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ScrapeGraphAI vs ScrapingBee

ScrapeGraphAI is an AI extraction API, while ScrapingBee is a Scraping API. ScrapeGraphAI fits best for: Developers who want prompt-based structured extraction with the option to self-host the open-source library. ScrapingBee fits best for: Developers who want a predictable, easy scraping API that handles rendering and proxies without managing infrastructure.

ScrapeGraphAIScrapingBee
TypeAI extraction APIScraping API
Starting price$20/mo$19/mo
Free tier500 one-time credits, 10 req/min1,000 free API credits trial, no credit card
Pricing modelcreditscredits per successful request
AI extraction
Structured JSON
JS rendering
Proxies / anti-bot
API
No-code UI
Open source
MCP server
Best forDevelopers who want prompt-based structured extraction with the option to self-host the open-source library.Developers who want a predictable, easy scraping API that handles rendering and proxies without managing infrastructure.
Visit ScrapeGraphAIVisit ScrapingBee

Why choose ScrapeGraphAI

  • Describe what you want in natural language, get JSON
  • Open-source Python library (MIT) with graph-based pipelines
  • Hosted API v2 with extract, crawl and search
  • Official MCP server (mcp.scrapegraphai.com)

Watch out for

  • Free credits are one-time, not monthly
  • Extraction costs 5 credits per call
  • Smaller company than Firecrawl/Apify; anti-bot depth less proven

Why choose ScrapingBee

  • Headless Chrome rendering with JS scenarios
  • Rotating and premium/stealth proxies
  • AI extraction via natural-language ai_query
  • CSS/XPath extract rules to JSON

Watch out for

  • JS rendering is on by default and costs 5x a plain request
  • Premium/stealth proxies multiply credit costs quickly
  • Hobby plan has low credits once JS + premium proxy are used
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