefer GB pricing (docs only)
- Oxylabs and Decodo
- Current terms restrict performance evaluation; this guide supplies prices and scope, not tests.
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How should you compare web unblockers? #
Compare the required output and billing unit before comparing prices. Prices and specifications verified: 2026-11-11. The first four entries are the core shortlist; the credit APIs are adjacent choices when their selected path is sufficient.
| Option | Documented unit / entry context | Output fit | Research boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Data Unlocker | PAYG $1.50/1K successful requests; advertised 5K free/month | Raw HTML/JSON envelope | No click-control or record-schema guarantee. Docs |
| Zyte API | PAYG HTTP $0.13–$1.27; browser $1.01–$16.08/1K by tier | HTTP/browser; selected extraction extra | Actual tier/extras/caps required. Rules |
| Oxylabs Web Unblocker | Shared wallet Starter $15/month at $7.20/GB (up to 2 GB) | Managed request/render path | Documentation-only. Product, terms |
| Decodo Site Unblocker | Monthly GB tiers from $10/1GB, or request tiers from $1.25 per 1,000 (23K requests, $29), plus VAT | Selected Site Unblocker contract | Docs-only. Licence |
| ScraperAPI | Monthly $49/100K; selected credit totals | Known URL/selected protection | Domain/features change total. Costs |
| ZenRows | Free 5K/month; B1 $19/45K | Selected Fetch configuration | Adaptive success still needs validation. Adaptive |
Bright Data Unlocker charges per successful request #
I would inspect Unlocker when managed raw-page delivery is the requirement. The published PAYG rate is $1.50 per 1,000 successful requests, with an advertised 5,000 free requests a month; the introduction describes raw HTML or a JSON envelope. Pricing, introduction.
That is not automatic structured records or interactive click control. I would verify the actual product/target and billing conditions before treating one returned envelope as a completed entity record; no eligible allowance or account setting was inspected here. If the job needs clicks, Bright Data sells that as a separate product, covered in Bright Data Browser API pricing. To see how the free allowance sits next to other providers’ free tiers, read free web scraping APIs compared.
Zyte prices by site difficulty and mode #
I would inspect Zyte when the website/mode tier and selected extraction fit. It assigns separate HTTP/browser tiers one to five; the easiest HTTP $0.13/1K is conditional, not the price of every protected website. Pricing, tier definitions.
HTTP returns a Base64 body unless decoded; browser supports HTML, screenshots, actions and captures, while standard/custom extraction is a separately selected output path. An API JSON envelope is not entity extraction, and source defaults can trigger browser rather than HTTP work. HTTP, browser, extraction.
The standard PAYG spend ceiling is $100; commitments have floors/ceilings and extra extraction/actions/screenshots/network costs matter. I would budget the actual target configuration before selecting a plan or declaring a cheaper delivered-result outcome. Pricing rules.
How does Zyte bill a CDP session? #
Zyte CDP requires paid/spend-limit setup and business verification, with no trial. It bills the greater of navigations and reserved TTL rounded up in 15-second units, using the first navigation’s domain tier; explicit close/disconnect still bills the chosen allocation. CDP.
A hypothetical two-navigation session with chosen TTL 60 seconds counts at least four units even if explicitly closed at ten seconds; TTL 45 counts three, and five navigations with TTL 60 counts five. Residential bandwidth has a per-unit cap plus per-GB overage, but the cap/rate was not captured here. CDP billing.
These are reserved-time arithmetic examples, not a connected session or proof of permitted interaction. I would also review terms/acceptable use before an evaluation; absence of a restriction in a summary is not benchmark clearance. Terms, AUP.
Oxylabs Web Unblocker, from the docs only #
Current Web Unblocker pricing uses GB in the shared wallet: Starter $15 monthly at $7.20/GB (up to 2 GB), Basic $100 at $6 and Flexible $500 at $4.80, with an advertised $5 welcome credit. Starter is roughly two GB if spent only on that product; full wallet/overage conditions were not account-verified. Prices verified: 2026-11-11. Pricing.
The product/interface includes managed rendering, which does not establish a record-schema or measured success guarantee. I would keep this distinct from request-priced scraper products and budget actual traffic before comparing it. Product, documentation.
This coverage is documentation-only. Current terms require written consent for performance, availability or functionality monitoring, so this article contains no calls, scripts, benchmarks or claimed tests. Terms.
