# Thunderbit review (2026): is the free plan enough? > AI web scraper that turns pages into spreadsheets Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Thunderbit is an AI web scraper that works as a Chrome and Edge extension and a web app. You describe the data you want, and it extracts it from pages and subpages and exports to Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable or Notion. It also has a scraper API, a CLI and an MCP server. - **Category:** AI Agents - **Made by:** Thunderbit Inc. - **Website:** https://thunderbit.com - **Runs on:** Browser extension, Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you scrape more than 6 pages a month on Free. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Thunderbit has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9 per month, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 6 pages a month, at most 30 credits per page, with data export and extraction tools. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 per month | 6 pages a month, 3 bulk URLs, 3 paginated pages, 14-day data retention and 1 scheduled scraper. | | Starter | $9 per month, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly) | 5,000 credits a year when billed yearly (500 a month when monthly), subpage and bulk scraping, enrichment and 5 scheduled scrapers. | | Pro | $16.5 per month, billed yearly ($38 billed monthly) | 30,000 credits a year when billed yearly (3,000 a month when monthly), unlimited scrapers and 25 scheduled scrapers. Page shows $24 crossed out. | | Business | Custom | Custom credits, limits and billing terms, with priority support and account management. | Read from https://thunderbit.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Thunderbit before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 20% on yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page says yearly subscriptions save 20%, with all credits for the year given upfront. Pro also shows a limited-time 31% off. Source: https://thunderbit.com/pricing ## Key features - **Describe-the-data scraping:** An AI agent reads the page and extracts the fields you ask for, with no CSS selectors or drag-and-drop setup. - **Subpages, bulk URLs and pagination:** Paid plans follow links into subpages and scrape up to 2,000 URLs in bulk and up to 200 paginated pages. - **Scheduled scrapers:** Scrapers can run on a schedule, with a minimum monitor frequency of 1 hour on Starter and 5 minutes on Pro. - **Exports:** Results export to Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable and Notion. - **Free extractors and API:** Email, phone number and similar extractors are listed on every plan, and a Web Scraper API, CLI and MCP server are offered separately. ## Good for - People collecting leads or listings into a spreadsheet without code - Small teams running scheduled scrapes of the same pages - Developers who want a scraper API or MCP server ## Worth knowing - The free plan stops at 6 pages a month, and bulk, subpage and enrichment features need Starter. - Yearly plans give credits upfront for the year; the page shows yearly saving as 20% and a limited-time 31% off on Pro, with no end date. - The Web Scraper API and Business plan are sold on custom terms. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Thunderbit is a Chrome extension where you describe the data you want and it scrapes it into Excel, Sheets, Airtable or Notion. Starter is $9 a month on yearly billing. The free plan stops at 6 pages a month. - **Value for money: A.** $9 a month billed yearly ($15 monthly), under 60% of the category's cheaper quarter of $19. Pro is $16.50. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free gives 6 pages a month and at most 30 credits a page. Bulk, subpage and enrichment features need Starter. - **Features: C.** Describe-the-data scraping, subpages, bulk URLs, pagination, schedules and exports. The Web Scraper API and Business plan are custom terms. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You describe fields and check what it pulled, and set up exports and schedules. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Chrome extension and web, with Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable and Notion exports. No desktop or phone app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Thunderbit's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI agents - Thunderbit's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 139 of the 178 other AI agents we grade, and level with 20. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 161 of 178) and worst on features (C, above 2). - Its paid plans start at $9 a month, against a middle price of $25 for the category: 1 of the 98 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-agents ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Thunderbit you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. 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 139 of the 178 other AI agents we grade. It costs $108 a year. - You could not: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: A spreadsheet engine with its formulas. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion **Tags:** AI agents, Workflow automation, Public API, Spreadsheets ## Alternatives - [Bardeen](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bardeen): Lead scraping, enrichment and qualification with AI agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bardeen-vs-thunderbit) - [Browser Use](https://toolgpa.com/tools/browser-use): Browser agents and cloud browsers for AI apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/browser-use-vs-thunderbit) - [Airtop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/airtop): AI agents that automate web, app and API workflows from a chat. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/airtop-vs-thunderbit) - [rtrvr.ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rtrvr): Browser agent for Chrome and cloud, with an ad-supported free mode. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/rtrvr-vs-thunderbit) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://thunderbit.com/pricing - https://thunderbit.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/thunderbit Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).