Scrapingdog

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

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  45 / 100
  Agent friendliness
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  100 / 100
  Pricing transparency
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  85 / 100
  Setup speed
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  25 / 100
  Docs quality
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  100 / 100
  Procurement ease
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  35 / 100
  Trust readiness

Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fields (pricing, compliance, capabilities, docs and developer-surface signals) - not from reviews or paid placement. Each axis is 0-100; an unknown signal scores 0 for that axis. Procurement ease is the inverse of buying friction (higher = easier to adopt).

Pricing model

Subscription

Published pricing

✓ Yes

Free tier

✓ Yes

Free tier details

200 monthly credits with 1 concurrent connection, no credit card required, community support, access to all APIs (recurring monthly free plan, not a one-time trial)

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes

Requires sales call

✗ No

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [2]scrapingdog.com/pricing/“Plans scale from $1,000/mo (BUSINESS PLUS, 19M credits) up to $30,000/mo (NOVA PRO, 1.1B credits, 2,200 concurrent connections).”

• JavaScript rendering
• Residential proxies
• Structured / AI extraction
• SERP scraping
• Anti-bot bypass

Supported actions

scrape, js_rendering, captcha_solving, proxy_rotation, residential_proxies, datacenter_proxies, structured_data_extraction, ai_extraction, markdown_output, screenshot, serp_scraping, prebuilt_scrapers, geotargeting, session_persistence, stealth_mode

Regions

40M+ rotating proxies total (residential + datacenter), 15M+ datacenter IPs, residential proxies with premium=true parameter (defaults to USA, geotargeting to other countries supported), global geographic coverage with ISO country code targeting

Input types

target URL, API key, JS rendering flag (dynamic=true/false), premium residential proxy flag (premium=true), country/geo (ISO country codes), stealth mode flag (stealth_mode=true), wait parameter (0-35000ms), session number, custom headers, POST request body, ai_query, ai_extract_rules, output format selector (formats param)

Output types

raw HTML, Markdown, JSON (structured), screenshot (PNG), links list, summary, images list, parsed fields (prebuilt scrapers) [3]docs.scrapingdog.com“Output Formats: HTML (default), Links, Markdown, Summary, Images, JSON (via structured extraction).”

Webhooks

✓ Yes [4]docs.scrapingdog.com/webhook-integration“Webhooks allow you to collect the scraped data to your favorite database by submitting results to a target destination automatically. Webhook Endpoint URL: https://api.scrapingdog.com/webhook”

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No

SDK languages

Python, Node.js, PHP, Ruby, Java [5]docs.scrapingdog.com“Code examples provided in Python, Node.js, PHP, Ruby, Java, cURL — but no pre-built SDK packages are referenced.”

MCP server

✗ No

SOC 2

– Unknown

HIPAA

✗ No

GDPR

✓ Yes [6]scrapingdog.com/gdpr/“Scrapingdog is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).”scrapingdog.com/data-processing-agreement/“The processor implements appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, including measures referred to in Article 32(1) of the GDPR.”

ISO 27001

✗ No

PCI DSS

✗ No

Published SLA

✓ Yes [7]scrapingdog.com/sla/“Scrapingdog commits to a monthly uptime of 99% of our service, ensuring that our users experience minimal disruptions.”

Rate limits

Free plan: 200 credits/month, 1 concurrent connection; Lite: 200K credits/month, 5 concurrent; Standard: 1M credits/month, 50 concurrent; Pro: 3M credits/month, 100 concurrent; Premium: 6M credits/month, 150 concurrent; Business: 9M credits/month, 200 concurrent. 429 status returned when concurrent limit exceeded. Enterprise plans scale from 19M to 1.1B credits/month with 250–2,200 concurrent connections. [8]scrapingdog.com/pricing/“FREE: 200 credits/month, 1 concurrent; LITE: 200K credits/month, 5 concurrent; STANDARD: 1M credits/month, 50 concurrent; PRO: 3M, 100 concurrent; PREMIUM: 6M, 150 concurrent; BUSINESS: 9M, 200 concurrent.”docs.scrapingdog.com“If you exceed your plan concurrent connection limit, the API will respond with a 429 status code.”

