# Scrapfly Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Scrapfly the right Data Extraction solution for you? Explore 237 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/212653/Scrapfly/reviews --- Scrapfly 4.9 (237) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/212653/Scrapfly/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated April 16th, 2026 # Reviews of Scrapfly Ease of use 4.8 Customer Service 4.7 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews MM Megan M Principal InvestigatorResearch, Self-employedUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “The API is straightforward to integrate and handles the complexity of web scraping behind the scenes; proxy rotation, anti-bot bypass, and JavaScript rendering all just work without having to manage that infrastructure ourselves.“ February 24, 2026 OH Oscar H DataAnalystCosmetics, Self-employedUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “The documentation for fine-tuning ASP vs. non-ASP decisions by site is thin, so there's trial and error involved.“ March 2, 2026 MC Maxime C SEO and Data ConsultantMarketing and Advertising, Self-employedUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Scrapfly delivers a complete scraping toolkit with everything I need in one platform: residential proxies, anti-bot bypass technology, and extraction templates that significantly streamline advanced automation workflows.“ November 22, 2025 MM Márkó M I am student.Information Technology and Services, Self-employedUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “As a new client I have not found anything I did not like on scrapfly, as I think the UI can be handled easily, and all the scraping method I use has a unique example on the descreption, so I have not found anything I do not like on scrapfly yet.“ November 15, 2025 Y. Selim G FounderInternet, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Additionally, having a built-in headless browser (rendering JS) via a simple API parameter makes the transition from simple GET requests to complex dynamic scraping seamless.“ April 14, 2026 EN Emil N DeveloperProgram Development, Self-employedUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “The public\_datacenter\_pool proxy did not work well for me — the very first API call was blocked, so I had to switch to the residential\_pool, which costs 25 credits per API call.“ November 10, 2025 OC Ole C COOIndustrial Automation, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “The debugging tools also make a noticeable difference, as they allow you to quickly identify issues and fine-tune your requests without too much trial and error.“ April 20, 2026 RP Richard P SWEComputer Software, Self-employedUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “I was overcharged and support initially denied there was an overcharge, then claimed I would not be charged for it, then when I was overcharged offered credits instead, then claimed the overcharge was my fault, then claimed the overcharge was as expected.“ May 1, 2026 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 237 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Nick T. Founder Consumer Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Reliable scraping API that handles the hard stuff" April 6, 2026 5.0 Scrapfly has been a solid tool for our data collection needs. We use it for monitoring product availability across thousands of store locations. The API is straightforward, support is responsive (\[sensitive content hidden\] personally follows up), and it handles JavaScript-rendered pages that other scrapers choke on. Would recommend for anyone who needs reliable web data extraction without building everything from scratch. Pros Reliable data extraction API that handles anti-bot protections well. Easy to integrate — just an API key and a URL. Their proxy rotation and browser rendering save a ton of time compared to building your own scraping infrastructure. Good documentation. Cons The dashboard UI could be more intuitive for monitoring usage and debugging failed requests. Was hard to enter my debit card at first, then figured out how to resolve the form load bug. Alternatives considered [Oxylabs](https://www.capterra.com/p/10001951/Oxylabs/)[ZenRows](https://www.capterra.com/p/237290/ZenRows/) Reason for choosing Scrapfly Better handling of anti-bot protections out of the box, simpler API, and more transparent pricing. Their browser rendering worked on sites where others failed. Switched from [ZenRows](https://www.capterra.com/p/237290/ZenRows/) Needed better success rates on JavaScript-heavy sites. ZenRows was hit or miss on pages with heavy anti-bot protection. Review Source OF Owen F. Developer Internet Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Impressive success rate" April 3, 2026 5.0 My overall experience with Scrapfly is that of a reliability-first infrastructure tool. For a production-grade project, it acts as a managed abstraction layer that converts the high-entropy game of anti-bot bypass into a deterministic API configuration. It is the professional choice: you are trading a higher monthly spend