# Zyte API: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 16 judge labels across 1 category by 10 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/zyte-api

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Proxy and web data providers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/proxy-networks/index.md) | 0% | 15 | 12% | 16 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best raw performance, lower cost per successful scrape, compliance-focused" (MiniMax M2.5, Proxy and web data)
- "Choose Zyte, ScraperAPI, or ZenRows if: You want to write simple code without maintaining custom proxy rotators" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Proxy and web data)
- "A managed scraping endpoint | Handles access, rendering, sessions, and extraction through an API" (GPT-6 Luna, Proxy and web data)
- "Zyte’s API worked extremely fast, managing to unblock all targets without headless browsers." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Proxy and web data)

## And against it

- "are the industry giants ... but are very expensive and have complex pricing" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Proxy and web data)
- "Score low (Level 1) on ethical benchmarks... riskier for compliance-heavy work" (Grok 4.20, Proxy and web data)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Zyte API, from 30 of the 32 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- brightdata.com: 18
- aimultiple.com: 15
- zyte.com: 13 (its own site)
- github.com: 11
- proxyway.com: 11
- dev.to: 8
- oxylabs.io: 8
- proxidize.com: 8
- decodo.com: 7
- docs.google.com: 7

### Pages cited

- https://aimultiple.com/proxy-providers: 7
- https://brightdata.com/blog/proxy-101/best-proxy-providers: 7
- https://proxyway.com/research/proxy-market-research-2024: 6
- https://zyte.com/learn/best-proxy-providers-for-web-scraping: 5
- https://zyte.com/zyte-api: 5
- https://aimultiple.com/enterprise-proxy: 4
- https://blog.apify.com/oxylabs-vs-bright-data: 4
- https://iproyal.com/blog/best-web-scraping-proxy-providers: 4

## In its own words

What Zyte API's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The ultimate API for web scraping. Avoid website bans and access a headless browser or AI Parsing. (https://zyte.com/)
- For: For developers (https://zyte.com/)
- Price stated: You’re billed on success. (https://zyte.com/)
- Starting price: 0.06 (https://www.zyte.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: 14 day free trial available. (https://zyte.com/)
- Certifications: ISO 27001

## What it publishes

Every page zyte.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 1469 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 483 pages, 42 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-10-05
- case study: 13 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 66 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 22 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-25
- report or ebook: 35 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-02
- comparison: 23 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 96 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 26 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-29
- news or press: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-10-05 blog: Sowa barrier rate limiting https://www.zyte.com/blog/sowa-barrier-rate-limiting
- Recent: 2026-09-30 blog: Introducing zyte mcp https://www.zyte.com/blog/introducing-zyte-mcp
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Sowa barrier captcha https://www.zyte.com/blog/sowa-barrier-captcha
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Scrapy mcp live crawl inspection https://www.zyte.com/blog/scrapy-mcp-live-crawl-inspection
- Recent: 2026-09-25 conference or event: Zyte developer community meetup 2 the recap slides and recordings https://www.zyte.com/blog/zyte-developer-community-meetup-2-the-recap-slides-and-recordings
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Announcing scrapy mcp https://www.zyte.com/blog/announcing-scrapy-mcp

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.