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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated July 21st, 2026 # Reviews of ScrapingBee Ease of use 4.9 Customer Service 4.9 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews AK Arvind K ProprietorFinancial Services, Self-employedUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “even with the lowest cost settings of render\_js = false and using US data centers, i am able to get all the extraction i need.“ December 8, 2025 NS Nick S ManagerComputer Software, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Credits are consumed quickly when using JavaScript rendering or advanced features, making it harder to justify for smaller projects or teams with unpredictable scraping volumes.“ January 9, 2026 DA Daniyar A DeveloperInformation Services, Self-employedUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “The API handles the complexities of web scraping, such as managing headless browsers and dealing with JavaScript-rendered content, which makes it very user-friendly.“ August 19, 2024 Eshwaran V CTORetail, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Lack of more structured responses for SERP API, and instead returning only HTML which requires further parsing“ January 26, 2026 NF Nickolas F Associate ProfessorHigher Education, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “You can build and test requests using the online request builders in your account, and the team is incredibly knowledgeable and responsive.“ July 15, 2025 Mark M DeveloperComputer Software, Self-employedUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “There was something I didnt quite get about the website and dashboard - not 100% sure what it is - but it could be a bit 'clearer / cleaner'. Once I worked it our“ January 9, 2026 AK Arvind K ProprietorFinancial Services, Self-employedUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “i particularly like the extraction (css, xpath) feature, because with this extraction i dont have to do my own DOM.“ December 8, 2025 NS Nick S ManagerComputer Software, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The main downside is pricing, which can get expensive as usage scales.“ January 9, 2026 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 137 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Tina J. CEO Translation and Localization Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "A reliable scraping backbone for multilingual market analysis" January 9, 2026 5.0 Our overall experience with ScrapingBee has been very positive. We use it as part of our outbound sales automation to scrape websites and extract practical signals like where traffic seems to come from and which languages a site is available in, and it has been consistently reliable. It removes a lot of the usual scraping headaches around proxies, blocks, and rendering, which means we can focus on using the data rather than fighting with the setup. It feels stable, well thought out, and easy to integrate, and it has scaled nicely as our usage has grown. It is not flashy, but it does exactly what it promises, which is honestly what you want from a scraping service. Pros It is easy to use and has the features we needed to build our tool. Best price on market. Very reliable and easy to integrate, it saves us time by handling blocks and rendering so we can focus on the data. Cons If I have to mention something it would be, that the documentation could be more detailed in some edge cases, and debugging failed requests sometimes requires a bit of trial and error. Alternatives considered [Similarweb](https://www.capterra.com/p/148472/SimilarWeb-Pro/) Reason for choosing ScrapingBee because of price and it gave us the same features. Review Source AK Arvind K. Proprietor Financial Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "strongly recommend" December 8, 2025 5.0 excellent. happily recommend to anyone. support is the best. hardly any down time. very low error rates. even with the lowest cost settings of render\_js = false and using US data centers, i am able to get all the extraction i need. Pros good value. excellent support. i primarily use the scraping. i particularly like the extraction (css, xpath) feature, because with this extraction i dont have to do my own DOM. Cons there is a learning curve. and documentation is bulky takes a day to a week to read through. they should have provided an AI feature on documentation which could build query / fetch requests. also they do not provide examples in javascript, which is what i use. the examples are in python, cURL etc. Alternatives considered [ScrapingAnt](https://www.capterra.com/p/214735/ScrapingAnt/) Reason for choosing ScrapingBee i considered scrapingdog, but it is not on the list. scrapingbee looked ok. i did not have strong reasons then to choose, since i needed to migrate out and desperately needed a tool. Switched from [Web Scraping API](https://www.capterra.com/p/10002279/Web-Scraping-API/) problems with billing and support. in terms of billing they did not conform to the latest banking requirements in india. in terms of support they are very poor. Review Source WF Washington F. CTO Computer Networking Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great Scraper with filtering features" January 23, 2024 5.0 Very good! Makes my life easier by scraping content on our projects. Pros It’s reliable and we have filters to do searches from elements inside a page scrap, this is the best feature so far. Their premium proxy is also very good and makes that all scrap don’t get caught by any captcha or something like. Cons Maybe if we have more plans options it would be great. Alternatives considered [ScrapingAnt](https://www.capterra.com/p/214735/ScrapingAnt/) Reason for choosing ScrapingBee Specially the filter that we can return the scraping as json from elements we want on page. Switched from [ScraperAPI](https://www.capterra.com/p/238595/Scraper-API/) Premium proxy and filter for elements on the page. Review Source Eshwaran V. CTO Retail Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Buzz into the web with ScrapingBee" January 26, 2026 5.0 ScrapingBee is a great proxy service to use at scale for companies looking to ingest tons of web data Pros Request times, ease of integration, cost effective, ScrapingBee's customer relationship management and documentation. Cons Lack of more structured responses for SERP API, and instead returning only HTML which requires further parsing Switched from [ScraperAPI](https://www.capterra.com/p/238595/Scraper-API/) ScraperAPI had unexpected cost hikes without intimiating users, making our ScraperAPI costs jump 10x overnight. ScrapingBee has a more uniform and predictable approach to pricing. