Diffbot vs ScraperAPI
Diffbot is an AI extraction API, while ScraperAPI is a Scraping API. Diffbot fits best for: Teams that need rule-free, consistent structured data across many sites, or entity data from a Knowledge Graph. ScraperAPI fits best for: Developers who want a straightforward proxy+rendering API and structured endpoints for big e-commerce and search sites.
| Diffbot | ScraperAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | AI extraction API | Scraping API |
| Starting price | $299/mo | $49/mo |
| Free tier | 10,000 credits/month, all APIs, 5 requests/min, no credit card | 7-day trial with 5,000 credits; FAQ also mentions an ongoing free plan of 1,000 credits/month (5 concurrent) |
| Pricing model | credits | credits per successful request |
| AI extraction | ||
| Structured JSON | ||
| JS rendering | ||
| Proxies / anti-bot | ||
| API | ||
| No-code UI | ||
| Open source | ||
| MCP server | ||
| Best for | Teams that need rule-free, consistent structured data across many sites, or entity data from a Knowledge Graph. | Developers who want a straightforward proxy+rendering API and structured endpoints for big e-commerce and search sites. |
| Visit Diffbot | Visit ScraperAPI |
Why choose Diffbot
- Automatic Extract APIs (article, product, discussion etc.) with no rules
- Crawlbot for whole-site crawling
- Knowledge Graph of organizations, people and articles
- Natural-language processing API
Watch out for
- High jump from free to $299/mo
- Fixed page-type schemas; less flexible than prompt-based extraction
- Knowledge Graph credits are expensive per record
Why choose ScraperAPI
- Automatic proxy rotation and retries
- JS rendering and geotargeting
- Structured data endpoints (Amazon, Google, Walmart etc.)
- Async API and DataPipeline scheduler
Watch out for
- Higher entry price than ScrapingBee/Firecrawl
- Credit multipliers for rendering and premium proxies
- No LLM/schema-based extraction found on the pricing page
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