> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.decodo.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> Core plans were designed to cover the most essential features for the most efficient price. 

<Danger>
  Core and Advanced plans are no longer available for purchase. Please consider migrating to the all-in-one Web Scraper API; check out the guide [here](https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-scraping-api-migration-guide).
</Danger>

<Note>
  ### Web Scraping API: Core and Advanced Plans

  Our Scraping API line offers two solutions:

  * **Core** – essential scraping features to unlock targets efficiently.
  * **Advanced** – premium scraping solution with high customizability.
</Note>

## Core and Advanced Solutions Comparison

### Feature comparison

| Feature                                                                                                   | Core          | Advanced                                                                                       |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Input                                                                                                     | `URL`         | `URL`, `Query`                                                                                 |
| Output                                                                                                    | `HTML`        | `HTML`, `JSON`, `Parsed`, `Markdown`, `png`, `xhr`                                             |
| [**JavaScript rendering**](https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-scraping-api-javascript-rendering-deprecated) | -             | `yes`                                                                                          |
| [**Geo-targeting**](https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-scraping-api-localisation-deprecated)                | `8 countries` | [**extended list**](https://help.smartproxy.com/docs/web-scraping-api-localisation-deprecated) |
| [**Parsing**](https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-scraping-api-parsing-deprecated)                           | -             | `yes`                                                                                          |
| Premium proxy pool                                                                                        | -             | `yes`                                                                                          |
| [**Target templates**](https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-scraping-api-targets-deprecated)                  | -             | `yes`                                                                                          |
| Requests per second                                                                                       | `30`          | `200`                                                                                          |
| Anti-bot bypassing                                                                                        | `yes`         | `yes`                                                                                          |
| [**Statistics**](https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-scraping-api-statistics-deprecated)                     | `yes`         | `yes`                                                                                          |
| [**Real-time integration**](https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-scraping-api-real-time-requests)             | `yes`         | `yes`                                                                                          |
| [**Asynchronous requests**](https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-scraping-api-asynchronous-requests)          | `yes`         | `yes`                                                                                          |
| [**Browser actions**](https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-scraping-api-browser-actions-deprecated)           | -             | `available`                                                                                    |

### Request parameters available with CORE plans:

| Parameter                 | Default value   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Example                 |
| ------------------------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| `url`                     | -               | Your target URL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | `https://ip.decodo.com` |
| `geo`                     | auto-randomized | The geographical location on which the result depends.<br />CORE plans support a fixed list of countries: <ul><li>Canada</li><li>France</li><li>Germany</li><li>Japan</li><li>Netherlands</li><li>Romania</li><li>United Kingdom</li><li>United States</li></ul> |                         |
| `http_method`             | -               | Used to make a POST request instead of GET.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | `POST`                  |
| `payload`                 | -               | Base64 encoded POST request body. Used when http\_method is POST.                                                                                                                                                                                                | `{foo: bar}`            |
| `successful_status_codes` | -               | Define one or more HTTP response codes that you consider successful for retrieving the content.                                                                                                                                                                  | `401`, `404`            |

<Note>
  ### Extended parameter list

  * Find the list of parameters available for **Advanced plans** [**here**](https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-scraping-api-parameters-deprecated).
</Note>

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