ScrapingBee review (2026): is it worth $19 a month?
Web scraping API with a Google search endpoint, priced by credits
ScrapingBee report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for scraping pages and Google results on one key
ScrapingBee is a web scraping API that runs headless Chrome and rotates proxies, with a Google search endpoint on the same credits. A Google search costs 10 to 15 credits, credits don't roll over, and it's a scraper first: Google is the only search engine it lists.
Who ScrapingBee is for
- Fits if you need to scrape the pages behind the results as well as Google itself
- Works for feeding web pages to AI agents as Markdown or JSON
Who ScrapingBee is not for
- Watch out: JavaScript rendering is on by default and makes a request cost 5 credits instead of 1
- Watch out: a Google search costs 10 to 15 credits, so Hobby's 75,000 credits is 5,000 to 7,500 searches
- Skip it if you need Bing or other engines, as Google is the only search engine it lists
- Tight if your usage swings, since credits last a month and don't roll over
- Pricey if you need priority support or team management, which start at $249 a month
Why ScrapingBee gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyHobby is $19 a month for 75,000 credits, inside this category's cheaper quarter. A Google search costs 10 to 15 credits, so that's 5,000 to 7,500 searches, about $2.50 to $3.80 per 1,000.
- CFree plan and trialNo free plan: 1,000 API credits on sign-up with no card, around 70 to 100 Google searches.
- CFeaturesHeadless Chrome, rotating proxies in more than 200 countries, CSS and AI extraction, and endpoints for Amazon, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini. For search data, though, Google is the only engine it lists.
- CEase of useJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: Python and Node.js SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server. No rating on record, and what a request costs changes with its options, with JavaScript rendering on by default.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with an API, a CLI, SDKs and an MCP server, plus Make, n8n, Zapier and coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ScrapingBee's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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ScrapingBee's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 16 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 14.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 21 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. ScrapingBee’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 21 of 38, level with 13
- CFree plan and trialAbove 2 of 38, level with 32
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 38, level with 24
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 38, level with 36
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 9 of 38, level with 29
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 26 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 ScrapingBee, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace ScrapingBee 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 costs $228 a year.
What you could not
- Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- It plugs into other products, Make, n8n and Zapier among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. ScrapingBee’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 ScrapingBee?
ScrapingBee is a web scraping API that runs headless Chrome and rotates proxies for you, returning a page's HTML, Markdown, a screenshot or fields pulled out by CSS rules or a plain-language AI query. Beside the general API it sells ready-made endpoints for Google search, a fast search API, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini. Every plan is a monthly allowance of API credits, and each request costs credits by the options it uses.
Worth knowing
- A request costs 1 credit at its simplest, 5 with JavaScript rendering (on by default), and 10 or 25 with premium proxies.
- A Google search costs 10 credits with Light Request enabled and 15 otherwise.
- Credits last one month and do not roll over; only successful requests are charged.
- Priority support, an account manager and team management start at the $249 Business plan.
Key features
- Headless browser rendering
- Pages load in headless Chrome, with waits for selectors, set viewports and headers, and scripted clicks, scrolls and form fills before the scrape.
- Proxy rotation and geotargeting
- Proxies rotate on every request, with premium and stealth proxies for harder sites and routing through more than 200 countries and territories.
- Google Search API
- A dedicated endpoint returns Google results as JSON, with organic results, ads, local results, related questions and related searches.
- AI and rule-based extraction
- Pull fields out with CSS or XPath rules, describe them in plain language with an AI query, or get any page back as clean Markdown.
- Ready-made scraper APIs
- Separate endpoints for Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini answers, a sub-second search API and an employee search API.
- CLI, MCP server and SDKs
- A command-line tool, an MCP server and Python and Node.js SDKs connect the API to coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.
ScrapingBee pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, ScrapingBee is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $19 per month for 75,000 API credits.
- Starts at
- $19 per month for 75,000 API credits
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 1,000 free API credits on sign-up, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $19per month for 75,000 API credits | 25 concurrent requests, with JavaScript rendering, premium proxies, geotargeting, screenshots and the dedicated scraper APIs included. |
| Freelance | $49per month for 250,000 API credits | 50 concurrent requests and the same features as Hobby. |
| Startup | $99per month for 1,000,000 API credits | 100 concurrent requests and the same features as Hobby. |
| Business | $249per month for 3,000,000 API credits | 200 concurrent requests, and adds priority email support, a dedicated account manager and team management. |
| Business + | $599per month for 8,000,000 API credits | 400 concurrent requests with everything in Business. |
| Enterprise 14 | $999per month for 14,000,000 API credits | 500 concurrent requests. Larger Enterprise tiers run up to $5,799 a month for 120 million credits and 900 concurrent requests. |
Read from scrapingbee.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ScrapingBee before you buy.
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Common questions
Does ScrapingBee have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. ScrapingBee is listed for Web.
Does ScrapingBee have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. ScrapingBee is listed for Web.
Is ScrapingBee open source?
ScrapingBee is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does ScrapingBee have an API?
Yes. ScrapingBee 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 Oct 23, 2026.