Geekflare API vs ScraperAPI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Geekflare API and ScraperAPI share a 2.2 GPA, both have a free plan, and Geekflare API starts cheaper, at $19 a month against $44.10 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Geekflare API grades higher on value for money and features. ScraperAPI grades higher on ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Geekflare API
Scraping, search, screenshot and site-check APIs on one key
ScraperAPI
Web scraping API with Google search endpoints, priced in API credits
Which one is for you
Pick Geekflare API if
- Fits if you want scraping, screenshots and site checks without juggling several vendors
- Works for small teams that start free and pay $19 once volume grows
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 500 credits a month and 1 request per second
- Watch out: credits do not roll over, and requests pause at the limit unless you buy a pack
- Watch out: payments are non-refundable under the terms, with review case by case
- Skip it if you cannot code, as every endpoint is an API call
- Watch out: the Yearly toggle says 2 months free but only monthly prices were read
Pick ScraperAPI if
- Fits if you scrape Google alongside Amazon, Walmart or eBay on one key
- Works for large batches that need retries and scheduling, through the async API or DataPipeline
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: a Google or Bing request costs 25 credits, so Hobby's 100,000 credits is about 4,000 searches
- Skip it if you need rankings outside the US and EU below Business at $269.10 a month
- Pricey if you need rendering, premium proxies or screenshots, which add 10 credits each
- Tight if you run out mid-month, as credits don't roll over and pay-as-you-go starts at Scaling, $427.50
- Tight if you're on Free, with 1,000 credits a month, about 40 Google searches
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAGeekflare APIFair | 2.2GPAScraperAPIFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BStarter is $19 a month for 20,000 credits, at the cheaper-quarter edge for data APIs. Growth is $69 for 100,000. | CHobby is $44.10 a month on yearly billing ($49 monthly), at the dear end of this category's usual range. A Google or Bing request is 25 credits, so 100,000 credits is about 4,000 searches, around $11 per 1,000. |
| Free plan and trial | C500 credits a month with no card, 1 request per second and 7 days of logs. Enough to try every endpoint, not to run anything. | CA 7-day trial of 5,000 credits with no card, then a free plan of 1,000 credits a month. At 25 credits a search, that's 40 Google searches. |
| Features | BScraping and crawling, a search API, screenshots and PDFs, site checks, metadata, brand and DNS lookups on one key. The listing names no gap in the core job. | CGoogle Search, Shopping, Maps, News and Jobs endpoints, Bing, rendering, async jobs and a no-code DataPipeline. The gap is in the listing: Hobby and Startup geotarget only the US and EU, and country targeting starts at Business, $269.10. |
| Ease of use | DNo store rating on record. It is an API you call from code. | CJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: SDKs, a CLI and ready Google endpoints that need no rendering turned on. No rating on record, and credit costs stack up by site and option. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb API only, with no integrations or SDKs listed on the pages we read. | BWeb, with an API, SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server, plus LangChain, LlamaIndex, n8n and Zapier. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. |
| Best for | scraping, search and screenshots on one key | Google results alongside shop and site scraping |
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: Geekflare API and ScraperAPI. How we grade
Price against what you get
Geekflare API starts at $19 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. ScraperAPI starts at $44.10 a month and scores 2.3.
ScraperAPI scores higher, and starts $25.10 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other SERP and SEO data APIs on the chart, 5 score higher than Geekflare API for less, and 11 score higher than ScraperAPI for less.
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
Where they differ
- Geekflare API also covers page speed.
At a glance
| Geekflare API | ScraperAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $19 per month for 20,000 credits | $44.10 per month for 100K API credits, billed annually ($49 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | 500 credits a month on every endpoint, 1 request per second, 1 team member and 7 days of logs; no card needed. | Free plan after the trial: 1,000 API credits a month and 5 concurrent threads, no credit card needed. A Google or Bing request costs 25 credits. |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial with 5,000 API credits, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Geekflare | ScraperAPI |
| Price read from | geekflare.com | scraperapi.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Geekflare API
- Credits reset each billing cycle and do not roll over to the next month.
- Requests pause at the monthly limit unless you buy a credit pack; packs start at $10 for 7,500 credits and are valid for a year.
- Payments are non-refundable under the terms, with case-by-case review in exceptional cases.
- The pricing page has a Yearly toggle labeled 2 months free; only monthly prices were read.
