Scrapfly vs ScrapingBee: plan sizes and credit multipliers
Published prices compared, with the arithmetic shown. Last checked . Prices only: we have not tested reliability, speed or output quality.
At a glance
| Scrapfly | ScrapingBee | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | scraping apis | scraping apis |
| Free tier | 1,000 credits on signup, no card, no time limit (one-time allotment). | 1,000 free API credits, no card (trial grant). |
| Entry paid price | from $30/mo | from $19/mo |
| MCP / agent support | Yes | Yes |
| Verification | full verification | full verification |
| Official pricing page | Pricing (opens official site in a new tab) | Pricing (opens official site in a new tab) |
Analysis
Scrapfly and ScrapingBee use the same shape of pricing (monthly plan with credits, multipliers for JS rendering and protected pages) but different multipliers: Scrapfly 5 / 25 credits, ScrapingBee 5 / 25 credits for JS / protected pages. The tables below show where plan sizes and multipliers cross over.
Estimated monthly cost at three volumes
Computed with the same model as the cost calculator: the cheapest published plan that covers the volume, including published overage rates. Plans that require annual billing are included and labelled (monthly equivalent). Free tiers are not subtracted. Prices only; neither number says anything about success rate.
| Requests / month | Scrapfly | ScrapingBee | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $30.00 Discovery | $19.00 Hobby | ScrapingBee cheaper by $11.00 (1.6x) |
| 100,000 | $30.00 Discovery | $49.00 Freelance | Scrapfly cheaper by $19.00 (1.6x) |
| 1,000,000 | $100 Pro | $99.00 Startup | ScrapingBee cheaper by $1.00 (1.01x) |
Where the cheaper option changes (Basic page fetch). On our volume grid (1,000 to 10,000,000 requests per month), at 1,000 to 30,000 requests per month ScrapingBee is cheaper; at 100,000 requests per month Scrapfly is cheaper; at 300,000 to 3,000,000 requests per month ScrapingBee is cheaper; at 10,000,000 requests per month only Scrapfly has a published plan that covers the volume (the other publishes no overage or larger plan we can model).
| Requests / month | Scrapfly | ScrapingBee | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $30.00 Discovery | $19.00 Hobby | ScrapingBee cheaper by $11.00 (1.6x) |
| 100,000 | $100 Pro | $99.00 Startup | ScrapingBee cheaper by $1.00 (1.01x) |
| 1,000,000 | $500 Enterprise | n/a (no published plan covers this volume) | not comparable |
Where the cheaper option changes (JavaScript-rendered page). On our volume grid (1,000 to 10,000,000 requests per month), at 1,000 to 10,000 requests per month ScrapingBee is cheaper; at 30,000 requests per month Scrapfly is cheaper; at 100,000 to 300,000 requests per month ScrapingBee is cheaper; at 1,000,000 requests per month only Scrapfly has a published plan that covers the volume (the other publishes no overage or larger plan we can model); at 3,000,000 to 10,000,000 requests per month neither vendor has a published plan we can price.
| Requests / month | Scrapfly | ScrapingBee | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $100 Pro | $49.00 Freelance | ScrapingBee cheaper by $51.00 (2.0x) |
| 100,000 | $250 Startup | $249 Business | ScrapingBee cheaper by $1.00 (1.00x) |
| 1,000,000 | n/a (no published plan covers this volume) | n/a (no published plan covers this volume) | not comparable |
Where the cheaper option changes (Protected / anti-bot page). On our volume grid (1,000 to 10,000,000 requests per month), at 1,000 to 100,000 requests per month ScrapingBee is cheaper; at 300,000 to 10,000,000 requests per month neither vendor has a published plan we can price.
Try your own volume in the calculator to see all vendors side by side.
Free tiers and how units are counted
- Scrapfly: 1,000 credits on signup, no card, no time limit (one-time allotment). Units: Credits per request: 1 (HTTP, datacenter); 5 (+JS rendering or Unblocker); 25 (+residential proxies); 60 (screenshot). Failed requests ($0) are never charged. Pro and above auto-switch to pay-as-you-go overflow.
