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The best scraping API on a small budget
For 10,000 JavaScript pages a month, WebScraping.AI costs $9.60 a month on its Pay as you go plan, the lowest bill among the 16 web scraping APIs that meet the need below, out of 16 with a complete bill for this job.
WebScraping.AI checked Oct 12, 2026; every bill is worked out from its vendor's own pricing page.
On a small budget the smallest plan that covers the job decides the bill, and a free tier may cover part of it. The job here is 10,000 JavaScript pages a month.
What qualifies: Any API, ranked by what 10,000 JavaScript pages cost in a month, plan minimums included. "Best" on this page means the lowest complete monthly bill among the APIs that qualify; it is not a rating.
The 5 cheapest that qualify
| API | A month | Plan | Why it qualifies | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WebScraping.AI | $9.60 | Pay as you go | Free tier: 2,000 credits a month, no card | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Decodo Web Scraping API | $19.00 | $19 plan | Has a free tier; its size is not published | Oct 12, 2026 |
| ScrapeOps | $19.00 | 100,000 credits | Free tier: 1,000 credits once | Oct 12, 2026 |
| ZenRows | $25.50 | Build B1 | Free tier: 5,000 credits a month | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Scrape.do | $29.00 | Hobby | Free tier: 1,000 credits, renewal not published, no card | Oct 12, 2026 |
See all web scraping APIs for 10,000 JavaScript pages a month, including the ones that do not meet the need, and change the volume to your own.