Oxylabs is enterprise scraping infrastructure. Zillapi is a developer-grade REST API.
If you want a black-box scraper that delivers parsed Zillow data into your S3 or GCS bucket and you have the budget, Oxylabs is solid. If you want a Zillow API with sub-resource endpoints, an OpenAPI spec, and HMAC-signed webhooks for $5/mo, Zillapi is the lighter integration.
Both work. They suit different team sizes and different procurement realities.
TL;DR
| Zillapi | Oxylabs Zillow Scraper API | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $5/mo for 1,000 credits, scales to $99+ | $49 to $249+/mo entry per public pricing as of May 2026 |
| Free tier | 100 credits one-time at signup | Trial via sales |
| Signup speed | Self-serve, under 60 seconds | Sales contact, then trial |
| Coverage | Zillow listing graph (~160M parcels) | Zillow public surface, similar coverage |
| Output formats | JSON, CSV, NDJSON | JSON, raw HTML, parsed structured data |
| Delivery | API response | API response, S3, GCS |
| Webhooks | First-class, HMAC-signed | Yes, on job completion |
| OpenAPI | /openapi.json covers every endpoint | API docs, no OpenAPI |
| Best for | Indie devs, startups, AI tooling | Mid-market and enterprise scraping ops |
What is Oxylabs Zillow Scraper API?
Oxylabs is one of the largest proxy and web-scraping infrastructure providers. Their Zillow Scraper API is a productized scraper that handles proxy rotation, anti-bot evasion, and HTML parsing. Output comes back as raw HTML, parsed JSON, or gets delivered to your S3 or GCS bucket on a schedule.
The product is aimed at teams running scraping at scale who want to outsource the proxy and infrastructure layer. Oxylabs runs an enterprise SLA for customers above a certain volume.
Per Oxylabs’ public pricing as of May 2026, Web Scraper API starts at $49/mo for entry plans, the Real Estate Scraper API (Zillow specifically) lists around $1.6 per 1,000 results on volume plans, and most production deployments price out at $99 to several hundred a month. Pricing is bandwidth-based on some plans and result-based on others.
What is Zillapi?
Zillapi is a self-serve Zillow Data API.
We focus on a clean REST surface. /v1/properties/{zpid}. /v1/listings/for-sale. /v1/properties/{zpid}/zestimate. A 24-hour cache. A 200-request-per-minute default rate limit. Async batches up to 500 entries per job.
We are built for engineers who want to wire up a feature, not for procurement-driven scraping ops with a data engineering team. The OpenAPI spec at /openapi.json lets you generate clients in any language. HMAC-signed webhooks let your backend skip polling on async jobs.
The trade-off is delivery shape. We respond inline. If you want bucket delivery, we are not that.
Side-by-side: making the same call
Same task, both providers. Fetch one Zillow property and get parsed JSON back.
Zillapi:
curl https://api.zillapi.com/v1/properties/11026031 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $ZILLAPI_KEY"Returns a parsed property record in 50 to 200 ms on a cache hit. Costs 1 credit.
Oxylabs, hitting the realtime endpoint with parse=true:
curl --user "user:pass" -X POST https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries \ -H "content-type: application/json" \ -d '{ "source": "universal", "url": "https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/11026031_zpid/", "parse": true }'The Oxylabs response wraps the parsed data in a job structure. For larger volumes, you push results to a bucket instead of consuming them inline.
The Oxylabs call is fine. It also asks you to think about jobs and queues, not just resources. Different mental model.
Pricing breakdown
Oxylabs per public pricing as of May 2026: Web Scraper API entry at $49/mo (bandwidth-capped), Real Estate Scraper API at around $1.6 per 1,000 results on volume plans, mid-tier production at $99 to $249/mo, and enterprise on custom contracts with SLA, account manager, bucket delivery, and dedicated proxies.
Zillapi per public pricing on zillapi.com as of May 2026: 100 credits free at signup, Hacker $5/mo for 1,000 credits, Pro $29/mo for 10,000 credits, Scale $99/mo for 50,000 credits. Most endpoints cost 1 credit. Heavy listing pages and async jobs cost more, documented per endpoint in /openapi.json.
For low to mid volume, Zillapi is dramatically cheaper. The $5 Hacker tier gets you a working production integration. At Oxylabs, you cannot buy at that price.