for the recovery of dozens of engineering hours previously lost to WAF maintenance. Pros The Anti-Bot Selection engine is the only consistent solution for the 2026-era "Turnstile Wall." While standard residential proxies and TLS impersonation libraries are increasingly hit-or-miss on site, Scrapfly’s ASP handles the browser fingerprinting and managed challenges out of the box. It effectively turned a high-maintenance "cat and mouse" game into a deterministic API call. Cons I burned through the trial credits rapidly, so had to take the leap of faith and sign up without really being able to test it out. Alternatives considered [Bright Data](https://www.capterra.com/p/208755/Bright-Data/) Reason for choosing Scrapfly Scrapfly's price and API - very powerful yet easy integration. Review Source RP Richard P. SWE Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Good product, awful customer support" May 1, 2026 3.0 Pros Scrapfly has a convenient system for getting around bot detection systems called Anti Scraping Protection. Cons Customer support is useless. I was overcharged and support initially denied there was an overcharge, then claimed I would not be charged for it, then when I was overcharged offered credits instead, then claimed the overcharge was my fault, then claimed the overcharge was as expected. They just were not willing to admit there is a bug in their system overcharging users. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CEO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Excellent success and easy learning curve" January 24, 2026 4.0 Overall, using Scrapfly has been a great experience and a fun learning project. It will likely remain a smaller portion of my project and serve as a bit of a 'fallback' logic in case I fail to bypass some very difficult sites and want to employ a >95% success in extracting a specific product / page. I still recommend it for smaller projects, learning, or the right use cases! Pros Scrapfly is remarkably easy to set-up in a Python configuration, or just test out in their API testing suite in the browser. Logging is easy, and if you want to get heavy into tweaking your settings you can (caching, timeouts, page loads, proxy types, etc) OR just 'send it' and let Scrapfly manage what gets you a valid response. Their success rate even on Datadome or Akamai protected sites was remarkably high and really satisfying to see. Cons Scrapfly pricing making sense is going to depend heavily on your use case. The overall effort to implement Scrapfly is a selling point for sure but the ease is largely a 'one time' benefit. Ongoing costs for extraction/crawling should be closely checked against the benefits of you using a DC Proxy pool / Residential Proxy pool (or mix of the two) and the ongoing cost per gb. Your volume and needs, as well as difficulty of the sites you're targeting and your skill level will likely determine which product is best for you. Alternatives considered [ScrapingBee](https://www.capterra.com/p/195060/ScrapingBee/)[ScraperAPI](https://www.capterra.com/p/238595/Scraper-API/) Reason for choosing Scrapfly I chose a combination of these products, but Scrapfly was chosen to serve for hard to extract products based on it's strong cost performance and success rate as well as easy implementation. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Partner Investment Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Top-notch, fully-featured, well-documented scraping engine" April 15, 2026 5.0 Overall very happy with the product and view it as an increasingly important and powerful tool now that generative AI coding agents allow for the creation of more and more robust scraping pipelines. Pros Very easy to use, great documentation, transparent pricing and good dashboard. When the scraper broke for a particular site (enhanced anti-bot technology), Scrapfly support was responsive and fixed the issue quickly. Cons Not perfect in terms of anti-bot capabilities, but this is a challenging space and I think Scrapfly overall does an excellent job. Alternatives considered [ScrapingBee](https://www.capterra.com/p/195060/ScrapingBee/) Reason for choosing Scrapfly Indicated to be better regarded and more effective from desktop research. Review Source JW Julius W. Chief Executive Officer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Very Good Scrapper" April 17, 2026 5.0 Pros I like the ease of use, seamless integration with custom applications, effectiveness as a scrapper and various features to fine tune my implementation. Plus relatively cost effective. Cons It can be a little unclear as to why I'm using as many tokens/credits. I wish I can have a better understanding of per call what is getting me from x to y depending on what implementation. Just per call feedback. Alternatives considered [Google Docs](https://www.capterra.com/p/160756/Google-Docs/) Reason for choosing Scrapfly It worked almost immediately and the cost seems worth it. Switched from [GitHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/) Inability to scrape the sites I'm looking for. Review Source Y. Selim G. Founder