ScrapingBee
Web scraping API that handles headless browsers and proxies.
About ScrapingBee
ScrapingBee is a web scraping API that takes care of headless browsers, proxies, CAPTCHAs, and JavaScript rendering — so you can focus on extracting data. It provides a simple REST API that returns HTML or screenshots for any URL, handling all the complexity of modern anti-bot measures behind the scenes.
Key Features
- Simple REST API for web scraping
- JavaScript rendering (headless Chrome)
- Proxy rotation (residential and datacenter)
- CAPTCHA handling
- Screenshot API
- Google Search scraping
- Custom headers and cookies
- Geolocation targeting
Pros
- Extremely simple API — one call to scrape any page
- Handles all anti-bot complexity automatically
- Good for both simple and JavaScript-heavy sites
- Reliable proxy infrastructure
Cons
- No free tier (only free trial)
- Per-credit pricing requires careful management
- Less suited for very large-scale scraping vs self-hosted
Integrations
Best Use Cases
- Web data extraction and monitoring
- Price comparison and tracking
- SEO and SERP monitoring
- Content aggregation
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Quick Info
- Website
- scrapingbee.com
- Founded
- 2019
- Company
- 10-20
- Pricing
- paid
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