A ScrapingBee alternative with a receipt for every request
Updated 1 Oct 2026
Skryp and ScrapingBee both sell per-request credits, try the cheapest configuration first, charge nothing when every attempt fails, and work over MCP. ScrapingBee is cheaper for plain pages on its larger plans; Skryp is cheaper when a page needs a browser or the hardest unblocking, is close through a residential IP, and verifies the exit country on every result. This comparison is from each provider's documentation.
Which to choose
| If you need | Choose | Why |
|---|---|---|
| The lowest price for plain pages that need no browser | ScrapingBee | 1 credit a page: $0.10 per 1,000 on its $99 plan and $0.07 on its $599 plan[1 Oct 2026]; Skryp is $0.20 to $0.45 depending on the plan[1 Oct 2026]. |
| Pages that need a browser | Skryp | 1 credit on Skryp's own network, $0.20 to $0.45 per 1,000; JavaScript rendering is 5 credits on ScrapingBee, $0.37 to $1.27. |
| The hardest pages | Skryp | 25 credits when it succeeds, $4.99 to $11.25 per 1,000; a stealth proxy is 75 credits on ScrapingBee, $5.62 to $19.00. |
| Proof of where each request came from | Skryp | The exit is checked before each request and recorded in the result; strict mode fails rather than substitutes. |
| Ready-made APIs for specific sites, such as Google search | ScrapingBee | It sells dedicated scraping APIs; Skryp does not. |
| Collections kept current, monitors and past versions of pages | Skryp | Datasets with change events, monitors and the web archive are part of the same 17 tools. |
| Both work from an AI agent | Either | ScrapingBee runs a remote MCP server[1 Oct 2026]; Skryp's was tested in Claude Code and Codex[1 Oct 2026]. |
How they charge
Both sell credits and both start with the cheapest way of fetching a page. ScrapingBee's Auto-Mode tries configurations from cheapest to most expensive, charges only for the one that worked, and costs 0 credits when every one fails; you can cap the most it may spend with max_cost. Skryp's route ladder does the same, and failed and blocked pages cost nothing[1 Oct 2026].
The difference is what each configuration costs. Price per 1,000 successful pages on three plans of each, from each provider's own pages on 1 October 2026:
| Plan | A plain request | With JavaScript | Premium or residential IP | Premium or residential IP, with JavaScript | The hardest tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skryp Hobby ($9 a month) | $0.45 | $0.45 | $2.25 | $4.50 | $11.25 |
| Skryp Standard ($49) | $0.33 | $0.33 | $1.63 | $3.27 | $8.17 |
| Skryp Scale ($399) | $0.20 | $0.20 | $1.00 | $2.00 | $4.99 |
| ScrapingBee Hobby ($19) | $0.25 | $1.27 | $2.53 | $6.33 | $19.00 |
| ScrapingBee Startup ($99) | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.99 | $2.48 | $7.43 |
| ScrapingBee Business+ ($599) | $0.07 | $0.37 | $0.75 | $1.87 | $5.62 |
Each figure is the plan's price divided by its monthly credits, times the credits that kind of page costs: on ScrapingBee 1, 5, 10, 25 and 75; on Skryp 1 on its own network with or without a browser, 5 through a residential IP or 10 with a browser, and 25 for advanced unblocking (a real Chrome window or an unblocking service), only when it succeeds. The tiers do not line up exactly: a ScrapingBee premium proxy is not the same network as a Skryp residential IP, and the hardest tiers are different methods.
Countries
ScrapingBee targets a country with country_code; classic and premium proxies each have their own list of supported countries[1 Oct 2026]. Skryp leaves from an exit in the country you name, checks it with a geolocation service before the page loads, and records the check in every result. With strict mode on, a country it cannot verify fails instead of falling back: in a test of 20 countries, 19 returned through a verified exit[30 Sept 2026]. See Price scraping by country for a recorded run.
