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ScrapeNinja alternatives
As of Nov 12, 2026, the highest-graded ScrapeNinja alternative is ScrapingAnt (2.6 GPA). It's also the best free one.
ScrapeNinja compared with 5 alternatives: ScrapingBee, ScrapingAnt, Scrape.do, ZenRows and ScraperAPI.
ScrapeNinja has a free plan. Paid plans start at $25 per month for 100,000 requests. 4 of the 5 alternatives are free or have a free plan. One more offers a free trial.
Listings checked up to Nov 12, 2026 · Where the facts come from
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At a glance
| Tool | Price | Free plan | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|
| ScrapeNinjaThis tool | Free plan · from $25/mo | Yes | Web |
| ScrapingBee | Free trial · from $19/mo | Trial only | Web |
| ScrapingAnt | Free plan · from $19/mo | Yes | Web |
| Scrape.do | Free plan · from $29/mo | Yes | Web |
| ZenRows | Free plan · from $16/mo | Yes | Web |
| ScraperAPI | Free plan · from $44.10/mo | Yes | Web |
Price against what you get
ScrapeNinja starts at $25 a month and scores 1.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. 3 of the 5 alternatives on this chart score higher and start lower: ScrapingBee, ScrapingAnt and ZenRows.
Scrape.do and ScraperAPI score higher without starting lower.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
How each one differs from ScrapeNinja
ScrapingBee
Web scraping API with a Google search endpoint, priced by credits
- ScrapingBee starts at $19 per month for 75,000 API credits.
- ScrapingBee has no free plan, only a free trial, unlike ScrapeNinja.
Suits: Developers who want proxies and headless browsers handled for them
ScrapingAnt
Web scraping API with headless Chrome, proxies and AI extraction
- ScrapingAnt starts at $19 per month for 100,000 API credits.
Suits: Developers who need search results and the pages they link to
Scrape.do
Web scraping API with ready-made Google and AI search scrapers
- Scrape.do starts at $29 per month for 250,000 successful API credits, billed monthly.
Suits: Developers who want Google results as parsed JSON on a small budget
ZenRows
Web scraping API for protected sites, priced by monthly credits
- ZenRows starts at $16 per month for 45,000 credits, billed annually ($19 billed monthly).
Suits: Developers scraping protected sites without managing proxies
ScraperAPI
Web scraping API with Google search endpoints, priced in API credits
- ScraperAPI starts at $44.10 per month for 100K API credits, billed annually ($49 billed monthly).
Suits: Developers scraping Google alongside e-commerce and other sites on one key
Limits worth knowing in ScrapeNinja
- Plans are bought on the APIRoad marketplace, and ScrapeNinja's own site has no pricing page of its own.
- Browser-engine requests cost 7 billing points each, so a plan covers about one seventh as many /scrape-js calls.
- The Basic plan has only 100 requests a month, which is enough for testing only.
- It is a general scraping API; there is no dedicated SERP endpoint or SEO metrics on the site.
Common questions
What are the alternatives to ScrapeNinja?
The alternatives to ScrapeNinja in this directory are ScrapingBee, ScrapingAnt, Scrape.do, ZenRows and ScraperAPI. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with ScrapeNinja.
Is there a free alternative to ScrapeNinja?
Yes. ScrapingAnt, Scrape.do, ZenRows and ScraperAPI have a free plan alongside paid ones.
When were these prices checked?
Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Oct 23, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026. Vendors change prices without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.