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CEO Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Rock-solid web scraping that powers our production AI app" January 9, 2026 5.0 Very positive. ScrapingBee has been stable, predictable, and easy to integrate into a production Bubble app. It’s a foundational part of our AI workflow, and their support team has been responsive and genuinely helpful whenever we’ve had questions. It’s rare to find a tool that works this well and has a team that stands behind it. Pros ScrapingBee has been extremely reliable in production and is a core piece of our Bubble app. It allows us to consistently scrape client websites, pass that data into our AI assistant, and generate highly customized outputs at scale. The API is straightforward, the results are clean, and it handles real-world sites far better than most alternatives we tested. On top of that, their support team is excellent—fast responses, clear explanations, and they went above and beyond to help us. Cons Honestly very little. Like any scraping solution, you still need to think through usage limits as you scale, but that’s expected. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Founder Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "My favourite scraping SaaS by miles! Highly recommend!" September 17, 2025 5.0 ScrapingBee has an amazing product that makes scraping easy for anyone with even basic coding skills. Their product simplifies many different scenarios you may face whilst scraping. They have an excellent and responsive customer service. Highly recommend! Pros ScrapingBee is the ultimate layer on top of which you can build any scraping app! I have used it for scraping hundreds of thousands of websites and deciding whether they are a potential customer or not. Before ScrapingBee, scraping used to be daunting to me but since using ScrapingBee I genuinely believe any public data on the internet is at my disposal! Cons I wouldn't say there is anything I dislike per se but maybe a small con is that new accounts are limited to just 1k credits. I had to create multiple new accounts to test their product before I made the (great) decision to pay for their monthly subscription. It would be good if they offerred like a $10 for 5k credits type of thing. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Data engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product" December 11, 2025 5.0 Pros Scrapingbee offers a lot of different scraping options that will help you with your scraping tasks. And if you cannot figure it out on your own, they have great support that will help you almost immediatly. Cons Sometimes some domains are difficult to scrape but usually Scrapingbee will find a solution for these difficult to scrape domains. Review Source Mark M. Developer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Scraping Bee really grew on us!" January 9, 2026 5.0 Very good so far, will continue using for a large project coming up as it just provides the consistency we need Pros It just worked and worked consistently. We tried many different services before this (mostly a bit cheaper), but there was always something not quite working from rate limits to availability or being blocked. ScrapingBee has been consistently good. It was also really good that the 1000 credits are available to properly test Cons There was something I didnt quite get about the website and dashboard - not 100% sure what it is - but it could be a bit 'clearer / cleaner'. Once I worked it our it is actually very good! Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Product Manager Venture Capital & Private Equity Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great service, highly recommend" January 9, 2026 5.0 Pros Very easy to use, reliable, fast and efficient! They reliably are not blocked, keep the IPs fresh and can handle very high volume. Cons Not many cons I can think of, sometimes I wish there was rollover credits for months that have lower use. Review Source Mikhail K. Founder and GTM Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Founder/GTM Engineer" December 30, 2025 5.0 Overall, great balance between price and value you get. Easy to plug in play to your workflows without lengthy setups/custom scrapers Pros Super simple to set up. I dont have a massive experience with scrapers, but good documentation and user friendly interface made it very easy to get started Cons Concurrencies are something to keep an eye on if you are using it in automated workflows. Would be great to get higher limits Review Source AT Andrejs T. Data developer and scientist Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Happy with Scrapingbee " July 8, 2025 5.0 Pros Powerful scraping service, get scrape almost everything I need. Nice helpful features and helpful support team, who always reply and help to find a solution. Cons Using Scrapingbee for some 4-5 years and never had a reason to switch to other service provider. So far had no sources, that were too difficult for Scrapingbee. Review Source FM Fulvio M. Manager Real Estate Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Haroldas Review" July 30, 2025 5.0 Pros I spoke to Haroldas, and he was excellent and very knowledgeable abiut very technical things and he was able to solve my problem immediately. Cons Their system is very particular and it takes a while to learn their codes and their structure but once you learn it its not bad. Review Source DA Daniyar A. Developer Information Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "ScrapingBee Review" August 19, 2024 5.0 My overall experience with ScrapingBee has been positive. It’s a robust API that simplifies the web scraping process significantly, especially when dealing with complex, JavaScript-heavy websites. The service is fast, reliable, and comes with excellent documentation that makes it easy to get started. While the pricing may be a barrier for some, the value it provides in terms of time saved and ease of use makes it worth considering for larger or more complex scraping projects. Pros What I liked most about ScrapingBee is its simplicity and effectiveness. The API handles the complexities of web scraping, such as managing headless browsers and dealing with JavaScript-rendered content, which makes it very user-friendly. Additionally, ScrapingBee's speed and