Agent-readiness
auth.md
MCP server
llms.txt
OpenAPI
Auth: api_key
Rankings
Overview
ScrapingBee is a developer-friendly web scraping API for reliably collecting live public web data without managing proxies, browsers, or anti-bot infrastructure.
Best for: Developers, data teams, and GTM/RevOps teams that need scalable public web data for lead enrichment, account intelligence, competitor monitoring, SERP tracking, price monitoring, and AI/RAG workflows without maintaining scraping infrastructure.
Pricing
Free trial
$0
Freelance
$49/mo
Startup
$99/mo
Business
$249/mo
Business +
$599/mo
Custom
Custom
Features
- REST web scraping API for fetching public web pages
- Headless Chrome JavaScript rendering
- Automatic proxy rotation
- Premium residential and stealth proxies
- Country-level geotargeting
- CSS/XPath extraction rules
- AI extraction with structured JSON outputs
- Markdown and plain-text scraper for LLM/RAG workflows
- Browser-rendered screenshots
- Dedicated Google Search, Amazon, YouTube, Walmart, ChatGPT, and Fast Search APIs
Pros
- Strong fit for GTM data workflows such as enrichment, account intelligence, market research, and SEO/SEM monitoring
- Reduces engineering work by bundling browsers, proxies, geotargeting, and anti-bot handling
- Clear public pricing and generous included credits versus many enterprise-only scraping vendors
- AI, Markdown, CLI, and MCP features make it useful for AI agents and RAG pipelines
Cons
- No permanent free plan beyond the 1,000-credit trial
- Advanced features such as JavaScript rendering, premium proxies, and AI extraction consume more credits
- HTML API users may still need to build and maintain parsers unless using extraction rules or dedicated APIs
- Higher-volume or enterprise needs require Custom pricing conversations