Scraping & Crawling APIs
Every scraping & crawling apis we track, compared.
TL;DR: Top pick: ScrapFly. 16 APIs compared, 9 with a free tier; cheapest published entry $16 month (Firecrawl). Why →
What is a Scraping & Crawling API?
A Scraping & Crawling API lets developers integrate scraping & crawling apis capabilities over HTTP. The Scraping & Crawling APIs below are compared on pricing, compliance, capabilities, and developer experience from structured, cited data.
| # | API | Pricing | Free | Self-serve | SOC 2 | HIPAA | GDPR | Webhooks | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ScrapFly | Subscription | ✗ | ✓ | Type II | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 18 |
| 2 | Bright Data Web Scraper API | Subscription | ✓ | ✓ | Type II | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 15 |
| 3 | Oxylabs | Hybrid | ✓ | ✓ | Type II | · | ✓ | ✓ | 14 |
| 4 | Apify | Hybrid | ✓ | ✓ | Type II | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 88 |
| 5 | Crawlbase | Hybrid | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 20 |
| 6 | Diffbot | Hybrid | ✓ | ✓ | · | · | ✓ | ✓ | 34 |
| 7 | Firecrawl | Subscription | ✓ | ✓ | Type II | · | ✓ | ✓ | 10 |
| 8 | Bright Data Web Unlocker | Hybrid | ✗ | ✓ | Type II | · | ✓ | ✓ | 17 |
| 9 | ScraperAPI | Hybrid | ✓ | ✓ | ? | · | ✓ | ✓ | 23 |
| 10 | Scrapingdog | Subscription | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 15 |
| 11 | Decodo Web Scraping API | Subscription | ✗ | ✓ | - | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 16 |
| 12 | ScrapingBee | Subscription | ✗ | ✓ | Type II | · | ✓ | ✗ | 15 |
| 13 | Nimble (Nimbleway) | Hybrid | ✗ | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | 16 |
| 14 | ScrapingAnt | Subscription | ✓ | ✓ | · | · | ✓ | ✗ | 19 |
| 15 | ZenRows | Subscription | ✗ | ✓ | · | · | ✓ | ✗ | 19 |
| 16 | Zyte API | Hybrid | ✗ | ✓ | ? | · | ✓ | ✗ | 22 |
The APIs
#1 ScrapFly
68 / 100ScrapFly is a web scraping API that handles JavaScript rendering, anti-bot bypass, CAPTCHA solving, and proxy rotation across 190+ countries, targeting use cases from price monitoring and e-commerce data to AI training and SERP analysis. Paid plans start at $30/month with a free tier of 1,000 credits, self-serve signup, and no sales call required. SDKs are available for Python, TypeScript, Go, and Rust, with OAuth2 and API key auth, webhooks, and an MCP server. ScrapFly holds SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR certifications, and screens roughly 30% of signup requests through KYC before activation.
PricingSubscription · from $30 month · free tier ✗TrustSOC 2 Type II · HIPAA · GDPR · ISO 27001DoesThe catchPolished SDKs and the broadest compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA), but every account is screened by KYC before activation and there is no recurring free tier.#2 Bright Data Web Scraper API
78 / 100Bright Data Web Scraper API is a REST-based web scraping service covering common extraction jobs such as price monitoring, e-commerce data, SERP results, real estate, and AI training data, with built-in proxy rotation across 195 countries, JavaScript rendering, and anti-bot bypass. Pricing starts at $1.50 per 1,000 records on a subscription model with a free tier of 5,000 records per month, self-serve signup, and no sales call required. The API supports Python, JavaScript, and CLI SDKs, offers webhooks and an MCP server, and holds SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and GDPR compliance certifications with a published SLA.
PricingSubscription · from $1.50 1,000 records · free tier ✓TrustSOC 2 Type II · GDPR · ISO 27001DoesUsed byBitget, Kernel, Raylu, Remazing GmbHThe catchThe most capable scraper with 876+ prebuilt scrapers and the largest proxy pool, but residential-proxy access requires a live-video KYC and compliance review, and certain targets are blocked.#3 Oxylabs
71 / 100Oxylabs is a proxy and web scraping platform backed by 175M+ residential and datacenter IPs, used for AI training and RAG, e-commerce, marketing intelligence, and cybersecurity data collection. The REST API supports basic and API-key auth, webhooks, two SDKs, and an official MCP server. Pricing is published and self-serve on a hybrid model from $49/month, with 2,000 results free. It holds SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, and ISO 27001. Used by Trivago, Forbes, and the European Commission.
