Scraperapi
ScraperAPI is a web scraping API that automatically handles proxies, captchas, headless browsers and user agent rotations — allowing data extraction from any site with a simple HTTP call.
- Website
- scraperapi.com
- Pricing
- freemium · Free (5,000 requests/month); Hobby from $49/month
Overview
ScraperAPI eliminates web scraping complexity: instead of managing proxies, captchas and user agents manually, pass the URL to the API and receive the page HTML — even from sites with advanced anti-bot protections.
How does Scraperapi work?
ScraperAPI is a REST API for web scraping that abstracts all infrastructure complexity. The developer sends an HTTP request to ScraperAPI's endpoint with the URL to scrape, and ScraperAPI automatically handles: rotating residential and datacenter proxies, managing cookies and sessions, changing user agents, solving captchas (with AI solutions), executing JavaScript with headless browsers (for SPAs and dynamic sites), and respecting rate limits. The result is the page HTML as if visited by a real browser. Supports all programming languages via standard HTTP requests. Used by developers doing scraping who don't want to manage proxy infrastructure.
Who is it for?
For developers and data engineers doing web scraping who want an API that automatically manages proxies, captchas and headless browsers without their own infrastructure.
How much does it cost?
ScraperAPI has a free plan with 5,000 requests per month. The Hobby plan starts at $49/month with 100,000 requests. Higher plans increase volume and add advanced JavaScript rendering.
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