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# ScrapingBee

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> ScrapingBee is an API to make web scraping easy. We handle proxies and headless browsers so you can focus on data extraction.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.9/5** by 137 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses ScrapingBee?

Freelancers/SMBs who need to gather data from a website.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.9/5** | 137 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: VostokInc
- **Founded**: 2019

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$49.00
- **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: $49 for 100k API credits / 1 concurrency
$99 for 1M API credits / 10 concurrency
$249 for 2M5 API credits / 40 concurrency
Custom plan on demand
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more

## Features

- API
- Data Aggregation and Publishing
- Data Extraction
- Data Import/Export
- Document Extraction
- Email Address Extraction
- HTML Parsing
- IP Rotation
- Image Extraction
- JavaScript Rendering
- Phone Number Extraction
- Pricing Extraction
- Proxy Rotation
- Web Data Extraction

## Support Options

- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Chat

## Category

- [Web Scraping](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/34455/web-scraping/software)

## Related Categories

- [Web Scraping](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/34455/web-scraping/software)
- [Data Extraction Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30619/data-extraction/software)

## Alternatives

1. [Octoparse](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/150508/octoparse) — 4.7/5 (106 reviews)
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3. [NetNut](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/1059755/netnut) — 5.0/5 (88 reviews)
4. [Oxylabs](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/1039040/oxylabs) — 4.7/5 (23 reviews)
5. [HasData](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/1072168/HasData) — 5.0/5 (18 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Scraping Bee really grew on us\!" — 5.0/5

> **Mark** | *9 January 2026* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: It just worked and worked consistently. We tried many different services before this (mostly a bit cheaper), but there was always something not quite working from rate limits to availability or being blocked. ScrapingBee has been consistently good. It was also really good that the 1000 credits are available to properly test
> 
> **Cons**: There was something I didnt quite get about the website and dashboard - not 100% sure what it is - but it could be a bit 'clearer / cleaner'. Once I worked it our it is actually very good\!
> 
> Very good so far, will continue using for a large project coming up as it just provides the consistency we need

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### "My favourite scraping SaaS by miles\! Highly recommend\!" — 5.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *17 September 2025* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: ScrapingBee is the ultimate layer on top of which you can build any scraping app\! I have used it for scraping hundreds of thousands of websites and deciding whether they are a potential customer or not.

Before ScrapingBee, scraping used to be daunting to me but since using ScrapingBee I genuinely believe any public data on the internet is at my disposal\!
> 
> **Cons**: I wouldn't say there is anything I dislike per se but maybe a small con is that new accounts are limited to just 1k credits. I had to create multiple new accounts to test their product before I made the (great) decision to pay for their monthly subscription. It would be good if they offerred like a $10 for 5k credits type of thing.
> 
> ScrapingBee has an amazing product that makes scraping easy for anyone with even basic coding skills. Their product simplifies many different scenarios you may face whilst scraping. They have an excellent and responsive customer service. Highly recommend\!

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### "SaaS for developers as it should be" — 5.0/5

> **Chris** | *6 September 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Excellent API documentation, including Ruby examples.
Highly reliable service.
Dashboard provides valuable insights immediately and in real time.
> 
> **Cons**: Very, very minor point - but docs could be clearer about what the ScrapingBee requests look like to the origin server.
> 
> Superb product, genuinely one of the best SaaS tools I've used. Does exactly as described, has worked flawlessly for my first few 1000 requests, and is well documented.

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### "Marvellous service for power users to take control of web crawling for AI." — 5.0/5

> **David** | *9 May 2024* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Fantastic API – very clean, simple, and powerful. Excellent IP rotation with workers around the world, enabling powerful data acquisition. Brilliant JavaScript rendering, and the ability to disable it as needed.
> 
> **Cons**: At times, the documentation is a bit too verbose, leading to reading fatigue. I spent slightly too much time learning just how simple and clean the API actually is. The cost is at a premium; however, the value is worth it.
> 
> Truly excellent – a partner for my start-up, Cynthia Systems.

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### "A reliable scraping backbone for multilingual market analysis" — 5.0/5

> **Tina** | *9 January 2026* | Translation & Localization | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: It is easy to use and has the features we needed to build our tool. Best price on market. Very reliable and easy to integrate, it saves us time by handling blocks and rendering so we can focus on the data.
> 
> **Cons**: If I have to mention something it would be, that the documentation could be more detailed in some edge cases, and debugging failed requests sometimes requires a bit of trial and error.
> 
> Our overall experience with ScrapingBee has been very positive. We use it as part of our outbound sales automation to scrape websites and extract practical signals like where traffic seems to come from and which languages a site is available in, and it has been consistently reliable. It removes a lot of the usual scraping headaches around proxies, blocks, and rendering, which means we can focus on using the data rather than fighting with the setup. It feels stable, well thought out, and easy to integrate, and it has scaled nicely as our usage has grown. It is not flashy, but it does exactly what it promises, which is honestly what you want from a scraping service.

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