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Grabber vs ScrapingBee

ScrapingBee is a scraping API with rotating proxies and rendering on by default, on monthly plans from $19. Grabber has no plan: you pay $0.001 per page, only when you use it.

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At a glance

	Grabber	ScrapingBee
How you pay	Prepaid credit, from $5. No plans	Monthly plans: Hobby $19 for 75,000 credits, Freelance $49 for 250,000
Pay without a subscription	Yes: it is the only way to pay	No
A static page	$0.001	1 credit with render_js=false: about $0.00025 on Hobby
A JavaScript page	$0.005 with js_render=true	5 credits, the default: about $0.0013 on Hobby
Failed requests	Never charged. A page that loads with a 404 or 500 status is charged	Not charged. A page with a 404 or 410 status is charged
Unused credit	Valid for 365 days	Credits are valid for one month
Free tier	$1 at signup, about 1,000 pages, no card	1,000 credits once, no card
Formats	Markdown, HTML, text, links, raw body, page metadata	HTML, Markdown, text, JSON, screenshots, CSS and AI extraction
MCP server	Yes, remote	Yes, remote
Rate limit	60 requests a minute per key	25 concurrent requests on Hobby

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

What it costs

Example	Grabber	ScrapingBee
1,000 pages a month	$1	$19: Hobby
10,000 pages a month	$10	$19: Hobby
100,000 pages a month	$100	$49: Freelance

Static pages with render_js=false. With rendering, the default, each page uses 5 credits.

When ScrapingBee is the better choice

Sites you need block plain requests. Premium and stealth proxies, geotargeting and an auto mode are built for that, and Grabber has none of them.
You fetch more than about 19,000 static pages every month: the Hobby plan then costs less per page.
You need screenshots, clicks and scrolls, or ready-made APIs for Google and Amazon.

When Grabber is the better choice

You fetch fewer than about 19,000 pages a month, or your volume varies: you pay for what you fetch, and credit lasts 365 days instead of one month.
You want no subscription to manage: no plan to pick, upgrade or renew.
You want a short price list: two prices, and no credit multipliers to work out.

Switching from ScrapingBee

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

ScrapingBee	Grabber
`api_key=` in the query	`Authorization: Bearer gsh_…` header
`render_js=false`	The default: no parameter
`render_js=true`, the default	`js_render=true`
`return_page_markdown=true`	`formats=markdown&unwrap=true`
`return_page_text=true`	`formats=text&unwrap=true`

Questions

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

Is Grabber cheaper than ScrapingBee?

Below about 19,000 static pages a month, yes, because ScrapingBee's cheapest plan is $19 a month and Grabber charges per page. Above that, a ScrapingBee plan you use in full costs less per page.

Does Grabber use proxies or get past anti-bot systems?

No. Grabber loads public pages directly. It does not rotate proxies or solve CAPTCHAs. If the sites you need block automated requests, a scraping API with proxies is the better tool.

Does ScrapingBee have an MCP server?

Yes, a remote one. Grabber has one too, at mcp.grabber.sh.

Sources

Grabber's prices are on the pricing page and in the docs.

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