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The ScrapingAnt Insider’s Guide

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ToolGPAOctober 2026

ScrapingAnt

The Insider’s Guide

Web scraping API with headless Chrome, proxies and AI extraction

ScrapingAnt, as pictured on scrapingant.com

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among SERP and SEO data APIs, read from ScrapingAnt’s own pages.

Made by DATAANT SP. Z O.O. · checked Oct 23, 2026 · toolgpa.com

2.6GPA

Contents

  1. 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
  2. 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
  3. 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
  4. 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
  5. 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
  6. 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
  7. 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from ScrapingAnt’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on ScrapingAnt’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 23, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first

2.6

GPA, above 31 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade

ScrapingAnt is a web scraping API that loads each page in a fresh headless Chrome with rotating proxies and returns its HTML, clean Markdown or fields pulled out by a plain-language AI extractor. It reads Google, Bing, Yandex and DuckDuckGo result pages through the same endpoint, and the pages they link to, on one credit pool. Plans are monthly credit allowances with no cap on parallel requests.

To get you started, here are 9 things to know about ScrapingAnt, taken from its own pages and our grades.

Judged on how fast a developer gets a first result: one endpoint, no concurrency cap and an MCP server.
From our grade for ease of use
  1. 1

    Best for search pages and the pages they link to

    Search pages come back as raw HTML, though: JSON means paying extra for the AI extractor, and unused credits don't carry over.

  2. 2

    Paid plans start at $19 a month

    As its pricing page puts it: $19 per month for 100,000 API credits.

  3. 3

    There is a free plan

    10,000 API credits every month, with failed requests not charged. No card needed.

  4. 4

    It runs on Web

    Web.

  5. 5

    Headless Chrome rendering

    Each request runs in a fresh Chrome instance, with custom JavaScript snippets, waits for a CSS selector, and custom cookies and headers.

  6. 6

    Rotating proxies

    Datacenter and residential proxies across 100+ countries rotate per request, with geo-targeting by country code and CAPTCHA and Cloudflare handling.

  7. 7

    Search result pages

    Send a Google, Bing, Yandex or DuckDuckGo results address to the same endpoint to get the page back, then scrape the result pages on the same key.

  8. 8

    A 2.6 GPA, above 31 of 38

    That is against the other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.

  9. 9

    Keep it

    To replace ScrapingAnt 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.

ScrapingAnt at a glance

Pricing
Free plan, from $19 per month for 100,000 API credits
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
None stated
Runs on
Web
Made by
DATAANT SP. Z O.O.
Category
SERP & SEO Data APIs
Our grade
2.6 GPA, good

The report card

Best for search pages and the pages they link to

ScrapingAnt loads each page in a fresh headless Chrome with rotating proxies and returns HTML, Markdown or AI-extracted fields, and it reads Google, Bing, Yandex and DuckDuckGo result pages through the same endpoint. Search pages come back as raw HTML, though: JSON means paying extra for the AI extractor, and unused credits don't carry over.

ToolGPA report cardScrapingAntGraded Oct 24, 2026
SubjectGradeComment
Value for moneyBEnthusiast is $19 a month for 100,000 credits, on the line of this category's cheaper quarter. A Google request is 10 credits, so that's 10,000 result pages, $1.90 per 1,000, before any AI extraction.
Free plan and trialBA free plan for good: 10,000 credits every month with no card, about 1,000 Google result pages, and failed requests aren't charged. A side project could run on that.
FeaturesCHeadless Chrome, rotating proxies in 100+ countries, Markdown output and plain-English AI extraction, with Google, Bing, Yandex and DuckDuckGo pages on one key. The gap is in the listing: search pages come back as HTML, and JSON needs the AI extractor at extra credits.
Ease of useCJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: one endpoint, no concurrency cap and an MCP server. No rating on record, and requests range from 1 to 125 credits by browser and proxy choice.
Platforms and integrationsBWeb, with an API and an MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and Windsurf, plus n8n, Make and GitHub Actions. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top.
Grade point averageGood, out of 4.02.6

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 ScrapingAnt is for

  • Fits if you need the search results page and the pages it links to on one key
  • Works for jobs that send many requests at once, since no plan caps concurrency

Who it is not for

  • Watch out: search pages come back as HTML, and JSON through the AI extractor costs 1 more credit per 30 characters read and written
  • Watch out: other pages cost 1 to 125 credits, with residential proxies and rendering the dearest
  • Tight if your usage swings, since unused credits don't carry over to the next month
  • Pricey if you need standalone proxies, which are billed by GB on top of API credits

Good to know

Good for

  • Developers who need search results and the pages they link to
  • AI agents reading web pages as Markdown through MCP
  • Jobs that send many requests in parallel

Worth knowing

  • Google requests cost 10 credits each; other pages cost 1 to 125 credits by browser and proxy choice, with residential proxies and JavaScript rendering the most.
  • Search pages come back as HTML by default; JSON needs the AI extractor, which adds 1 credit per 30 characters read and written.
  • Unused credits do not carry over; a plan that runs out mid-month can be restarted at once by paying again.
  • Standalone residential and datacenter proxies are billed by GB, separately from API credits.

