Use case · Category and catalogue crawl
What does it cost to crawl an Amazon category with an API?
With the default inputs (category pages: 5,000; product pages: 100,000; crawls per month: 1), the workload is 5,000 category requests and 100,000 product requests a month. The lowest confirmed cost is $24.15 a month at Zyte API on its Pay as you go plan, and 32 providers can price it (as of 6 November 2026).
Monthly cost by provider
Walk category listings to find every product, then fetch each product page. Change the inputs to price your own volume.
Questions
Which provider is cheapest for category and catalogue crawl?
At the default inputs, the lowest confirmed monthly costs as of 6 November 2026 are Zyte API ($24.15), Scrape.do ($29.00), ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator ($29.00).
How many requests does category and catalogue crawl take a month?
Category pages and product pages, each × crawls per month. At the default inputs that is 5,000 category requests and 100,000 product requests a month.
What does ten times the volume cost?
At ten times the default workload the lowest confirmed cost is $99.00 a month at Scrape.do, compared with $24.15 at the default volume.
Why can some providers not be priced for category and catalogue crawl?
9 providers cannot be priced for this workload. Reasons: no price for category requests (6 providers); no single product prices every request type in the mix (3 providers).