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Free plan limits concurrent requests to 1 (mainly for testing/development). Failed requests cost 0 credits.", "minimum_commitment": null, "self_serve_signup": true, "requires_sales_call": false, "requires_verification": false, "enterprise_plan_available": true, "price_points": [ { "plan": "Free", "item": "monthly subscription", "amount_usd": "0.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing" }, { "plan": "Free", "item": "credits included", "amount_usd": "0.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "10,000 credits/month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing" }, { "plan": "Enthusiast", "item": "monthly subscription", "amount_usd": "19.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing" }, { "plan": "Enthusiast", "item": "credits included", "amount_usd": "19.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "100,000 credits/month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing" }, { "plan": "Startup", "item": "monthly subscription", "amount_usd": "49.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing" }, { "plan": "Startup", "item": "credits included", "amount_usd": "49.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "500,000 credits/month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing" }, { "plan": "Business", "item": "monthly subscription", "amount_usd": "249.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing" }, { "plan": "Business", "item": "credits included", "amount_usd": "249.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "3,000,000 credits/month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing" }, { "plan": "Business Pro", "item": "monthly subscription", "amount_usd": "599.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing" }, { "plan": "Business Pro", "item": "credits included", "amount_usd": "599.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "8,000,000 credits/month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing" }, { "plan": "Custom", "item": "monthly subscription (starting price)", "amount_usd": "699.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing" }, { "plan": "Custom", "item": "credits included", "amount_usd": null, "amount_percent": null, "per": "10,000,000+ credits/month", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing" }, { "plan": "All plans", "item": "simple request + datacenter proxy", "amount_usd": null, "amount_percent": null, "per": "1 credit", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/credits-cost" }, { "plan": "All plans", "item": "headless browser (no JS rendering) + datacenter proxy", "amount_usd": null, "amount_percent": null, "per": "2 credits", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/credits-cost" }, { "plan": "All plans", "item": "headless browser (JS rendering) + datacenter proxy", "amount_usd": null, "amount_percent": null, "per": "10 credits", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/credits-cost" }, { "plan": "All plans", "item": "simple request + residential proxy", "amount_usd": null, "amount_percent": null, "per": "25 credits", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/credits-cost" }, { "plan": "All plans", "item": "headless browser (no JS rendering) + residential proxy", "amount_usd": null, "amount_percent": null, "per": "50 credits", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/credits-cost" }, { "plan": "All plans", "item": "headless browser (JS rendering) + residential proxy", "amount_usd": null, "amount_percent": null, "per": "125 credits", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/credits-cost" }, { "plan": "All plans", "item": "Google domain request + datacenter proxy", "amount_usd": null, "amount_percent": null, "per": "10 credits", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/credits-cost" }, { "plan": "All plans", "item": "AI extraction: per 30 chars of (markdown + output) on top of base request cost", "amount_usd": null, "amount_percent": null, "per": "1 credit per 30 characters", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/credits-cost" }, { "plan": "All plans", "item": "failed request", "amount_usd": "0.0000", "amount_percent": null, "per": "request", "currency": "USD", "source_url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing" } ] }, "compliance": { "soc2": null, "hipaa": null, "gdpr": true, "iso_27001": null, "pci_dss": null, "sla_published": false, "sla_url": null, "data_retention_policy_url": "https://scrapingant.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "documented_rate_limits": "Free plan: 1 concurrent request maximum (testing/development only). Paid plans: no concurrency limit. Credit costs per request type: simple + datacenter = 1 credit; headless (no JS) + datacenter = 2 credits; headless (JS render) + datacenter = 10 credits; simple + residential = 25 credits; headless (no JS) + residential = 50 credits; headless (JS render) + residential = 125 credits; Google domain + datacenter = 10 credits. AI extraction: Math.ceil((markdown_chars + output_chars) / 30) + base request cost. Unused credits expire at end of billing period.", "known_restrictions": [ "Must only scrape publicly accessible websites", "Must comply with all target website terms, conditions, and policies", "Must comply with GDPR in all respects", "Prohibited from collecting illegal, hate-related, or drug-related data", "Prohibited from violating third-party intellectual