Part 02 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

$19

A month to start. There is a free plan too

ScrapingAnt has a free plan. Paid plans start at $19 per month for 100,000 API credits.

  • Free

    $0

    10,000 API credits a month, enough for about 1,000 Google result pages at 10 credits each.

  • Enthusiast

    $19

    per month for 100,000 API credits

    Email support and documentation for integration help.

  • Startup

    $49

    per month for 500,000 API credits

    Priority email support and custom code snippets.

  • Business

    $249

    per month for 3,000,000 API credits

    Priority email support, debug sessions and expert assistance.

  • Business Pro

    $599

    per month for 8,000,000 API credits

    Priority debug sessions, custom proxy pools and custom anti-bot handling.

  • Custom

    $699

    per month and up for 10M+ API credits

    Priority and dedicated support, full onboarding and a dedicated account manager. Through sales.

The free plan

10,000 API credits every month, with failed requests not charged. No card needed.

Read from scrapingant.com on Oct 23, 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

Web scraping API with headless Chrome, proxies and AI extraction. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI features, sERP API.

The gap is in the listing: search pages come back as HTML, and JSON needs the AI extractor at extra credits.
From our grade for features
Headless Chrome rendering
Each request runs in a fresh Chrome instance, with custom JavaScript snippets, waits for a CSS selector, and custom cookies and headers.
Rotating proxies
Datacenter and residential proxies across 100+ countries rotate per request, with geo-targeting by country code and CAPTCHA and Cloudflare handling.
Search result pages
Send a Google, Bing, Yandex or DuckDuckGo results address to the same endpoint to get the page back, then scrape the result pages on the same key.
Markdown and AI extraction
Get any page as LLM-ready Markdown, or describe fields in plain English and receive JSON, billed by the characters read and written.
No concurrency cap
Every plan can send requests in parallel without queues or throttling; ScrapingAnt allocates browsers and proxies per request.
MCP server
Adds tools for page HTML, Markdown and text to Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and other MCP clients, drawing on the plan's credits.

Where it runs

  • Web

What it works with

  • n8n
  • Make
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • Windsurf
  • GitHub Actions

ScrapingAnt is made by DATAANT SP. Z O.O.

Part 04 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

31/38

Other SERP and SEO data APIs it is graded above

ScrapingAnt's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 31 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 3.

It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 35 of 38) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).

Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $29.49 for the category: 3 of the 25 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 39 SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, cut by the letter each got. ScrapingAnt’s own letter is outlined.

  • BValue for moneyAbove 21 of 38
  • BFree plan and trialAbove 35 of 38
  • CFeaturesAbove 1 of 38
  • CEase of useAbove 0 of 38
  • BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 9 of 38

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 26 SERP and SEO data APIs. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. ScrapingAnt is the marked dot.

C2.0B3.0A4.0$2$5$10$20$50$100$200$500More for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessScrapingAntSerpBaseDecodo SERP Scraping…ApifyZenserpScrape.do

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

To replace ScrapingAnt 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.

It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 31 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade. It costs $228 a year.

What you could not

  • Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
  • It plugs into other products, n8n, Make and Claude Code among them, and has an API.
  • AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.

What this rests on. ScrapingAnt’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

ScrapingBee, ScraperAPI, ZenRows, Scrapingdog and Scrape.do

The 5 tools ScrapingAnt is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

Part 06 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

13

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 ScrapingAnt free?

ScrapingAnt has a free plan. 10,000 API credits every month, with failed requests not charged.

How much does ScrapingAnt cost?

ScrapingAnt lists 6 plans. Free: $0.

What platforms does ScrapingAnt work on?

ScrapingAnt is available on Web.

Does ScrapingAnt have an Android app?

No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. ScrapingAnt is listed for Web.

Does ScrapingAnt have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. ScrapingAnt is listed for Web.

Is ScrapingAnt open source?

ScrapingAnt is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.

Does ScrapingAnt have an API?

Yes. ScrapingAnt offers a public API, according to its own site.

What does ScrapingAnt integrate with?

ScrapingAnt's listing names n8n, Make, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and GitHub Actions.

Who makes ScrapingAnt?

ScrapingAnt is made by DATAANT SP. Z O.O.

What are the alternatives to ScrapingAnt?

The closest alternatives to ScrapingAnt in our directory are ScrapingBee, ScraperAPI, ZenRows, Scrapingdog and Scrape.do.

How does ScrapingAnt compare with other SERP and SEO data APIs?

ScrapingAnt's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 31 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 3.

Is ScrapingAnt good value for money?

ToolGPA grades ScrapingAnt B for value for money. Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $29.49 for the category: 3 of the 25 others that charge start lower.

Could I make my own version of ScrapingAnt?

To replace ScrapingAnt you would be making search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from ScrapingAnt’s own pages on Oct 23, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 24, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ScrapingAnt's own pages on 23 October 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 DATAANT SP. Z O.O. Prices change, so check scrapingant.com before you buy.

Part 07 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

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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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