ScrapeNinja review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Scraping API with rotating proxies and Chrome fingerprinting
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ScrapeNinja report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for scraping sites that block simple requests
ScrapeNinja is a scraping API with Chrome fingerprint emulation, two network engines, rotating proxies and JavaScript extractors. Its own site has no pricing page, plans are sold through APIRoad, and the free plan is 100 requests a month, which is testing only.
Who ScrapeNinja is for
- Fits if you scrape sites that block simple requests and are comfortable writing JavaScript
- Works for people who want to test cheaply before paying
Who ScrapeNinja is not for
- Not for you if you want a no-code scraper, since you write extractors yourself
- Tight if you stay free: 100 requests a month
- Watch out: a JavaScript-browser request counts as 7 points, so a plan covers a seventh as many
- Watch out: there is no pricing page on its own site, so you buy through a marketplace
Why ScrapeNinja gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$25 a month for 100,000 requests on APIRoad, inside the middle of this category ($19 to $44.10). Browser-engine requests cost 7 points each.
- CFree plan and trialA free Basic plan with 100 requests a month, which the listing itself calls enough for testing.
- CFeaturesChrome fingerprint emulation, two engines, proxies with retries and JavaScript extractors. It is a general scraper with no ready-made site templates.
- DEase of useNo store rating on record. You write the requests and the extractors in JavaScript, through a marketplace key.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, and it is sold through APIRoad and RapidAPI.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ScrapeNinja's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/scrapeninja#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/scrapeninja.svg" alt="ScrapeNinja: 1.8 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where ScrapeNinja stands among SERP and SEO data APIs
ScrapeNinja's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 0 of the 48 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 2.
It stands best on free plan and trial (C, above 3 of 48) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $25 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 12 of the 33 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 49 SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, cut by the letter each got. ScrapeNinja’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 2 of 48, level with 26
- CFree plan and trialAbove 3 of 48, level with 39
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 48, level with 31
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 48
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 48, level with 11
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 34 SERP and SEO data APIs. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep ScrapeNinja, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace ScrapeNinja you would be making search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 46 of the 48 other SERP and SEO data APIs grade higher. It costs $300 a year.
What you could not
- Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- It plugs into other products, APIRoad and RapidAPI among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. ScrapeNinja’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.
What is ScrapeNinja?
ScrapeNinja is a web scraping API that handles proxies, retries and headless browsers and returns data as JSON. It offers a fast network engine that emulates Chrome requests and a real-browser engine with JavaScript evaluation, plus online tools for building extractors. Plans are sold through the APIRoad marketplace.
Worth knowing
- Plans are bought on the APIRoad marketplace, and ScrapeNinja's own site has no pricing page of its own.
- Browser-engine requests cost 7 billing points each, so a plan covers about one seventh as many /scrape-js calls.
- The Basic plan has only 100 requests a month, which is enough for testing only.
- It is a general scraping API; there is no dedicated SERP endpoint or SEO metrics on the site.
Key features
- Chrome fingerprint emulation
- Sends requests that emulate a real Chrome browser without running Puppeteer, to avoid blocks based on TLS fingerprints.
- Two network engines
- Switch between raw network requests for speed and a headless browser with JavaScript evaluation for pages that need it.
- Rotating proxies and retries
- Rotating datacenter proxies in the US, EU, Germany, France and Brazil, with retries based on timeouts, status codes and page text.
- JavaScript extractors
- Short JS snippets pull JSON out of HTML, and an online builder and Cheerio playground help write and test them.
- Premium proxies
- Premium datacenter proxies cost from $1.50 per GB and come with a 50MB gift package for each customer.
ScrapeNinja pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, ScrapeNinja has a free plan, and paid plans start at $25 per month for 100,000 requests.
- Starts at
- $25 per month for 100,000 requests
- Free plan
- Basic plan: 100 requests a month, $0.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $0 | 100 requests per month. |
| Pro | $25per month for 100,000 requests | 100,000 basic requests per month. |
| Ultra | $75per month for 500,000 requests | 500,000 basic requests per month. |
| Mega | $150per month for 1,500,000 requests | 1,500,000 basic requests per month. |
ScrapeNinja’s own pricing page could not be read, so these figures come from apiroad.net, checked Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ScrapeNinja before you buy.
Works with
- APIRoad
- RapidAPI
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Common questions
Does ScrapeNinja have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. ScrapeNinja is listed for Web.
Does ScrapeNinja have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. ScrapeNinja is listed for Web.
Is ScrapeNinja open source?
ScrapeNinja is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does ScrapeNinja have an API?
Yes. ScrapeNinja offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.