ScrapingAnt vs ScrapingBot (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, ScrapingAnt grades higher than ScrapingBot: 2.6 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
ScrapingAnt grades higher on value for money, the free plan and platforms. They get the same grade on features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
ScrapingAnt
Web scraping API with headless Chrome, proxies and AI extraction
ScrapingBot
Scraping API with JS rendering and ready-made site scrapers
Which one is for you
Pick ScrapingAnt if
- Fits if you need the search results page and the pages it links to on one key
- Works for jobs that send many requests at once, since no plan caps concurrency
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: search pages come back as HTML, and JSON through the AI extractor costs 1 more credit per 30 characters read and written
- Watch out: other pages cost 1 to 125 credits, with residential proxies and rendering the dearest
- Tight if your usage swings, since unused credits don't carry over to the next month
- Pricey if you need standalone proxies, which are billed by GB on top of API credits
Pick ScrapingBot if
- Fits if you want ready-made scrapers for common sites
- Works for tiny jobs on the free 500 credits
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 500 credits and one concurrent request
- Watch out: prices are in euros, and tax or VAT may be added
- Watch out: the page does not say how many credits each type of request uses
- Watch out: Starter and Pro support is email with a 72-hour response
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAScrapingAntGood | 2.0GPAScrapingBotFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BEnthusiast is $19 a month for 100,000 credits, on the line of this category's cheaper quarter. A Google request is 10 credits, so that's 10,000 result pages, $1.90 per 1,000, before any AI extraction. | CEUR 22 a month for 100,000 credits, around the middle of this category ($19 to $44.10). The page shows a EUR 19 quarterly rate. |
| Free plan and trial | BA free plan for good: 10,000 credits every month with no card, about 1,000 Google result pages, and failed requests aren't charged. A side project could run on that. | CA free plan with 500 credits a month and 1 concurrent request, no card. That is a cap you will hit quickly. |
| Features | CHeadless Chrome, rotating proxies in 100+ countries, Markdown output and plain-English AI extraction, with Google, Bing, Yandex and DuckDuckGo pages on one key. The gap is in the listing: search pages come back as HTML, and JSON needs the AI extractor at extra credits. | CRendering, proxies, prebuilt scrapers, raw HTML, search engine APIs and an MCP server on all plans. Credit use per request is not stated. |
| Ease of use | CJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: one endpoint, no concurrency cap and an MCP server. No rating on record, and requests range from 1 to 125 credits by browser and proxy choice. | CNo store rating on record. A key and some code, though prebuilt scrapers cut the setup. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with an API and an MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and Windsurf, plus n8n, Make and GitHub Actions. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. | CWeb only, and the listing names no integrations beyond an MCP server. |
| Best for | search pages and the pages they link to | scraping with prebuilt site scrapers and an HTML API |
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: ScrapingAnt and ScrapingBot. How we grade
Price against what you get
ScrapingAnt starts at $19 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. ScrapingBot starts at about $24.58 a month and scores 2.0.
ScrapingAnt scores higher and starts $5.58 a month lower. Of the other SERP and SEO data APIs on the chart, 2 score higher than ScrapingAnt for less, and 10 score higher than ScrapingBot 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
- ScrapingBot also covers AI agents.
At a glance
| ScrapingAnt | ScrapingBot | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $19 per month for 100,000 API credits | €22 per month for 100,000 credits |
| Free plan | 10,000 API credits every month, with failed requests not charged. No card needed. | 500 credits a month and 1 concurrent request, no payment details needed. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | DATAANT SP. Z O.O. | ScrapingBot, Inc. |
| Price read from | scrapingant.com | scraping-bot.io |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
ScrapingAnt
- Google requests cost 10 credits each; other pages cost 1 to 125 credits by browser and proxy choice, with residential proxies and JavaScript rendering the most.
- Search pages come back as HTML by default; JSON needs the AI extractor, which adds 1 credit per 30 characters read and written.
