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ScrapingBee vs SerpApi

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for web scraping api. SerpApi has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.

SerpApi has the lower entry price — ScrapingBee starts at $19/mo, SerpApi at $0/mo. Free tier: ScrapingBee No, SerpApi Yes. HIPAA: ScrapingBee —, SerpApi —.

As of 2026-10-12 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

ScrapingBee

$19/mo entry
Entry price$19/mo (Hobby)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)—
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forTeams with SOC 2 compliance requirements

SerpApi

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)—
SOC 2Yes
GDPR—
Best forSEO teams needing structured SERP data across multiple search engines

Sources — ScrapingBee: scrapingbee.com (verified 2026-10-12) · SerpApi: serpapi.com (verified 2026-10-12)

Key features

ScrapingBee: SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliant; AI data extraction: describe fields in natural language to get structured JSON; Markdown scraper for LLM-ready page output; Stealth proxies and premium residential proxy rotation; Dedicated scraper APIs for Amazon, Walmart, Google Search, YouTube

SerpApi: SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified; U.S. Legal Shield: up to $2M liability coverage for lawful SERP scraping; Real-time structured SERP JSON across 20+ search engines (Google, Bing, Baidu, DuckDuckGo, Amazon, YouTube, Yelp); ZeroTrace Mode for privacy-sensitive searches; 99.95% SLA guarantee with credits up to 100% of monthly plan for downtime

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