Category
Scraping/Crawling
Rating
4.9/5 (163 Reviews)
Availability
HQ
Paris, France
Pricing
From $49/mo
Free tier
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What is ScrapingBee?
ScrapingBee is a scraping API built for pages that block standard requests. Send it a URL and it returns rendered page content, and fields can be described in plain English instead of written as selectors. In a staffing and recruiting stack it reaches career pages and job boards that defeat lighter scrapers.
What are ScrapingBee's key features?
Proxy rotation distributes requests across residential and datacenter addresses.
JavaScript rendering returns fully loaded page content via headless browser.
Anti-bot handling bypasses detection mechanisms on protected sites.
Plain-English extraction pulls named fields without writing CSS selectors.
Ready-made endpoints cover Google Search, Amazon, Walmart and YouTube.
Official MCP server at mcp.scrapingbee.com enables AI agent access.
How do recruiting teams use ScrapingBee?
- Scrape career pages and job boards that block standard scrapers, then feed postings into outreach.
- Pull speaker and attendee lists from event or blog pages to find people worth approaching.
- Read pages where talent is listed to surface both potential candidates and the decision-makers above them.
Who is ScrapingBee best for?
- Dev teams needing reliable access to sites that block standard scrapers
- Builds that put an agent in front of the data through an official MCP server
- Not for low or bursty volume, since credits expire monthly with no rollover
What are ScrapingBee's pros and cons?
Pros
- Returns pages that block other scrapers, including targets that defeat lighter tools.
- Official MCP server, so an agent can pull data without custom middleware.
- Plain-English field extraction survives layout changes that break CSS selectors.
- Free tier of 1,000 credits, enough to test a target list before paying.
Cons
- Does not return LinkedIn profile or company data, so it is not an enrichment source.
- Credits do not roll over, so unused allowance is lost each billing cycle.
- Stealth and premium tiers burn credits fast with no way to cost a job in advance.
- There is no standalone interface; it runs through an API or a no-code connector.
What are people saying about ScrapingBee?
Reviewers describe pointing it at sites that had already blocked them elsewhere and getting the page back, with one running a fleet of scrapers daily against a well-defended target. Support comes up constantly, including refunds issued without being asked. Cost is the recurring worry: stealth and premium tiers consume credits far faster than the base rate, credits expire at the end of the month, and there is no way to price a complex job before running it.
Consolidated from 163 reviews across G2, Capterra · Updated August 10, 2026
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