ScrapeNinja vs ScrapingBee (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, ScrapingBee grades higher than ScrapeNinja: 2.4 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
ScrapingBee grades higher on value for money, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan and features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
ScrapeNinja
Scraping API with rotating proxies and Chrome fingerprinting
ScrapingBee
Web scraping API with a Google search endpoint, priced by credits
Which one is for you
Pick ScrapeNinja if
- Fits if you scrape sites that block simple requests and are comfortable writing JavaScript
- Works for people who want to test cheaply before paying
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a no-code scraper, since you write extractors yourself
- Tight if you stay free: 100 requests a month
- Watch out: a JavaScript-browser request counts as 7 points, so a plan covers a seventh as many
- Watch out: there is no pricing page on its own site, so you buy through a marketplace
Pick ScrapingBee if
- Fits if you need to scrape the pages behind the results as well as Google itself
- Works for feeding web pages to AI agents as Markdown or JSON
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: JavaScript rendering is on by default and makes a request cost 5 credits instead of 1
- Watch out: a Google search costs 10 to 15 credits, so Hobby's 75,000 credits is 5,000 to 7,500 searches
- Skip it if you need Bing or other engines, as Google is the only search engine it lists
- Tight if your usage swings, since credits last a month and don't roll over
- Pricey if you need priority support or team management, which start at $249 a month
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAScrapeNinjaWeak | 2.4GPAScrapingBeeFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$25 a month for 100,000 requests on APIRoad, inside the middle of this category ($19 to $44.10). Browser-engine requests cost 7 points each. | BHobby is $19 a month for 75,000 credits, inside this category's cheaper quarter. A Google search costs 10 to 15 credits, so that's 5,000 to 7,500 searches, about $2.50 to $3.80 per 1,000. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free Basic plan with 100 requests a month, which the listing itself calls enough for testing. | CNo free plan: 1,000 API credits on sign-up with no card, around 70 to 100 Google searches. |
| Features | CChrome fingerprint emulation, two engines, proxies with retries and JavaScript extractors. It is a general scraper with no ready-made site templates. | CHeadless Chrome, rotating proxies in more than 200 countries, CSS and AI extraction, and endpoints for Amazon, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini. For search data, though, Google is the only engine it lists. |
| Ease of use | DNo store rating on record. You write the requests and the extractors in JavaScript, through a marketplace key. | CJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: Python and Node.js SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server. No rating on record, and what a request costs changes with its options, with JavaScript rendering on by default. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, and it is sold through APIRoad and RapidAPI. | BWeb, with an API, a CLI, SDKs and an MCP server, plus Make, n8n, Zapier and coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. |
| Best for | scraping sites that block simple requests | scraping pages and Google results on one key |
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: ScrapeNinja and ScrapingBee. How we grade
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. ScrapingBee starts at $19 a month and scores 2.3.
ScrapingBee scores higher and starts $6 a month lower. Of the other SERP and SEO data APIs on the chart, 12 score higher than ScrapeNinja for less, and 2 score higher than ScrapingBee 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
At a glance
| ScrapeNinja | ScrapingBee | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $25 per month for 100,000 requests | $19 per month for 75,000 API credits |
| Free plan | Basic plan: 100 requests a month, $0. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 1,000 free API credits on sign-up, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | ScrapeNinja | VostokInc |
| Price read from | apiroad.net (not the vendor's own page) | scrapingbee.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
ScrapingBee
- A request costs 1 credit at its simplest, 5 with JavaScript rendering (on by default), and 10 or 25 with premium proxies.
- A Google search costs 10 credits with Light Request enabled and 15 otherwise.
- Credits last one month and do not roll over; only successful requests are charged.
- Priority support, an account manager and team management start at the $249 Business plan.
Key features
ScrapeNinja
- Chrome fingerprint emulation
- Sends requests that emulate a real Chrome browser without running Puppeteer, to avoid blocks based on TLS fingerprints.
- Two network engines
- Switch between raw network requests for speed and a headless browser with JavaScript evaluation for pages that need it.
- Rotating proxies and retries
- Rotating datacenter proxies in the US, EU, Germany, France and Brazil, with retries based on timeouts, status codes and page text.
- JavaScript extractors
- Short JS snippets pull JSON out of HTML, and an online builder and Cheerio playground help write and test them.
- Premium proxies
- Premium datacenter proxies cost from $1.50 per GB and come with a 50MB gift package for each customer.
ScrapingBee
- Headless browser rendering
- Pages load in headless Chrome, with waits for selectors, set viewports and headers, and scripted clicks, scrolls and form fills before the scrape.
- Proxy rotation and geotargeting
- Proxies rotate on every request, with premium and stealth proxies for harder sites and routing through more than 200 countries and territories.
- Google Search API
- A dedicated endpoint returns Google results as JSON, with organic results, ads, local results, related questions and related searches.
- AI and rule-based extraction
- Pull fields out with CSS or XPath rules, describe them in plain language with an AI query, or get any page back as clean Markdown.
- Ready-made scraper APIs
- Separate endpoints for Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini answers, a sub-second search API and an employee search API.
- CLI, MCP server and SDKs
- A command-line tool, an MCP server and Python and Node.js SDKs connect the API to coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.
Plans
ScrapeNinja
Basic$0
100 requests per month.
Pro$25
per month for 100,000 requests
100,000 basic requests per month.
Ultra$75
per month for 500,000 requests
500,000 basic requests per month.
Mega$150
per month for 1,500,000 requests
1,500,000 basic requests per month.
ScrapingBee
Hobby$19
per month for 75,000 API credits
25 concurrent requests, with JavaScript rendering, premium proxies, geotargeting, screenshots and the dedicated scraper APIs included.
Freelance$49
per month for 250,000 API credits
50 concurrent requests and the same features as Hobby.
Startup$99
per month for 1,000,000 API credits
100 concurrent requests and the same features as Hobby.
Business$249
per month for 3,000,000 API credits
200 concurrent requests, and adds priority email support, a dedicated account manager and team management.
Business +$599
per month for 8,000,000 API credits
400 concurrent requests with everything in Business.
Enterprise 14$999
per month for 14,000,000 API credits
500 concurrent requests. Larger Enterprise tiers run up to $5,799 a month for 120 million credits and 900 concurrent requests.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, ScrapeNinja or ScrapingBee?
As of Nov 12, 2026, ScrapingBee is cheaper to start with: $19 a month, against $25 a month for ScrapeNinja. ScrapeNinja starts at $25 per month for 100,000 requests, and ScrapingBee starts at $19 per month for 75,000 API credits.
Which has a free plan, ScrapeNinja or ScrapingBee?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only ScrapeNinja has a free plan. ScrapingBee does not, though it has 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.