PricingHybrid · from $49 month · free tier ✓TrustSOC 2 Type II · GDPR · ISO 27001DoesUsed byTrivago, Forbes, European Commission, Stanford University#4 Apify
Apify is a cloud platform for web scraping, browser automation, and AI-agent data collection, built around reusable Actors. The REST API offers API-key auth, webhooks, four SDKs, and an official MCP server. Pricing is published and self-serve on a hybrid model: $5 of platform usage free each month, then plans from $29/month. It holds SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, and a published SLA. Used by Groupon, Intercom, and the European Commission.
PricingHybrid · from $29 month · free tier ✓TrustSOC 2 Type II · GDPRUsed byGroupon, Intercom, European Commission#5 Crawlbase
76 / 100Crawlbase is a web data infrastructure platform, launched in 2017, that provides scraping and crawling APIs for developers, enterprises, and AI/LLM training pipelines, with support for JavaScript rendering, CAPTCHA solving, anti-bot bypass, and structured data extraction. It draws on 140 million rotating residential proxies and 98 million datacenter proxies across 195 countries for geo-targeting. Pricing starts at $3 per 1,000 requests with a free tier of 1,000 requests requiring no credit card, and the REST API ships with SDKs for seven languages including Python, Node.js, and Go. Notable customers include Intel, Airbnb, Shopify, and Expedia, and a published SLA and GDPR compliance are in place.
PricingHybrid · from $3 1,000 requests · free tier ✓TrustGDPRDoesUsed byIntel, Pinterest, Airbnb, HondaAvoid ifYou have strict compliance requirements#6 Diffbot
67 / 100Diffbot turns the web into structured data for AI, with products for market intelligence, news monitoring, machine learning, and e-commerce, including a knowledge graph. The REST API offers API-key auth, webhooks, eleven SDKs, and an official MCP server. Pricing is published and self-serve on a hybrid model from $299/month, with 10,000 credits free each month. It is GDPR compliant. Used by Snapchat, AstraZeneca, Klarna, and Indeed.
PricingHybrid · from $299 month · free tier ✓TrustGDPRDoesUsed bySnapchat, AstraZeneca, Klarna, IndeedAvoid ifYou have strict compliance requirements#7 Firecrawl
78 / 100Firecrawl is a REST API to search, scrape, and crawl the web at scale, built for AI agents, RAG pipelines, deep research, and lead enrichment, turning sites into LLM-ready data. It uses API-key auth, webhooks, six SDKs, and an official MCP server. Pricing is published and self-serve: 1,000 credits/month free, with subscriptions from $16/month. It carries SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, and a published SLA. Used by Shopify, Canva, and Zapier.
PricingSubscription · from $16 month · free tier ✓TrustSOC 2 Type II · GDPRDoesUsed byShopify, Lovable, Canva, Zapier#8 Bright Data Web Unlocker
68 / 100Bright Data Web Unlocker automates access to bot-protected sites, rotating IPs and user agents and solving CAPTCHAs so scrapers can reach JavaScript-heavy and blocked content. The REST API uses API-key or basic auth, webhooks, two SDKs, and an official MCP server. Pricing is published and self-serve at about $1.50 per 1,000 results, with $5 of free credit. It carries SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, and ISO 27001 with a published SLA. Used by Shopee and Under Armour.
PricingHybrid · from $1.50 1,000 results · free tier ✗TrustSOC 2 Type II · GDPR · ISO 27001DoesUsed byBitget, Shopee, Convert Group, Under ArmourAvoid ifYou want to try it free before paying#9 ScraperAPI
67 / 100ScraperAPI collects data from public websites while handling proxies, browsers, and CAPTCHAs, aimed at e-commerce, SERP, real-estate, and market-research data collection. The REST API offers API-key auth, webhooks, five SDKs, and an official MCP server. Pricing is published and self-serve on a hybrid model from $49/month, with 1,000 free API credits each month. It is GDPR compliant. Used by saas.group and Dotlas.
PricingHybrid · from $49 month · free tier ✓TrustGDPRDoesUsed bysaas.group, DotlasAvoid ifYou have strict compliance requirements#10 Scrapingdog
65 / 100Scrapingdog is a web scraping API that handles proxy rotation, headless browser rendering, CAPTCHA solving, and structured data extraction, targeting use cases such as price monitoring, SERP scraping, lead generation, and AI training data collection. Paid plans start at $40 per month with a free tier of 200 credits, self-serve signup, no sales call required, and enterprise tiers scaling to over a billion credits monthly. The API is REST-based with SDK support for Python, Node.js, PHP, Ruby, and Java, and draws on a pool of 40 million rotating residential and datacenter proxies with global geotargeting. Notable customers include Procter and Gamble, PwC, and IEEE, and the service is GDPR compliant with a published SLA.
