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ScraperAPI

Freemium
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A web scraping API that simplifies data extraction by handling proxies, browsers, and CAPTCHAs, allowing developers to retrieve raw HTML from any webpage through a simple, reliable API call.

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ScraperAPI is a developer-focused tool designed to streamline the process of web scraping at scale. It abstracts away the most complex parts of data extraction, such as managing proxy rotations, solving CAPTCHAs, and rendering JavaScript-heavy websites with a headless browser. The service is ideal for developers, data scientists, and businesses who need reliable access to web data without building and maintaining their own scraping infrastructure. Its core value proposition lies in its simplicity and reliability, turning a difficult engineering challenge into a single API call. This allows teams to focus on data analysis and application development rather than getting blocked or managing IP addresses.

Pros

  • Manages a large pool of rotating proxies (datacenter, residential, and mobile) automatically.
  • Handles CAPTCHA solving and browser identity management to avoid blocks.
  • Renders JavaScript-heavy single-page applications using a built-in headless browser.
  • Offers geotargeting to retrieve data from specific country locations.
  • Simple integration via a straightforward API endpoint, compatible with any language.

Cons

  • Can become costly for high-volume scraping compared to a self-hosted solution.
  • Concurrency limits on lower-tier plans can slow down large-scale scraping jobs.
  • Debugging failed requests can be opaque as the underlying proxy/header logic is hidden.
  • Structured data parsing is not a core feature and may be less robust than dedicated parsing tools.

Key features

  • Rotating IP addresses with a pool of millions of proxies
  • JavaScript rendering for dynamic websites
  • Automatic CAPTCHA solving
  • Geotargeting for country-specific results
  • Residential and mobile proxies for difficult targets
  • Customizable request headers and methods (GET, POST)
  • Asynchronous API for batch scraping
  • JSON parsing with structured data endpoint

Integrations

PythonNode.jsRubyPHPJavaC#cURLScrapyPuppeteerPostman

Target audience

Developers, data scientists, and businesses of all sizes who need to gather web data at scale without managing scraping infrastructure like proxies and headless browsers.

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Active Users

50,000+ developers

Founded

2018

Headquarters

San Francisco, USA

Pricing Tiers

Free

5,000 free API credits to start. Includes 5 concurrent threads, datacenter proxies, and standard support.

Free

Hobby

100,000 API Credits, 10 concurrent threads, US & EU geotargeting, and JS rendering.

$49/mo

Startup

250,000 API Credits, 25 concurrent threads, all Hobby features, and access to premium residential proxies.

$99/mo

Business

1,000,000 API Credits, 50 concurrent threads, all Startup features, and access to all geotargeting locations.

$249/mo

Enterprise

Over 3,000,000 API credits. Includes custom concurrency, access to the full proxy pool, custom contracts, and dedicated support.

Custom

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