Internet Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Best API for Bypassing Anti-Bot Protection" April 14, 2026 5.0 My experience has been overwhelmingly positive. Scrapfly functions as a "set-and-forget" middle layer for data extraction. Before switching, we spent 30% of our development cycle just maintaining proxy pools and fighting 403 errors. Scrapfly has effectively offloaded that entire infrastructure burden. The dashboard provides great observability into success rates and latency, making it easy to justify the cost through the sheer amount of engineering time saved. Pros The Anti-Bot Detection bypass is easily the standout feature. Scrapfly handles Cloudflare, Akamai, and Datadome challenges more reliably than almost any other SDK I’ve used. The ASP (Anti-Scraping Protection) system saves dozens of hours that would otherwise be spent on custom header rotation and fingerprinting. Additionally, having a built-in headless browser (rendering JS) via a simple API parameter makes the transition from simple GET requests to complex dynamic scraping seamless. Cons The pricing structure for API credits can be a bit steep if you are doing massive, high-volume crawls that require full JavaScript rendering, as those "cost" significantly more credits per request. Also, while the documentation is generally excellent, the Python SDK could benefit from more niche examples regarding complex post-request scenarios or specific session persistence edge cases. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer AI Engineer Computer Hardware Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Powerful Scaling Once You Find the "Feature" Sweet Spot" March 30, 2026 4.0 Overall, my experience was very positive. Although I hit a bit of a learning curve regarding when to use the advanced anti-bot features versus standard requests, the technical performance of the tool is undeniable. It handled a large-scale project (170k+ items) without breaking a sweat. I’d recommend it to anyone doing high-volume scraping, just be sure to test your target site without ASP first to save on costs! Pros The scalability and reliability are top-notch. I used Scrapfly to scrape over 170k items from eBay Australia, and once the configuration was set, the process was incredibly smooth. The API handles the heavy lifting of proxy rotation and headless browsing very well, allowing me to focus on the data rather than the infrastructure. Cons The pricing transparency regarding specialized features could be clearer. I initially struggled with the Anti-Bot ASP (Anti-Scraping Protection) setting. I found that enabling it wasn't necessary for my specific use case, but it costs 25x more in terms of API credits. It took some expensive trial and error to realize that standard settings worked just fine for my target site. Review Source Marcelo R. Managing Member Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "The only scraper that doesn't get blocked" April 17, 2026 5.0 Love using scrapfly, would highly recommend it. Their scraper set up is easily superior to something like firecrawl (firecrawl gets blocked often and is easy to replicate). Pros Scrapfly's ability to avoid detection from heavily protected websites is incredible. Failures are easy to spot with a combination of helpful screenshots and logs. Did I mention they're able to trigger/store downloads? This is super useful for when you're automating around public export data. Their LLM integrations and documentation is excellent as well which makes it that much easier to build with. Cons The only thing I dislike about Scrapfly is that there aren't as many options when you're scraping so you'll find yourself dropping to raw javascript to trigger actions which can be highly problematic in certain sites. More tooling around what you can do with scraping would be great. I would also like lower priced tiers or more pay-as-you-go pricing to unlock the full usage. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer AI developer Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "simple and useful" April 14, 2026 5.0 I solved a scraping problem with scrapFly while it was impossible doing it with any other one. i tried. Pros simple solution! just get an api key and launch it! you can scrape whatever you want with really good comparable price. Cons nothing! maybe their authentication process could be faster and somehow automated using many available solutions or 3rd party companies. