ScrapingBee vs WebScraping.AI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ScrapingBee and WebScraping.AI share a 2.4 GPA, and only WebScraping.AI has a free plan.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
ScrapingBee grades higher on value for money. WebScraping.AI grades higher on features. They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
ScrapingBee
Web scraping API with a Google search endpoint, priced by credits
WebScraping.AI
Scraping API with proxies, rendering and AI extraction
Which one is for you
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
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
| 2.4GPAScrapingBeeFair | 2.4GPAWebScraping.AIFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | 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 | CNo free plan: 1,000 API credits on sign-up with no card, around 70 to 100 Google searches. | 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 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. | 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: 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. | 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, 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. | 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 | scraping pages and Google results on one key | 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: ScrapingBee and WebScraping.AI. How we grade
Price against what you get
ScrapingBee 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 ScrapingBee 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
| ScrapingBee | WebScraping.AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $19 per month for 75,000 API credits | $29 per month for 250,000 credits |
| Free plan | None | 2,000 API credits per month with up to 2 concurrent connections, no credit card required. |
| Free trial | 1,000 free API credits on sign-up, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | VostokInc | WebScraping.AI |
| Price read from | scrapingbee.com | webscraping.ai |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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, ScrapingBee or WebScraping.AI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ScrapingBee is cheaper to start with: $19 a month, against $29 a month for WebScraping.AI. ScrapingBee starts at $19 per month for 75,000 API credits, and WebScraping.AI starts at $29 per month for 250,000 credits.
Which has a free plan, ScrapingBee or WebScraping.AI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only WebScraping.AI 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.