Scrapingbee (previously ScrapingNinja) has been available since 2019 and offers a core set of web scraping API features.
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Overall Scrapingbee has decent performance with Scrapeway's benchmarks with varied performance based on the used features.
On the other hand, Scrapingbee offers more features than average making Scrapingbee a great option for scraping targets that lack strong anti-scraping measures.
Pros
- Python and NodeJS SDKs.
- Detailed web dashboard for tracking scraping performance.
- Web UI player for testing and experimenting.
- Big feature set and extended headless browser support.
Cons
- Poor entry point of $49.
- Credits are often charged for blocked requests.
- Credits do not carry over month-to-month.
- Some targets are not supported or cost well above industry average (see benchmarks).
Scrapingbee vs Other Services
Here's how Scrapingbee compares against other web scraping APIs in terms of success rate, speed and cost.
| # | Service | Success % | Speed | Cost $/1000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scrapfly |
99%
|
9.5s
|
$3.21
|
|
| 2 | WebScrapingAPI |
83%
|
20.2s
|
$2.43
|
|
| 3 | Scraperapi |
81%
|
6.4s
|
$6.06
|
|
| 4 | Zenrows |
77%
|
6.6s
|
$4.52
|
|
| 5 | Scrapingbee |
58%
|
2.9s
|
$3.42
|
|
| 6 | Scrapingdog |
53%
|
4.7s
|
$1.73
|
|
| 7 | Scrapingant |
44%
|
13.5s
|
$1.99
|
This data is based on the averages of Scrapeway's weekly benchmarks covering 12 most popular web scraping targets and overall:
- Scrapingbee has a below-average success rate of 58.2% compared to industry average of 70.8%
- Scrapingbee has an above-average scraping speed of 2.9s compared to industry average of 9.1s
- Scrapingbee has an above-average price of $3.4/1000 scrapes compared to industry average of $3.3
Scrapingbee Benchmarks
Scrapeway runs weekly benchmarks for Scrapingbee for the most popular web scraping targets.
| Target | Success % | Speed | Cost $/1000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
58%
|
2.9s
|
$3.42
|
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96%
|
3.3s
|
$3.27
|
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93%
|
2.0s
|
$3.27
|
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92%
|
6.5s
|
$3.27
|
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86%
|
6.0s
|
$8.17
|
||
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79%
|
2.3s
|
$3.27
|
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|
63%
|
2.4s
|
$3.27
|
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51%
|
2.1s
|
$3.27
|
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51%
|
2.0s
|
$3.27
|
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23%
|
3.1s
|
$3.27
|
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|
7%
|
1.8s
|
$3.27
|
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0%
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Scrapingbee Pricing
Scrapingbee is a credit-based service where each scrape request can cost 1-75 credits depending on the used features and required anti-bot bypass.
| Plan | Price | Credits | Concurrency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery | $49 | 150,000 | 5 |
| Pro | $99 | 1,000,000 | 50 |
| Startup | $249 | 3,000,000 | 100 |
| Enterprise | $599 | 8,000,000 | 200 |
Overall Scrapingbee is a fair option at higher plan levels, however, the $49 entry point is not very competitive at $0.3 per 1,000 credits. See benchmarks for more information.
Scrapingbee Features
Overall, Scrapingbee offers a wide range of features above the industry average. All features are available to all subscription plans.
| Feature | Availability |
|---|---|
| Integrations | Python, NodeJS |
| Proxy support | Datacenter default, Residential & "Stealth" optional |
| Geolocation | Most countries |
| Webhook support | No |
| Javascreipt rendering | Yes, at extra cost |
| Custom JS evaluation | Yes, up to 40s |
| Browser control | Yes, up to 40s |
| Screenshots | Yes, full page and individual elements |
| Sessions | Yes, persistent IP for 5min |
To add, Scrapingbee offers some unique features at no extra cost included with every plan:
- Make.com no code integration.
- Dedicated API paramaters for scraping Google
- HTML -> PDF automatic conversion.
- HTML parsing using XPath/Css selector markup.