Scrapingdog vs WebScraping.AI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Scrapingdog 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
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Scrapingdog
Web scraping and Google SERP APIs on one shared credit plan
WebScraping.AI
Scraping API with proxies, rendering and AI extraction
Which one is for you
Pick Scrapingdog if
- Fits if you need Google results and general page scraping from the same account
- Works for projects mixing search data with Amazon, YouTube or LinkedIn data
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: a full Google search costs 10 credits, so Lite's 200,000 credits is about 20,000 searches
- Tight if you run out mid-month, as requests are refused until the next billing date, with no pay-per-use
- Skip it if you want unused credits kept on Lite, as rollover starts at Standard and plan changes aren't prorated
- Not for you if you want a free plan that renews, as the 100 credits come once
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
| 2.4GPAScrapingdogFair | 2.4GPAWebScraping.AIFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CLite is $40 a month for 200,000 credits, this category's middle. A full Google search is 10 credits, so that's about 20,000 searches, $2 per 1,000. Yearly billing gives two months free. | 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 lasting free plan: 100 credits on sign-up with no card, about 10 full Google searches. The pricing page shows a Free plan but doesn't say the credits renew. | 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 | BGoogle search, AI Mode, Maps, News, Shopping, Scholar, Trends and more, Bing and Brave search, a general scraper and scrapers for Amazon, YouTube and LinkedIn, all on one credit pool. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job. | 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 and a Google Sheets add-on. No rating on record, and each API costs a different number of credits, so you work out what a search really costs. | 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, Python and Node.js SDKs, an MCP server, an n8n node, a Google Sheets add-on, LangChain and LlamaIndex. 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 | Google results and web scraping on one plan | 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: Scrapingdog and WebScraping.AI. How we grade
Price against what you get
Scrapingdog starts at $40 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. WebScraping.AI starts at $29 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and WebScraping.AI starts $11 a month lower. Of the other SERP and SEO data APIs on the chart, none scores higher than Scrapingdog 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
| Scrapingdog | WebScraping.AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $40 per month for 200,000 credits, billed monthly | $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 | 100 free credits on sign-up with access to every API, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | OpenData Labs Private Limited | WebScraping.AI |
| Price read from | scrapingdog.com | webscraping.ai |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Scrapingdog
- A full Google search costs 10 credits and a light one 5, so plan credit counts overstate the number of searches.
- When credits run out, requests are refused until the next billing date unless you upgrade; there is no pay-per-use overage.
- Unused credits roll over only from the Standard plan up, and plan changes are not prorated.
- The pricing page lists a Free plan at $0 but describes the 100 credits as a sign-up allowance, without saying they renew.
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
Scrapingdog
- Google APIs
- Google SERP Light at 5 credits a request and SERP Advance at 10, plus AI Mode, Images, Shopping, Maps, News, Scholar, Trends, Jobs, Hotels, Lens, Finance, Videos and Patents.
- Other search engines
- Bing and Brave search APIs at 5 credits a request, and a Universal Search API at 20.
- General web scraper
- Rotating proxies at 1 credit a request, JavaScript rendering at 5, premium proxies or geotargeting at 10, and an AI Parser at 10.
- Site-specific scrapers
- APIs for Amazon, Walmart, eBay, YouTube, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), TikTok, Yelp, Indeed and the Apple App Store, all drawing on the same credits.
- Failed requests refunded
- Failed, blocked and timed-out requests are credited back to the balance automatically.
- SDKs and no-code tools
- Python and Node.js SDKs, an MCP server, an n8n node and a Google Sheets add-on.
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
Scrapingdog
Lite$40
per month for 200,000 credits, billed monthly
5 concurrent requests, geotargeting and email support; about 20,000 full Google searches at 10 credits each.
Standard$90
per month for 1 million credits, billed monthly
50 concurrent requests and priority email support. Unused credits roll over from this plan up.
Pro$200
per month for 3 million credits, billed monthly
100 concurrent requests, priority email support and team support.
Premium$350
per month for 6 million credits, billed monthly
150 concurrent requests, with team support.
Business$500
per month for 9 million credits, billed monthly
200 concurrent requests, with team support.
Business Plus$1,000
per month for 19 million credits, billed monthly
250 concurrent requests. Plans continue up to Nova Pro at $30,000 a month for 1.1 billion credits.
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.
Ways to pay less
Scrapingdog
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
Scrapingdog prices annual billing at ten months for twelve on every plan, the equivalent of two months free.
WebScraping.AI
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Scrapingdog or WebScraping.AI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, WebScraping.AI is cheaper to start with: $29 a month, against $40 a month for Scrapingdog. Scrapingdog starts at $40 per month for 200,000 credits, billed monthly, and WebScraping.AI starts at $29 per month for 250,000 credits.
Which has a free plan, Scrapingdog or WebScraping.AI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only WebScraping.AI has a free plan. Scrapingdog 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.