Scrape.do vs ScrapingDog
At 100,000 JavaScript pages a month: Scrape.do $99.00, ScrapingDog $90.00. ScrapingDog is cheaper at this volume; the curve shows where the order changes.
Scrape.do checked Oct 12, 2026 · ScrapingDog checked Oct 12, 2026
Scrape.do vs ScrapingDog: both bills as the job grows
The monthly bill at every volume from 20,000 to 500,000 pages, with your job marked. ScrapingDog is cheaper between about 50,000 and 220,000 pages; Scrape.do is cheaper on either side of it, and the two swap again further out. A step is a plan boundary.
- Scrape.do
- ScrapingDog
The bills behind the curve
- Scrape.do: 20,000: $29.00 · 50,000: $29.00 · 100,000: $99.00 · 200,000: $99.00 · 500,000: $249.00
- ScrapingDog: 20,000: $40.00 · 50,000: $90.00 · 100,000: $90.00 · 200,000: $90.00 · 500,000: $200.00
Both bills at the same volume · JavaScript rendering: required
100,000 pages per month. The verdict above follows your volume; the write-up below uses 100,000 pages per month.
Scrape.do
ScrapingDog
The difference
Charge by charge
| Charge | Scrape.do | ScrapingDog |
|---|---|---|
| Plain pages, per 1,000 | $0.29 | $0.40 |
| JavaScript pages, per 1,000 | $0.99 | $0.90 |
| Sites that block bots, per 1,000 | $2.49 (residential proxies) | $2.00 (premium proxies) |
| Failed requests billed | no | no |
| Past the plan's allowance | move to a bigger plan | move to a bigger plan |
| Paying yearly | saves 17% | saves 17% |
| Concurrent requests on this plan | 50 | 50 |
| Free tier | 1,000 credits, renewal not published, no card | 100 credits once |
Choose Scrape.do when
- most of your pages are plain HTML: $0.29 against $0.40 per 1,000
Choose ScrapingDog when
- price for 100,000 JavaScript pages a month matters most: $90.00 against $99.00
- your targets block bots: $2.00 against $2.49 per 1,000
How the Scrape.do bill adds up
- Base rate1 creditper request
- → JavaScript rendering5 creditsper request; replaces the base rate
- × Premium proxyNot requiredNot part of this workload
- ÷ Success rate1Failed requests are not billed
- = Billed units per page you keep5 creditsFrom this bill’s calculation
- = per 1,000 pages kept$0.99Pro, billed monthly
Credits and multipliers
JavaScript rendering
Billed failures
Success rate
Concurrency
Free tier
Renews monthly How the ScrapingDog bill adds up
- Base rate1 credit
- → JavaScript rendering5 credits
- × Premium proxyNot required
- ÷ Success rate1
- = Billed units per page you keep5 credits
- = per 1,000 pages kept$0.90Standard, billed monthly
Credits and multipliersJavaScript renderingBilled failuresSuccess rateConcurrencyFree tierRenews monthly Both bills, step by step
Scrape.do
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Successes you want
100,000 pages
Your stated workload. Every vendor on this site is priced against this same number.
- × 1
Attempts you are billed for
100,000 requests
Scrape.do does not bill failed fetches, so failures cost nothing here.
- × 5
What the meter counts
500,000 credits
One attempt is not one billed unit here: this workload multiplies by 5 before any money is involved.
- =
Cash per month
$99.00 /mo
Pro: the cheapest way to buy this volume, not just the first plan big enough.
Bars share one linear scale across the 3 counted stages, so a multiplier shows as length. Units differ by stage and are labelled. Cash is not on that scale.
ScrapingDog
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Successes you want
100,000 pages
See the note above.
- × 1
Attempts you are billed for
100,000 requests
ScrapingDog does not bill failed fetches, so failures cost nothing here.
- × 5
What the meter counts
500,000 credits
- =
Cash per month
$90.00 /mo
Standard: the cheapest way to buy this volume, not just the first plan big enough.
Both ladders share one linear scale, topping out at 500,000 counted units, so a longer bar means more billed work rather than a different drawing.
These figures are for one stated workload: 100,000 JavaScript-rendered pages a month at a 95% success rate. Change the volume above and both bills, the verdict and the curve follow it.
Decision boundary: both charge 1 credit for a plain page, 5 with JavaScript rendering, 10 through residential or premium proxies and 25 for both, so the cheaper one is decided by where your volume lands on each plan ladder. For plain pages Scrape.do is cheaper up to 250,000 a month ($29 against $40 or $90), ScrapingDog from 250,001 to 1,000,000 ($90 against $99), Scrape.do again to 1,250,000 ($99 against $200), and the two keep trading places up to Scrape.do’s last plan at 10,000,000 credits; past that only ScrapingDog publishes a plan. For JavaScript pages the same steps come five times sooner: Scrape.do up to 50,000, ScrapingDog from 50,001 to 200,000 ($90 against $99), Scrape.do from 200,001 to 250,000. (Scrape.do pricing, Scrape.do request costs, ScrapingDog pricing, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Billing models side by side
Scrape.do sells four monthly plans: Hobby at $29 for 250,000 credits, Pro at $99 for 1,250,000, Business at $249 for 3,500,000 and Advanced at $699 for 10,000,000, with custom plans above. Only successful results use credits: 2xx responses, 400, 404 and 410 count as successful, and every other failure is free. Some domains get a stricter profile applied on Scrape.do’s side, which raises their cost: Google is 10 credits a request because residential proxies are switched on for it, LinkedIn 30. Each response carries a header with the credits it used. (Scrape.do pricing, Scrape.do request costs, checked Oct 12, 2026)
ScrapingDog sells a much longer ladder, from Lite at $40 for 200,000 credits, Standard at $90 for 1,000,000 and Pro at $200 for 3,000,000 up to plans of more than a billion credits. Failed or blocked requests are refunded, and when the credits run out the API answers with an over-limit response until the next billing date or an upgrade. Its search and data endpoints have their own rates: Google SERP Light and Google Maps are 5 credits a request, Google SERP Advance 10. (ScrapingDog pricing, checked Oct 12, 2026)
What each provides that the other does not
ScrapingDog is the only one of this pair with dedicated endpoints for many named sites on the same credits: Google’s search, maps, news, jobs and shopping results, YouTube, LinkedIn jobs and posts, Walmart and others, each at a published credit cost. Its plans also go far past Scrape.do’s last published plan, so a job above 10,000,000 credits a month has a public price only here. (ScrapingDog pricing, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Scrape.do is the only one of this pair that publishes which status codes count as a success (2xx, 400, 404, 410) and a per-domain list of the profiles it applies on its side. That lets you work out in advance what a blocked or missing page costs, and its smallest paid plan, $29, is the cheaper way in. (Scrape.do request costs, Scrape.do pricing, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Who should pick which
Pick by your monthly volume in credits, not by the plan names: multiply your pages by 5 if they need JavaScript, by 10 for residential or premium proxies, or by 25 for both, then look up both ladders. At the default job on this site, 100,000 JavaScript pages (500,000 credits), ScrapingDog’s Standard plan is $90 and Scrape.do’s Pro plan is $99. Pick ScrapingDog for named Google, YouTube or marketplace endpoints, or above 10,000,000 credits; pick Scrape.do for a small job under its Hobby plan, or when you need to know exactly which responses are charged. (Scrape.do pricing, ScrapingDog pricing, checked Oct 12, 2026)