The ScrapeGraphAI Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about ScrapeGraphAI in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
ScrapeGraphAI
The Insider’s Guide
Credit-based API to scrape, extract, search and crawl the web
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among SERP and SEO data APIs, read from ScrapeGraphAI’s own pages.
Made by ScrapeGraphAI, Inc. · checked Nov 13, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from ScrapeGraphAI’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on ScrapeGraphAI’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 13, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.0
GPA, above 5 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade
ScrapeGraphAI is an API that converts web pages to markdown or HTML and extracts structured data from them using natural-language prompts. It also offers search, crawl and page-change monitoring endpoints. Plans are monthly credit allowances, with one-time credit packs on top.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about ScrapeGraphAI, taken from its own pages and our grades.
How far credits go depends on the endpoint and stealth option, so the real monthly cost is hard to guess.
- 1
Best for AI scraping API billed in credits
ScrapeGraphAI is an API for scraping, extracting, searching and crawling pages, billed in credits.
- 2
Paid plans start at $20 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $20 per month for 10,000 credits.
- 3
You can try it first
Free plan with 500 API credits, one-time
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Scrape
Converts a URL to markdown, HTML, a screenshot or branding analysis, costing 1 credit for markdown, 2 for a screenshot and 25 for branding.
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Extract
Pulls structured data from a page using a natural-language prompt, at a base cost of 5 credits.
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Search and crawl
Search costs 2 credits per result, or 5 with a prompt. Crawl costs 2 credits to start plus the per-page scrape cost.
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A 2.0 GPA, above 5 of 56
That is against the other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
Nothing ScrapeGraphAI does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company.
ScrapeGraphAI at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $20 per month for 10,000 credits
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- Free plan with 500 API credits, one-time
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- ScrapeGraphAI, Inc.
- Category
- SERP & SEO Data APIs
- Our grade
- 2.0 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for AI scraping API billed in credits
ScrapeGraphAI is an API for scraping, extracting, searching and crawling pages, billed in credits. The free plan is a one-time grant of 500 credits that does not renew, and Starter is $20 a month for 10,000. How far credits go depends on the endpoint and stealth option, so the real monthly cost is hard to guess.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Starter is $20 a month for 10,000 credits, a hair above the $19 cheaper-quarter start for data APIs. Packs run $5 for 1,000 credits and never expire. |
| Free plan and trial | C | A free plan of 500 credits, one time only; they do not renew. No card is mentioned, but it is a trial grant, not a free tier. |
| Features | B | Scrape, extract, search, crawl, monitors and fetch options in one API. The listing names no gap in the core job. |
| Ease of use | D | No store rating on record. It is an API: you write the calls and manage credits. |
| Platforms and integrations | C | Web API only, with no integrations or SDKs listed on the pages we read. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who ScrapeGraphAI is for
- Fits if you want one API for scraping and AI extraction and can code
- Works for small tests, since packs of credits never expire
Who it is not for
- Tight if you stay free: 500 credits is one time and does not come back each month
- Watch out: credit use varies by endpoint and stealth option, so cost per request is not fixed
- Watch out: the Starter limit is 100 requests a minute, 3 concurrent crawls and 5 monitors
- Skip it if you want integrations: none are listed
- Watch out: the Yearly toggle showed the same prices as Monthly when read
Good to know
Good for
- Developers who want to describe the data they need in plain language
- Small projects that fit the 10,000-credit Starter allowance
Worth knowing
- The Free plan is a one-time 500-credit grant, not a monthly allowance.
- Credit use varies by endpoint and by the stealth option, so the monthly cost depends on the mix of requests.
- Credit packs are $5 for 1,000, $40 for 10,000 and $150 for 50,000; they never expire and stack on a subscription.
- The pricing page has a Yearly toggle, but it showed the same prices as Monthly when read.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$20
A month to start
ScrapeGraphAI is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $20 per month for 10,000 credits.
No card is mentioned, but it is a trial grant, not a free tier.
Free
$0
500 API credits, one time (they do not renew), 10 requests per minute, 1 monitor and 1 concurrent crawl.
Starter
$20
per month for 10,000 credits, billed monthly
100 requests per minute, 5 monitors and 3 concurrent crawls.
Growth
$100
per month for 100,000 credits, billed monthly
500 requests per minute, 25 monitors, 15 concurrent crawls and basic proxy rotation.
Pro
$500
per month for 750,000 credits, billed monthly
5,000 requests per minute, 100 monitors, 50 concurrent crawls, advanced proxy rotation and priority support.
Enterprise
Custom
Ad-hoc credits, custom rate limits, dedicated support and an SLA, arranged through sales.
Trying it first
Free plan with 500 API credits, one-time
Read from scrapegraphai.com on Nov 13, 2026.
