Best Web Scraping API · head-to-head
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 entrySerpApi
$0/mo entrySources — 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