ScraperAPI
- A Google or Bing request costs 25 credits, so Hobby's 100,000 credits cover about 4,000 Google searches.
- JavaScript rendering, premium proxies and screenshots each add 10 credits, and bypassing bot protection adds 10 more.
- Credits reset each billing cycle with no rollover; pay-as-you-go past the allowance starts at the Scaling plan.
- Hobby and Startup can only geotarget the US and EU; country-level targeting starts at Business.
Key features
Geekflare API
- Web scraping and crawl
- Returns markdown, HTML or JSON; a page costs 0.25 credits without a browser, 1 with JavaScript, 5 with a premium proxy and 7 with AI extraction.
- Search API
- Real-time web results for 2 credits a search, or 5 with an AI-grounded answer.
- Screenshots and PDFs
- Full-page or viewport captures of a URL at 5 credits each.
- Site checks
- Lighthouse audits (10 credits), load time tests, broken-link checks and redirect checks share the same credit pool.
- Metadata, brand and DNS
- Page metadata, brand lookups and DNS record lookups are separate endpoints on the same key.
ScraperAPI
- Google structured data endpoints
- Ready-made endpoints return Google Search, Shopping, Maps, News and Jobs results as JSON, without needing JavaScript rendering turned on.
- Proxy rotation and anti-bot handling
- Rotating proxy pools, premium residential and mobile IPs, CAPTCHA handling and automatic retries, with geotargeting by country on Business and up.
- JavaScript rendering and screenshots
- Load dynamic pages in a headless browser, follow a rendering instruction set, and capture screenshots of the result.
- Asynchronous API and DataPipeline
- Submit up to 50,000 jobs that retry until they succeed, or schedule large scraping jobs in DataPipeline without writing code.
- AI Parser and LLM-ready output
- Train a custom parser to get clean JSON from any source, or ask for pages as text or Markdown for language model pipelines.
- MCP server and integrations
- An MCP server, a CLI and SDKs, with LangChain, LlamaIndex, n8n and Zapier integrations.
Plans
Geekflare API
Free$0
500 credits a month, 1 request per second, 1 team member and 7 days of log retention.
Starter$19
per month for 20,000 credits
5 requests per second, 3 team members, 30 days of logs and standard email support.
Growth$69
per month for 100,000 credits
10 requests per second, 5 team members, 30 days of logs and priority email support.
Business 500K$299
per month for 500,000 credits
25 requests per second, 25 team members, 90 days of logs and priority email support.
Business 1M$499
per month for 1,000,000 credits
25 requests per second, 25 team members, 90 days of logs and priority email support.
EnterpriseCustom
Above 1M credits a month, committed-use pricing and a custom rate limit, arranged through sales.
ScraperAPI
Free$0
1,000 API credits a month and 5 concurrent threads, to keep scraping after the trial ends.
Hobby$44.10
per month for 100K API credits, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)
20 concurrent threads, geotargeting in the US and EU only, and 30 days of analytics history.
Startup$134.10
per month for 1M API credits, billed annually ($149 billed monthly)
50 concurrent threads, with US and EU geotargeting only.
Business$269.10
per month for 3M API credits, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)
100 concurrent threads, country-level geotargeting worldwide and unlimited analytics history.
Scaling$427.50
per month for 5M API credits, billed annually ($475 billed monthly)
200 concurrent threads, and the first plan with pay-as-you-go credits past the monthly allowance.
Professional$877.50
per month for 10.5M API credits, billed annually ($975 billed monthly)
300 threads and priority support. Advanced is $1,777.50 a month billed annually for 21.5M credits; Enterprise is custom above 22M.
Ways to pay less
Geekflare API
- Annual discount
Yearly billing is labeled 2 months free
The subscription plans have a Yearly toggle marked 2 months free.
ScraperAPI
- Annual discount
10% off with yearly billing
ScraperAPI's pricing page lists 10% off every self-serve plan when billed yearly: Hobby is $44.10 a month instead of $49.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Geekflare API or ScraperAPI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Geekflare API is cheaper to start with: $19 a month, against $44.10 a month for ScraperAPI. Geekflare API starts at $19 per month for 20,000 credits, and ScraperAPI starts at $44.10 per month for 100K API credits, billed annually ($49 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Geekflare API or ScraperAPI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Geekflare API and ScraperAPI have a free plan.
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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.