ScrapingBee
Popular scraping API with headless Chrome and rotation
$49.00
from $49.00 /GB
- IP Pool
- Rotating residential pool
- Countries
- 195+
- Uptime
- 99.9%
- Avg. response
- 1.6s
- Free trial
- Yes
- Founded
- 2019
Our verdict
ScrapingBee remains one of the friendliest scraping APIs to adopt, largely thanks to documentation that makes the first successful request almost trivial. Headless Chrome rendering, automatic rotation and built-in extraction rules cover the common cases well, and screenshot support is a nice extra for monitoring workflows. Credit-based pricing is fair but worth modelling once rendering and premium proxies enter the mix at volume. For teams that prize developer experience and dependable results over squeezing the last cent, it is an easy, safe pick.
Pros & cons
Pros
- Excellent, beginner-friendly documentation
- Headless Chrome rendering for dynamic pages
- Automatic proxy rotation and anti-bot handling
- Built-in CSS/XPath extraction and screenshots
- Reliable, well-supported developer experience
Cons
- Credits add up on rendering-heavy jobs
- Premium proxies cost more per request
- Not the cheapest option for huge volumes
Proxy types & pricing
| Type | Starting price | Pool size |
|---|---|---|
| Web Scraping API | $49.00 /mo | Rotating pool |
| Residential | $4.00 /GB | Premium residential pool |
Overview
ScrapingBee is a widely used web scraping API built around headless Chrome rendering, automatic proxy rotation and anti-bot handling. It is designed to let developers extract data from JavaScript-heavy sites without running their own browser fleet, exposing rendering, screenshots and extraction rules through a clean, well-documented endpoint.
How it works
- Send a URL to the API and choose whether to run headless Chrome rendering
- Proxy rotation and anti-bot measures are applied automatically
- Extract specific fields with CSS or XPath rules in the request
- Capture full-page screenshots or execute JavaScript on the page
- Billing is credit-based, with premium proxies costing more per call
Best for
ScrapingBee is a natural fit for developers who value excellent documentation and a smooth learning curve when scraping dynamic, JavaScript-rendered pages. It shines for e-commerce, SEO and general web data tasks. Very high-volume operations should model credit costs carefully, but for reliability and developer experience it is a consistent favourite.
Features & capabilities
Headless Chrome rendering
Scrape JavaScript-heavy and SPA pages
Proxy rotation
Automatic rotation with anti-bot handling
Data extraction rules
CSS and XPath selectors in the request
Screenshots
Capture full-page images of targets
Premium proxies
Optional residential proxies for hard targets
Integrations & supported tools
Privacy & compliance
Frequently asked questions
Yes, it runs headless Chrome so you can scrape JavaScript-heavy and single-page applications, with rendering enabled per request.
Proxy rotation and anti-bot handling are built into the API, with optional premium proxies for tougher targets that consume more credits.
Yes, the API can capture full-page screenshots and run custom JavaScript, which is useful for monitoring and visual checks.
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