ScrapingBee vs Scrapingdog

ScrapingBee
www.scrapingbee.com
33%
Success
2.8s
Speed
$1.51
Cost
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ScrapingBee
vs
Scrapingdog
Scrapingdog
www.scrapingdog.com
34%
Success
4.5s
Speed
$2.7
Cost
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Side-by-side comparison of ScrapingBee and Scrapingdog using the latest benchmark data for success rate, speed, cost, and features.

Pros & Cons of ScrapingBee

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).

Pros & Cons of Scrapingdog

Pros
  • Low entry point of $40.
  • Autoparse can output structured JSON for some targets.
  • High concurrency for higher plans.
  • Dedicated APIs for Google Search, Amazon, Linkedin, Twitter and Indeed scraping.
  • No charge for blocked scrape requests.
Cons
  • Not a generic web scraping API as many targets require dedicated API configuration (amazon, google, yelp etc.)
  • No integration SDKs.
  • Basic web interface.
  • Limited feature set and headless browser support.
  • Some targets are not supported (see benchmarks).
  • Credits do not carry over month-to-month.

Benchmark Comparison

Success rate per target from the latest benchmark run. Higher is better; the winning value is highlighted in green.

Target ScrapingBee success Scrapingdog success
all average 33.2% 34.0%
amazon.com 28.6% 85.9%
booking.com 17.8% 14.1%
etsy.com 28.8% 15.3%
indeed.com 26.4% -
instagram.com 27.6% -
linkedin.com - 20.4%
realtor.com - 50.3%
stockx.com - -
twitter.com - 74.0%
walmart.com - 72.9%
zillow.com - 0.9%
Data range Sep 11 - Sep 25

Feature Comparison

Feature ScrapingBee Scrapingdog
Capterra ratingCapterra rating
★ 4.9
(137)
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Integrations Python, NodeJS No
Proxy support Datacenter default, Residential & "Stealth" optional Datacenter, Residential extra cost
Geolocation Most countries 15 countries
Webhook support No Yes
Javascreipt rendering Yes, at extra cost Yes, at extra cost
Custom JS evaluation Yes, up to 40s No
Browser control Yes, up to 40s No
Screenshots Yes, full page and individual elements Yes, full page only
Sessions Yes, persistent IP for 5min Yes, persistent IP

Pricing Comparison

ScrapingBee
Plan Price Credits Concurrency
Hobby 19 75,000 25
Freelance 49 250,000 50
Startup 99 1,000,000 100
Business 249 3,000,000 200
Scrapingdog
Plan Price Credits Concurrency
Lite 40 200,000 5
Standard 90 1,000,000 50
Pro 200 3,000,000 100
Enterprise 500 8,000,000 200
Custom — — —

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