Scrapingdog vs WebScrapingAPI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Scrapingdog 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
Scrapingdog grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and ease of use.
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
WebScrapingAPI
Scraper and SERP APIs with monthly Google search plans
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 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
| 2.4GPAScrapingdogFair | 2.0GPAWebScrapingAPIFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | 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 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. | CNo free plan: a trial of 100 Google searches. That's enough to check the parsing, not to run anything. |
| 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. | 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 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. | 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, 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. | CWeb only, with a REST API and no integrations, SDKs or MCP server named in the listing. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | Google results and web scraping on one plan | 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: Scrapingdog and WebScrapingAPI. 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. WebScrapingAPI starts at $28 a month and scores 2.0.
Scrapingdog scores higher, and starts $12 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, none scores higher than Scrapingdog 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
| Scrapingdog | WebScrapingAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $40 per month for 200,000 credits, billed monthly | $28 per month for 10,000 Google searches |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 100 free credits on sign-up with access to every API, no credit card required | Trial plan with 100 free Google searches |
| Web | ||
| Made by | OpenData Labs Private Limited | Everything Data Solutions SRL |
| Price read from | scrapingdog.com | webscrapingapi.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
WebScrapingAPI
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Scrapingdog or WebScrapingAPI?
As of Oct 23, 2026, WebScrapingAPI is cheaper to start with: $28 a month, against $40 a month for Scrapingdog. Scrapingdog starts at $40 per month for 200,000 credits, billed monthly, and WebScrapingAPI starts at $28 per month for 10,000 Google searches.
Which has a free plan, Scrapingdog or WebScrapingAPI?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Scrapingdog 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.