ScraperAPI
One HTTP endpoint that absorbs proxy rotation, CAPTCHAs, and JavaScript rendering for you.
About
ScraperAPI is a managed web scraping API founded in 2018 and acquired by SaaS.group in 2020. You send a target URL to api.scraperapi.com with your API key and parameters, and the service routes the request through a pool of 40 million-plus IPs across 50+ countries, detects and solves CAPTCHAs, retries with different IPs on failure, and returns the page HTML. JavaScript rendering is opt-in with a render parameter, geotargeting routes through specific countries, sticky sessions hold the same IP for up to 15 minutes, and an async endpoint accepts batch jobs via webhook.
Its standout feature is the structured data endpoints: maintained parsers for Amazon, Google SERP, Walmart, eBay, and Redfin that return parsed JSON instead of raw HTML, so you skip writing selectors entirely. A no-code DataPipeline product schedules recurring scrapes with webhook delivery. Plans start at $49 per month with a 5,000-credit trial that needs no card, and you only pay credits for successful requests. Third-party reviewers report the service processing tens of billions of requests monthly, but that figure is affiliate-sourced and unverified. Per one third-party report from 2026, ScraperAPI also absorbed Traject Data, the company behind Rainforest API and SerpWow.
What it can do
- Proxy rotation across 40M+ IPs in 50+ countries
- Automatic CAPTCHA solving built into every request
- Opt-in headless-browser JavaScript rendering
- Structured data endpoints for Amazon, Google, Walmart, eBay, and Redfin
- Async batch API with webhook delivery
- Sticky sessions for login flows
- No-code DataPipeline for scheduled scraping
- Pay only for successful requests
Setup
Sign up for an API key, then GET api.scraperapi.com with api_key and url parameters; add render=true for JavaScript rendering.
Prerequisites
A ScraperAPI API key; any HTTP client. No proxy or browser infrastructure needed.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 8/10
Scored 8/10 (metrics tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: scraperapi.com documents the endpoint, the 40M+ IP pool, structured data endpoints, and pricing; third-party 2026 reviews corroborate the 2018 founding, the 2020 SaaS.group acquisition, and the $49 entry price. Strengths: long track record for the category, genuinely simple integration, structured endpoints save real parsing work. Docked for: (1) no mobile proxies in the standard pool, a consistent third-party criticism; (2) volume claims (36B requests/mo, customer logos) come from affiliate-sourced reviews, not audited figures; (3) weak fit for social media and login-required targets. License: proprietary.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 8.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 8.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 2.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 8.0/10
- · Founded 2018; acquired by SaaS.group in August 2020
- · 40M+ IPs across 50+ countries (provider-claimed), auto CAPTCHA solving
- · Structured data endpoints for Amazon, Google, Walmart, eBay, Redfin
- · Async batch API and no-code DataPipeline; pay only for successful requests
- · Third-party report says Traject Data (Rainforest/SerpWow) folded in, April 2026, unconfirmed
- · No mobile proxies in the standard pool per third-party reviews
Sources
Every fact above was checked against these sources. Where a claim comes from the provider and couldn't be independently verified, the text says so.