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ScrapingBee review

A web scraping API that handles headless browsers, proxies and CAPTCHAs, with AI extraction and Markdown output.

By the DBotMaker research desk · Updated November 7, 2026

Capabilities (40%)
8.3
Ease of setup (30%)
8.9
Value (30%)
8.4

ScrapingBee keeps scraping to one API call. It runs headless browsers, rotates proxies and handles CAPTCHAs for you, and the pricing table shows JavaScript rendering, rotating and premium proxies and geotargeting included on every plan, even the $19 Hobby tier with 75,000 credits and 25 concurrent requests. For AI work there is AI data extraction, a Markdown scraper and a zero data retention option, and JavaScript scenarios let you click, scroll and type before the page is captured. Integrations cover n8n, Make, an MCP server and coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. Plans step up to Freelance at $49 for 250,000 credits and Startup at $99 for 1,000,000. New accounts get 1,000 free credits with no card. It lacks a prebuilt library of site scrapers, so lead and price jobs still need your own parsing, and team management with per-user quotas starts on the Business plan.

Who it is for

Small developer teams that want one simple scraping API with JavaScript rendering included on every plan.

Price

1,000 free API credits to try; Hobby from $19 per month.

Hobby $19 /mo API Credits: 75,000
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 7, 2026.

Key features

  • JavaScript rendering, rotating and premium proxies on every plan
  • AI data extraction and a Markdown scraper
  • JavaScript scenarios to click, scroll and type before scraping
  • Screenshot API and CSS or XPath selectors
  • Dedicated Google search API

Strengths and weaknesses

  • Strength: Clear plan table with features included from Hobby up
  • Strength: Integrations for n8n, Make and coding agents
  • Strength: Zero data retention option for AI pipelines
  • Weakness: Team management only from the Business plan
  • Weakness: No prebuilt site library like Apify or Bright Data
  • Weakness: Free credits are a one-off trial, not a monthly plan

Key facts

  • Hobby plan: $19 per month, 75,000 credits, 25 concurrent requests
  • Freelance plan: $49 per month, 250,000 credits
  • Startup plan: $99 per month, 1,000,000 credits
  • IP pool: Over 200M IPs

Where it ranks

ScrapingBee is No. 4 in our Best Web Scraping Tools verdict.

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