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Consultant Venture Capital & Private Equity Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Solid anti-scraping and consistent service" January 27, 2025 5.0 I find myself using it more and more. It's easy and fast. Pros Scrapfly has some very useful tooling in their dashboard to help speed up testing and scraping. I found myself jumping to the API Player feature multiple times to try out various ideas. I also like the batch endpoint. It takes away managing large url lists and reduces the need to send multiple requests that trigger detection. Their github repo of scraping scripts are also useful examples. Cons I never like it when services don't make the number of uses very clear. A credit-based system obfuscates this a bit. Alternatives considered [ScraperAPI](https://www.capterra.com/p/238595/Scraper-API/) Reason for choosing Scrapfly I use both products. I also use some other related services. Review Source GB Goutham B. Owner Retail Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A Reliable, Affordable, and Essential Scraping Tool" November 18, 2025 5.0 Our overall experience has been excellent. Scrapfly has given us a stable and scalable solution for high-volume data extraction across thousands of domains. It integrates cleanly into our workflows, handles edge cases well, and has saved us a significant amount of time compared to building everything from scratch or relying on less dependable providers. Customer support has also been responsive the few times we reached out. We don’t plan on switching—Scrapfly has become a long-term tool for us. Pros Scrapfly has been incredibly reliable for our workflow. We use it every day to scrape thousands of websites, and the performance has been consistently fast and stable. The pricing is also one of the best value-for-money options we’ve seen—much more affordable than other scraping services while still offering a full feature set. The learning curve is minimal, the UI is straightforward, and the API is flexible enough for both simple and complex extraction tasks. Overall, it has become a core part of our automation stack. Cons Honestly, we haven’t run into any major issues so far. If anything, we’d love to see even more built-in convenience tools (like additional prebuilt scraping templates or automated retry strategies), but that’s more of a wish list than a complaint. Review Source Dhruv K. CEO Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The Swiss Army Knife of Web Scraping" February 20, 2026 5.0 Scrapfly has become an indispensable tool in my stack. If you're doing any kind of serious data collection at scale, this saves you an enormous amount of headache. Pros Cloudflare bypass actually works, and works consistently. Before Scrapfly, I was burning hours rotating proxies, tweaking headers, and still getting blocked. Their anti-bot bypass handles it out of the box. The JavaScript rendering is equally solid; pages that require full browser execution come back clean and complete without me having to spin up Puppeteer or Playwright instances on my own infrastructure. Cons Credit usage can add up quickly if you're heavy on JS rendering and anti-bot features, so you do need to be thoughtful about which requests actually need the full treatment versus a simple fetch. Do a layered approach. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Founder Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great, if you know what you're doing" January 7, 2026 5.0 Meant for developers, which I appreciate. This is not meant for users who don't feel comfortable with an API. Pros It works well and it's cost-effective. Other solutions failed for what I was trying to do but Scrapfly worked right away. Cons A bit of a learning curve, but that's what I would expect with this type of product. There are a lot of features so you have to spend some time making sense of things. Review Source MM Megan M. Principal Investigator Research Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### " Reliable Web Scraping Without the Headaches" February 24, 2026 5.0 Overall positive experience. I use Scrapfly as part of a larger AI research platform for web content extraction and data gathering. It was easy to integrate into our Node.js backend, and it reliably handles sites that would otherwise block automated requests. It does what it promises — takes the pain out of dealing with anti-bot protections and lets us focus on what we actually want to do with the data rather than fighting to access it. Pros The API is straightforward to integrate and handles the complexity of web scraping behind the scenes; proxy rotation, anti-bot bypass, and JavaScript rendering all just work without having to manage that infrastructure ourselves. The content extraction is reliable for pulling structured data from pages, which saves a lot of manual parsing work. Cons Credits can run out faster than expected on heavy scraping jobs, and the pricing can add up if you're doing large-scale crawling. Clearer usage estimates or a dashboard showing projected credit burn rate would help with planning. Review Source Victor A. CTO Computer & Network Security Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "AI Agents LOVE ScrapFly" January 6, 2026 5.0 Awesome sauce! I'll keep using them as a big part of my AI automations going forward, they'll definitely make access a breeze Pros I've created a web crawling company in the past; the interface and speed of the crawls here is excellent and I get back exactly what I'd expect. Cons Nothing, I generally like all the controls I get. The residential proxies are key when looking to acquire hard to get data. Review Source Tormund G. CTO Food & Beverages Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "A great tool that easily get you started" November 8, 2025 5.0 I have tried several similar services, but none of them was as easy to get started with. It just worked. Pros It was easy to get started, and the service was reliable. They provided me with everything I needed, and I got to test it out with free credits. So I could verify that it was working for my use case, before committing. Cons It did cost some money beyond the free credits, but it was well worth it. The UI is a bit wonky and rough around the edges, but as a developer my self, I can understand the priority. But after all, everything worked, and that is the most important thing. