ScrapingBee

Best for: Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise plan; AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt); Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box

Avoid if: You want to try it free before paying

Pricing model

Subscription [2]scrapingbee.com/pricing/“Simple, transparent pricing for ScrapingBee web scraping API. Choose from Freelance, Startup, Business, or Enterprise plans. Cancel anytime.”scrapebadger.com/alternatives/scrapingbee-alternative“Credits reset every month — unused credits disappear at billing date. ScrapingBee starts at $49/month with credits that reset monthly.”

Published pricing

✓ Yes [3]scrapingbee.com/pricing/“Simple, transparent pricing for ScrapingBee web scraping API. Choose from Freelance, Startup, Business, or Enterprise plans. Cancel anytime.”softwareadvice.com.au/software/267767/scrapingbee“ScrapingBee paid version starts at USD 49.00/month. Starting Price: USD 49.00/month.”

Free tier

✗ No [4]scrapingbee.com/blog/best-free-web-scraping-tools/“ScrapingBee offers a very generous free tier with 1,000 free API credits (no credit card required).”scrapingbee.com/pricing/“Simple, transparent pricing for ScrapingBee web scraping API. Choose from Freelance, Startup, Business, or Enterprise plans.”

Free tier details

1,000 free API credits, no credit card required (one-time trial credits, not a recurring free allowance) [5]scrapingbee.com/blog/best-free-web-scraping-tools/“ScrapingBee offers a very generous free tier with 1,000 free API credits (no credit card required).”scrapingbee.com/pricing/“Simple, transparent pricing for ScrapingBee web scraping API.”

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [6]scrapingbee.com/blog/best-free-web-scraping-tools/“1,000 free API credits (no credit card required)”scrapingbee.com/pricing/“Simple, transparent pricing for ScrapingBee web scraping API. Choose from Freelance, Startup, Business, or Enterprise plans. Cancel anytime.”

Requires sales call

✗ No [7]scrapingbee.com/pricing/“Simple, transparent pricing for ScrapingBee web scraping API. Choose from Freelance, Startup, Business, or Enterprise plans. Cancel anytime.”scrapingbee.com/faq/“Just contact us at contact@scrapingbee.com, we will chat and create a custom plan for you!”

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [8]scrapingbee.com/pricing/“Simple, transparent pricing for ScrapingBee web scraping API. Choose from Freelance, Startup, Business, or Enterprise plans.”scrapingbee.com/faq/“Just contact us at contact@scrapingbee.com, we will chat and create a custom plan for you!”

• JavaScript rendering
• Residential proxies
• Structured / AI extraction
• SERP scraping

Supported actions

scrape_web_page, render_javascript, take_screenshot, extract_data_css_xpath, ai_extract_data, execute_js_scenario, google_search, amazon_search, amazon_product_details, walmart_search, fast_search, youtube_scrape, chatgpt_scrape, geotargeted_scraping, premium_proxy_scraping [9]scrapingbee.com/documentation/“If you're using Python or NodeJS client libraries, then you should not encode URLs as that is handled by these libraries. Headless Browser. Javascript”scrapingbee.com/features/google/“You can scrape Google Business listings using ScrapingBee's Google Search API.”scrapingbee.com/documentation/amazon/“Our Amazon API allows you to scrape Amazon search results and product details in realtime. We provide two endpoints: endpoint ( /api/v1/amazon/”

Regions

Global (200+ country codes for geotargeting) [10]pixeljets.com/web-scraping-api/scrapingbee/“The list of proxy countries is huge - practically every country is available.”scrapingbee.com/documentation/country_codes/“ScrapingBee's country codes documentation gives you a complete list of supported geolocations and shows how to scrape region-specific content”

Input types

URL, query parameters [11]scrapingbee.com/documentation/“If you're using Python or NodeJS client libraries, then you should not encode URLs as that is handled by these libraries.”

Output types

HTML, JSON, Markdown, plain text, screenshot (base64-encoded image) [12]scrapingbee.com/features/screenshot/“Take a look at our documentation and get started in minutes!”scrapingbee.com/documentation/“If you're using Python or NodeJS client libraries, then you should not encode URLs”

Webhooks

✗ No [13]scrapingbee.com/documentation/“If you're using Python or NodeJS client libraries, then you should not encode URLs”

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [14]scrapingbee.com/documentation/“If you're using Python or NodeJS client libraries, then you should not encode URLs”scrapingbee.com/pricing/“Simple, transparent pricing for ScrapingBee web scraping API.”

SDK languages

Python, Node.js, Python, Python, Python, TypeScript [15]scrapingbee.com/tutorials/getting-started-with-scrapingbees-python-sdk/“In this tutorial, we will see how you can integrate ScrapingBee's API with Python using our Software Development Kit (SDK)”scrapingbee.com/documentation/“If you're using Python or NodeJS client libraries, then you should not encode URLs as that is handled by these libraries.”