For high volume with bucket delivery at a few million records a month, the Oxylabs price stops looking high. The proxy infrastructure they bundle is real cost they are absorbing.
When to choose Oxylabs
Pick Oxylabs when you are running scraping operations at scale.
Pick it when your data pipeline lives in S3 or GCS and you want results delivered there directly. The bucket-delivery option is the main reason mid-market and enterprise teams pick Oxylabs over a developer-grade REST API.
Pick it when the enterprise SLA is meaningful, a data engineer owns the property-data pipeline, and the budget can absorb $99+/mo entry. If your roadmap is “make property data show up in our warehouse on time” and you have a data team, Oxylabs is shaped for them.
When to choose Zillapi
Pick Zillapi when you want a Zillow API that behaves like a normal REST API.
Sub-resource endpoints (/photos, /zestimate, /schools) let you fetch only the slice you need without paying to parse a giant blob. Field projection (?fields=zpid,price) trims the payload further. Async jobs with HMAC-signed webhooks let your agent or backend skip polling.
We are also dramatically cheaper at the indie and startup end. $5/mo gets you a working integration. You can validate a feature on real data this afternoon without a sales call.
For AI agents that need property context inline, for lead-gen tools that need fast lookups, for indie devs who want to ship before lunch, Zillapi is the right shape.
The honest case against Zillapi
Oxylabs wins on enterprise infrastructure.
If you need bucket delivery to S3 or GCS, we do not ship that. If your pipeline expects parsed Zillow records to land in your warehouse on a schedule, that is Oxylabs’s home turf.
We also do not give you raw HTML. Oxylabs lets you flip parse=false and grab the raw page. If your team has a parser pulling fields we do not expose, Oxylabs gives you the raw material. We give you parsed JSON.
We are not the right pick if your scraping volume is high enough that buying proxies directly is materially cheaper. At several million calls per month, the math may favor running infrastructure directly.
And we are a smaller team. If you need a named account manager, a quarterly business review, and an enterprise SLA with credits-back language, that is what Oxylabs sells. We sell developer self-serve.
FAQ
How much does the Oxylabs Zillow Scraper API cost?
Per Oxylabs’ public pricing as of May 2026, the Web Scraper API starts at $49/mo for entry plans, and the Real Estate Scraper API (which covers Zillow) lists at around $1.6 per 1,000 results on volume plans. Most production deployments price out into the $99 to $249+/mo range. There is no per-credit self-serve below the entry tier.
Does Oxylabs ship to S3 or GCS?
Yes. Oxylabs supports synchronous API responses, async job polling, and direct delivery to S3 or GCS. That bucket-delivery option is the main reason teams pick them over a developer-grade REST API. If your data pipeline already lives in a warehouse, getting parsed Zillow records dropped into a bucket is a clean fit.
Does Oxylabs return parsed Zillow data or raw HTML?
Both. The realtime endpoint takes a Zillow URL and a parse flag. With parse=true, you get structured JSON. Without it, you get the raw HTML and your parser has to do the work. Zillapi only returns parsed structured JSON. If you specifically need raw HTML for fields we do not expose, Oxylabs is the better fit.
How does Zillapi compare on price?
Zillapi starts at $5/mo for 1,000 credits. Oxylabs entry is around $49 to $99/mo per public pricing as of May 2026. At the indie and startup end, Zillapi is materially cheaper. At enterprise volumes with bucket delivery requirements, Oxylabs is shaped for that procurement budget and we are not.
Can I get a Zillow scraping result in 60 seconds with Zillapi?
Yes. Sign up, get an API key, make a curl call. The first response lands in 50 to 200 ms on a cached property. Oxylabs requires a sales contact for the trial, then trial setup, then production onboarding. If you are evaluating shape and time-to-first-call matters, Zillapi wins.
When should I pick Oxylabs over Zillapi?
When you are running scraping operations at scale, your data pipeline lives in S3 or GCS, you want bucket delivery instead of pulling through a synchronous API, and your business can absorb $99+/mo entry pricing.
Verdict
If you have a data engineering team, a procurement budget, and a pipeline that wants Zillow records dropped into a bucket on a schedule, Oxylabs is the right call.
If you want a Zillow API your backend can call this afternoon for $5/mo, start with the Zillapi quickstart. First call in 60 seconds. No sales call. No bucket setup.
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