Scrapingdog vs WebScrapingAPI

Scrapingdog
www.scrapingdog.com
34%
Success
4.5s
Speed
$2.7
Cost
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Scrapingdog
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WebScrapingAPI
WebScrapingAPI
www.webscrapingapi.com
68%
Success
17.7s
Speed
$2.04
Cost
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Side-by-side comparison of Scrapingdog and WebScrapingAPI using the latest benchmark data for success rate, speed, cost, and features.

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.

Pros & Cons of WebScrapingAPI

Pros
  • Good scraper blocking bypass.
  • Simple pricing structure 1 request == 1 credit, always.
  • Low entry point of $19.
  • Integrations for NodeJS, Python, Java, Rust, Scrapy and PHP.
  • Optional Javascript rendering for scraping dynamic pages.
  • Web UI player for testing and experimenting.
  • Does not charges for blocked requests.
Cons
  • Extremely limited feature set — no request header and other basic request customizations.
  • Static 1 credit pricing leaves no room for pricing optimizations.
  • Programming integrations are relatively basic and outdated.
  • Significantly slower than competition.
  • 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 Scrapingdog success WebScrapingAPI success
all average 34.0% 67.5%
amazon.com 85.9% 90.7%
booking.com 14.1% 83.0%
etsy.com 15.3% 57.9%
indeed.com - -
instagram.com - 94.6%
linkedin.com 20.4% 81.5%
realtor.com 50.3% -
stockx.com - 92.0%
twitter.com 74.0% 67.6%
walmart.com 72.9% 81.0%
zillow.com 0.9% 97.6%
Data range Sep 11 - Sep 25

Feature Comparison

Feature Scrapingdog WebScrapingAPI
Capterra ratingCapterra rating — —
Integrations No Python, Scrapy, NodeJS, Java, PHP, Rust
Proxy support Datacenter, Residential extra cost Datacenter default, Residential optional
Geolocation 15 countries 12+ countries
Webhook support Yes No
Javascreipt rendering Yes, at extra cost Yes, at extra cost
Custom JS evaluation No No
Browser control No Yes, predefined actions like scroll, click, input
Screenshots Yes, full page only Yes, full page and individual elements
Sessions Yes, persistent IP Yes, persistent IP for 5min

Pricing Comparison

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 — — —
WebScrapingAPI
Plan Price Credits Concurrency
Started 19 7,000 20
Basic 49 20,000 20
Standard 99 45,000 50
Advanced 149 100,000 100
Premium 249 180,000 200
Pro 599 450,000 500

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