Scrapingdog review (2026): is it worth $40 a month?
Web scraping and Google SERP APIs on one shared credit plan
Scrapingdog report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for Google results and web scraping on one plan
Scrapingdog puts Google, Bing and Brave search, a general web scraper and more than 40 site scrapers on one monthly pool of credits. A full Google search costs 10 credits, so the plan figures overstate what you get, and when credits run out requests stop until the next billing date.
Who Scrapingdog is for
- Fits if you need Google results and general page scraping from the same account
- Works for projects mixing search data with Amazon, YouTube or LinkedIn data
Who Scrapingdog is not for
- Watch out: a full Google search costs 10 credits, so Lite's 200,000 credits is about 20,000 searches
- Tight if you run out mid-month, as requests are refused until the next billing date, with no pay-per-use
- Skip it if you want unused credits kept on Lite, as rollover starts at Standard and plan changes aren't prorated
- Not for you if you want a free plan that renews, as the 100 credits come once
Why Scrapingdog gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyLite is $40 a month for 200,000 credits, this category's middle. A full Google search is 10 credits, so that's about 20,000 searches, $2 per 1,000. Yearly billing gives two months free.
- CFree plan and trialNo lasting free plan: 100 credits on sign-up with no card, about 10 full Google searches. The pricing page shows a Free plan but doesn't say the credits renew.
- BFeaturesGoogle search, AI Mode, Maps, News, Shopping, Scholar, Trends and more, Bing and Brave search, a general scraper and scrapers for Amazon, YouTube and LinkedIn, all on one credit pool. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job.
- CEase of useJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: Python and Node.js SDKs and a Google Sheets add-on. No rating on record, and each API costs a different number of credits, so you work out what a search really costs.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with an API, Python and Node.js SDKs, an MCP server, an n8n node, a Google Sheets add-on, LangChain and LlamaIndex. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Scrapingdog'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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Scrapingdog'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 features (B, above 26 of 38) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $40 a month, against a middle price of $29.49 for the category: 16 of the 25 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 39 SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, cut by the letter each got. Scrapingdog’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 1 of 38, level with 19
- CFree plan and trialAbove 2 of 38, level with 32
- BFeaturesAbove 26 of 38, level with 11
- 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 Scrapingdog, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Scrapingdog 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 $480 a year.
What you could not
- Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- It plugs into other products, n8n, Google Sheets and LangChain among them, and has an API.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Scrapingdog’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 Scrapingdog?
Scrapingdog sells more than 40 scraping APIs under one subscription: a general web scraper with proxies and JavaScript rendering, a range of Google APIs (search, AI Mode, Maps, News, Shopping, Scholar, Trends and more), Bing and Brave search, and scrapers for Amazon, YouTube, LinkedIn and other sites. Each plan is a monthly pool of credits shared across every API, and each API costs a set number of credits per request.
Worth knowing
- A full Google search costs 10 credits and a light one 5, so plan credit counts overstate the number of searches.
- When credits run out, requests are refused until the next billing date unless you upgrade; there is no pay-per-use overage.
- Unused credits roll over only from the Standard plan up, and plan changes are not prorated.
- The pricing page lists a Free plan at $0 but describes the 100 credits as a sign-up allowance, without saying they renew.
Key features
- Google APIs
- Google SERP Light at 5 credits a request and SERP Advance at 10, plus AI Mode, Images, Shopping, Maps, News, Scholar, Trends, Jobs, Hotels, Lens, Finance, Videos and Patents.
- Other search engines
- Bing and Brave search APIs at 5 credits a request, and a Universal Search API at 20.
- General web scraper
- Rotating proxies at 1 credit a request, JavaScript rendering at 5, premium proxies or geotargeting at 10, and an AI Parser at 10.
- Site-specific scrapers
- APIs for Amazon, Walmart, eBay, YouTube, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), TikTok, Yelp, Indeed and the Apple App Store, all drawing on the same credits.
- Failed requests refunded
- Failed, blocked and timed-out requests are credited back to the balance automatically.
- SDKs and no-code tools
- Python and Node.js SDKs, an MCP server, an n8n node and a Google Sheets add-on.
Scrapingdog pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Scrapingdog is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $40 per month for 200,000 credits, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $40 per month for 200,000 credits, billed monthly
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 100 free credits on sign-up with access to every API, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | $40per month for 200,000 credits, billed monthly | 5 concurrent requests, geotargeting and email support; about 20,000 full Google searches at 10 credits each. |
| Standard | $90per month for 1 million credits, billed monthly | 50 concurrent requests and priority email support. Unused credits roll over from this plan up. |
| Pro | $200per month for 3 million credits, billed monthly | 100 concurrent requests, priority email support and team support. |
| Premium | $350per month for 6 million credits, billed monthly | 150 concurrent requests, with team support. |
| Business | $500per month for 9 million credits, billed monthly | 200 concurrent requests, with team support. |
| Business Plus | $1,000per month for 19 million credits, billed monthly | 250 concurrent requests. Plans continue up to Nova Pro at $30,000 a month for 1.1 billion credits. |
Read from scrapingdog.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Scrapingdog before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountTwo months free with annual billing
Scrapingdog prices annual billing at ten months for twelve on every plan, the equivalent of two months free.
Stated on scrapingdog.com
Works with
- n8n
- Google Sheets
- LangChain
- LlamaIndex
- MCP
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Common questions
Does Scrapingdog have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Scrapingdog is listed for Web.
Does Scrapingdog have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Scrapingdog is listed for Web.
Is Scrapingdog open source?
Scrapingdog is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does Scrapingdog have an API?
Yes. Scrapingdog 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.