MCP server

✓ Yes [16]github.com/ScrapingBee/mcp-server“ScrapingBee MCP Server enables AI agent web scraping through a Model Context Protocol interface, providing structured JSON-RPC execution and scalable tool”mcp.scrapingbee.com“The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open-source specification that allows AI models to reliably interact with external tools.”

SOC 2

SOC 2 Type II [17]trust.scrapingbee.com“We are happy to announce that we have obtained SOC 2 Type II compliance for the ScrapingBee API. The audit was conducted and verified by an”

HIPAA

– Unknown [18]trust.scrapingbee.com“We are happy to announce that we have obtained SOC 2 Type II compliance for the ScrapingBee API.”

GDPR

✓ Yes [19]scrapingbee.com/data-processing-agreement/“ACCEPTANCE: By activating a ScrapingBee account, placing an order, or using the Services, the Customer agrees to this Data Processing Agreement.”scrapingbee.com/gdpr/“We are fully committed to being compliant with GDPR and all data protection best practices. This page lays out our commitment to data protection.”nudgesecurity.com/security-profile/scrapingbee-com“Review the complete security profile for ScrapingBee, including supply chain details, privacy policy, terms of service, GDPR compliance”

ISO 27001

– Unknown [20]trust.scrapingbee.com“We are happy to announce that we have obtained SOC 2 Type II compliance for the ScrapingBee API.”

PCI DSS

– Unknown [21]trust.scrapingbee.com“We are happy to announce that we have obtained SOC 2 Type II compliance for the ScrapingBee API.”

Published SLA

✗ No [22]scrapingbee.com/terms-and-conditions/“The General Conditions govern the access, consultation, browsing, and more generally the use of the Services.”corsproxy.io/alternatives/scrapingbee/“Uptime SLA, 99.99%, Not guaranteed”status.scrapingbee.com“HTML Scraping. 99.775% uptime”

Rate limits

Concurrent request limits per plan: Freelance 10, Startup 50, Business 100, Business+ 200, Custom (negotiable). No explicit requests-per-second rate limit documented. [23]docs.zyte.com/zyte-api/migration/scrapingbee/index.html“ScrapingBee limits the number of concurrent requests that you can send, starting at 5 with the most basic plan.”scrapingbee.com/pricing/“Simple, transparent pricing for ScrapingBee web scraping API. Choose from Freelance, Startup, Business, or Enterprise plans. Cancel anytime.”corsproxy.io/alternatives/scrapingbee/“Uptime SLA, 99.99%, Not guaranteed”

Known restrictions

Geolocation is only available when premium proxies are enabled: premium_proxy=true, JavaScript rendering (render_js=true) costs 5 API credits per request, Maximum timeout parameter value: 140,000ms, Maximum wait parameter value: 35,000ms, Screenshots only available when render_js=true, API credits expire at the end of each billing cycle, Only successful requests (HTTP 200 or 404) are charged [24]scrapingbee.com/documentation/“If you're using Python or NodeJS client libraries, then you should not encode URLs”scrapebadger.com/alternatives/scrapingbee-alternative“Credits reset every month — unused credits disappear at billing date.”

• Docs
• Status page

Docs rendering: static

API style

rest

Base URL

https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1

Version

v1

Versioning

url

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key

Error format

vendor-specific

SDKs

• Python scrapingbee · repo · updated 2026-02 · 131★
• Node.js scrapingbee · repo · updated 2026-01 · 113★
• Python scrapingbee-cli · repo · updated 2026-06 · 104★
• Python scrapy-scrapingbee · repo · updated 2024-05 · 152★
• Python langchain-scrapingbee · repo · updated 2025-12 · 101★
• TypeScript n8n-nodes-scrapingbee · repo · updated 2025-12 · 102★

