# Grabber vs Scrape.do

> Grabber vs Scrape.do: price per page, plans, free tiers, failed requests, formats and MCP, side by side. Checked October 2026.

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

### 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.

## Sources

- [Scrape.do pricing](https://scrape.do/pricing/)
- [Scrape.do documentation](https://scrape.do/documentation/)
- [Scrape.do request costs](https://scrape.do/documentation/request-costs/)
- [Scrape.do response output](https://scrape.do/documentation/api-response/response-output/)

Grabber's prices are on the [pricing page](https://grabber.sh/pricing) and in the [docs](https://grabber.sh/docs/pricing-and-limits).

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