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Credit-based API to scrape, extract, search and crawl the web. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI features.
Scrape, extract, search, crawl, monitors and fetch options in one API.
- Scrape
- Converts a URL to markdown, HTML, a screenshot or branding analysis, costing 1 credit for markdown, 2 for a screenshot and 25 for branding.
- Extract
- Pulls structured data from a page using a natural-language prompt, at a base cost of 5 credits.
- Search and crawl
- Search costs 2 credits per result, or 5 with a prompt. Crawl costs 2 credits to start plus the per-page scrape cost.
- Monitors
- Watches a page for changes and notifies a webhook, costing 5 extra credits when a change is detected.
- Fetch options
- Render mode (auto, fast or JS) does not change the cost; the stealth toggle for anti-bot bypass adds 5 credits.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
Its own pages name no integrations.
ScrapeGraphAI is made by ScrapeGraphAI, Inc.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
5/56
Other SERP and SEO data APIs it is graded above
ScrapeGraphAI's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 5 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 9.
It stands best on features (B, above 37 of 56) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $20 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 10 of the 39 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 9 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 57 SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, cut by the letter each got. ScrapeGraphAI’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 3 of 56
- CFree plan and trialAbove 5 of 56
- BFeaturesAbove 37 of 56
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 56
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 56
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 41 SERP and SEO data APIs. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. ScrapeGraphAI is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
Nothing ScrapeGraphAI does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 42 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs grade higher. It costs $240 a year.
What you could not
- An API that other software can build on.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. ScrapeGraphAI’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Firecrawl, Jina AI, Olostep, Spider Cloud and WebScraping.AI
The 5 tools ScrapeGraphAI is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.6GPA
Firecrawl
Free plan · from $16/mo
Web search, scrape and crawl API that returns LLM-ready data.
- Firecrawl has a free plan. ScrapeGraphAI does not, though it has a free trial.
- Firecrawl is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Firecrawl also covers AI agents and sERP API.
- 2.4GPA
Jina AI
Free plan · from $50 one-time
Reader, search, embeddings and reranker APIs for AI search.
- Jina AI has a free plan. ScrapeGraphAI does not, though it has a free trial.
- Jina AI also covers AI search, research and sERP API.
- 2.6GPA
Olostep
Free trial · from $9/mo
Scrape, crawl and search API that returns clean web data.
- Olostep also covers AI search, AI agents and sERP API.
- 2.0GPA
Spider Cloud
Free trial · from $40/mo
Crawl, scrape and search API with usage or concurrency pricing.
- Spider Cloud is open source, according to its own site.
- Spider Cloud also covers AI agents and sERP API.
- 2.4GPA
WebScraping.AI
Free plan · from $29/mo
Scraping API with proxies, rendering and AI extraction.
- WebScraping.AI has a free plan. ScrapeGraphAI does not, though it has a free trial.
- WebScraping.AI also covers sERP API.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
12
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is ScrapeGraphAI free?
No, ScrapeGraphAI is a paid product, but you can try it first. Free plan with 500 API credits, one-time.
How much does ScrapeGraphAI cost?
ScrapeGraphAI lists 5 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does ScrapeGraphAI work on?
ScrapeGraphAI is available on Web.
Does ScrapeGraphAI have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. ScrapeGraphAI is listed for Web.
Does ScrapeGraphAI have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. ScrapeGraphAI is listed for Web.
Is ScrapeGraphAI open source?
ScrapeGraphAI is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does ScrapeGraphAI have an API?
Yes. ScrapeGraphAI offers a public API, according to its own site.
Who makes ScrapeGraphAI?
ScrapeGraphAI is made by ScrapeGraphAI, Inc.
What are the alternatives to ScrapeGraphAI?
The closest alternatives to ScrapeGraphAI in our directory are Firecrawl, Jina AI, Olostep, Spider Cloud and WebScraping.AI.
How does ScrapeGraphAI compare with other SERP and SEO data APIs?
ScrapeGraphAI's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 5 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 9.
Is ScrapeGraphAI good value for money?
ToolGPA grades ScrapeGraphAI C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $20 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 10 of the 39 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of ScrapeGraphAI?
Nothing ScrapeGraphAI does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from ScrapeGraphAI’s own pages on Nov 13, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 13, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ScrapeGraphAI's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by ScrapeGraphAI, Inc. Prices change, so check scrapegraphai.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
7,721
Tools graded, in 95 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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categories
739
price changes on record
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apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- ScrapeGraphAI, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/scrapegraphai
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what ScrapeGraphAI’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. ScrapeGraphAI is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by ScrapeGraphAI, Inc. Prices and plans change: check scrapegraphai.com before you buy.