ScrapingBee

Website

scrapingbee.com

Pricing URL

Official ScrapingBee Pricing

$ Details

freemium $49.0 / Monthly (Freelance / 10,000 searches / 100,000 credits)

Platforms

REST API

Release Date

2019 July

Categories

#Web Scraping #Web Scraping API #Data Extraction #Proxy

ScrapingAnt

Website

scrapingant.com

Pricing URL

Official ScrapingAnt Pricing

$ Details

freemium

Platforms

REST API

Release Date

2020 March

Categories

#Web Scraping #Data Extraction #Data #Web Scraping API #Scraper #Residential Proxies #Proxy #Proxy Server #LLM

ScrapingBee features and specs

• Easy to Use
  ScrapingBee provides a simple API that allows developers to scrape web pages without worrying about handling proxies or web browser rendering.
• JavaScript Rendering
  With built-in JavaScript rendering, ScrapingBee can handle complex web pages that rely heavily on JavaScript for content display, making it suitable for scraping modern websites.
• Proxy Management
  ScrapingBee automatically manages proxies, meaning developers don't have to deal with proxy rotation, blacklisting, or bans.
• Rate Limiting Control
  The service offers control over rate limits, making it possible to scrape at a custom speed that suits your needs and prevents being blocked by target websites.
• Custom Headers Support
  ScrapingBee allows the use of custom headers, enabling users to mimic different browsers or add specific headers required by the target site.
• Geolocation
  It provides geolocation-based scraping, which is useful for accessing content that is region-restricted.

Possible disadvantages of ScrapingBee

• Cost
  ScrapingBee is a paid service, and costs can add up depending on the volume and complexity of your scraping needs.
• Rate Limits
  Even though it offers control over rate limits, there are still predefined limits depending on your plan, which might not suit very high-volume scraping needs.
• Dependency on External Service
  Relying on an external service means that you are dependent on ScrapingBee's uptime and performance, which may affect your operations if the service faces downtime.
• Data Privacy
  Using a third-party service for web scraping means sharing your scraping activities with ScrapingBee, which could raise data privacy concerns.
• Limited Customization
  While ScrapingBee handles many aspects of web scraping for you, it may not offer the level of customization that a self-built scraping solution could provide.

ScrapingAnt features and specs

• CHROME PAGE RENDERING
  Many specialists have to handle Javascript rendering, headless browser update and maintenance for web scraping. ScrapingAnt will do it for you.
• JAVASCRIPT EXECUTION
  Our Javascript execution feature is available in every pricing plan without any additional payments.
• OUTPUT PREPROCESSING
  ScrapingAnt API supports the output preprocessing feature that brings you ability to analyze and work with plain text output without dealing with HTML.
• LOW LATENCY ROTATING PROXIES
  Our services make requests using thousands of residential and non-residential rotating proxies across the World to provide the best scraping experience and fit all the business needs.
• CUSTOM COOKIES
  ScrapingAnt allows you to pass the custom cookies to the site for scraping with both GET and POST requests, so you will be able to scrape session related data using our service.
• CAPTCHA AVOIDING
  Our headless Chrome browser settings and proxies quality allow us to make site scraping requests with low chance of Captcha check triggering.
• RESIDENTIAL PROXIES
  ScrapingAnt provides a wide residential proxies pool that covers all the countries across the globe.
• LLM-READY DATA EXTRACTION
  ScrapingAn't LLM-ready markdown endpoint allows customers to get a web data straight into AI models, which makes it's a best use for modern frameworks like RAG.