Tools / service
ScrapingBee
Hosted web scraping API that runs headless browsers and rotating proxies for you. Not self-hostable. Freelance is $49.99/month for 250,000 API credits and 10 concurrent requests; Business+ is $599.99/month for 8,000,000 credits and 200 concurrent. Signup includes 1,000 free API credits.
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Related tools
- Scrapeless (hosted scraping API)
- Parse Bot (hosted scraping API)
- Scrapling (open source)
- Playwright (open source)
- Selenium (open source)
- Huginn (open source)
Pricing
| Freelance | $49.99 250,000 API credits, 10 concurrent requests | 250,000 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Startup | $99.99 1,000,000 API credits, 50 concurrent requests | 1,000,000 | 50 |
| Business | $249.99 3,000,000 API credits, 100 concurrent requests | 3,000,000 | 100 |
| Business+ | $599.99 8,000,000 API credits, 200 concurrent requests | 8,000,000 | 200 |
Monthly subscription prices. Signup includes 1,000 free API credits. Unused plan credits do not roll over at renewal. One-time credit top-ups expire at renewal. There is no usage-based or prepaid-only plan. Source: ScrapingBee help center (https://help.scrapingbee.com/en/category/billing-and-account-ee56lp/), checked Oct 19, 2026.
FAQ
- What is ScrapingBee?
- ScrapingBee is a hosted web scraping API. You send a URL; they run a headless browser behind rotating proxies and return the page. It is a SaaS API, not software you install.
- Can I self-host it?
- No. The catalog marks it open source: No. Self-hosted paths already in this catalog are Scrapling, Playwright, Selenium, and Huginn.
- What does it cost?
- Freelance is $49.99/month for 250,000 API credits and 10 concurrent requests. Startup is $99.99 for 1,000,000 credits and 50 concurrent. Business is $249.99 for 3,000,000 credits and 100 concurrent. Business+ is $599.99 for 8,000,000 credits and 200 concurrent. Signup includes 1,000 free API credits. Source: ScrapingBee help center, checked Oct 19, 2026.
- Is there usage-based or prepaid-only pricing?
- No. ScrapingBee does not sell usage-based or prepaid-only credits as a standalone plan. One-time credit top-ups require an active subscription and expire when that subscription renews.
- How is it different from Scrapling or Playwright?
- Scrapling and Playwright are open-source libraries you run. ScrapingBee is the hosted proxy-and-browser layer you pay for so you do not operate that fleet. Scrapeless and Parse Bot are the closest hosted peers already in the catalog.