SCRAPINGBEE ALTERNATIVE
Same $49/mo as ScrapingBee's Freelance plan, but 600,000 credits instead of 250,000, and no per-request surcharge for JavaScript rendering or premium proxies.
At the same $49/month, this API includes 600,000 credits versus ScrapingBee's 250,000, 2.4x the volume. ScrapingBee's own help docs show a classic request with JS rendering costs 5 credits (5x the base rate), premium proxies with JS cost 25 credits, and stealth proxies cost 75 credits; here, JS rendering, anti-bot bypass, and residential proxies never add to the base request cost. Or skip the subscription and start from $10 with PAYG. Start with 1,000 free credits to test before committing.
| ScrapeBadger Starter | ScrapingBee Freelance | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $49/mo | $49/mo |
| Credits | 600,000 | 250,000 |
| Classic + JS rendering | +0 credits (included) | 5 credits (5x base) |
| Premium proxy + JS | +0 credits (included) | 25 credits |
| Stealth proxy | +0 credits (included) | 75 credits |
| Concurrency | 300 req/min | 50 concurrent |
| Dedicated verticals | 50+ | Google Search API + screenshots/extraction rules |
Credit-cost figures for ScrapingBee sourced from their own help center (help.scrapingbee.com), verified September 2026.
Being honest about fit: this isn't a one-sided page.
Social, e-commerce, real estate, travel, search engines, app stores, and AI answer engines, not just raw HTML.
Cloudflare, DataDome, Akamai, Imperva, PerimeterX, Kasada, bypassed automatically, no surcharge.
Residential IPs, geo-targeted, included on every plan including PAYG.
Connect Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, and other MCP-compatible agents using existing credits.
"ScrapeBadger completely removed that overhead. The endpoints return clean, structured JSON, the MCP integration fits naturally into agentic setups, and the reliability has been rock solid."
"I've been using ScrapeBadger primarily to scrape Reddit data, and it has been an excellent solution. It's one of the most affordable scraping tools on the market while still delivering reliable performance."
"The advanced_search API was pretty straightforward to work with. The documentation is clear, the cursor-based pagination is predictable, and I like that the credit system is easy to understand."
The plan compared above, alongside the two tiers around it.
At the same $49/month price, you get 600,000 credits here versus 250,000 on ScrapingBee's Freelance plan, 2.4x the volume. The gap widens further if you use JavaScript rendering or premium/stealth proxies, since those multiply the credit cost 5-75x on ScrapingBee and cost nothing extra here.
ScrapingBee's own help center documents that a classic proxy request without JS rendering costs 1 credit, but enabling JS rendering bumps it to 5 credits, premium proxies with JS cost 25, and stealth proxies (their hardest-target tier) cost 75 credits per request. A workload leaning on rendering or stealth proxies burns through the headline credit allowance far faster than the sticker price suggests.
ScrapingBee offers a Google Search API plus screenshots and extraction rules. This platform includes 50+ dedicated scraper APIs covering social media, e-commerce, real estate, travel, non-Google search engines, and AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini APIs with Brand Visibility tracking).
No. Create a free account, grab an API key, and point your existing request at the new endpoint. Migrating means swapping the base URL and key, then dropping any ScrapingBee-specific rendering or proxy-tier parameters since they don't add cost here. Full request/response examples are in the docs.
Success rate depends heavily on the target site and how well its specific anti-bot system is handled. Neither provider publishes an independently audited success-rate benchmark we can cite here: test both against your actual target sites during the free trial before committing.
If your workload hits heavily protected sites, the comparison isn't just credit price: it's whether stealth-tier access adds a surcharge. ScrapingBee's stealth proxy tier costs 75 credits per request; here, the same anti-bot bypass (Cloudflare, DataDome, Akamai, Imperva, PerimeterX, Kasada) is included at no extra cost.
1,000 free credits, no credit card required. Failed requests cost 0 credits.