Oxylabs is a generic proxy provider.
We're built specifically for video extraction at scale.
Bandwidth bills surprises
Oxylabs charges per GB on top of subscription. At video scale (1TB+/mo), bills compound unpredictably. We charge flat per-tier with explicit overage rate visible upfront.
Generic proxy, not video-tuned
Oxylabs serves proxies for any use case (e-commerce monitoring, ad verification, generic scraping). Our anti-bot infrastructure is tuned specifically for YouTube and Spotify, with custom retry logic, video-tuned IP rotation, and codec-aware extraction.
Ticket queue support
Oxylabs support is a generic ticket queue. With us, you get founder-level Slack access 24/7 with engineering escalation under 1 hour.
Built for video specifically
Our 50 Gbps backbone, video-tuned IP pool, and anti-bot patterns library are all dedicated to video extraction. Not shared with e-commerce monitoring or generic scraping.
Direct cloud delivery, zero egress
Files stream straight to your S3, GCS, R2, Azure, OSS bucket. No staging server, no proxy-to-S3 hop, no egress surprises. Your eng team never touches a proxy response.
White-glove migration included
On Growth tier and above, we coordinate the cutover with your engineering team. Zero downtime. Typical migration 1 to 2 weeks depending on complexity.
TornadoAPI vs Oxylabs on YouTube and Spotify video
| Feature | TornadoAPI | Oxylabs |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Dedicated video extraction (YouTube + Spotify) | Generic proxy provider (multi-purpose) |
| Pricing structure | Flat tiers $1,200 to $10K+/mo, transparent overage | Subscription + per-GB bandwidth, surprises possible |
| Contractual SLA | 99.5% to 99.9% depending on tier | Generic uptime promise, not video-specific |
| Anti-bot | Tuned for YouTube + Spotify, custom retry logic | Generic residential proxy rotation |
| Output | Direct cloud delivery (S3, GCS, Azure, R2), zero egress | Raw proxy responses, you handle storage and egress |
| Support | Founder-level Slack 24/7, eng escalation < 1h | Ticket queue, generic SLA |
| Network | 50 Gbps capacity dedicated to video | Shared across all use cases |
| Migration | White-glove migration included Growth+ | Self-serve switch |
“Tornado is literally the only good api that does this. I tried every competitor - Oxylabs, Decodo... it's a side project for them. A feature. For Tornado, it's the whole product. It's well thought out, the api is well designed, and any issues are fixed within a day. With the other guys, it took weeks (if not months). Couldn't be happier as a customer.”
- Podcast platform founder, seed-stage
Trusted at production scale
What our customers say
“Tornado is the best product in the market that we have seen to be able to download YouTube videos, which is a critical process to our product. Not just that, the team is phenomenal and is able to help solve/streamline any issues we have in a speedy time. Tornado is a hidden gem and highly recommend them.”
Ibrahim Mohmed
CEO, Taja AI
“We evaluated several solutions for downloading YouTube content, and most struggled to keep up with ongoing changes. Tornado API has been the most reliable by far. The team is incredibly responsive and quick to adapt when things shift, which makes a huge difference for us. It truly feels like a partnership, not just a tool.”
Founder, social media publishing platform
“Tornado is literally the only good api that does this. I tried every competitor - Oxylabs, Decodo... it's a side project for them. A feature. For Tornado, it's the whole product. It's well thought out, the api is well designed, and any issues are fixed within a day. With the other guys, it took weeks (if not months). Couldn't be happier as a customer.”
Podcast platform founder
Already paying Apify, Bright Data, or Oxylabs for video?
The real cost of running on a general proxy provider isn't just their invoice. Once you factor in the rest, TornadoAPI almost always comes out cheaper all-in:
- 1Their monthly invoice for the proxy/scrape service
- 210-15 hrs/week of eng time on maintenance, debugging anti-bot, fighting YouTube changes
- 3Downtime cost when their service breaks (10-30% scrape failures common)
TornadoAPI replaces all of that with a contractual SLA, infrastructure dedicated to video, and founder Slack 24/7.
Want a side-by-side comparison on your specific volume? We'll show you the math.
Where each tool actually fits
Oxylabs is a serious proxy provider. We're not. Here is the honest breakdown of where each tool earns its place.
What Oxylabs is genuinely good for
- General-purpose web scraping (e-commerce, news, classifieds)
- Residential proxy rotation for non-video workloads
- Multi-region price monitoring at small to mid scale
- Ad verification
What you actually need for video at scale
- Dedicated video extraction infrastructure (codec-aware)
- Anti-bot tuned specifically for YouTube and Spotify
- Direct cloud delivery without bandwidth surprises
- Contractual SLA video-specific (99.5% and above)
- Founder-level technical support, not a ticket queue
- Production-tested at multi-TB/month sustained throughput
If your workload is general scraping, Oxylabs is fine. If your workload is YouTube or Spotify extraction at production volumes, you need infrastructure built for it.
Oxylabs migration FAQ
Common questions when teams switch from Oxylabs for video extraction.
Ready to ship to production?
30-min walkthrough with the founder. Side-by-side benchmark on your specific use case. No hard sell.