# ScrapingBot review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Scraping API with JS rendering and ready-made site scrapers Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. ScrapingBot is a web scraping API that handles JavaScript rendering, proxy rotation and captchas, and ships prebuilt scrapers for common sites such as Amazon, Zillow and Booking. It also lists a raw HTML API, a search engine API and an MCP server. Plans are priced in euros. - **Category:** SERP & SEO Data APIs - **Made by:** ScrapingBot, Inc. - **Website:** https://scraping-bot.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: 500 credits and one concurrent request. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, ScrapingBot has a free plan, and paid plans start at €22 per month for 100,000 credits. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 500 credits a month and 1 concurrent request, no payment details needed. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | €0 | 500 credits a month, 1 concurrent request. | | Starter | €22 per month for 100,000 credits | 5 concurrent requests and standard email support (72 hours). The banner says from €19 on a quarterly plan. | | Pro | €45 per month for 250,000 credits | 10 concurrent requests and standard email support (72 hours). | | Growth | €102 per month for 750,000 credits | 15 concurrent requests and premium email support (24 hours). | | Business | €171 per month for 1,500,000 credits | 25 concurrent requests and premium email support (24 hours). | Read from https://scraping-bot.io/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ScrapingBot before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **15% off quarterly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing section has a Monthly and a Quarterly toggle, and the quarterly option is marked 15% off. Source: https://scraping-bot.io/ ## Key features - **JavaScript rendering and proxies:** Renders pages built with React, AngularJS or Vue.js, and rotates proxies with IP geolocation to reduce blocks. - **Prebuilt site scrapers:** An API catalog covers real estate (Zillow, Trulia, Realtor, Funda), e-commerce (Amazon, Etsy, Walmart) and travel (Booking, Airbnb) sites. - **Raw HTML and search engine APIs:** Besides site-specific scrapers there is a raw HTML scraper and a search engine results scraper in the product menu. - **All APIs on every plan:** The pricing section lists access to all APIs as part of every plan, with the plans differing in credits and concurrency. - **MCP server:** An MCP server is linked from the main menu for connecting AI agents. ## Good for - Developers wanting ready-made scrapers for marketplaces and travel sites - Small scraping jobs that fit 500 free credits a month - European buyers who prefer euro pricing ## Worth knowing - Prices are in euros, and the page notes that sales tax and VAT may apply. - A quarterly billing option gives 15% off the monthly price; the page does not show the quarterly figures per plan. - The pricing page does not say how many credits each request type uses. - Plans above 1,500,000 credits are not listed; the page says to contact the vendor for a custom plan. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. ScrapingBot offers JavaScript rendering, proxies, prebuilt scrapers for common sites, raw HTML and search engine APIs on every plan. It is priced in euros from EUR 22 a month, and the page does not say how many credits each request uses. - **Value for money: C.** EUR 22 a month for 100,000 credits, around the middle of this category ($19 to $44.10). The page shows a EUR 19 quarterly rate. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan with 500 credits a month and 1 concurrent request, no card. That is a cap you will hit quickly. - **Features: C.** Rendering, proxies, prebuilt scrapers, raw HTML, search engine APIs and an MCP server on all plans. Credit use per request is not stated. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A key and some code, though prebuilt scrapers cut the setup. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, and the listing names no integrations beyond an MCP server. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ScrapingBot's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among SERP and SEO data APIs - ScrapingBot's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 3 of the 48 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 7. - Its paid plans start at about $24.58 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 11 of the 33 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 10 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/seo-data-apis ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace ScrapingBot 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: 38 of the 48 other SERP and SEO data APIs grade higher. It costs $294.94 a year. - You could not: Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked. - You could not: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** SERP API, Public API, AI agents ## Alternatives - [ScrapingBee](https://toolgpa.com/tools/scrapingbee): Web scraping API with a Google search endpoint, priced by credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-scrapingbot) - [ScraperAPI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/scraperapi): Web scraping API with Google search endpoints, priced in API credits. 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