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Comparator · Research & search

ZooDataFrom $2 (Prepaid credits)vsPerplexity$10/mo (Education Pro (consumer, verified students/faculty))
Starting priceFrom $2 · $10/mo
Free tieryes · yes
Plans documented3 · 7
Platforms2 · 2
Comparison of ZooData, Perplexity
ZooData
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Category Research & search Research & search
Main use cases
  • Feed product data to AI agents
  • Monitor competitor prices
  • Product research on Amazon and Walmart
  • Scrape web pages to JSON or Markdown
  • Track sales rank over time
  • Researching questions with cited sources
  • Tracking current events
  • Comparing products or options
  • Building search-grounded apps via API
Best for Developers building AI agents, E-commerce sellers and researchers Researchers, Students, Journalists, Developers building search features
Platforms Web, API Web, API
Pricing model Freemium Freemium
Pricing

1,000 free credits on registration; prepaid credits $2 per 1,000; bulk packages with discounts up to 60% (details not captured)

Checked Sep 29, 2026. Official pricing ↗

Free plan; Pro and Max paid plans; Enterprise for organizations. Viewed from outside the US, the pricing page showed Pro at $17/month and Max at $167/month (annual-billing equivalents). US monthly prices not confirmed — see official pricing.

Checked Sep 30, 2026. Official pricing ↗
Key features
  • Scrape endpoint with JSON, Markdown and raw HTML output
  • Live and 2+ years historical e-commerce data
  • AI-extracted insights
  • Web console
  • Agent skills package
  • API documentation
  • Answers with inline source citations
  • Real-time web search
  • Deep research reports
  • Choice of AI models from several labs on paid plans
  • Perplexity Computer for building documents and apps
  • Search, Agent and Embeddings APIs
Pros
  • 1,000 free credits at registration, no credit card required
  • Prepaid credits listed at $2 per 1,000
  • Prepaid credits do not expire per the FAQ
  • Documented API
  • Every answer links to its sources so claims can be checked
  • Free plan available to start
  • Paid plans offer models from multiple AI labs in one place
  • Developer APIs with published usage-based pricing
Limitations
  • Free tier has basic rate limits (30 RPM, 5 concurrent)
  • Search, map and crawl are marked coming soon
  • Usage-based credits, account required
  • Bulk packages expire per the FAQ
  • Answers can still misread or misattribute sources
  • Deep research and model choice need a paid plan
  • API is billed separately by tokens and requests
  • Promotional credit offers change often, so check current terms
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Verified Sep 29, 2026

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