WebScraping.AI review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Scraping API with proxies, rendering and AI extraction
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WebScraping.AI report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for scraping with rendering and AI extraction
WebScraping.AI loads pages in Chrome, rotates proxies and pulls out data with AI in a single call. The free plan gives 2,000 credits a month and Personal is $29 a month for 250,000. Credit costs jump with the options you turn on: 5 for JavaScript rendering, 10 to 25 for residential proxies and 50 for stealth.
Who WebScraping.AI is for
- Fits if you want rendering, proxies and extraction in one call
- Works for small projects that fit inside 2,000 free credits a month
Who WebScraping.AI is not for
- Tight if you stay on Free: 2,000 credits is 400 rendered pages
- Watch out: cost per request varies from 1 to 50 credits depending on proxy and rendering
- Watch out: pay-as-you-go credits are only used after the monthly quota runs out
- Watch out: geotargeting covers proxies in 13 countries, or you bring your own
- Skip it if you want annual billing: only monthly prices were found
Why WebScraping.AI 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 moneyPersonal is $29 a month for 250,000 credits, which is the middle of the $19 to $49 range for data APIs. Residential and stealth requests burn credits at 10 to 50 each.
- CFree plan and trialA free plan with 2,000 credits a month, 2 concurrent connections and no card. Rendered pages cost 5 credits, so it stretches to a few hundred.
- BFeaturesRendering, proxies, AI question answering and extraction, a Google SERP endpoint and structured endpoints for YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram and more. Geotargeting covers 13 countries.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. SDKs in seven languages and Zapier, n8n and Make help, but you still wire up calls and pick credit-hungry options.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb API with SDKs for Python, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Go, Java and C#, plus Zapier, n8n, Make, Pipedream and Claude. No desktop or phone app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from WebScraping.AI's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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WebScraping.AI's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 27 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 19.
It stands best on features (B, above 37 of 56) and worst on value for money (C, above 3).
Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 18 of the 39 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 57 SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, cut by the letter each got. WebScraping.AI’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 3 of 56, level with 31
- CFree plan and trialAbove 5 of 56, level with 44
- BFeaturesAbove 37 of 56, level with 18
- CEase of useAbove 6 of 56, level with 48
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 16 of 56, level with 40
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 41 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 WebScraping.AI, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace WebScraping.AI 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 $348 a year.
What you could not
- Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- It plugs into other products, Zapier, n8n and Make among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. WebScraping.AI’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 WebScraping.AI?
WebScraping.AI is an API that fetches pages through rotating proxies and headless Chrome, returning HTML, text or AI-extracted JSON. It also has a parsed Google SERP endpoint. Plans are monthly credit allowances, with a pay-as-you-go credit option.
Worth knowing
- Credits are spent at different rates: 1 for a plain datacenter request, 5 with JS rendering, 10 to 25 for residential proxies and 50 for stealth.
- Geotargeting covers proxies in 13 countries, or you can bring your own proxy.
- Pay-as-you-go credits are only used after a subscription's monthly quota runs out.
- The pricing section on the home page shows monthly prices only; no annual option was found.
Key features
- Rendering and proxies
- Pages load in a Chrome browser with datacenter, residential or stealth proxies, and challenge pages are not charged.
- AI extraction
- Question answering, field extraction to JSON and summaries of page content, for 5 extra credits per request.
- Google SERP endpoint
- Returns parsed Google results as JSON for 15 credits per results page of 10 results.
- Structured scraper endpoints
- Parsed JSON for sites including YouTube, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Reddit and Indeed at 15 credits per page (50 for Reddit).
- SDKs and no-code connectors
- Official libraries for Python, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Go, Java and C#, plus Zapier, n8n and Make.
WebScraping.AI pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, WebScraping.AI has a free plan, and paid plans start at $29 per month for 250,000 credits.
- Starts at
- $29 per month for 250,000 credits
- Free plan
- 2,000 API credits per month with up to 2 concurrent connections, no credit card required.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 2,000 API credits per month and a maximum of 2 concurrent connections. |
| Personal | $29per month for 250,000 credits, billed monthly | 10 concurrent requests and geotargeting. |
| Plus | $99per month for 1,000,000 credits, billed monthly | 25 concurrent requests and geotargeting. |
| Startup | $249per month for 3,000,000 credits, billed monthly | 50 concurrent requests and geotargeting. |
| Pay as you go | $20one-time top-up, used as you go | 100,000 credits at $0.0002 each; credits stay valid for 12 months and top-ups extend the balance. |
Read from webscraping.ai on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with WebScraping.AI before you buy.
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Common questions
Does WebScraping.AI have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. WebScraping.AI is listed for Web.
Does WebScraping.AI have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. WebScraping.AI is listed for Web.
Is WebScraping.AI open source?
WebScraping.AI is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does WebScraping.AI have an API?
Yes. WebScraping.AI offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
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