# ScrapingBee — Web Scraping API
Category: scraping_api. Billing: credit; only successful requests are billed.
Pricing verified: 2026-09-26 (fresh)
Free trial: 1,000 free API credits, no credit card required.

## Plans
- Hobby: $19/month; includes 75000 credit; 25 concurrent [pricing]
- Freelance: $49/month; includes 250000 credit; 50 concurrent [pricing]
- Startup: $99/month; includes 1000000 credit; 100 concurrent [pricing]
- Business: $249/month; includes 3000000 credit; 200 concurrent [pricing]
- Business +: $599/month; includes 8000000 credit; 400 concurrent [pricing]

## Cost per request (the provider's own table, not multiplied)
- rendering=http, proxy_tier=standard: 1 credit [docs]
- rendering=browser, proxy_tier=standard: 5 credit [docs]
- rendering=http, proxy_tier=premium: 10 credit [docs]
- rendering=browser, proxy_tier=premium: 25 credit [docs]
- rendering=browser, proxy_tier=ultra: 75 credit [docs]
- proxy_tier=standard, domain_class=google: 15 credit [kb-google]
- proxy_tier=premium, domain_class=google: 15 credit [kb-google]
- proxy_tier=ultra, domain_class=google: 75 credit [kb-google]

## Capabilities
- JavaScript rendering: True
- Premium proxy: True
- Country targeting: True (Separate country lists for classic and premium proxies.)
- City targeting: False
- Sticky session: True
- Screenshot: True
- AI extraction: True (+5 credits per request.)

## Limits
- session-duration: 300 seconds
- request-timeout: 140 seconds

## Things to know
- render_js defaults to true, so a request with default options costs 5 credits, not 1.
- No metered overage. When credits run out, upgrade, renew early, or buy a one-off pack (pack prices are only shown in the dashboard).
- Enterprise plans above 8M credits are contact-sales; older help-centre prices conflict with the pricing page and are not used.
- Stealth proxy is only offered together with JS rendering.

## Sources
- [docs] ScrapingBee API documentation: https://www.scrapingbee.com/documentation/ (checked 2026-09-26)
- [kb-google] Credit system explained: https://help.scrapingbee.com/en/article/credit-system-explained-1h2ackp/ (checked 2026-09-26)
- [pricing] ScrapingBee pricing: https://www.scrapingbee.com/pricing/ (checked 2026-09-26)

Prices change; the provider's checkout is authoritative. Estimates are not invoices. Commissions never affect rankings.