ScrapingBee

What it is for

ScrapingBee is a hosted Request Builder desk: you set a URL and a proxy, and Hobby is $19/month (75,000 API credits, 25 concurrent). Use it when the job is an HTML request you configure at a public $, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is ScrapingBee’s official Request Builder (SPB-Home-Configuration applied, http://scrapingbee.com, Premium Proxy, JavaScript Rendering, My Requests SPB-Blog-Configuration / SPB-FullPage-Screenshot / JS-Scenario-Infinite-Scroll) from the help still — not a pricing card. The chrome itself is ops of Request Builder.

Key features

• Request Builder — a visual HTML request you try (cover still; docs). One desk. Cover http://scrapingbee.com and Premium Proxy sit here. Classic / Premium / Stealth are SKU of this request. JS Scenarios (click / wait / scroll) sit here, not a sixth desk.
• My HTML Requests — named preconfigured settings you apply (help). A saved config, not the live builder. Cover SPB-Home-Configuration / SPB-Blog-Configuration sit here.
• AI query / extract rules — a prompt or JSON selectors on the same request (credit help; docs). A parse, not the fetch. AI query adds +5 credits.
• Dedicated APIs — Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT endpoints (docs; YouTube API). A specialty call, not the HTML builder. YouTube search is 5 credits.
• Logs & Analytics — the request history next to the builder (help). A log, not a saved config.

Save the request / Try it on the cover are CTAs (not desks). Hobby / Freelance tiles are the meter. Credit multipliers (1 / 5 / 10 / 25 / 75) are the extra meter, not a desk we fold into Request Builder.

Who it's for

Best fit: 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.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from scrapingbee.com/pricing. Figures below are the printed USD /mo tiles (JSON-LD + plan table). The page prints All prices are exclusive of VAT. The help article Available plans explained is stale (Freelance still lists 10 concurrent / $49.99) — we quote the pricing page.

• Trial — 1,000 API credits on signup. No card (help). Not an ongoing Free tile.
• Hobby — $19/month. 75,000 credits. 25 concurrent.
• Freelance — $49/month. 250,000 credits. 50 concurrent.
• Startup — $99/month. 1,000,000 credits. 100 concurrent.
• Business — $249/month. 3,000,000 credits. 200 concurrent.
• Business + — $599/month. 8,000,000 credits. 400 concurrent.
• Enterprise (printed) — $999/month (14M / 500), $1,599 (24M / 600), $2,399 (41M / 700), $3,599 (69M / 800), $5,799 (120M / 900).

HTML API credit examples from credit system (updated 2026-08-07): Classic no JS 1; Classic + JS 5; Premium no JS 10; Premium + JS 25; Stealth 75. Confirm checkout; taxes / VAT follow your location.

Limitations / costs

• No ongoing Free tile on the pricing page. The 1,000 credits are a signup trial, not Hobby at $0.
• Help-center plan table is behind the pricing page (concurrency and .99 stickers). Quote scrapingbee.com/pricing.
• A Request Builder desk, not Scrapfly’s Monitoring list. For that log desk see Scrapfly.

Alternatives

• Scrapfly — a Monitoring list when you want Scrapfly’s Free $0 / Discovery $30, not ScrapingBee’s Hobby $19.
• Apify — an Actor Store when you want Apify’s prepaid $5 / $19, not a Request Builder.
• Firecrawl — URL → markdown when you want Firecrawl’s 1,000 Free credits, not ScrapingBee’s credit multipliers.

Official tutorial

Official ScrapingBee channel video: How ScrapingBee Handles CAPTCHAs, Proxies, and JavaScript Rendering (oEmbed author: ScrapingBee). First-party CAPTCHA / proxy / JS film; the Request Builder still is the cover. The film is a second desk, not generate-on-Request-Builder. @scrapingbee resolved to an unrelated empty channel named Sol — the official handle we oEmbedded is @ScrapingBeeOfficial.

Written path: scrapingbee.com/pricing plus the preconfigured-request still.

Website

https://www.scrapingbee.com

Repository

https://github.com/ScrapingBee

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is ScrapingBee’s official Request Builder still (SPB-Home-Configuration + http://scrapingbee.com + named My Requests). Dollars checked on scrapingbee.com/pricing (Hobby $19; Freelance $49; Startup $99; Business $249; Business + $599). Tutorial oEmbed author: ScrapingBee.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.