ScrapingBee vs ScraperAPI
ScrapingBee vs ScraperAPI for scraping & browser. Computed from public benchmarks with dated sources; updated 2026-08-20.
Head to head
| Axis | ScrapingBee | ScraperAPI | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.099 per 1000 requests* | $0.149 per 1000 requests* | — |
| Success | — | 68.95% | — |
| LLM-ready | ✓ | — | — |
| browser | — | — | — |
* token-/credit-priced — the headline understates real per-unit cost, so no price edge is awarded.
Strengths & caveats
ScrapingBeeCheapest base rate in the field ($0.099/1000 base requests on Startup) and offers AI extraction; simple API with good docs. JS rendering is on by default and costs 5 credits (premium proxy 10, premium+JS 25, stealth proxy 75), so real cost is far higher — hence not comparable; success rate is heavily disputed between benchmarks (84.47% at Proxyway 2025 vs 48% at Scrapeway August 2026), so left null.ScraperAPILow base rate (~$0.149/1000 credits on Startup) with a simple proxy+rendering API and a generous free tier (1000 credits/month). Lowest independent success rate of the tested set on protected sites (68.95% at Proxyway 2025); credits add up fast (JS 5-10x, anti-bot +10, Google 25, LinkedIn 30) so price is not comparable; barely any LLM-ready output.
Sources
- Bright Data — Web Unlocker pricing2026-08-20
- Zyte API pricing — Zyte documentation2026-06-22
- Firecrawl pricing2026-08-20
- ScrapingBee pricing2026-08-20
- ScrapingBee — Credit system explained (knowledge base)2026-08-20
- ScraperAPI pricing2026-06-22
- Apify pricing2026-08-20
- Apify Store (Actor count)2026-08-20
- Browserbase — Plans and Pricing (docs)2026-08-20
- Proxyway — Web Scraping API Report 2025 (independent benchmark, 15 protected sites, tested October 2025)2026-08-20
- Scrapeway — ScrapingBee vs Firecrawl benchmark (run 8-14 Aug 2026)2026-08-20
- ScrapeCreators — Best Web Scraping APIs 2026 (aggregator, updated 31 May 2026)2026-08-20