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• MCP server

Launched

2018-01-01

Notable customers

SAP, Contently, Zillow, WooCommerce, BREX, Trainline, Trader Joe's, Interhyp

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1. ↑Description: scrapingbee.com
2. ↑Pricing model: scrapingbee.com · scrapebadger.com
3. ↑Published pricing: scrapingbee.com · softwareadvice.com.au
4. ↑Free tier: scrapingbee.com · scrapingbee.com
5. ↑Free tier details: scrapingbee.com · scrapingbee.com
6. ↑Self-serve signup: scrapingbee.com · scrapingbee.com
7. ↑Requires sales call: scrapingbee.com · scrapingbee.com
8. ↑Enterprise plan: scrapingbee.com · scrapingbee.com
9. ↑Supported actions: scrapingbee.com · scrapingbee.com · scrapingbee.com
10. ↑Regions: pixeljets.com · scrapingbee.com
11. ↑Input types: scrapingbee.com
12. ↑Output types: scrapingbee.com · scrapingbee.com
13. ↑Webhooks: scrapingbee.com
14. ↑Sandbox: scrapingbee.com · scrapingbee.com
15. ↑SDK languages: scrapingbee.com · scrapingbee.com
16. ↑MCP server: github.com · mcp.scrapingbee.com
17. ↑SOC 2: trust.scrapingbee.com
18. ↑HIPAA: trust.scrapingbee.com
19. ↑GDPR: scrapingbee.com · scrapingbee.com · nudgesecurity.com
20. ↑ISO 27001: trust.scrapingbee.com
21. ↑PCI DSS: trust.scrapingbee.com
22. ↑Published SLA: scrapingbee.com · corsproxy.io · status.scrapingbee.com
23. ↑Rate limits: docs.zyte.com · scrapingbee.com · corsproxy.io
24. ↑Known restrictions: scrapingbee.com · scrapebadger.com

Every field change, who made it, and when - from our audited data pipeline and editors.

1. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 30 → 40
2. 2026-06-15 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
3. 2026-06-15 Has Structured Data: (none) → No
4. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"serp":true,"js_rendering":true,"residential_proxies":true,"structured_extract…
5. 2026-06-10 Vendor Description: ScrapingBee is the best web scraping API that handles proxies and headless brow… → ScrapingBee is the best web scraping API that handles proxies and headless brow…
6. 2026-06-09 Scoring Methodology: Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi… → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
7. 2026-06-09 Best For: Regulated or enterprise workloads — compliance attestations and an enterprise p… → Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise p…
8. 2026-06-09 Best For: (none) → Regulated or enterprise workloads — compliance attestations and an enterprise p…
9. 2026-06-09 Avoid If: (none) → You want to try it free before paying
10. 2026-06-09 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 40
11. 2026-06-09 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 30
12. 2026-06-09 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 85
13. 2026-06-09 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 60
14. 2026-06-09 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 15
15. 2026-06-09 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 85
16. 2026-06-09 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
17. 2026-06-08 Docs URL: (none) → https://www.scrapingbee.com/documentation
18. 2026-06-08 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.scrapingbee.com
19. 2026-06-08 Rendering: (none) → static
20. 2026-06-08 Llms Txt Present: (none) → No
21. 2026-06-07 Summary Md: (none) → ScrapingBee is a web scraping API that handles proxy rotation and headless brow…
22. 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: Python, Node.js, Python, Python, Python, TypeScript → Python, Node.js, Python, Python, Python, TypeScript
23. 2026-06-07 Enterprise Plan Available: set to Yes
24. 2026-06-07 SOC 2: set to type_2
25. 2026-06-07 GDPR: set to Yes
26. 2026-06-07 SLA Published: set to No
27. 2026-06-07 Documented Rate Limits: set to Concurrent request limits per plan: Freelance 10, Startup 50, Business 100, Bus…
28. 2026-06-07 Known Restrictions: set to Geolocation is only available when premium proxies are enabled: premium_proxy=t…
29. 2026-06-07 Auth Methods: set to api_key
30. 2026-06-07 Auth Docs URL: set to https://www.scrapingbee.com/documentation/
31. 2026-06-07 API Style: set to rest
32. 2026-06-07 Base URL: set to https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1
33. 2026-06-07 API Version: set to v1
34. 2026-06-07 Versioning Scheme: set to url
35. 2026-06-07 Stability: set to ga
36. 2026-06-07 MCP URL: set to https://mcp.scrapingbee.com/mcp
37. 2026-06-07 Quickstart URL: set to https://www.scrapingbee.com/tutorials/getting-started-with-scrapingbees-python-…
38. 2026-06-07 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
39. 2026-06-07 Requires Verification: set to No
40. 2026-06-07 Starting Price Usd: set to 49
41. 2026-06-07 Price Basis: set to month
42. 2026-06-07 Free Tier Limit: set to 1,000 API credits
43. 2026-06-07 Launched At: set to 2018-01-01
44. 2026-06-07 Slug: set to scrapingbee
45. 2026-06-07 Fields Not Found: set to iso_27001, hipaa, pci_dss, ga_date, idempotency_supported
46. 2026-06-07 Source Confidence: set to high
47. 2026-06-07 Extractor: set to parallel:ultra
48. 2026-06-07 Last Verified At: set to 2026-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
49. 2026-06-07 Status: set to published
50. 2026-06-07 Notable Customers: set to SAP, Contently, Zillow, WooCommerce, BREX, Trainline, Trader Joe's, Interhyp

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