ScrapingAnt vs WebScraping.AI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ScrapingAnt grades higher than WebScraping.AI: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
ScrapingAnt grades higher on value for money and the free plan. WebScraping.AI grades higher on features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
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
WebScraping.AI
Scraping API with proxies, rendering and AI extraction
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 WebScraping.AI if
- Fits if you want rendering, proxies and extraction in one call
- Works for small projects that fit inside 2,000 free credits a month
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay on Free: 2,000 credits is 400 rendered pages
- Watch out: cost per request varies from 1 to 50 credits depending on proxy and rendering
- Watch out: pay-as-you-go credits are only used after the monthly quota runs out
- Watch out: geotargeting covers proxies in 13 countries, or you bring your own
- Skip it if you want annual billing: only monthly prices were found
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAScrapingAntGood | 2.4GPAWebScraping.AIFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CPersonal is $29 a month for 250,000 credits, which is the middle of the $19 to $49 range for data APIs. Residential and stealth requests burn credits at 10 to 50 each. |
| 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 2,000 credits a month, 2 concurrent connections and no card. Rendered pages cost 5 credits, so it stretches to a few hundred. |
| 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. | BRendering, proxies, AI question answering and extraction, a Google SERP endpoint and structured endpoints for YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram and more. Geotargeting covers 13 countries. |
| 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. SDKs in seven languages and Zapier, n8n and Make help, but you still wire up calls and pick credit-hungry options. |
| 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. | BWeb API with SDKs for Python, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Go, Java and C#, plus Zapier, n8n, Make, Pipedream and Claude. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | search pages and the pages they link to | scraping with rendering and AI extraction |
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 WebScraping.AI. 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. WebScraping.AI starts at $29 a month and scores 2.7.
WebScraping.AI scores higher, and starts $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, 2 score higher than ScrapingAnt for less, and none scores higher than WebScraping.AI 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
| ScrapingAnt | WebScraping.AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $19 per month for 100,000 API credits | $29 per month for 250,000 credits |
| Free plan | 10,000 API credits every month, with failed requests not charged. No card needed. | 2,000 API credits per month with up to 2 concurrent connections, no credit card required. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | DATAANT SP. Z O.O. | WebScraping.AI |
| Price read from | scrapingant.com | webscraping.ai |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Nov 13, 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.
WebScraping.AI
- Credits are spent at different rates: 1 for a plain datacenter request, 5 with JS rendering, 10 to 25 for residential proxies and 50 for stealth.
- Geotargeting covers proxies in 13 countries, or you can bring your own proxy.
- Pay-as-you-go credits are only used after a subscription's monthly quota runs out.
- The pricing section on the home page shows monthly prices only; no annual option was found.
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.
WebScraping.AI
- Rendering and proxies
- Pages load in a Chrome browser with datacenter, residential or stealth proxies, and challenge pages are not charged.
- AI extraction
- Question answering, field extraction to JSON and summaries of page content, for 5 extra credits per request.
- Google SERP endpoint
- Returns parsed Google results as JSON for 15 credits per results page of 10 results.
- Structured scraper endpoints
- Parsed JSON for sites including YouTube, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Reddit and Indeed at 15 credits per page (50 for Reddit).
- SDKs and no-code connectors
- Official libraries for Python, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Go, Java and C#, plus Zapier, n8n and Make.
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.
WebScraping.AI
Free$0
2,000 API credits per month and a maximum of 2 concurrent connections.
Personal$29
per month for 250,000 credits, billed monthly
10 concurrent requests and geotargeting.
Plus$99
per month for 1,000,000 credits, billed monthly
25 concurrent requests and geotargeting.
Startup$249
per month for 3,000,000 credits, billed monthly
50 concurrent requests and geotargeting.
Pay as you go$20
one-time top-up, used as you go
100,000 credits at $0.0002 each; credits stay valid for 12 months and top-ups extend the balance.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, ScrapingAnt or WebScraping.AI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ScrapingAnt is cheaper to start with: $19 a month, against $29 a month for WebScraping.AI. ScrapingAnt starts at $19 per month for 100,000 API credits, and WebScraping.AI starts at $29 per month for 250,000 credits.
Which has a free plan, ScrapingAnt or WebScraping.AI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both ScrapingAnt and WebScraping.AI 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.