ScrapingBee review

ScrapingBee is a straightforward scraping API for developers who want to keep parsing in their own code. Each request can run a headless browser, rotate through standard or premium proxies, target one of 200+ countries, take a screenshot or apply CSS and XPath extraction rules, and every one of those features is included from the $19 Hobby plan. Dedicated APIs return structured results for Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube and AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Gemini. Plans scale by credits and concurrency: Hobby gives 75,000 credits and 25 concurrent requests, Startup at $99 gives 1 million and 100, and Business at $249 adds priority support, an account manager and team quotas. The catch is the credit multiplier. A rendered request costs 5 credits and premium proxies 10 or 25, so protected sites burn through a plan much faster than the headline number suggests, and unused credits expire each month. A 1,000 credit trial helps size that before you pay.

Who it is for

Developers and small data teams who write their own parsers and want predictable credit plans.

Price

Hobby $19 per month for 75,000 API credits; Freelance $49, Startup $99, Business $249; 1,000 free credits to try.

Hobby $19/mo API Credits: 75,000 Concurrent requests: 25
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 9, 2026.

Key features

• JavaScript rendering, rotating and premium proxies on every plan
• Geotargeting across 200+ countries and territories on premium proxies
• Full-page screenshots and CSS or XPath extraction rules
• Dedicated APIs for Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini
• Team management with custom credit and concurrency quotas on Business

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: All core features included from the $19 Hobby plan
• Strength: 1,000 free API credits to test with no credit card
• Strength: Clear published credit costs for rendering and premium proxies
• Weakness: JavaScript rendering costs 5 credits and premium proxies 10 or 25
• Weakness: Credits expire monthly and do not roll over
• Weakness: Priority support and team management start at $249 a month

Key facts

• Free credits: 1,000, no credit card
• Hobby: 75,000 credits, 25 concurrent requests
• Startup: $99 per month, 1,000,000 credits
• Geotargeting: 200+ countries on premium proxies

Where it ranks

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