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer IT Administrator Consumer Electronics Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Awesome tool " March 3, 2026 5.0 Pros That i can scrap data from websites that another scraper cant reach! Its awesome tool for awesome price Cons Everything is great so far so I can’t add any bad word so far . Scrapfly is reliable and works great Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Co-Founder Computer & Network Security Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Works as intended." March 12, 2026 5.0 My overall experience with Scrapfly has been very positive. I’m very happy with the platform and especially enjoy using the API, which is powerful, reliable, and easy to integrate into my workflows. Pros The ease of use stood out immediately. Scrapfly made it simple to start scraping data without complicated setup, and the documentation and tools were clear. Cons As of today, I haven’t found anything I dislike about Scrapfly. The platform works as expected, the features perform reliably, and the overall experience has been smooth so far. Review Source MC Matthew C. Founder Consumer Goods Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Enjoy using scrapfly!!!!" December 6, 2025 5.0 Great stability & education for users. I love the experience with scrapfly and I would definitely keep using it. Pros I love the stability of scrapfly when handling the esty scraping. So far success rate still keep 100%. And I also love that scrapfly include a very thorough academy towards web scraping which is super helpful for me to equip myself as a junior data engineer. Cons Since I am a junior data engineer, i need to use a little time to check on documentations in finding relevant information regarding the esty setup. But after that, everything is smooth. Review Source AS Alan S. CEO Financial Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Easy to start with proof of concept" February 18, 2026 5.0 Postitive so far, the dashboard is great for monitoring costs and once you get the API key you are up and running in minutes. It was great to have the free credit to test proof of concept Pros ive just started with Scrapfly and its worked great, been very reliable so far. I the documentation has been excellent too Cons there is a small learning curve and id like a better explanation of the credits and how they are used up. i used chatgpt to sumerise this though Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Director Retail Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Scrapfly Review - PulsePromo" October 25, 2025 5.0 Happy & will continue . Pros Understandable pricing structures & free trial quick contact & service . Cons It would be good to have someone/service to integrate it for you . Review Source CC Carlo C. Account executive Machinery Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Good for new folks" November 24, 2025 5.0 Great for people who just needs something plug and play. Would be great to see info for optimization. Pros Ease of use. Value for money. With AI, learning curve is easy. very good that i can easily track my api usage. Cons Im burning through credits when it fails. Nothing really to hate about it. It's plug and play. It tries to scrape what you give it. Review Source GH Geoffrey H. President Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Recommended API for scraping" October 8, 2025 5.0 Been using it for more than a week and the results are consistent. Tried it initially because I was using a competitor that didn't work as expected. Pros It works and I get the results I wanted. The document is clear, and the dashboard gives all the informations needed. Cons The list of parameters are a bit complex, but that's also the price to pay for high personalization. Review Source RO Reza O. Data Scientist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Powerful and Reliable Web Scraping API with Excellent Support" December 1, 2025 5.0 It’s stable, fast, and far less hassle than managing my own proxy pools or headless browsers. I’ve been impressed with how they keep improving the platform. Pros I love how flexible the API is and rotating proxies all in one place. The dashboard is intuitive, and the documentation is detailed enough to get up and running fast. Their customer support team is also very responsive and knowledgeable, which is a huge plus. Cons Like most powerful scraping platforms, Scrapfly can feel a bit overwhelming at first if you’re not very technical. 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