PricingSubscription · from $40 month · free tier ✓TrustGDPRDoesUsed byProcter & Gamble, PwC, IEEE, TavilyAvoid ifYou have strict compliance requirements#11 Decodo Web Scraping API
54 / 100Decodo Web Scraping API is a proxy and scraping platform built for teams extracting web data at scale, covering use cases from price monitoring and SERP scraping to AI training data collection and ad fraud detection. It offers a pool of 125 million IPs across 195 countries, with residential, mobile, and datacenter proxy types, plus built-in JavaScript rendering, CAPTCHA solving, and prebuilt scrapers. Subscription plans start at $19 per month with a self-serve signup and a small free credit, and the platform is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant.
PricingSubscription · from $19 month · free tier ✗TrustGDPR · ISO 27001DoesUsed byIncogni, GobbleCube, InfoPrice, ROIDynamicAvoid ifYou want to try it free before paying#12 ScrapingBee
54 / 100ScrapingBee is a web scraping API that handles proxy rotation and headless browsers for you, covering general scraping, SERP data, screenshots, and AI-assisted extraction. It uses API-key auth, six SDKs, and an official MCP server. Pricing is a published, self-serve subscription from $49/month, with 1,000 API credits free to start. It is SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR compliant. Used by SAP, Contently, and Zillow.
PricingSubscription · from $49 month · free tier ✗TrustSOC 2 Type II · GDPRDoesUsed bySAP, Contently, Zillow, WooCommerceAvoid ifYou want to try it free before paying#13 Nimble (Nimbleway)
67 / 100Nimble (Nimbleway) is a web data extraction platform offering a REST API for scraping, crawling, structured data extraction, SERP scraping, and AI-ready markdown output, backed by a network of 1 million or more residential proxies across 195 countries with claimed 99.9% CAPTCHA success. It targets e-commerce intelligence, brand monitoring, market research, and AI training data, and has worked with customers including Deloitte, Uber, Microsoft, and Coca-Cola. SDKs are available in Python, TypeScript, Go, and LangChain, and an MCP server is supported. Self-serve access starts at $0.90 per 1,000 requests with a 5,000-page trial; managed tiers begin at $2,500 per month billed annually, and the platform is GDPR compliant.
PricingHybrid · from $0.90 1,000 requests · free tier ✗TrustGDPRDoesUsed byDeloitte, Uber, Coca-Cola, L'OréalThe catchEnterprise-grade AI extraction trusted by large brands, but residential proxies are KYC-gated, managed plans are annual-only from $2,500/month, and 80+ finance/streaming domains are blocked.#14 ScrapingAnt
63 / 100ScrapingAnt is a web scraping API launched in 2020 that combines headless Chrome rendering, a pool of 3 million-plus rotating residential proxies across 100+ countries, CAPTCHA solving, and AI-powered structured data extraction behind a single REST endpoint. It targets builders working on price monitoring, SERP scraping, e-commerce data, and AI agent web access. Paid plans start at $19 per month with a free tier of 10,000 credits, self-serve signup, Python and JavaScript SDKs, and an MCP server for agent integrations. The platform is GDPR-compliant and offers enterprise plans, though no SLA document is published.
PricingSubscription · from $19 month · free tier ✓TrustGDPRDoesAvoid ifYou have strict compliance requirements#15 ZenRows
59 / 100ZenRows is a web scraping API that handles anti-bot bypass, JavaScript rendering, CAPTCHA solving, and proxy rotation through a single REST endpoint, targeting use cases such as price monitoring, e-commerce data extraction, SERP scraping, and AI training data pipelines. Subscriptions start at $69.99 per month with a no-credit-card trial allowance; plans scale to enterprise tiers with concurrent request limits ranging from 20 to 400 depending on plan level. The service covers 190+ countries via a 55 million IP residential proxy network, offers SDKs for Python, Node.js, Go, and browser JavaScript, and includes an MCP server for agent-based workflows. Financial institutions, payment processors, and government domains are explicitly blocked from use.
PricingSubscription · from $69.99 month · free tier ✗TrustGDPRDoesThe catchStrong anti-bot bypass via one endpoint, but there is no recurring free tier (trial only), entry pricing is ~$70/month, and banks and payment sites are blocked.#16 Zyte API
60 / 100Zyte API is an all-in-one web scraping API combining unblocking, browser rendering, and data extraction at scale. It uses API-key or basic auth and ships one SDK plus an official MCP server. Pricing is published, self-serve, and usage-based from about $0.06 per 1,000 successful responses, with $5 of free credit to start. It is GDPR and ISO 27001 compliant. Used by Kinzen, Peek, and Bridge Below.
PricingHybrid · from $0.06 1,000 successful responses · free tier ✗TrustGDPR · ISO 27001DoesUsed byLiwango, Kinzen, Peek, Bridge BelowAvoid ifYou want to try it free before paying