Shifter vs. Gaffa

Shifter provides a comprehensive range of residential proxies that boast extensive worldwide coverage and advanced settings, including GEO targeting, customizable IP rotation, and optimized low latency for effective data scraping. Our state-of-the-art scraping technology, paired with a strong proxy network, is accessible via a unified API that oversees everything from anti-bot strategies to the resolution of large-scale captcha challenges. With our dedicated data centers specifically designed for these services, we guarantee latencies near 0ms, resulting in exceptionally rapid application performance. The rotating residential proxies we offer convincingly mimic real user behavior, safeguarding the anonymity of your online activities. Users can effortlessly modify their IP rotation frequencies, select their geolocation options, or decide between rotating proxies and on-demand types. Additionally, integrating Shifter's rotating residential proxies into your applications or third-party tools is a swift process that takes only a few minutes, allowing you to manage all configurations through our user-friendly dashboard or API. This efficient setup process not only facilitates smoother data extraction tasks but also enhances overall operational productivity significantly. By leveraging our innovative solutions, you can achieve unparalleled results in your data scraping endeavors.

Gaffa is an API for web scraping and browser automation that gives developers control over real, full browsers with a single request, no headless-browser setup, proxy management, or infrastructure scaling required. Pages render with full JavaScript support by default, matching exactly what a real user would see. The platform covers the full range of automation needs: scraping, AI-powered data extraction into structured JSON using custom schemas, full-page screenshots, PDF export, infinite-scroll scraping, automated form filling, and converting webpages into clean Markdown for AI and LLM workflows. Reliability is built in through a rotating residential proxy network and automatic CAPTCHA and anti-bot handling, so requests succeed even against protected sites. Pricing follows a transparent, credit-based model tied to browser execution time and bandwidth, making costs predictable as usage scales. Gaffa is aimed at AI engineers, data-driven teams, and developers who need dependable, large-scale web data without the overhead of running their own scraping infrastructure.