ScrapingBee vs WebScrapingAPI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, ScrapingBee grades higher than WebScrapingAPI: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
ScrapingBee grades higher on value for money and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
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
WebScrapingAPI
Scraper and SERP APIs with monthly Google search plans
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 WebScrapingAPI if
- Fits if you only need Google and want a fixed number of searches each month
- Works for teams that also buy proxies or a general scraping API from the same vendor
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need Bing, DuckDuckGo or Yandex without a sales review, as only Google is priced
- Watch out: each keyword counts once per market, device and refresh, so tracking adds up fast
- Pricey if you need general scraping too, as the Scraper API is a separate plan from $19 a month
- Watch out: residential proxies from $8.50 per GB and managed data from $299 a month sit outside these plans
- Tight if you're testing, with 100 trial searches and no free plan
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAScrapingBeeFair | 2.0GPAWebScrapingAPIFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CStarter is $28 a month for 10,000 Google searches, between this category's cheaper quarter and its middle, at $2.80 per 1,000. Grow is $130 for 50,000, still $2.60 per 1,000. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan: 1,000 API credits on sign-up with no card, around 70 to 100 Google searches. | CNo free plan: a trial of 100 Google searches. That's enough to check the parsing, not to run anything. |
| 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. | CGoogle web, image, video, news, shopping and job results with domain, location, language, device and result window, as JSON, CSV or HTML. The gap is in the listing: Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yandex sit only on Custom plans priced after a review. |
| 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. | CJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: one Google endpoint with parsed output and bulk processing. No rating on record, and no client libraries or integrations named in the listing. |
| 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. | CWeb only, with a REST API and no integrations, SDKs or MCP server named in the listing. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | scraping pages and Google results on one key | Google results on a fixed monthly search count |
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 WebScrapingAPI. 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. WebScrapingAPI starts at $28 a month and scores 2.0.
ScrapingBee scores higher and starts $9 a month lower. Of the other SERP and SEO data APIs on the chart, 1 scores higher than ScrapingBee for less, and 9 score higher than WebScrapingAPI 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 | WebScrapingAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $19 per month for 75,000 API credits | $28 per month for 10,000 Google searches |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 1,000 free API credits on sign-up, no credit card required | Trial plan with 100 free Google searches |
| Web | ||
| Made by | VostokInc | Everything Data Solutions SRL |
| Price read from | scrapingbee.com | webscrapingapi.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 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.
WebScrapingAPI
- Only the Google plans have published prices; Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yandex are quoted after a review.
- Usage is counted per request, so each keyword is multiplied by every market, device and refresh you track.
- The Scraper API is a separate subscription: 5,000 free requests, then $19 a month for 7,000 requests up to $599 for 450,000.
- Residential proxies start at $8.50 per GB and the managed data service at $299 a month, both outside these plans.
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.
WebScrapingAPI
- Google Search API
- Query Google web, image, video, news, shopping or job results and set the Google domain, location, language, device and result window.
- Parsed results
- Responses come back as JSON collections of organic results and other result modules with request metadata, or as CSV or raw HTML.
- Other search engines
- Separate endpoints return Bing results as JSON, localized Yandex result pages by region and device, and DuckDuckGo results.
- Scraper API
- A general scraping API with JavaScript rendering, proxy rotation, anti-bot handling, country targeting and automatic parsing, from $19 a month.
- Proxies and ready data
- Residential, datacenter and ISP proxies, an Amazon data API, a dataset marketplace, a web archive and a managed data service.
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.
WebScrapingAPI
Starter$28
per month for 10,000 Google searches
Every plan includes global locations, parsed results, bulk processing, all devices, image search and JSON, CSV or HTML output.
Grow$130
per month for 50,000 Google searches
The same Google features as Starter with a larger monthly allowance.
Business$550
per month for 250,000 Google searches
The same Google features as Starter with a larger monthly allowance.
Pro$1,600
per month for 1,000,000 Google searches
The same Google features as Starter with the largest published allowance.
CustomCustom
Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yandex searches, larger volumes and production support, priced after a review with the sales team.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, ScrapingBee or WebScrapingAPI?
As of Oct 23, 2026, ScrapingBee is cheaper to start with: $19 a month, against $28 a month for WebScrapingAPI. ScrapingBee starts at $19 per month for 75,000 API credits, and WebScrapingAPI starts at $28 per month for 10,000 Google searches.
Which has a free plan, ScrapingBee or WebScrapingAPI?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither ScrapingBee nor WebScrapingAPI has a free plan. Both have 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.