Is there a free trial?

There is a permanent free tier with 200 credits and no card required, not a time-limited trial. Paid plans start at $40 per month.

Why do some requests cost more credits than others?

Credit cost varies by endpoint. A plain page fetch is 1 credit, Google Jobs is 5, and the most expensive endpoints run 25 to 50 per request.

Do unused credits roll over?

No. Credits reset on your billing date and are shared across every endpoint, so anything left is lost.

What happens if a request fails or gets blocked?

Failed, blocked and timed-out requests are credited back to your balance, so you only pay for data you actually receive.

Which sources have ready-made endpoints?

Google Search, Google Jobs, Indeed, Google Maps and Amazon, alongside a general endpoint for any other URL.

Is it GDPR compliant?

It publishes no GDPR statement and offers no DPA. That matters if EU candidate data is in scope for your workflow.

Scraping/Crawling

Scraping Dog

Scraping API with pre-built endpoints for LinkedIn and Google

What is Scraping Dog?

Scraping Dog is a scraping API built around specific sources rather than the open web. You call a dedicated endpoint such as Google Jobs or Indeed and get structured fields back, with proxies and anti-bot challenges handled underneath. In a staffing and recruiting stack it turns job board pages into a hiring-signal feed without anyone writing a parser.

Features

What are Scraping Dog's key features?

Managed proxy rotation reduces IP blocking without self-hosted infrastructure.

Headless browser rendering executes JavaScript before returning page content.

CAPTCHA handling manages supported challenge pages automatically.

Dedicated Google SERP API returns structured search result data.

Dedicated Indeed and Google Jobs endpoints return structured job posting data.

LLM-ready output returns clean markdown or JSON instead of raw HTML.

Use Cases

How do recruiting teams use Scraping Dog?

Pull job postings from Indeed and Google Jobs into a list of companies hiring.
Feed that list into enrichment to reach the decision-maker.
In-house: monitor competitor postings for role and skill demand.

Fit

Who is Scraping Dog best for?

Dev teams wiring a low-cost scraping layer into a hiring-signal pipeline
Staffing and recruiting agencies wanting ready-made job board endpoints, not a parser
Not the choice where a published GDPR statement or DPA is a procurement requirement

Pros & Cons

What are Scraping Dog's pros and cons?

Pros

Failed, blocked and timed-out requests are credited back, so you pay for data returned.
One subscription covers every endpoint, with no separate add-on purchases.
Ready-made Google Jobs and Indeed endpoints remove the need for a custom parser.
Permanent free tier of 200 credits, enough to test a target list before paying.

Cons

No published GDPR statement or DPA, which matters for EU candidate data.
Premium endpoints cost 25 to 50 credits each, so a plan drains fast.
Credits reset on the billing date, so unused allowance is lost.
No official MCP server, so an agent needs a custom integration layer.

Reviews

What are people saying about Scraping Dog?

Reviewers describe integrating in an afternoon against clear documentation, with proxies, rendering and CAPTCHAs handled without setup, at a price well below comparable tools. The founder answering chat personally comes up repeatedly as a reason people stayed. The same subject is where it turns: others describe requests failing, asking for a refund on unused credits, and getting no reply at all. Support is both the most praised and the most attacked thing here.

Consolidated from 585 reviews across Trustpilot · Updated April 23, 2026

Alternatives

How does Scraping Dog compare to alternatives?

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AI-first
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MCP
GDPR
Best for	Agency, In-House	Agency, In-House	Agency, In-House

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