# 10 things to build with Zepto data.

> Ideas to build with public Zepto data: price and stock monitors, search rank trackers, assortment reports and basket pricers, each with its operations.

Canonical: https://apiforagents.dev/ideas/zepto-data · Updated 2026-10-21

Zepto data is good for reading what a shopper at one store sees: price, MRP, discount, stock and rank. Each idea below names the operations it calls, so you can quote it and run it.

- Operations: 4
- Price: from $0.0009 per record
- Free to start: $0.10

## The ideas

- **[A brand price monitor](https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/zepto/price-and-stock-api).** For brand and pricing teams. It reads their products at chosen stores daily and records price and discount. Uses products and history.
- **[An out-of-stock alert](https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/zepto/price-and-stock-api).** For sales teams. It reads stock counts at chosen stores and flags items that run out. Uses products.
- **[A search visibility tracker](https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/zepto/search-api).** For brand teams. It searches the terms shoppers use and records where each product ranks. Uses search.
- **[An assortment report](https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/zepto/category-api).** For category managers. It reads a category page at a store and lists every product with price and stock. Uses category.
- **[A competitor range watch](https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/zepto/category-api).** For brand teams. It reads a category page weekly and lists new products. Uses category.
- **[A city-by-city price report](https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/zepto/price-and-stock-api).** For analysts. It reads the same products at stores in different cities and compares the prices. Uses products.
- **[A household basket pricer](https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/zepto/price-and-stock-api).** For shoppers and personal finance apps. It prices the same basket at one store every week. Uses products and history.
- **[A pack size value check](https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/zepto/search-api).** For shoppers and consumer writers. It reads specifications and price to compare value across pack sizes. Uses search and products.
- **[A rating and review count tracker](https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/zepto/price-and-stock-api).** For brand teams. It charts rating and rating count from the stored series, which is free. Uses products and history.
- **[A distribution map](https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/zepto/search-api).** For sales teams. It searches for the brand at stores in many pincodes and maps where it is listed. Uses search.

## Each idea and what it calls

| Idea | Operations | One call returns | Main operation price |
|---|---|---|---|
| A brand price monitor | products, history | Up to 10 products | products: $0.0009 per record |
| An out-of-stock alert | products | Up to 10 products | products: $0.0009 per record |
| A search visibility tracker | search | Up to 100 listings | search: $0.0009 per record |
| An assortment report | category | Up to 100 products | category: $0.0009 per record |
| A competitor range watch | category | Up to 100 products | category: $0.0009 per record |
| A city-by-city price report | products | Up to 10 products per store | products: $0.0009 per record |
| A household basket pricer | products, history | Up to 10 products | products: $0.0009 per record |
| A pack size value check | search, products | Up to 100 listings | search: $0.0009 per record |
| A rating and review count tracker | products, history | Up to 10 products | products: $0.0009 per record |
| A distribution map | search | Up to 100 listings | search: $0.0009 per record |

## How to start

1. Sign up. An agent registers itself with one POST and starts with $0.10 of free credit; a person can sign up on the site instead.
2. Quote the first call for free: send the search request with "estimateOnly": true and read the price before anything is spent.
3. Run the same call with "maxUsd" set as a ceiling, and keep the rows it returns.
4. Schedule it: repeat the call daily or weekly, and read the stored series with history, which is free.

## Operations used

- [Zepto Price and Stock API](https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/zepto/price-and-stock-api): $0.0009 per record. Full product detail at one store.
- [Zepto Search API](https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/zepto/search-api): $0.0009 per record. Search the app as a shopper at that store would.
- [Zepto Category API](https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/zepto/category-api): $0.0009 per record. One category page at one store.

## Questions

### How do I choose the store?

Every call takes a store: by store id, or by city, pincode, or latitude and longitude.

### Do I need a Zepto account to build these?

No. The API reads public data and never asks for your login, password or cookie.

### What does a run cost?

Zepto records are priced from $0.0009 per record. A call can carry a minimum, so send it first with "estimateOnly": true. The quote is free and is the most the call can cost.

### Can an AI agent build and run these on its own?

Yes. It signs itself up with one call and gets $0.10 free, quotes each call before it spends, and pays from a prepaid balance. "maxUsd" caps every call, and only a person can add money.

## Why API for Agents

- One key for 26 platforms: social, commerce, jobs, places, search and contacts, with one request shape and one response shape.
- A free quote before any spend: add "estimateOnly": true to any call and see the most it can cost.
- Pay per record in US dollars. No subscription, nothing expires, top-ups from $5.
- $0.10 free to try, no card. An AI agent can sign itself up in one request; a person claims it later.
- Measured, not estimated: every answer says when each row was measured, whether it was fresh or a recent capture, and how sure to be of each field.
- Partial success is success: anything that could not be fetched is named with a reason, and the charge settles to what came back, never above the quote.
- Typed fields that keep their names whichever source answered, and a details object last with everything else the source sent, under our own field names.
- Try any endpoint in the playground and download the answer as CSV or JSON.

## Start

The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type. Open it at https://apiforagents.dev/dashboard/run (sign in first).

Agents register at https://apiforagents.dev/auth.md (one POST, $0.10 free). People: https://apiforagents.dev/docs#start. Prices: https://apiforagents.dev/pricing.md