Our take
Pick ScrapingBee if developers who will spend the 1,000 signup credits (no card) on a first Request Builder, then Hobby at $19/month (75,000 credits, 25 concurrent) when the trial is gone — not Freelance $49 unless they need 250,000 credits. Pick Serper if builders who will stay on the 2,500 free queries while they run a first playground search — then the $50 Starter pack when prod volume starts, not Bright Data
Best for
ScrapingBee An HTML request you configure at a public $
Serper A SERP you start at a public $
Free plan
ScrapingBee $0 · $49/month. 250,000 credits. 50 concurrent
Serper $0 · 2,500 queries. “Get 2,500 free queries” / “No credit card required.”
Lowest paid
ScrapingBee Hobby $19/mo
Serper Scale $1
Next step up
ScrapingBee Startup $99/mo
Serper Ultimate $3
Runs where
ScrapingBee Hosted
Serper
Watch out
ScrapingBee No ongoing Free tile on the pricing page
Serper Free quota is small for prod
Last checked
ScrapingBee 2026-10-23 · scrapingbee.com/pricing
Serper 2026-10-23 · serper.dev
developers who will spend the 1,000 signup credits (no card) on a first Request Builder, then Hobby at $19/month (75,000 credits, 25 concurrent) when the trial is gone — not Freelance $49 unless they need 250,000 credits.
Read the ScrapingBee pagebuilders who will stay on the 2,500 free queries while they run a first playground search — then the $50 Starter pack when prod volume starts, not Bright Data Unlocker from $1/1k first unless they need a proxy zone.
Read the Serper page
