ScrapingBee vs Serper
ScrapingBee
scrapingbee.comSerper
serper.devSide by side
| Figure | ScrapingBee | Serper |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $19/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 4 |
| Spec score · SERP APIs | 8.2 (#5) | 7.4 (#22) |
| Credit usage | A basic request costs one credit; JavaScript rendering, premium proxies, and AI extraction increase the credit cost. | Credits are deducted for successful query responses, and new queries stop when the credit balance reaches zero. |
| Product | ScrapingBee is a web scraping API that fetches public web pages and returns HTML, rendered content, or structured data while handling proxies, browsers, and anti-bot defenses. | Serper describes its product as a Google Search API that returns search results in 1–2 seconds. |
Plans
ScrapingBee
- Hobby$19 a month
- Freelance$49 a month
- Startup$99 a month
- Business$249 a month
- Business +$599 a month
Serper
- Starter$50, paid once
- Standard$375, paid once
- Scale$1,250, paid once
- Ultimate$3,750, paid once
In their own words
ScrapingBee
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