- Unused credits do not carry over; a plan that runs out mid-month can be restarted at once by paying again.
- Standalone residential and datacenter proxies are billed by GB, separately from API credits.
ScrapingBot
- Prices are in euros, and the page notes that sales tax and VAT may apply.
- A quarterly billing option gives 15% off the monthly price; the page does not show the quarterly figures per plan.
- The pricing page does not say how many credits each request type uses.
- Plans above 1,500,000 credits are not listed; the page says to contact the vendor for a custom plan.
Key features
ScrapingAnt
- Headless Chrome rendering
- Each request runs in a fresh Chrome instance, with custom JavaScript snippets, waits for a CSS selector, and custom cookies and headers.
- Rotating proxies
- Datacenter and residential proxies across 100+ countries rotate per request, with geo-targeting by country code and CAPTCHA and Cloudflare handling.
- Search result pages
- Send a Google, Bing, Yandex or DuckDuckGo results address to the same endpoint to get the page back, then scrape the result pages on the same key.
- Markdown and AI extraction
- Get any page as LLM-ready Markdown, or describe fields in plain English and receive JSON, billed by the characters read and written.
- No concurrency cap
- Every plan can send requests in parallel without queues or throttling; ScrapingAnt allocates browsers and proxies per request.
- MCP server
- Adds tools for page HTML, Markdown and text to Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and other MCP clients, drawing on the plan's credits.
ScrapingBot
- JavaScript rendering and proxies
- Renders pages built with React, AngularJS or Vue.js, and rotates proxies with IP geolocation to reduce blocks.
- Prebuilt site scrapers
- An API catalog covers real estate (Zillow, Trulia, Realtor, Funda), e-commerce (Amazon, Etsy, Walmart) and travel (Booking, Airbnb) sites.
- Raw HTML and search engine APIs
- Besides site-specific scrapers there is a raw HTML scraper and a search engine results scraper in the product menu.
- All APIs on every plan
- The pricing section lists access to all APIs as part of every plan, with the plans differing in credits and concurrency.
- MCP server
- An MCP server is linked from the main menu for connecting AI agents.
Plans
ScrapingAnt
Free$0
10,000 API credits a month, enough for about 1,000 Google result pages at 10 credits each.
Enthusiast$19
per month for 100,000 API credits
Email support and documentation for integration help.
Startup$49
per month for 500,000 API credits
Priority email support and custom code snippets.
Business$249
per month for 3,000,000 API credits
Priority email support, debug sessions and expert assistance.
Business Pro$599
per month for 8,000,000 API credits
Priority debug sessions, custom proxy pools and custom anti-bot handling.
Custom$699
per month and up for 10M+ API credits
Priority and dedicated support, full onboarding and a dedicated account manager. Through sales.
ScrapingBot
Free€0
500 credits a month, 1 concurrent request.
Starter€22
per month for 100,000 credits
5 concurrent requests and standard email support (72 hours). The banner says from €19 on a quarterly plan.
Pro€45
per month for 250,000 credits
10 concurrent requests and standard email support (72 hours).
Growth€102
per month for 750,000 credits
15 concurrent requests and premium email support (24 hours).
Business€171
per month for 1,500,000 credits
25 concurrent requests and premium email support (24 hours).
Ways to pay less
ScrapingAnt
No public discounts listed.
ScrapingBot
- Annual discount
15% off quarterly billing
The pricing section has a Monthly and a Quarterly toggle, and the quarterly option is marked 15% off.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, ScrapingAnt or ScrapingBot?
As of Nov 12, 2026, ScrapingAnt is cheaper to start with: $19 a month, against about $24.58 a month for ScrapingBot. ScrapingAnt starts at $19 per month for 100,000 API credits, and ScrapingBot starts at €22 per month for 100,000 credits.
Which has a free plan, ScrapingAnt or ScrapingBot?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both ScrapingAnt and ScrapingBot 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.