property rights", "Free plan: 1 concurrent request maximum (testing/development only)", "Mobile proxies require special access request (not self-serve)", "Unused credits expire at end of each billing period", "Custom/enterprise plan requires contacting sales", "Liability cap of €100" ] }, "developer": { "docs_url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com", "api_reference_url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/", "openapi_spec_url": null, "postman_collection_url": null, "changelog_url": null, "status_page_url": null, "llms_txt_url": null, "markdown_docs_url": null, "rendering": "static" }, "adoption": { "launched_at": "2020-01-01", "ga_date": null, "github_stars": null, "github_stars_at": null, "notable_customers": [] }, "scores": { "agent_friendliness": 50, "pricing_transparency": 100, "setup_speed": 80, "docs_quality": 35, "procurement_friction": 100, "trust_readiness": 15, "best_for": [ "Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call", "AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt)", "Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box" ], "avoid_if": [ "You have strict compliance requirements" ] }, "sources": [ { "field": "vendor_description", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/", "excerpt": "Web data infrastructure for builders. Headless Chrome, 3M+ rotating proxies, parallel concurrency, and AI extraction — behind one API.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "categories", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/api-basics", "excerpt": "Base URL: https://api.scrapingant.com/v2/general — no separate SERP endpoint exists; SERP is a use case of the general endpoint", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "supported_regions", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/", "excerpt": "3M+ rotating residential and datacenter proxies across 100+ countries", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "supported_actions", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/request-response-format", "excerpt": "browser, timeout, return_page_source, cookies, js_snippet, proxy_type, proxy_country, wait_for_selector, block_resource", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "pricing_model", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/", "excerpt": "Enthusiast: 100,000 credits — $19/month; Startup: 500,000 credits — $49/month; Business: 3,000,000 credits — $249/month", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "free_tier_available", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/", "excerpt": "10,000 free credits every month · no credit card required", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "free_tier_details", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/migration-guides/scraperapi-migration", "excerpt": "ScrapingAnt's free plan limits the number of concurrent requests to 1 and mainly used for testing/development purposes.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "documented_rate_limits", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/credits-cost", "excerpt": "Simple request (no browser) + Datacenter: 1 credit; Headless browser (no JS rendering) + Datacenter: 2 credits; Headless browser (JS rendering) + Datacenter: 10 credits; Simple request + Residential: 25 credits; Headless browser (no JS rendering) + Residential: 50 credits; Headless browser (JS rendering) + Residential: 125 credits; Google domain + Datacenter: 10 credits", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "gdpr", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "excerpt": "All the actions with your personal data shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and in accordance with the different countries' specific data protection regulations.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "soc2", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "excerpt": "No SOC2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, or PCI DSS certifications mentioned anywhere in the privacy policy or terms of use pages.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "sla_published", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/legal/terms-of-use/", "excerpt": "IN NO EVENT SHALL OURS TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION EXCEED ONE HUNDRED EUROS (€100).", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "mcp_server_available", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/mcp-server", "excerpt": "URL: https://api.scrapingant.com/mcp, Transport: streamableHttp — provides three tools: get_web_page_html, get_web_page_markdown, get_web_page_text", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "sdk_languages", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/js-client", "excerpt": "Available via NPM (npm i @scrapingant/scrapingant-client) or Yarn (yarn add @scrapingant/scrapingant-client)", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "known_restrictions", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/legal/terms-of-use/", "excerpt": "Users must collect only from 'publicly accessible websites' and must 'comply with all terms and conditions, policies of such websites'. The service prohibits collecting 'illegal, hate-related, drug-related data.'", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "auth_methods", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/request-response-format", "excerpt": "Authentication Header: `x-api-key` (passed as query parameter). Example: `?x-api-key=`", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "categories", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/google-search-api", "excerpt": "one ScrapingAnt key covers SERP and the destinations — one credit pool, one rate limit", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "primary_use_cases", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/", "excerpt": "Price Monitoring, SERP & Search Results, Real Estate & Classifieds, Lead Generation, AI Agents on the Web, Brand & Content Monitoring", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "supported_regions", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/v1/proxy-settings", "excerpt": "Standard (Datacenter): Pool size: Over 50,000 proxies. Premium (Residential): Pool size: Over 2,000,000 proxies.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "supported_actions", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/api-basics", "excerpt": "/markdown - for HTML to Markdown conversion; /extract - for AI-powered data extraction; /extended - for extended JSON output with metadata", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "has_published_pricing", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing", "excerpt": "Enthusiast $19/month 100,000 credits; Startup $49/month 500,000 credits; Business $249/month 3,000,000 credits; Business Pro $599/month 8,000,000 credits; Custom $699+/month 10,000,000+ credits", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "free_tier_available", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/credits-cost", "excerpt": "10,000 free credits every month — no credit card required to get started", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "free_tier_details", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/", "excerpt": "10,000 free credits every month · no credit card required", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "documented_rate_limits", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/migration-guides/scraperapi-migration", "excerpt": "ScrapingAnt's free plan limits the number of concurrent requests to 1 and mainly used for testing/development purposes. ScrapingAnt doesn't limit the number of concurrent requests [on paid plans].", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "gdpr", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/legal/terms-of-use/", "excerpt": "These Terms incorporate the ScrapingAnt Data Processing Agreement (\"DPA\"), when the GDPR applies to your use of the Services to collect Customer Data.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "sla_published", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/legal/terms-of-use/", "excerpt": "Services are provided \"AS-IS\" and \"AS AVAILABLE\" with \"WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.\"", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "webhooks_supported", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/", "excerpt": "Documentation sections cover: Web Scraping 101, Getting Started, Browser Rendering, Proxy Settings, Error Handling, Proxy Mode, MCP Server, LLM-ready Data, AI Data Extraction, Advanced Features, Integrations, Migration Guides — no webhooks section listed.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "sdk_languages", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/python-client", "excerpt": "pip install scrapingant-client", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "enterprise_plan_available", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/#pricing", "excerpt": "Custom: $699+/month — 10,000,000+ credits", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "known_restrictions", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/v1/proxy-settings", "excerpt": "Mobile Proxies: Currently available by request only. Contact support to claim access.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "api_style", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/api-basics", "excerpt": "The endpoint supports all the following methods: `GET`, `POST`, `PUT` and `DELETE`", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "base_url", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/request-response-format", "excerpt": "Base URL: `https://api.scrapingant.com/v2/general`", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "api_version", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/request-response-format", "excerpt": "Base URL: `https://api.scrapingant.com/v2/general`", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "stability", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/v1/api-basics", "excerpt": "This is documentation for ScrapingAnt | Web Scraping API v1, which is no longer actively maintained.