WebScrapingAPI review (2026): is it worth $28 a month?
Scraper and SERP APIs with monthly Google search plans
WebScrapingAPI report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 24, 2026
Best for Google results on a fixed monthly search count
WebScrapingAPI's SERP API returns parsed Google web, image, video, news, shopping and job results by location, language and device, on plans priced by searches a month. Only Google has a published price, though: Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yandex are quoted after a sales review, and general scraping is a separate subscription.
Who WebScrapingAPI is for
- Fits if you only need Google and want a fixed number of searches each month
- Works for teams that also buy proxies or a general scraping API from the same vendor
Who WebScrapingAPI is not for
- Skip it if you need Bing, DuckDuckGo or Yandex without a sales review, as only Google is priced
- Watch out: each keyword counts once per market, device and refresh, so tracking adds up fast
- Pricey if you need general scraping too, as the Scraper API is a separate plan from $19 a month
- Watch out: residential proxies from $8.50 per GB and managed data from $299 a month sit outside these plans
- Tight if you're testing, with 100 trial searches and no free plan
Why WebScrapingAPI gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyStarter is $28 a month for 10,000 Google searches, between this category's cheaper quarter and its middle, at $2.80 per 1,000. Grow is $130 for 50,000, still $2.60 per 1,000.
- CFree plan and trialNo free plan: a trial of 100 Google searches. That's enough to check the parsing, not to run anything.
- CFeaturesGoogle web, image, video, news, shopping and job results with domain, location, language, device and result window, as JSON, CSV or HTML. The gap is in the listing: Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yandex sit only on Custom plans priced after a review.
- CEase of useJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: one Google endpoint with parsed output and bulk processing. No rating on record, and no client libraries or integrations named in the listing.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with a REST API and no integrations, SDKs or MCP server named in the listing. No desktop or phone app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from WebScrapingAPI'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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WebScrapingAPI's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 1 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 5.
Its paid plans start at $28 a month, against a middle price of $29.49 for the category: 11 of the 25 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 9 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 39 SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, cut by the letter each got. WebScrapingAPI’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 1 of 38, level with 19
- 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
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 38, level with 8
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 WebScrapingAPI, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace WebScrapingAPI 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: 32 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs grade higher. It costs $336 a year.
What you could not
- Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- An API that other software can build on.
What this rests on. WebScrapingAPI’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 WebScrapingAPI?
WebScrapingAPI sells proxies, web scraping APIs and ready data. Its SERP API returns parsed Google results for web, image, video, news, shopping and job searches by location, language and device, and also covers Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yandex. The published plans here are the SERP API's Google plans, priced by searches a month; the general Scraper API is sold separately.
Worth knowing
- Only the Google plans have published prices; Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yandex are quoted after a review.
- Usage is counted per request, so each keyword is multiplied by every market, device and refresh you track.
- The Scraper API is a separate subscription: 5,000 free requests, then $19 a month for 7,000 requests up to $599 for 450,000.
- Residential proxies start at $8.50 per GB and the managed data service at $299 a month, both outside these plans.
Key features
- Google Search API
- Query Google web, image, video, news, shopping or job results and set the Google domain, location, language, device and result window.
- Parsed results
- Responses come back as JSON collections of organic results and other result modules with request metadata, or as CSV or raw HTML.
- Other search engines
- Separate endpoints return Bing results as JSON, localized Yandex result pages by region and device, and DuckDuckGo results.
- Scraper API
- A general scraping API with JavaScript rendering, proxy rotation, anti-bot handling, country targeting and automatic parsing, from $19 a month.
- Proxies and ready data
- Residential, datacenter and ISP proxies, an Amazon data API, a dataset marketplace, a web archive and a managed data service.
WebScrapingAPI pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, WebScrapingAPI is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $28 per month for 10,000 Google searches.
- Starts at
- $28 per month for 10,000 Google searches
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- Trial plan with 100 free Google searches
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $28per month for 10,000 Google searches | Every plan includes global locations, parsed results, bulk processing, all devices, image search and JSON, CSV or HTML output. |
| Grow | $130per month for 50,000 Google searches | The same Google features as Starter with a larger monthly allowance. |
| Business | $550per month for 250,000 Google searches | The same Google features as Starter with a larger monthly allowance. |
| Pro | $1,600per month for 1,000,000 Google searches | The same Google features as Starter with the largest published allowance. |
| Custom | Custom | Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yandex searches, larger volumes and production support, priced after a review with the sales team. |
Read from webscrapingapi.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with WebScrapingAPI before you buy.
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Common questions
Does WebScrapingAPI have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. WebScrapingAPI is listed for Web.
Does WebScrapingAPI have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. WebScrapingAPI is listed for Web.
Is WebScrapingAPI open source?
WebScrapingAPI is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does WebScrapingAPI have an API?
Yes. WebScrapingAPI 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.