reliability, even when scraping heavy or dynamic websites, are commendable. Cons What I liked least about ScrapingBee is the cost. While the service is powerful and feature-rich, the pricing can be a bit high for smaller projects or individual developers. Another downside is that the free tier is quite limited, making it difficult to fully evaluate the service without committing to a paid plan. There were also occasional issues with scraping particularly complex websites, though these were relatively rare. Review Source JD Jonathan D. Dev Accounting Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Simple and powerfull scrapinh tool" August 13, 2024 5.0 Devoping a python project that hinges of scraping , scrapingbee was one tool I tested and it's amazingly simple Pros easy to use , well documented and works great Cons free tier has run out before I could finish my development Review Source AQ Anderson Q. Founder Telecommunications Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Scraping made easy" July 20, 2024 5.0 It's been delightful! It's made my task so much easier. Pros ScrapingBee takes the challenge out of data extraction. Allowing users to get their data effortlessly. Cons Nothing comes to mind. It's a simple service. Reason for choosing ScrapingBee More products. Review Source DW David W. Founder Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Marvellous service for power users to take control of web crawling for AI." May 9, 2024 5.0 Truly excellent – a partner for my start-up, Cynthia Systems. Pros Fantastic API – very clean, simple, and powerful. Excellent IP rotation with workers around the world, enabling powerful data acquisition. Brilliant JavaScript rendering, and the ability to disable it as needed. Cons At times, the documentation is a bit too verbose, leading to reading fatigue. I spent slightly too much time learning just how simple and clean the API actually is. The cost is at a premium; however, the value is worth it. Reason for choosing ScrapingBee I was using my own crawler using Selenium and ChromeDriver, but then I got blocked. IP rotation is the most important feature. Review Source WS William S. CEO Events Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A great tool that saves us time" January 23, 2024 5.0 We love it and it's a major part of our tech stack Pros IT does exactly what we want it to do and saves months of dev time dealing with generic issues (stealth proxy etc.) Cons The 400 error responses could be more descriptive Review Source AG Adrian G. Co-Founder Human Resources Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy to setup and use, while being affordable" January 25, 2024 5.0 Pros Easy to setup and use, while being affordable very value for money, especially relative to alternatives out there Cons not much to be honest if i have to nitpick, it will be that there's not much info to a failed request which can make debugging an issue Review Source MK Michael K. Founder Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Reliable API for scraping" January 25, 2024 5.0 Pros Unlike trying to manually scrape websites yourself, ScrapingBee already comes set up to handle all of the issues you're likely to encounter - robot detection etc. Their simple to use API make integrating really easy. Cons At this stage there's nothing I don't like about ScrapingBee. Review Source ZJ Zahra J. Marketing Specialist Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "ScrappingBee and Covolcano" January 24, 2024 5.0 I used the ScrappingBee for 6 months now, and I like their service performance and their API SDKs and documentation. Pros The availability of their service is very high, and our systems that use their API have never stuck till now. Cons If they can present a special scrapper for custom websites like LinkedIn, facebook and other popular websites. Review Source DG David G. CTO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good, dependable scraping tool" January 23, 2024 5.0 Pros It was easy to get started, there was an existing .net library that we used. It allows us to scrape some very big websites that aren't easy get data from. Cons I don't see much of a developer community, public Q&A's, around the product. The pricing is less predictable since the price per request depends on which features are being used or not. Review Source JA João A. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Webscraping without the headaches" May 18, 2022 5.0 Pros ScrappingBee has many features that will fulfill any web scraping project. Not only allows for classical tasks like getting specific fields of the page, but also allows for more complex ones such as the screenshot and bypassing blockages of websites like facebook and google. It's been great and I feel like I'm using 10% of its full potential. Also, the customer support is absolutely fantastic. Any time that I have a question about it, I get a reply in almost immediately. They have also changes features on request! Cons In some cases, it's not possible to set the country code of a request but only in cases where you need to specifically set them on the website. But I haven't explored the geo location of a request which might help in those scenarios. Review Source MR Mike R. CEO Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Powerful web scraping service" February 1, 2024 5.0 Pros you can use one provider for every request and they take care of which proxies to use Cons providing a larger free plan would be a plus Review Source RB Rob B. Software Engineer Online Media Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Solid tool for scraping" January 23, 2024 5.0 Pros It's easy to use and the IP address rotation is automatic, so you don't have to put too much thought into balancing where your requests are coming from. Cons The jump in cost to utilise premium proxies and javascript rendering is quite steep (25x the price of not using these) fortunately i've not had much reason to require them so far. Review Source AO Allen O. Data Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great Solution for Web Scraping" September 9, 2023 5.0 Very happy with the Scrapping Bee for my use case. The support was also terrific. Pros ScrapingBee offers an easy to use, well documented API that provides proxy services and more. I use it extensively for web scrapping. Its premium proxy enabled me to hit websites with high levels of protection such as social media sites Cons It would be nice if the API responses were a bit faster. 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