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The words on a scraping API bill
Vendors bill in units they define themselves. These 14 terms are the ones that decide what a job costs; each page defines one and shows it across the APIs we track, with each vendor's date.
Anti-bot detection 18 APIs compared What sites detect, why protected-request modes cost more, and how four scraping vendors publish the charge. Cloud browser 9 APIs compared What managed remote browsers are and how Browserbase, Browserless, Bright Data, and Firecrawl meter them. Concurrency 27 APIs compared How concurrent-request limits change plan choice, queuing, and cost across scraping API vendors. Crawl endpoint 3 APIs compared How a managed crawl expands one starting URL into many billable pages across Firecrawl, Diffbot, ScrapeGraphAI, and Search1API. Credit multiplier How scraping API credit multipliers turn one request into several billed credits, with current vendor rules. Datacenter proxy 14 APIs compared What datacenter proxy routing means and how four scraping vendors account for it. Headless browser 19 APIs compared What a browser without a visible window does and how managed vendors meter its use. Included allowance 40 APIs compared How included credits, searches, browser hours, and other meters determine the capacity of a scraping plan. JavaScript rendering 19 APIs compared What JavaScript rendering means in a scraping API and how current vendors charge for it. Overage rate 16 APIs compared What happens after a scraping plan allowance is exhausted, with four incompatible vendor policies. Residential proxy 14 APIs compared What residential routing means and how Scrape.do, Scrapfly, Bright Data, and Browserbase bill it. Scraping credit A plain definition of scraping credits, why they change a bill, and how ScraperAPI, ScrapingBee, and ZenRows count them. SERP API 16 APIs compared What a search engine results page API returns and how SerpApi, DataForSEO, Bright Data, and Serper bill it. Successful request 30 APIs compared Why a vendor's billable successful request is not the same as a useful result, with current status rules.