# ScrapingBot, free: Similar companies API

> Extract company page as structured JSON from public LinkedIn Business Profiles targets. Queue a request, then retrieve the result with its responseId.

ScrapingBot's similar companies API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 3 of the 13 key fields we check: Industry and type, Images, Locations.
We rank 120 plans by price. [PublicWWW's $499 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/publicwww/499-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 companies: $0.000055. PublicWWW charges for each page of results. We count 1,000,000 companies on each page to get the $0.000055 price.
[ZoomInfo's $45 pack](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/zoominfo/45-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies. ZoomInfo's $45 pack costs less up front than PublicWWW's $499 monthly plan.
[LeadMagic](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/leadmagic/499-monthly-professional-post-v3-companies-lookalike/llms.txt), [Tomba](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/tomba/449-monthly/llms.txt) and [Social Fetch](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/social-fetch/14-pack/llms.txt) are the best similar companies API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/scrapingbot/free
- [Best similar companies API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-similar-companies-api.txt)
- Get it: https://scraping-bot.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.scraping-bot.io/scrape/data-scraper`
- API key: with the plan, on https://scraping-bot.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://scraping-bot.io/scraper/linkedin-business-profiles?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- Sold by: ScrapingBot (https://scraping-bot.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

- Completeness: 23%
- Industry and type: ✓
- Images: ✓
- Locations: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: linkedinProfile · linkedinPost · linkedinSearchResult · instagramProfile · instagramPost · facebookProfile · facebookPost · facebookOrganization · facebookMarketplaceSearch · facebookMarketplaceItem · twitterProfile · twitterSearch · tiktokProfile · tiktokHashtag · threadsPost · threadsProfile · Raw HTML Extraction · Real Estate API · Retail API · Search Engine API · Booking API

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Extract company page as structured JSON from public LinkedIn Business Profiles targets. Queue a request, then retrieve the result with its responseId.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Only professionals may use SCRAPINGBOT's functionalities. [...] SOSTAG grants the LICENCE HOLDER a licence which is solely valid for the duration of the subscription and which is exclusively intended to allow him to use the API and the associated services to the exclusion of any other purpose. [...] The LICENSEE grants a personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable right to use SCRAPINGBOT for the duration of the subscription and for the entire world. [...] Any other use of the API, in particular but not limited to adaptation, modification, translation, arrangement, distribution, decompiling, is prohibited except as provided by law. [...] you agree to refrain from any use of the API contrary to the rules of law, public policy and morality. You acknowledge that you are fully informed that a website may expressly prohibit the use of such a solution and it is your responsibility to read the rules of operation for each website prior to taking advantage of the features provided by SCRAPINGBOT. In case of doubt about the agreement of the website involved in the scraping operation, you undertake to seek the required authorisations prior to using SCRAPINGBOT. [...] You are therefore expected to take all the technical, organisational and legal measures required to ensure that your operations comply with all the legal and regulatory provisions relating to the practice of "scraping" (or "content extraction"). [...] The LICENCE HOLDER declares and accepts: that he is the sole party to determine the purposes and means relating to the processing of personal data. that he is and remains the sole party responsible for the data processing carried out (within the meaning of the RGPD).

## Plan

- Pay: €0
- You get: 500 credits a month
- Enough for: about 16 pages a month

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling

## The call

- You send: scraper "linkedinCompanyProfile", url. Optional: language
- Method: POST
- Path: /scrape/data-scraper

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: professionals 18 or over: a natural person acting in the scope of a commercial, industrial, craft or freelance activity, a legal entity's representative, or an association

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

name, company URL, logo, industry, location

## ScrapingBot's plans (6)

- [ScrapingBot, free](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/scrapingbot/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, live
- [ScrapingBot, €22 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/scrapingbot/22-monthly/llms.txt): 23% complete, live
- [ScrapingBot, €45 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/scrapingbot/45-monthly/llms.txt): 23% complete, live
- [ScrapingBot, €102 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/scrapingbot/102-monthly/llms.txt): 23% complete, live
- [ScrapingBot, €171 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/scrapingbot/171-monthly/llms.txt): 23% complete, live
- [ScrapingBot, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/scrapingbot/contact-us/llms.txt): 23% complete, live

## ScrapingBot's calls (1)

- `POST /scrape/data-scraper`: [ScrapingBot, free](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/scrapingbot/free/llms.txt)

## ScrapingBot's APIs (4)

- [ScrapingBot: similar companies API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/scrapingbot/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapingBot: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/scrapingbot/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapingBot: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/scrapingbot/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapingBot: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/scrapingbot/free/llms.txt)

## ScrapingBot: similar companies API alternatives

- [Social Fetch, free](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/social-fetch/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 46% complete, live
- [ZenRows, free (agent storefront)](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/zenrows/free-agent-storefront/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, live
- [SocialCrawl, free](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/socialcrawl/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, live
- [SociaVault, free](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/sociavault/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-02.

- https://scraping-bot.io/documentation?category=booking&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- https://scraping-bot.io/documentation?category=errors&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- https://scraping-bot.io/documentation?category=raw-html&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- https://scraping-bot.io/documentation?category=social-media&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- https://scraping-bot.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- https://scraping-bot.io/scraper/linkedin-business-profiles?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- https://scraping-bot.io/scraper/linkedin-profiles?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
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