# Best web scraping API in 2026

> [ScraperAPI](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/475-monthly-scaling-get-sync-api), [Scrapestack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapestack/79-99-monthly-professional-get-scrape-scrape) and [HasData](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hasdata/249-monthly-growth-3m-post-scrape-web-web-scraping-api) are the best web scraping API providers in our benchmark. We benchmarked 4 providers and rank all 4 by score. For the three we score highest, we show each one's top scoring plan, each part of the plan's score and what 1,000 pages cost. We rank 473 plans by price. The cheapest plan is [Scrapestack, $199.99 monthly, Business](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapestack/199-99-monthly-business-get-scrape-scrape), at $0.067 per 1,000 pages.

1. [ScraperAPI, $475 monthly, Scaling: Web scraping API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/475-monthly-scaling-get-sync-api): Overall score 83.4 (Price 97, Data 72, Cost to get started 62, Bundle 97, Performance 79), $0.095 per 1,000 pages
   - It returns 3 of the 7 key fields we check: Markdown, HTML, Text.
   - On 28 October 2026, we sent this provider the same 19 pages as every other provider in our benchmark.
   - We scored this plan 0.9257 out of 1 on those 19 pages. We can be 95% sure it scores at least 0.72 out of 1. That gives it a Data score of 72 out of 100.
2. [Scrapestack, $79.99 monthly, Professional: Web scraping API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapestack/79-99-monthly-professional-get-scrape-scrape): Overall score 83.0 (Price 99, Data 72, Cost to get started 75, Bundle 50, Performance 100), $0.08 per 1,000 pages
   - It returns 1 of the 7 key fields we check: HTML.
   - On 28 October 2026, we sent this provider the same 19 pages as every other provider in our benchmark.
   - We scored this plan 0.9257 out of 1 on those 19 pages. We can be 95% sure it scores at least 0.72 out of 1. That gives it a Data score of 72 out of 100.
3. [HasData, $249 monthly, Growth 3M: Web scraping API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hasdata/249-monthly-growth-3m-post-scrape-web-web-scraping-api): Overall score 81.9 (Price 87, Data 74, Cost to get started 67, Bundle 98, Performance 94), $0.083 per 1,000 pages
   - It returns 5 of the 7 key fields we check: Screenshot, Markdown, HTML, Text, Links.
   - On 28 October 2026, we sent this provider the same 19 pages as every other provider in our benchmark.
   - We scored this plan 0.934 out of 1 on those 19 pages. We can be 95% sure it scores at least 0.74 out of 1. That gives it a Data score of 74 out of 100.

The Data score on web scraping APIs: Out of 100: how much of the page's text the call returns. Each web scraping API on this sheet fetches the page when you call the API. Within minutes of each call, we open the page in our own browser. We keep each line of the page with three words or more. A line counts when the answer's text, HTML or Markdown has the same line. For each page, we work out what share of the page's lines the answer holds. We average this share over all pages. Each page counts the same. A call that failed or returned no text counts as 0. Extra text in the answer that the page doesn't show doesn't change the score. We leave out a page our browser could not open. We also leave out a page with fewer than 10 lines. We then lower the score to the lowest score we are 95% sure the call earns. We lower the score more when we test fewer pages.

## Every web scraping API provider we score, ranked

1. [ScraperAPI, $475 monthly, Scaling](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/475-monthly-scaling-get-sync-api): Overall score 83.4, Data score 72, $0.095 per 1,000 pages
2. [Scrapestack, $79.99 monthly, Professional](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapestack/79-99-monthly-professional-get-scrape-scrape): Overall score 83.0, Data score 72, $0.08 per 1,000 pages
3. [HasData, $249 monthly, Growth 3M](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hasdata/249-monthly-growth-3m-post-scrape-web-web-scraping-api): Overall score 81.9, Data score 74, $0.083 per 1,000 pages
4. [Scrapeless, $49 monthly, Growth](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapeless/49-monthly-growth-post-api-v2-unlocker-request-web-unlocker): Overall score 71.1, Data score 72, $0.90 per 1,000 pages

Last updated: October 29, 2026. The page: https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api. Every plan: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-api-pricing. The benchmark: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-api-pricing/benchmark.csv.