- ScrapingBee: 1,000 free API credits, no card (trial grant). Units: Credits per request: classic no JS 1; classic + JS 5 (default); premium no JS 10; premium + JS 25; stealth + JS 75; AI features +5. Auto-Mode charges only for the configuration that succeeds. All prices exclude VAT.
Scrapfly tends to fit
- Anti-bot-heavy scraping with transparent credit multipliers
- Teams wanting scrape + screenshot + extraction under one key
Watch-outs
- Residential/Unblocker requests burn 5-25x the base credits.
- Free credits are a one-time signup grant.
ScrapingBee tends to fit
- Developers wanting simple HTTP scraping with JS rendering
- Mid-volume jobs with predictable monthly budgets
Watch-outs
- Default JS rendering means 5 credits per request unless you turn it off.
- Premium+JS pages cost 25 credits.
Budget view
| Use case | Monthly spend | Scrapfly | ScrapingBee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic page fetch | up to $50/mo | $0.15 Discovery | $0.196 Freelance |
| Basic page fetch | up to $100/mo | $0.10 Pro | $0.099 Startup |
| Basic page fetch | up to $500/mo | $0.0909 Enterprise | $0.083 Business |
| Basic page fetch | any budget | $0.0909 Enterprise | $0.083 Business |
| JavaScript-rendered page | up to $50/mo | $0.75 Discovery | $0.98 Freelance |
| JavaScript-rendered page | up to $100/mo | $0.50 Pro | $0.495 Startup |
| JavaScript-rendered page | up to $500/mo | $0.4545 Enterprise | $0.415 Business |
| JavaScript-rendered page | any budget | $0.4545 Enterprise | $0.415 Business |
| Protected / anti-bot page | up to $50/mo | $3.75 Discovery | $4.90 Freelance |
| Protected / anti-bot page | up to $100/mo | $2.50 Pro | $2.48 Startup |
| Protected / anti-bot page | up to $500/mo | $2.27 Enterprise | $2.08 Business |
| Protected / anti-bot page | any budget | $2.27 Enterprise | $2.08 Business |
Also see: alternatives to Scrapfly and alternatives to ScrapingBee. Run a small trial on your own target sites before committing: published price says nothing about success rate on hard sites.
Price ladders from the data
Effective price per unit at each published plan (monthly spend shown). Overage and assumption-based rows are excluded here; see each vendor page.
Basic page fetch
Scrapfly
- $0.15 Discovery · $30/mo
- $0.10 Pro · $100/mo
- $0.10 Startup · $250/mo
- $0.0909 Enterprise · $500/mo
ScrapingBee
- $0.2533 Hobby · $19/mo
- $0.196 Freelance · $49/mo
- $0.099 Startup · $99/mo
- $0.083 Business · $249/mo
JavaScript-rendered page
Scrapfly
- $0.75 Discovery · $30/mo
- $0.50 Pro · $100/mo
- $0.50 Startup · $250/mo
- $0.4545 Enterprise · $500/mo
ScrapingBee
- $1.27 Hobby · $19/mo
- $0.98 Freelance · $49/mo
- $0.495 Startup · $99/mo
- $0.415 Business · $249/mo
Protected / anti-bot page
Scrapfly
- $3.75 Discovery · $30/mo
- $2.50 Pro · $100/mo
- $2.50 Startup · $250/mo
- $2.27 Enterprise · $500/mo
ScrapingBee
- $6.33 Hobby · $19/mo
- $4.90 Freelance · $49/mo
- $2.48 Startup · $99/mo
- $2.08 Business · $249/mo
What we could not verify
- Scrapfly: The Unblocker's credit cost depends on the target; this site shows 5 and 25 credit reference points.
- ScrapingBee: No overage/top-up rate published on the pricing page.; Page shows '/mo' prices; annual-discount terms not stated.