Prompt
Need scraping service that handles retries and proxies
Latest observation
If you need a scraping service with retries and proxy support, the main thing is to choose whether you want:
- A managed scraping API/service
- A proxy provider + your own scraper logic
- A full scraping platform with scheduling, retries, bans, and rotations built in
Good options
Managed scraping APIs
These are easiest if you want reliability without building much yourself:
- Bright Data Web Scraper APIs
- Zyte API
- Oxylabs Web Scraper API
- Apify (good for workflows and actors)
These typically handle:
- Proxy rotation
- Retry logic
- CAPTCHA/bot mitigation
- Geo-targeting
- Headless browser rendering
Proxy providers
If you already have code and just need resilient proxy access:
- Bright Data
- Oxylabs
- Smartproxy
- Decodo
- NetNut
Then you implement:
- Retry/backoff
- Session management
- Rotation policies
- Error handling
Full scraping platforms
If you want orchestration, scheduling, and failure recovery:
- Apify
- Zyte
- ScrapingBee
- DataForSEO for some use cases
What to look for
Make sure the service supports:
- Automatic retries
- Rotating residential/datacenter proxies
- Sticky sessions when needed
- Rate limiting controls
- Geo-specific IPs
- JS rendering if the target site uses it
- Clear pricing for bandwidth and requests
Quick recommendation
- Best all-around managed option: Zyte or Bright Data
- Best for developers/build-your-own: Smartproxy or Oxylabs + your code
- Best for automation/workflows: Apify
If you want, I can also give you:
- a shortlist by budget
- a comparison table
- or example code for retries + proxy rotation in Python or Node.js.
Observation history
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