Crawlbase vs Scraping Robot (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Crawlbase grades higher than Scraping Robot: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
Crawlbase grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Crawlbase
Crawling API with built-in scrapers, Google SERP to JSON included
Scraping Robot
Pay-per-scrape web scraping API with no monthly subscription
Which one is for you
Pick Crawlbase if
- Fits if your workload is uneven and suits pay as you go with a hard spending cap
- Works for developers who want Google, Bing and other sites as JSON from one API
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: heavily defended sites cost 1.5 to 20 times a standard request, applied automatically
- Watch out: JavaScript rendering doubles any request, screenshots cost 2 credits and stored pages 0.5 credits a month
- Pricey if you want a subscription, which starts at $99 a month for 200,000 credits
- Tight if your usage swings, since a subscription's credits reset monthly and use past them is billed as you go unless you turn it off
Pick Scraping Robot if
- Fits if you scrape now and then and don't want a monthly subscription
- Works for projects that need a scraping module built to order
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: the homepage and the pricing page give per-scrape prices that don't match, from $0.0018 down to $0.00004
- Skip it if you need webhooks, screenshots, POST requests or sessions, which are still coming soon
- Skip it if you want results sent to Zapier or Google Sheets, as that's not available yet
- Tight if you send a lot at once, with a soft limit of 100 requests a minute
How we grade them
| 2.4GPACrawlbaseFair | 2.0GPAScraping RobotFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPay as you go has no monthly fee and is billed per 1,000 requests, from $3.00 for the first 1,000 down to $0.02 at high volume. Subscriptions start at $99 a month for 200,000 credits, about $0.50 per 1,000, well above this category's $29.99 middle as a monthly bill. | CNo plan prices are on record. The homepage says $0.0018 a scrape, $1.80 per 1,000, up to 500,000 scrapes and as low as $0.00045 beyond, while the pricing page says as low as $0.00004, and the two couldn't be reconciled. Credits never expire. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan: 1,000 credits on sign-up with no card, rising to 5,000 after some setup steps. They're a one-off, not a monthly allowance. | CNo free plan: 5,000 free scrapes on sign-up, a one-off allowance. Failed results and timeouts aren't charged. |
| Features | BGoogle results as JSON with organic results, ads, People Also Ask, the local pack and related searches, 100+ scrapers including Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yandex, JavaScript rendering, screenshots and an asynchronous crawler. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job. | COne HTML API with JavaScript rendering, handled proxies, parsed JSON output and custom modules built to order. The gaps are in the listing: webhooks, screenshots, POST requests and sessions are coming soon, and no search engine is named beyond a Google example. |
| Ease of use | CJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: one API with built-in scrapers, and hard spending caps per account or workspace. No rating on record, and a request's cost changes with how defended the site is. | CJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: one endpoint, a module name and endpoints to check credit use. No rating on record, and a soft limit of 100 requests a minute applies unless support raises it. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with an API and a Web MCP server, plus Claude, Cursor, LangChain, Zapier and n8n. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. | CWeb only, with a REST API. Output to Zapier or Google Sheets is listed as coming soon, and no integrations or SDKs are named. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | Google results and other sites as JSON, pay as you go | occasional scraping jobs with no monthly plan |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Crawlbase and Scraping Robot. How we grade
Where they differ
At a glance
| Crawlbase | Scraping Robot | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $99 per month for 200,000 credits, billed monthly | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 1,000 free credits on sign-up, up to 5,000 after setup steps, no card needed | 5,000 free scrapes on sign-up |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Crawlbase LLC | Scraping Robot, LLC |
| Price read from | crawlbase.com | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Crawlbase
- Without a subscription, pay as you go has no monthly fee and is billed in arrears per 1,000 requests, falling from $3.00 for the first 1,000 to $0.02 at high volume.
- Heavily defended sites cost 1.5 to 20 times a standard request, applied automatically, and JavaScript rendering doubles any request.
- A subscription's credits reset each month; use past them is billed as pay as you go unless you turn that off.
- Screenshots cost 2 credits each and stored pages 0.5 credits a month.
Scraping Robot
- The homepage lists $0.0018 a scrape up to 500,000 scrapes and as low as $0.00045 beyond, while the pricing page shows as low as $0.00004; the two could not be reconciled.
- There is no subscription: credits are bought up front and never expire, and failed results or timeouts are not charged.
- A soft limit of 100 requests a minute per customer applies unless support raises it.
- Webhooks, screenshots, POST requests, sessions and output to Zapier or Sheets are listed as coming soon.
Key features
Crawlbase
- Crawling API
- Fetches any page with rotating residential proxies, CAPTCHA and block handling included, optional JavaScript rendering in a real browser, and full-page screenshots.
- Google SERP Scraper
- Turns a Google search address into JSON with organic results, ads, People Also Ask, the local pack and related searches, at the same price as raw HTML.
- Built-in scrapers
- More than 100 scrapers return structured JSON from sites such as Amazon, Walmart, LinkedIn, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex and Tripadvisor.
- Enterprise Crawler
- Crawls asynchronously at scale and delivers the results to storage, for jobs too large to run request by request.
- Smart AI Proxy and Cloud Storage
- A single proxy endpoint that rotates residential IPs, and storage that keeps crawled pages for 0.5 credits a page a month.
- Spend caps and MCP server
- Set a hard spending cap on the account or a workspace, and give AI agents live web data through the Web MCP server.
Scraping Robot
- HTML API
- Send a page address and a module name to one endpoint and get the page back, with JavaScript rendering available.
- Proxies and browsers handled
- Proxy management and rotation, browser scaling and changes in sites' anti-scraping measures are handled by Scraping Robot.
- Parsed JSON output
- Results come back as structured JSON; the homepage example shows a Google search parsed into results, related queries and result counts.
- Credit endpoints
- Check the credit balance and usage statistics over a chosen period through the API.
- Custom modules
- For data the ready-made modules do not cover, the team quotes for and builds a custom scraping module.
Plans
Crawlbase
Starter$99
per month for 200,000 credits, billed monthly
About $0.50 per 1,000 credits, or $1,089 a year with yearly billing. Use past the block continues as pay as you go.
Scale 500K$199
per month for 500,000 credits, billed monthly
About $0.40 per 1,000 credits, or $2,189 a year with yearly billing.
Scale 1M$349
per month for 1,000,000 credits, billed monthly
About $0.35 per 1,000 credits, or $3,839 a year with yearly billing.
Growth$599
per month for 2,000,000 credits, billed monthly
About $0.30 per 1,000 credits, or $6,589 a year with yearly billing.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom volume above 2 million credits a month, with SLAs and invoicing. Through sales.
Scraping Robot
Pricing could not be confirmed. See scrapingrobot.com.
Ways to pay less
Crawlbase
- Annual discount
One month free with yearly billing
Crawlbase's pricing page says yearly billing gives one month free, about 8% off: Starter is $1,089 a year instead of $99 a month.
Scraping Robot
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Crawlbase or Scraping Robot?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Crawlbase starts at $99 per month for 200,000 credits, billed monthly, and Scraping Robot has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Crawlbase or Scraping Robot?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Crawlbase nor Scraping Robot has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.