Decodo Site Unblocker, also from the docs only #
I read two public ladders on the page, both billed monthly plus VAT. Pay/GB: 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 GB for $10, $45, $85, $200, $375 and $675 ($10 down to $6.75 per GB). Pay/Req: 23K, 82K, 216K, 455K and 950K requests for $29, $99, $249, $499 and $999 ($1.25 down to $1.05 per 1,000). The page’s comparison table also shows “From $28” for Site Unblocker, which matches neither ladder, so I quote the two ladders above and not that figure. The Pay/Req ladder only loads with JavaScript, so a plain text fetch of the page misses it; the figures above are what the live page showed on 2026-11-11. Prices verified: 2026-11-11. Site Unblocker.
The newer Web Data API is a separate four-endpoint product. I would not reuse its $0.15/1K headline as Site Unblocker pricing or assume a different API’s endpoint output is included in these GB plans. Product update, product page.
This coverage is documentation-only. The licence prohibits public performance analysis/benchmarks; a compliance page and purchase opportunity are not permission to test or publish performance. Licence, security/compliance.
Can you compare per-GB and per-request prices? #
For hypothetical 100,000 pages, 50 decimal KB each gives five GB, while 500 KB gives 50 GB, before headers, assets and retries. These are assumptions, not observed traffic, so no provider invoice or success comparison follows from either example.
I would keep page size, browser subresources and retry policy attached to any GB estimate. A tenfold body-size change can move a bandwidth plan even though the URL count is unchanged; request products and structured-record products have different denominators again.
Do you even need a dedicated unblocker? #
A named known-page requirement may fit ScraperAPI or ZenRows without a separately branded unblocker. ScraperAPI lists generic plain/JS/premium/both costs of one/ten/ten/25 credits, and domain/protection paths differ; ZenRows Fetch totals one/five/ten/25 and adaptive mode bills the successful configuration. ScraperAPI costs, ZenRows pricing, adaptive.
I would compare the selected target/output contract instead of add either to a “beats protection” ranking. A successful configuration can still return content that fails the schema, freshness or usable-record definition. The full plan ladders are in my ScraperAPI pricing and ZenRows pricing breakdowns.
Which unblocker would I shortlist? #
For raw managed request delivery, I would inspect Unlocker; for tiered fetch/extraction, Zyte. If it comes down to those two, I priced them against each other in Bright Data vs Zyte, and the Zyte alternatives roundup covers what else fits if Zyte’s tiers don’t. I would read Oxylabs/Decodo GB scopes as documentation-only options and resolve applicable written permissions before any separately authorized evaluation; the article does not supply that approval.
Define allowed targets, output acceptance, traffic/cost inputs, caps and retention first. This primary-document shortlist supplies no independent review consensus, measured success rate or promise that payment grants target/data rights.
Use the scraping API pillar for layer choices, Zyte API pricing for floors/ceilings, scraping credits for billing versus useful records, Bright Data versus Apify for structured records/workflows, and build versus buy for operating costs.
FAQ #
Did you measure which unblocker is best? #
No. The picks are conditional fits from documents, without speed, success or quality results.
Can I just compare $/GB with $/request? #
Not without actual payload/assets/headers/retry traffic and the same required output. The two byte examples are hypothetical assumptions.
Does Zyte’s cheapest price apply to every site? #
No. Website HTTP/browser tiers and extras determine cost, within eligible plan limits. Pricing.
Did you test Oxylabs or Decodo? #
No. Current terms restrict monitoring/public performance analysis; both remain documentation-only, with no recipe or test result. Oxylabs, Decodo.
Does closing a Zyte CDP session early save money? #
No. Zyte’s documented billing uses reserved TTL and navigation units, plus possible residential bandwidth overage. CDP.
Sources
23 sources, accessed .
Official pricing, docs, changelogs and status pages 23
- Web Unlocker pricing
- Web Unlocker
- Oxylabs Web Unblocker pricing
- Oxylabs product
- Oxylabs Web Unblocker docs
- Oxylabs services terms
- Decodo Site Unblocker
- Decodo compliance
- Decodo Web Data API
- Decodo Web Data API product page
- Decodo licence
- Zyte pricing
- Zyte API billing
- HTTP
- Browser automation
- Automatic extraction
- Zyte terms
- Zyte AUP
- Zyte CDP corrected billing
- ScraperAPI plans
- Request credit costs
- Zenrows monthly pricing
- Adaptive stealth