Known restrictions

Failed requests (non-200 and non-404) are not charged, No overage allowed on the free plan, Prohibited to use scraped data to disclose private/sensitive personal information, Prohibited to use data in ways that harm individuals or violate applicable laws, Prohibited to alter/misrepresent data returned by the API, 60-second maximum retry timeout window (410 error on timeout), Only successful (HTTP 200) and 404 responses incur credit charges, Credits do not roll over - unused credits expire at end of billing period and are not refunded

• Docs
• llms.txt

Docs rendering: static · llms.txt present

API style

rest

Base URL

https://api.scrapingdog.com

Versioning

none

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key

Idempotency keys

✗ No

Error format

vendor-specific

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• Webhook events

Launched

2020-04-01

Notable customers

Procter & Gamble, PwC, IEEE, Tavily, Copyleaks, Shiprocket, TCL, Parallel AI

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2. ↑Enterprise plan: scrapingdog.com
3. ↑Output types: docs.scrapingdog.com
4. ↑Webhooks: docs.scrapingdog.com
5. ↑SDK languages: docs.scrapingdog.com
6. ↑GDPR: scrapingdog.com · scrapingdog.com
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8. ↑Rate limits: scrapingdog.com · docs.scrapingdog.com

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

1. 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 15 → 25
2. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 10 → 45
3. 2026-06-15 Best For: Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, Teams needing broa… → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, AI agents and auto…
4. 2026-06-14 Has Structured Data: (none) → Yes
5. 2026-06-14 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
6. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: No → Yes
7. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt URL: (none) → https://docs.scrapingdog.com/llms.txt
8. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"serp":true,"anti_bot":true,"js_rendering":true,"residential_proxies":true,"st…
9. 2026-06-14 Summary Md: (none) → Scrapingdog is a web scraping API that handles proxy rotation, headless browser…
10. 2026-06-14 Best For: (none) → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, Teams needing broa…
11. 2026-06-14 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 10
12. 2026-06-14 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 100
13. 2026-06-14 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 85
14. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 15
15. 2026-06-14 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 100
16. 2026-06-14 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 35
17. 2026-06-14 Avoid If: (none) → You have strict compliance requirements
18. 2026-06-14 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
19. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: (none) → No
20. 2026-06-14 Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.scrapingdog.com
21. 2026-06-14 Rendering: (none) → static
22. 2026-06-14 Requires Sales Call: set to No
23. 2026-06-14 Enterprise Plan Available: set to Yes
24. 2026-06-14 HIPAA: set to No
25. 2026-06-14 GDPR: set to Yes
26. 2026-06-14 ISO 27001: set to No
27. 2026-06-14 PCI DSS: set to No
28. 2026-06-14 SLA Published: set to Yes
29. 2026-06-14 SLA URL: set to https://www.scrapingdog.com/sla/
30. 2026-06-14 Data Retention Policy URL: set to https://www.scrapingdog.com/privacy/
31. 2026-06-14 Documented Rate Limits: set to Free plan: 200 credits/month, 1 concurrent connection; Lite: 200K credits/month…
32. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Window: set to concurrent
33. 2026-06-14 Known Restrictions: set to Failed requests (non-200 and non-404) are not charged, No overage allowed on th…
34. 2026-06-14 Auth Methods: set to api_key
35. 2026-06-14 Auth Docs URL: set to https://docs.scrapingdog.com/web-scraping-api
36. 2026-06-14 API Style: set to rest
37. 2026-06-14 Base URL: set to https://api.scrapingdog.com
38. 2026-06-14 Versioning Scheme: set to none
39. 2026-06-14 Stability: set to ga
40. 2026-06-14 Quickstart URL: set to https://docs.scrapingdog.com/web-scraping-api
41. 2026-06-14 Idempotency Supported: set to No
42. 2026-06-14 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
43. 2026-06-14 Webhook Events URL: set to https://docs.scrapingdog.com/webhook-integration
44. 2026-06-14 Requires Verification: set to No
45. 2026-06-14 Starting Price Usd: set to 40
46. 2026-06-14 Price Basis: set to month
47. 2026-06-14 Slug: set to scrapingdog
48. 2026-06-14 Launched At: set to 2020-04-01
49. 2026-06-14 Notable Customers: set to Procter & Gamble, PwC, IEEE, Tavily, Copyleaks, Shiprocket, TCL, Parallel AI
50. 2026-06-14 Fields Not Found: set to mobile proxies (not explicitly listed as a separate proxy type in docs), ISP pr…

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