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "mcp_url", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/mcp-server", "excerpt": "claude mcp add scrapingant --transport http https://api.scrapingant.com/mcp -H \"x-api-key: \"", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "sdk_packages", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/python-client", "excerpt": "pip install scrapingant-client — the official library to access ScrapingAnt API", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "rate_limit_requests", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/migration-guides/scraperapi-migration", "excerpt": "ScrapingAnt's free plan limits the number of concurrent requests to 1", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "requires_verification", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/", "excerpt": "start using ScrapingAnt API by just log in via Github or Google through their dashboard at app.scrapingant.com/login", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "starting_price_usd", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/", "excerpt": "Enthusiast: 100,000 credits — $19/month", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "launched_at", "url": "https://www.indiehackers.com/product/scrapingant/-M4mU4k6Glo938FAeUfz", "excerpt": "April 13, 2020: We have reached our first business-related goal - our first subscription customer.", "confidence": "medium" }, { "field": "data_retention_policy_url", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "excerpt": "All the data you provide us with and we automatically collect as a data controller while you are using our Site is stored for 12 months.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "api_style", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/proxy-mode", "excerpt": "The proxy operates on two ports with straightforward credentials: HTTP: proxy.scrapingant.com:8080, HTTPS: proxy.scrapingant.com:443", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "api_version", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/v1/api-basics", "excerpt": "This is documentation for ScrapingAnt | Web Scraping API v1, which is no longer actively maintained.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "versioning_scheme", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/request-response-format", "excerpt": "Base URL: `https://api.scrapingant.com/v2/general`", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "mcp_url", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/mcp-server", "excerpt": "URL: `https://api.scrapingant.com/mcp`, Transport: `streamableHttp`", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "sdk_packages", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/js-client", "excerpt": "the official library to access ScrapingAnt API from your JavaScript applications", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "error_format", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/request-response-format", "excerpt": "Error Response Format: HTTP status codes (4xx or 5xx range) with JSON response containing a `detail` property: { \"detail\": \"Human readable error description\" }", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "rate_limit_window", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/migration-guides/scraperapi-migration", "excerpt": "Unlimited concurrent requests — ScrapingAnt doesn't limit the number of concurrent requests on paid plans", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "free_tier_limit", "url": "https://docs.scrapingant.com/credits-cost", "excerpt": "10,000 free credits every month — no credit card required to get started", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "price_basis", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/", "excerpt": "Enthusiast: 100,000 credits — $19/month; Startup: 500,000 credits — $49/month", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "launched_at", "url": "https://treptalks.com/interviews/oleg-kulyk-of-scrapingant-com", "excerpt": "COVID-19 period (2020): Oleg and his co-founder Andrew ideated the product while stuck at home; published the tool on RapidAPI marketplace to test market demand", "confidence": "medium" }, { "field": "notable_customers", "url": "https://scrapingant.com/playwright-mcp-alternative", "excerpt": "The page mentions 'enterprise pipelines at Fortune 500s' but provides no identifiable customer names", "confidence": "high" } ], "fields_not_found": [ "soc2", "hipaa", "iso_27001", "pci_dss", "webhooks_supported (no webhook/callback delivery found in docs)", "sandbox_available (no dedicated sandbox environment found)", "ga_date", "deprecation_policy_url", "sla_url", "webhook_signing", "webhook_events_url", "idempotency_supported" ], "source_confidence": "high", "last_verified_at": "2026-06-14T00:00:00.000Z", "contribute": { "note": "This data is crowd-editable. Suggest corrections or leave a review via these endpoints - no auth required, requests are rate-limited, and every submission is reviewed before it goes live. For a field edit, {field} is any key in this response and a citation is required.", "endpoints": [ { "action": "review", "label": "Leave a review or comment", "method": "POST", "url": "https://apio.sh/api/feedback/scrapingant", "example_body": { "kind": "review", "rating": 5, "body": "Your experience with this API…" } }, { "action": "field_edit", "label": "Suggest a correction to a field (cite a source)", "method": "POST", "url": "https://apio.sh/api/suggest/scrapingant/{field}", "example_body": { "value": "corrected value", "citations": [ { "url": "https://source.example/page", "excerpt": "supporting quote" } ], "note": "what changed and why" } }, { "action": "new_api", "label": "Suggest a new API to add", "method": "POST", "url": "https://apio.sh/api/suggest/api", "example_body": { "value": { "name": "Acme API", "website_url": "https://acme.example" }, "citations": [ { "url": "https://acme.example" } ] } }, { "action": "token", "label": "Optional - raise your rate limit", "method": "GET", "url": "https://apio.sh/api/feedback/token" } ] } }