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ScrapingBee
by VostokInc SAS
What ScrapingBee is
ScrapingBee is a cloud web scraping API that fetches public pages and returns HTML, JavaScript-rendered content, or structured data while handling browsers, proxies, and anti-bot defenses. Headless Chrome supports waiting for elements, scrolling, clicking, form filling, viewport and header settings, and screenshots. Extraction options include CSS or XPath rules, custom JavaScript scenarios, and AI extraction producing JSON, Markdown, or plain text. Proxy features include automatic rotation, premium residential and stealth proxies, and country-level geolocation. Dedicated APIs provide data for Google Search, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT, and Gemini. Integrations include Python and Node.js SDKs, n8n, Make, Zapier, LangChain, MCP, and CLI. ScrapingBee states SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance. New accounts receive 1,000 free credits without a credit card; basic requests use one credit, while rendering, premium proxies, and AI extraction use more. Plans start at $19 a month, billed monthly, excluding VAT, with 75,000 credits and 25 concurrent requests.
Who it suits
ScrapingBee suits developers, founders, and product teams building AI, e-commerce, cybersecurity, market-intelligence, fintech, or go-to-market tools. Its API approach fits teams needing rendered pages, extraction rules, proxies, and dedicated source APIs.
What it does well
- Headless Chrome rendering
- AI and CSS/XPath extraction
- Automatic proxy rotation
- 1,000 free credits without card
- SOC 2 Type II and GDPR stated
What to know first
- Paid plans exclude VAT
- Advanced features consume more credits
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby | Monthly · 75,000 API credits · 25 concurrent requests | $19 a month |
| Freelance | Monthly · 250,000 API credits · 50 concurrent requests | $49 a month |
| Startup | Monthly · 1,000,000 API credits · 100 concurrent requests | $99 a month |
| Business | Monthly · 3,000,000 API credits · 200 concurrent requests | $249 a month |
| Business + | Monthly · 8,000,000 API credits · 400 concurrent requests | $599 a month |
As scrapingbee.com lists them, read 3 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
ScrapingBee combines browser rendering, extraction methods, proxy handling, and dedicated APIs in a cloud service. Free credits provide a starting point, while paid usage scales through monthly credit and concurrency plans.
Facts from VostokInc SAS's own pages
- Browser rendering
- The API uses headless Chrome to render JavaScript pages and supports waiting for page elements, interactions, viewport and header settings, and screenshots. · scrapingbee.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Company
- The website publisher is VostokInc, registered at 66 Avenue des Champs Élysées, 75008 Paris, France; the opened legal notice does not state a founding year. · scrapingbee.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- SOC 2, GDPR · scrapingbee.com, 19 Sept 2026
- Credit usage
- A basic request costs one credit; JavaScript rendering, premium proxies, and AI extraction increase the credit cost. · scrapingbee.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Dedicated APIs
- Dedicated APIs provide ready-to-use data for sources including Amazon, Google Search, YouTube, Walmart, ChatGPT, and Gemini. · scrapingbee.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- cloud · scrapingbee.com, 19 Sept 2026
- Extraction
- Its extraction options include AI extraction to structured JSON, Markdown or plain text output, CSS/XPath rules, and custom JavaScript scenarios. · scrapingbee.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Failed requests
- ScrapingBee says it charges only for successful requests, defined as those returning HTTP 200, 404, or 410. · scrapingbee.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Free credits
- Signing up provides 1,000 free API credits with no credit card required. · scrapingbee.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Paris, France · scrapingbee.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The maker lists API, CLI, MCP, Python and Node.js SDKs, coding agents and IDEs, LangChain, ChatGPT, Claude, n8n, Make, and Zapier integrations. · scrapingbee.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Key features
- Headless Chrome JavaScript rendering · Rotating, premium, and stealth proxy options · JavaScript scenarios for scrolling, clicking, and form filling · Screenshots · CSS/XPath extraction rules · AI query and AI extraction rules · Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT, and Gemini APIs · Concurrent request processing · scrapingbee.com, 19 Sept 2026
- Product
- ScrapingBee is a web scraping API that fetches public web pages and returns HTML, rendered content, or structured data while handling proxies, browsers, and anti-bot defenses. · scrapingbee.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Proxy features
- ScrapingBee describes automatic proxy rotation, premium residential and stealth proxies, and country-level geolocation. · scrapingbee.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker says ScrapingBee is SOC 2 Type II compliant and GDPR compliant, and lists controls covering access, data privacy, endpoint and infrastructure security, vulnerability management, and secure development. · scrapingbee.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- The pricing page lists priority email support and dedicated account management as plan features, but its text does not identify which tiers include them. · scrapingbee.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- email, chat, docs · scrapingbee.com, 19 Sept 2026
- Who it serves
- The maker describes the product as built for developers, founders, and product teams working on AI, e-commerce, cybersecurity, market intelligence, fintech, and go-to-market tools. · scrapingbee.com, 3 Oct 2026
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