ScraperAPI Scraping API Review
By ProxyGlance Editorial Team · Last reviewed
Our verdict
Credit-based scraping API with proxy rotation, JS rendering, async jobs and structured JSON endpoints for Amazon, Walmart, Google and more.
Best for: Developers who want a simple scraping API with ready-made JSON endpoints for e-commerce and Google results, billed only for successful requests.
From
$0.49
per 1k requests
Pros
- Only successful requests (200 and 404) are billed
- Structured JSON endpoints for Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Google and Redfin
- JS rendering, premium proxies and auto-parsing on all plans
Cons
- Credit multipliers: JS rendering 10x, Google and Bing 25x, anti-bot bypass +10
- Unused credits expire at the end of each billing period
- Hobby and Startup plans limit geotargeting to the US and EU
About ScraperAPI
ScraperAPI is a web scraping API that handles proxy rotation, headless-browser rendering and anti-bot bypassing behind one endpoint, with an async scraper, structured data endpoints for Amazon, Walmart, eBay and Google, and the no-code DataPipeline tool. It does not sell standalone proxy plans.
Full review in progress
Our hands-on test of ScraperAPI scraping API is still running. Until it's published, this page lists the facts from ScraperAPI's official pages. See how we test.
Specs
- Starting price
- $0.49 per 1k requests
- Free trial
- 7-day trial (5,000 credits, no card), then a free plan with 1,000 credits
- API types
- General web, SERP, E-commerce, Unblocker
- JavaScript rendering
- Yes
- Parsed JSON output
- Yes
- Pay only for success
- Yes
Score breakdown
Not scored yet. We publish a score only after hands-on testing. The facts on this page come from ScraperAPI's official pages, last checked .
When we score it, these criteria and weights apply:
- Performance · 30%
- Target Coverage · 15%
- Pricing & Value · 20%
- Features · 15%
- Ease of Use · 10%
- Support · 5%
- Trust & Compliance · 5%
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The ProxyGlance Editorial Team researches and reviews proxy networks, scraping APIs and antidetect browsers for developers, data teams and agencies. Every guide follows our published review process: we compare products on the same criteria — performance, coverage, real pricing at common plan sizes, features, ease of use, support and trust — check facts against each vendor's own documentation and pricing pages, and re-check them whenever a vendor changes its plans. We don't accept payment for coverage or rankings.