Web scraping API

ScraperAPI, $49 monthly, Hobby, GET /, Sync API with ultra premium and JS rendering

ScraperAPI's site llms.txt Best web scraping API in 2026

43% complete: 3 of the 7 key fields we checkSee the 7 fields

$36.75per 1,000 pagesHalf of the 473 plans we rank by price cost $1.50 per 1,000 pages or less. This plan is the most expensive of the 473 plans.The cheapest plan we rank by price is Scrapestack, $199.99 monthly, Business, GET /scrape, Scrape, at $0.067 per 1,000 pages.ScraperAPI, Scrapestack and HasData are the best web scraping API providers in our benchmark.

Plan: Hobby one of ScraperAPI's 15 plans

Call: GET /, Sync API with ultra premium and JS rendering one of ScraperAPI's 13 calls for this API

API: Web scraping API one of ScraperAPI's 2 APIs

About this item

Live. The call fetches the page when you make it.
3 of the 7 key fields we check. Markdown, HTML, Text.
A monthly subscription. You pay $49 for 100,000 credits, enough for about 1,333 calls. Calls stop once your credits run out. Unused credits expire at renewal.
One call. You send url to GET /. You set ultra_premium to "true" and render to "true". The call returns the page's content.
Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

ScraperAPI: web scraping API alternatives

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 pages. Each plan in the table gives live data.

	This planScraperAPI, $49 monthly, Hobby, GET /, Sync API with ultra premium and JS rendering	Geekflare, $10 pack, Spark, POST /webscraping, Web Scraping with AI Extraction	ScrapingBee, $19 monthly, Hobby, GET /api/v1/, HTML API, stealth proxy	ScrapingAnt, $19 monthly, Enthusiast, GET /v2/extended, Extended JSON: Headless browser (JS rendering) + premium (residential) proxy	StealthASF, €11 pack, 25k credit pack, POST /v1/scrape, Ultra request
$ per 1,000 pages	$36.75	$16.00	$19.00	$23.75	$24.757
Completeness	43%	0%	57%	29%	14%
Billing	monthly	pay first	monthly	monthly	pay first
Pay	$49	$10	$19	$19	€11
Enough for	about 1,333 calls a month	625 calls	1,000 calls a month	800 calls a month	500 calls
Freshness	live	live	live	live	live
Who can get it	anyone	anyone	any natural person aged at least 18 years old with full and complete legal capacity acting in the scope of their professional activity or being the legal representative of a legal entity empowered to enter into legally binding commitments	anyone at least 18 years old, or with a parent's permission	anyone

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Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-28.

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

Screenshot, not in the answer
Markdown
HTML
Text
Summary, not in the answer
Links, not in the answer
Images, not in the answer

Price
$ per 1,000 pages	$36.75
Per	call
Billing	monthly
$ a month	$49

Charges
Also pays for	from the same budget: Amazon Product API · Amazon Search API · Amazon Offers API · eBay Product API · eBay Search API · Home Depot Product API · Home Depot Reviews API · Home Depot Search API · Walmart Product API · Walmart Search API · Walmart Category API · Walmart Reviews API · Google News API · Google Jobs API · Google Shopping API · Google Maps Search API · Redfin Agent Details API · Redfin 'For Rent' Listings API · Redfin 'For Sale' Listings API · Redfin Listing Search API · ChatGPT · Perplexity · Gemini · Google AI Mode · Google SERP API · Sync API · Sync API with JS rendering · Sync API with premium proxies · Sync API with premium proxies and JS rendering · Sync API with ultra premium · Sync API with screenshot · Async API · Async API with JS rendering · Async API with premium proxies · Async API with premium proxies and JS rendering · Async API with ultra premium · Async API with ultra premium and JS rendering

Overage
Units cap	hard

Not found
$ per 1,000	$0.00

In their words
Their pitch	We also have a higher premium level that can be used on really tough target websites.

Data
Freshness	live
Keep data	no limit
Use data	You may use the Platform and Services solely for the purposes of data extraction from publicly accessible pages or APIs on publicly accessible websites [...] provided such use does not conflict with these Terms of Use. [...] It is strictly prohibited to gather data from third party sites in violation of the third party sites’ own terms of service, or by logging into a website that is protected by authentication and/or authorisation mechanisms such as OAUTH or API Key or login. [...] You may not: Use them in a manner likely to unreasonably limit usage by our other customers, including but not limited to burdening the server on which the Platform is located by automated requests outside the interface designed for such a purpose or otherwise harm other customers, us, our proxies or any target websites in any way, Gather, save, enable the transmission to third parties or enable access to the content that is (themselves or their accessibility) contradictory to the generally binding legal regulations effective under applicable law where the Platform or Services are used or where detrimental consequences could arise by taking such actions [...]

Plan
Pay	$49
You get	100,000 credits a month
Enough for	about 1,333 calls a month
Expires	at renewal

Rate limit
Concurrent	20

Speed
Answer	in the call

The call
You send	url, ultra_premium "true", render "true". Optional: wait_for_selector, country_code, device_type, output_format, follow_redirect, autoparse, max_cost, cache_control
Method	GET
Path	/

About the plan
Plan	Hobby
Who can get it	anyone

The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

page HTML, page markdown, page text, credits used, from cache