ScrapingAnt pricing: web scraping API, general, Web Scraping API: Headless browser, return_
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$0.00per 1,000 pagesIn our web scraping API benchmark, the best plan from ScrapingAnt scores 68.0 out of 100. ScrapingAnt ranks 23rd of 77 providers.This plan is free. We rank 1,913 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 per 1,000 pages or less.PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages: as little as $0.022. PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan covers up to 15,000 pages a day.Spider Cloud's $40 monthly plan covers any number of pages. Spider Cloud's $40 monthly plan costs more up front than PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan.WebScraping.AI, ScraperAPI and Scrappey are the best web scraping API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.
Plan: Free one of ScrapingAnt's 6 plans
- FreeFree$0.00 per 1,000
- $19 monthly, EnthusiastEnthusiast$0.38 per 1,000
- $49 monthly, StartupStartup$0.196 per 1,000
- $249 monthly, BusinessBusiness$0.166 per 1,000
- $599 monthly, Business ProBusiness Pro$0.15 per 1,000
- Contact us, CustomCustom
Call:
GET /, Web Scraping API: Headless browser, return_GET /, Extended JSON: Headless browser (JS rendering) + premium (residential) proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000v2/ extended GET /, Extended JSON: Headless browser (JS rendering) + standard (datacenter) proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000v2/ extended GET /, Extended JSON: Headless browser, return_v2/ extended page_ source, datacenter proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000 GET /, Extended JSON: Headless browser, return_v2/ extended page_ source, residential proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000 GET /, Extended JSON: Simple request (no browser usage) + premium (residential) proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000v2/ extended GET /, Extended JSON: Simple request (no browser usage) + standard (datacenter) proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000v2/ extended GET /, Markdown: Headless browser (JS rendering) + premium (residential) proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000v2/ markdown GET /, Markdown: Headless browser (JS rendering) + standard (datacenter) proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000v2/ markdown GET /, Markdown: Simple request (no browser usage) + premium (residential) proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000v2/ markdown GET /, Markdown: Simple request (no browser usage) + standard (datacenter) proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000v2/ markdown GET /, Web Scraping API: Headless browser (JS rendering) + premium (residential) proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000v2/ general GET /, Web Scraping API: Headless browser (JS rendering) + standard (datacenter) proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000v2/ general GET /, Web Scraping API: Headless browser, return_v2/ general page_ source, datacenter proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000 GET /, Web Scraping API: Headless browser, return_v2/ general page_ source, residential proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000 GET /, Web Scraping API: Simple request, datacenter proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000v2/ general GET /, Web Scraping API: Simple request, residential proxyFree$0.00 per 1,000v2/ general
API: Web scraping API ScrapingAnt's only API
About this item
- Live. ScrapingAnt fetches the web page you ask for when you call the API.
- 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 /. You can also send timeout, cookies, proxy_country, js_snippet, wait_for_selector and block_resource. The call returns the page's content.v2/ general - 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
ScrapingAnt alternatives: every web scraping API provider ranked
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, return_page_source, datacenter proxy | Decodo, $1,499 monthly, $1,499, POST /v1/scrape, 9,993,333 requests a month | Litescrape, top-up from $10, Usage-based, GET /api/web/fetch | OpenWeb Ninja, $150 monthly, Mega, POST /request, Web Unblocker | ScrapeNinja, $75 monthly, ultra, POST /scrape | |
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| $ per 1,000 pages | $0.15 | $0.15 | $0.15 | $0.15 | $0.15 |
| Completeness | 14% | 29% | 71% | 14% | 14% |
| Billing | monthly | monthly | pay first | monthly | monthly |
| Pay | $599 | $1,499 | $10 | $150 | $75 |
| Enough for | 4,000,000 calls a month | 9,993,333 calls a month | 66,667 calls | 1,000,000 calls a month | 500,000 calls a month |
| Freshness | live | live | live | live | live |
| Who can get it | anyone at least 18 years old, or with a parent's permission | anyone | anyone | anyone, a minor with a parent's permission | anyone |
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, 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
| $ per 1,000 pages | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Per | call |
| Billing | free |
| Also pays for | from the same budget: Markdown Transformation/Extraction · Extended JSON output · AI Data Extraction |
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| Units cap | hard |
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| $ per 1,000 | $0.00 |
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| Their pitch | Web data infrastructure for builders. Headless Chrome, 3M+ rotating proxies, parallel concurrency, and AI extraction — behind one API. |
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| Freshness | live |
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| Keep data | no 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." |
| Pay | $0 |
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| You get | 10,000 credits a month |
| Enough for | 5,000 calls a month |
| Expires | unused credits are not transferred to the next subscription period |
| Concurrent | 1 |
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| Batch | 1 |
| Answer | in the call |
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| Median | 3.14 s |
| You send | url, return_page_source true. Optional: timeout, cookies, proxy_country, js_snippet, wait_for_selector, block_resource |
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| Method | GET |
| Path | /v2/general |
| Plan | Free |
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| Who can get it | anyone 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