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Core capabilities

Vendor's own claim
  • Proxies: Residential (175M+ IPs), Mobile (20M+), Datacenter, Dedicated Datacenter, ISP, Dedicated ISP
  • Web Scraper API: managed scraping infrastructure with structured parsing for specific targets (Amazon, Google, etc.)
  • Web Unblocker: AI-powered proxy that adapts to bypass anti-bot defenses on hard targets
  • Headless Browser: cloud browser for JS-heavy sites with built-in unblocking
  • Custom Datasets: pre-collected, ready-to-use web datasets

API & agent surface

From official docs
Authentication
HTTP Basic Authentication using separate Web Scraper API credentials (created under Dashboard > Users tab, distinct from the main dashboard login), e.g. curl --user 'USERNAME:PASSWORD'
Base URL
https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries
Rate limits
Varies by plan: 10 total jobs/s (3 rendered/s) on the free trial; 50 jobs/s (13 rendered/s) on Micro/Starter/Advanced/Venture; 100 jobs/s (25 rendered/s) on Business/Corporate; custom on higher tiers. Domain-level throttling drops a domain to 1 req/s if its success rate falls below 40% over a 5-minute window.
Notable endpoints
  • POST /v1/queries - submit a scrape job (source, url/query, and optional parse/render parameters); three integration modes documented: Realtime, Push-Pull, and Proxy Endpoint
MCP tools exposed
universal_scrapergoogle_search_scraperamazon_search_scraperamazon_product_scraperai_scraperai_crawlerai_browser_agentai_searchai_mapgenerate_schema
Machine-readable spec
No OpenAPI link

Official skills & repos

From official docs

Published by the vendor themselves — not community forks.

  • oxylabs-mcp106 stars

    Official Oxylabs MCP server source exposing Web Scraper API tools (universal_scraper, google_search_scraper, amazon_search_scraper, amazon_product_scraper) and AI Studio tools (ai_scraper, ai_crawler, ai_browser_agent, ai_search, ai_map, generate_schema), linked from Oxylabs' own MCP docs.

  • agent-skills874 stars

    Official Oxylabs Agent Skills announced in the Oxylabs changelog (2026-07-15): five product skills (Proxies, Web Unblocker, Web Scraper API, Headless Browser, Video Data), installable as a Claude Code plugin.

From the vendor's channel

Getting Started With Web Scraper API — Oxylabs

Pricing

From official docs
PlanPriceIncludedNotable
Free Trial$0Up to 2,000 resultsNo credit card required, Rate limit: 10 requests/s
Micro$49/monthUp to 98,000 results (from $0.50/1K results)Per 1K successful results: Amazon $0.50, Google $1.00, other $1.15, with JS $1.35; media download $3/GB, Rate limit: 50 requests/s (13 rendered/s), 24/7 support
Starter$99/monthUp to 220,000 results (from $0.45/1K results)Per 1K successful results: Amazon $0.45, Google $0.90, other $1.10, with JS $1.30; media download $2.50/GB, Rate limit: 50 requests/s (13 rendered/s), 24/7 support
Advanced$249/monthUp to 622,500 results (from $0.40/1K results)Per 1K successful results: Amazon $0.40, Google $0.80, other $0.95, with JS $1.25; media download $2/GB, Rate limit: 50 requests/s (13 rendered/s), 24/7 support
Venture$499/monthUp to 1,350,000 results (from $0.37/1K results)Per 1K successful results: Amazon $0.37, Google $0.70, other $0.85, with JS $1.15; media download $1.50/GB, Rate limit: 50 requests/s (13 rendered/s), 24/7 support
Business$999/monthUp to 3,330,000 results (from $0.30/1K results)Per 1K successful results: Amazon $0.30, Google $0.60, other $0.75, with JS $1.00; media download $1/GB, Rate limit: 100 requests/s (25 rendered/s), 24/7 support
Corporate$2,000/monthUp to 8,000,000 results (from $0.25/1K results)Per 1K successful results: Amazon $0.25, Google $0.50, other $0.70, with JS $0.95; media download $0.95/GB, Rate limit: 100 requests/s (25 rendered/s), 24/7 support
Custom +Custom priceCustomCustom price per result and per GB, Rate limit: scale as needed, 24/7 support

Checked 2026-09-23 against their pricing page. Vendors change pricing without notice.

