ScrapingBee

What it does

ScrapingBee takes a target URL plus options such as JavaScript rendering, proxy type, geotargeting, screenshots, CSS or XPath extraction rules, or a natural-language AI query. It returns raw or rendered HTML, clean Markdown or plain text, structured JSON, screenshots, or results from dedicated endpoints for sources such as Amazon, Walmart, Google Search and YouTube.

People typically call the API from their own code, scheduled jobs, or no-code tools such as n8n, Make and Zapier, or connect it to AI coding tools through its CLI and MCP server. Its distinct features are the handling of headless Chrome rendering, rotating and premium or stealth proxies, and AI extraction so users do not build their own proxy or browser stack.

It suits developers and product teams that need web data at scale for e-commerce monitoring, market research or AI retrieval. Access requires a ScrapingBee account and API key, and the free allowance of 1,000 credits has no card requirement. Costs scale with credits per request, and JavaScript rendering and premium proxies consume more credits, so heavier scraping needs a higher plan.

What it can do

• Fetch raw or JavaScript-rendered HTML from public web pages through one API call
• Return clean Markdown or plain text output suitable for LLM workflows
• Extract structured JSON using CSS or XPath rules or natural-language AI queries
• Execute JavaScript scenarios such as clicks, waits and form fills before extraction
• Capture browser-rendered screenshots of pages or specific selectors
• Route requests through rotating, premium or stealth proxies with country-level geotargeting

Works with

• make
• n8n
• Zapier
• MCP Server
• ScrapingBee CLI with ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Cursor, Claude Code and Gemini

Before you choose

• Each request consumes credits that vary by feature: JavaScript rendering costs 5 credits and premium proxies cost 10 or 25 credits, so budget by feature use.
• Credits are valid for one month and do not roll over, and only successful requests returning HTTP 200, 404 or 410 are charged.
• The API is for public web pages; users should confirm their scraping use complies with the target sites and applicable rules.

Listed under

• Data
• Data extraction
• API
• Developers
• LLM data pipelines
• Proxies
• Serp data

Get started

Account creation gives 1,000 free API credits with no credit card required, then an API key is used for requests.

1. Create a ScrapingBee account, confirm the email address, and copy the API key from the dashboard.
2. Send a GET request to the HTML API endpoint with the URL-encoded target and the API key in the Authorization Bearer header.
3. Add options such as render_js, premium_proxy, stealth_proxy, extract_rules, ai_query or screenshot as needed, and check credit cost for each request.

Plans are monthly and prices exclude VAT. Credits are valid for one month and do not roll over. The 1,000 free credits at signup are an entry allowance rather than a permanent free tier. Per-request credit costs vary by feature.

Source: scrapingbee.com/pricing, checked 29 Oct 2026. Prices can change; check before you buy.

Sources for this overview

Product pages, documentation, and pricing checked 29 Oct 2026. Each source supports part of the overview; availability and prices can change.

• ScrapingBee – The Best Web Scraping API ↗www.scrapingbee.com
• HTML API ↗www.scrapingbee.com
• ScrapingBee – The Best Web Scraping API ↗www.scrapingbee.com
• Pricing - ScrapingBee Web Scraping API ↗www.scrapingbee.com

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Last checked 29 Oct 2026. Every field keeps its source and date; unknown means we couldn’t confirm it.