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ScrapingAnt pricing and alternatives: web scraping API, general, Web Scraping API: Headless browser (no JS rendering, return_page_source parameter is true) + standard (datacenter) proxy

ScrapingAnt's sitellms.txtBest web scraping API in 2026
14% complete: 1 of the 7 key fields we checkSee the 7 fields
$0.00per 1,000 pagesThe cheapest of the 473 plans 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: Free one of ScrapingAnt's 6 plans
Call: GET /v2/general, Web Scraping API: Headless browser (no JS rendering, return_page_source parameter is true) + standard (datacenter) proxy one of ScrapingAnt's 16 calls
API: Web scraping API ScrapingAnt's only API

About this item

  • Live. The call fetches the page when you make it.
  • 1 of the 7 key fields we check. HTML.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 10,000 credits a month, enough for 5,000 calls. Calls stop once your credits run out. Unused credits are not transferred to the next subscription period.
  • One call. You send url and return_page_source true to GET /v2/general. You can also send timeout, cookies, proxy_country, js_snippet, wait_for_selector and block_resource. The call returns the page's content.
  • Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old, or with a parent's permission. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

ScrapingAnt: web scraping API alternatives

The table starts with ScrapingAnt's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 pages closest to ScrapingAnt's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

ScrapingAnt, $599 monthly, Business Pro, GET /v2/general, Web Scraping API: Headless browser (no JS rendering, return_page_source parameter is true) + standard (datacenter) proxyScraperAPI, $149 monthly, Startup, GET /, Sync APIDecodo, $1,499 monthly, $1,499, POST /v1/scrape, 9,993,333 requests a monthOpenWeb Ninja, $150 monthly, Mega, POST /request, Web UnblockerZenRows, $1,290 yearly, Launch L3, billed yearly, GET /v1/, Fetch a page
$ per 1,000 pages$0.15$0.149$0.15$0.15$0.154
Completeness14%43%29%0%43%
Billingmonthlymonthlymonthlymonthlyyearly
Pay$599$149$1,499$150$1,290
Enough for4,000,000 calls a month1,000,000 calls a month9,993,333 calls a month1,000,000 calls a month8,400,000 calls a year
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone at least 18 years old, or with a parent's permissionanyoneanyoneanyone, a minor with a parent's permissionanyone of legal age (18) with the legal capacity to contract

Every web scraping API provider we score, ranked

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.

  1. docs.scrapingant.com/api-basics
  2. docs.scrapingant.com/credits-cost
  3. docs.scrapingant.com/custom-cookies
  4. docs.scrapingant.com/custom-headers
  5. docs.scrapingant.com/errors
  6. docs.scrapingant.com/proxy-settings
  7. docs.scrapingant.com/request-response-format
  8. scrapingant.com
  9. scrapingant.com/legal/terms-of-use

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, not in the answer
  • HTML
  • Text, not in the answer
  • Summary, not in the answer
  • Links, not in the answer
  • Images, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 pages$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: Markdown Transformation/Extraction · Extended JSON output · AI Data Extraction
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchWeb data infrastructure for builders. Headless Chrome, 3M+ rotating proxies, parallel concurrency, and AI extraction — behind one API.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use data"You must use the data you collect from third parties when using our Services only in compliance with all terms and conditions, policies of third parties and laws, rules, regulations applicable to your data collection process." "You agree that you use the Services solely for collecting data from publicly accessible websites. Whenever such websites contain proprietary, copyrighted and/or confidential data, you agree to comply with all terms and conditions, policies of such websites and all copyright and other intellectual property laws and regulations regarding protection of type of data you collect. You also agree to comply with data protection laws within any applicable jurisdiction, including comply with GDPR in all respects." [...] "By accessing to and/or using the Services you shall not collect illegal, hate-related, drug-related data or any data that violates these Terms or terms and conditions of websites where you collect data. You shall not engage in any fraudulent business practices or any other activity that is illegal under applicable laws." [...] "WE DO NOT PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY RIGHTS, LICENSE OR PERMISSIONS REGARDING COLLECTION DATA THROUGH THE SERVICES."
Plan
Pay$0
You get10,000 credits a month
Enough for5,000 calls a month
Expiresunused credits are not transferred to the next subscription period
Rate limit
Concurrent1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendurl, return_page_source true. Optional: timeout, cookies, proxy_country, js_snippet, wait_for_selector, block_resource
MethodGET
Path/v2/general
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone at least 18 years old, or with a parent's permission
The 3 fields the plan's answer can hold

page HTML, status code, cookies

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