How this comparison was made
From each provider's pricing page and documentation, read on 1 October 2026. We did not use a ScrapingBee account, so this page makes no claims about its success rates, speed or output. Read their pages again before you decide: prices and tiers change.
Questions
- How do you use ScrapingBee?
- Sign up for an API key, then call its API with the page's URL and options such as render_js, premium_proxy or country_code, or use mode=auto to let it choose; it returns the page's HTML or extracted data. It also runs as a remote MCP server for AI clients.
- Is ScrapingBee cheaper than Skryp?
- For plain pages on its larger plans, yes: $0.07 to $0.10 per 1,000 against Skryp's $0.20 to $0.45. For pages that need a browser or the hardest unblocking, Skryp is cheaper; through a residential IP the two are close, depending on the plan.
- Do failed requests cost credits?
- Not on either. ScrapingBee's Auto-Mode charges 0 credits when every configuration fails, and Skryp charges nothing for failed or blocked pages.
Evidence
ScrapingBee's pricing page lists Hobby at $19 a month for 75,000 credits, Freelance $49 for 250,000, Startup $99 for 1,000,000, Business $249 for 3,000,000 and Business+ $599 for 8,000,000, plus 1,000 free credits without a card. Its documentation says a request costs 1, 5, 10, 25 or 75 credits depending on JavaScript rendering and premium or stealth proxies, and that Auto-Mode charges only the configuration that worked, and 0 credits if every configuration fails.
provider docs · checked 1 Oct 2026 · scrapingbee.com/pricing
Limits: Prices exclude VAT. Which plans include geotargeting was not legible in the page text. Not tested with an account.
ScrapingBee's documentation describes country targeting with country_code (separate country lists for classic and premium proxies; stealth proxies also support it) and a remote MCP server at mcp.scrapingbee.com with tools such as get_page_text and get_page_html.
provider docs · checked 1 Oct 2026 · scrapingbee.com/documentation and /documentation/remote-mcp
Limits: Not tested with an account; whether a response reports the exit IP was not established.
Blocked and failed pages cost 0 credits.
observed test · checked 1 Oct 2026 · All page reads through the API, MCP and dashboard.
Limits: Applies to page reads; a model extraction that runs is charged when it runs.
Asked for 20 countries with strict country on, Skryp returned the page through an exit verified in the requested country in 19 of 20.
observed test · checked 30 Sept 2026 · One public page per country, 20 countries, strict-country requests, residential and mobile routes.
Limits: A single run of 20 pages. Exit verification proves where the request left from, not that every field on the page is correct for that market.
Skryp's HTTP MCP endpoint worked from Claude Code 2.1.280 (added with claude mcp add --transport http, all 17 tools listed, scrape called and answered correctly) and from Codex CLI 0.159.0 (mcp_servers.skryp with url and bearer_token_env_var, scrape called and answered correctly) on 1 October 2026.
observed test · checked 1 Oct 2026 · Claude Code and Codex CLI against the preview service; one task each.
Limits: Cursor, Claude Desktop and VS Code were not tested. Codex CLI 0.155.1 could not run the account's configured model, so the run used the 0.159.0 CLI bundled with the ChatGPT app.
Skryp's plans from 1 October 2026: Free (1,000 credits a month), Hobby ($9 a month for 20,000 credits), Standard ($49 for 150,000), Growth ($149 for 600,000) and Scale ($399 for 2,000,000); unused plan credits expire at the end of each month, and top-ups, which never expire (also after a plan is cancelled), cost $10 for 20,000 credits on Free and the plan's rate on a plan. A page costs 1 credit through Skryp's own network, 5 through a residential or mobile proxy (10 with JavaScript rendering) and 25 for advanced unblocking, only when it succeeds; model extraction adds 5; failed, blocked and cached results cost 0, and a missing page (404 or 410) costs at most 1.
observed test · checked 1 Oct 2026 · Skryp's own prices (the service's rate card).
Limits: Prices in US dollars, charged in rand through Paystack at R17 to the US dollar (Chad, 2 Oct 2026).