What is Oxylabs

Vendor's own claim

Oxylabs is web-data infrastructure spanning raw proxy access, managed scraping APIs, and AI-oriented no-code/agent tooling.

Ideal customer profile

Vendor's own claim

Teams needing reliable, large-scale access to public web data - price/market intelligence, SEO monitoring, ad verification, fraud prevention/cybersecurity, journalism, and AI/LLM developers training or grounding models on web data. Vendor names Stanford University, Forbes, Bloomberg, and Citadel among its 15,000+ clients.

Who should look elsewhere

Our read

The Web Scraper API pricing page caps throughput at 50 requests per second below Business tier and 100 on Business or Corporate, so high-throughput buyers should verify the plan they need. The free trial is capped at 2,000 results, while monthly plans commit to fixed allowances. The MCP server requires separate Web Scraper API or AI Studio credentials and is not a standalone free capability.

Oxylabs alternatives

Our read

Infrastructure for fetching web pages at scale — proxies, headless browsers, and crawl-to-markdown services that agents can call directly.

Category: Scraping and browser infrastructure. Membership is decided by 3 stated tests, not by category tags — see them and the full comparison.

Oxylabs FAQ

Does Oxylabs publish a machine-readable OpenAPI spec?

Not for the Web Scraper API as far as we found.

Our read
How does the Web Scraper API authenticate requests?

HTTP Basic Authentication using dedicated API User credentials created under the Users tab in the Oxylabs dashboard - not the main account login - e.g. curl --user 'USERNAME:PASSWORD'.

From official docs
Is there a free trial?

Yes, up to 2,000 results on the Web Scraper API with no credit card required, paying only for successful results.

From official docs
Does Oxylabs offer an MCP server for AI agents?

Yes. It exposes Web Scraper API tools (universal_scraper, google_search_scraper, amazon_search_scraper, amazon_product_scraper) and, with an AI Studio API key, ai_scraper, ai_crawler, ai_browser_agent, ai_search, ai_map, and generate_schema, documented for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and Cursor. The GitHub source repo (oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp) is archived as of Sep 16, 2026.

From official docs
How is the Web Scraper API priced?

Monthly subscription tiers with an included result quota and a declining per-1K-result rate: Micro ($49/mo, up to 98,000 results), Starter ($99/mo, 220,000), Advanced ($249/mo, 622,500), Venture ($499/mo, 1,350,000), Business ($999/mo, 3,330,000), Corporate ($2,000/mo, 8,000,000), and Custom +. The per-1K rate depends on target and JS rendering, e.g. Micro charges $0.50 for Amazon, $1.00 for Google, $1.15 for other sites, and $1.35 with JS. Only successful results are billed.

From official docs
What are the API rate limits?

10 total jobs/second on the free trial, 50 jobs/second on Micro through Venture plans, 100 jobs/second on Business and Corporate, and custom limits above that; a domain gets throttled to 1 request/second if its success rate drops below 40% over a 5-minute window.

From official docs
What proxy types does Oxylabs sell?

Residential (175M+ IPs), Mobile (20M+), Datacenter, Dedicated Datacenter, ISP, and Dedicated ISP proxies, sold separately from the Web Scraper API. Listed starting prices: Residential $2.5/GB, Mobile $3.5/GB, Datacenter $0.7/IP, ISP $1.2/IP, Dedicated ISP $2.5/IP.

Vendor's own claim
Does Oxylabs have a public status page?

Yes.

From official docs

Verify before you buy

  • A published OpenAPI/Swagger spec for the Web Scraper API or Dashboard API (only the Enterprise Dedicated Datacenter Proxy API has OpenAPI-format docs)
  • A machine-readable OpenAPI specification was not included in the reviewed source set.

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