Comparison

Grabber vs Scrape.do

Scrape.do is a proxy-based scraping API built to get past anti-bot systems, on monthly plans from $29. Grabber is a pay-per-page API for public pages, with no plan.

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At a glance

	Grabber	Scrape.do
How you pay	Prepaid credit, from $5. No plans	Monthly plans: Hobby $29 for 250,000 credits, Pro $99 for 1,250,000
Pay without a subscription	Yes: it is the only way to pay	No
A static page	$0.001	1 credit: about $0.00012 on Hobby
A JavaScript page	$0.005 with js_render=true	5 credits with render=true: about $0.00058 on Hobby
Failed requests	Never charged. A page that loads with a 404 or 500 status is charged	Not charged. Its docs differ on whether 400, 404 and 410 pages are charged
Unused credit	Valid for 365 days	Not stated
Free tier	$1 at signup, about 1,000 pages, no card	1,000 credits a month, no card
Formats	Markdown, HTML, text, links, raw body, page metadata	The raw page, Markdown, screenshots
MCP server	Yes, remote	None in its docs; only third-party servers
Rate limit	60 requests a minute per key	10 concurrent requests on Hobby

Checked on October 27, 2026 against Scrape.do's own pricing page and docs. Prices change, so check the sources below before you decide.

What it costs

Example	Grabber	Scrape.do
1,000 pages a month	$1	$0 on the free plan
10,000 pages a month	$10	$29: Hobby
100,000 pages a month	$100	$29: Hobby

Static pages on datacenter proxies. Rendering uses 5 credits, residential proxies 10.

When Scrape.do is the better choice

Sites you need block automated requests. Residential and mobile proxies, geotargeting and anti-bot handling are what Scrape.do is built for.
You fetch more than about 29,000 pages every month: Hobby then costs much less per page.
You need sticky sessions, browser interactions or ZIP-code targeting.

When Grabber is the better choice

You fetch fewer than about 29,000 pages a month, or not every month: there is no $29 plan, and credit lasts 365 days.
Your agent uses MCP: Grabber has a remote MCP server, and Scrape.do's docs list none, only third-party ones.
You need text, links or page metadata as separate outputs, not only the page or its Markdown.

Switching from Scrape.do

Both are GET APIs. Grabber reads the key from a header instead of the query.

Scrape.do	Grabber
`token=` in the query	`Authorization: Bearer gsh_…` header
`render=true`	`js_render=true`
`output=markdown`	`formats=markdown&unwrap=true`
`super=true`	No equivalent: Grabber has no residential proxies

Questions

Something else? The docs cover every parameter and error, and you can reach us from the dashboard.

Is Grabber cheaper than Scrape.do?

Below about 29,000 pages a month, yes: Scrape.do's cheapest plan is $29 a month. Above that, Scrape.do costs much less per page, and its free plan covers 1,000 pages every month.

Does Grabber get past anti-bot systems?

No. Grabber loads public pages directly, without proxies or CAPTCHA solving. For sites that block automated requests, Scrape.do is the better tool.

Does Scrape.do have an MCP server?

Its docs list none, as of October 2026; only third-party servers exist. Grabber has a remote MCP server at mcp.grabber.sh.