# ScraperAPI: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 10 judge labels across 1 categories by 10 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/scraperapi/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proxy and web data providers | 0% | 26 | 30% | 10 |

## What the models said for it

- "All‑in‑one scraping (IP + rendering + CAPTCHA) | ScraperAPI, Crawlbase, Zyte" (MiniMax M2.5, Proxy and web data)
- "Go with ScraperAPI/ZenRows if you simply want the data delivered to your inbox/server" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Proxy and web data)
- "More API-centric than proxy-centric." (GPT-5.4 mini, Proxy and web data)

## And against it

- "ScraperAPI (High Caution / Avoid for Complex Scraping)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Proxy and web data)
- "very simple onboarding and fast latency, but lower success rates (~69%) on heavily protected sites" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Proxy and web data)
- "Low-Cost/Unproven APIs (e.g., generic ScraperAPI clones): Budget options fail on protected sites" (Grok 4.1 Fast, Proxy and web data)

## In its own words

What ScraperAPI's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Scale Data Collection with a Simple API (https://scraperapi.com/)
- For: developers and businesses (https://scraperapi.com/)
- Price stated: Hobby $49/month ($44.10/month billed annually), Startup $149/month ($134.10/month billed annually), Business $299/month ($269.10/month billed annually), Scaling $475/month ($427.50/month billed annually), Professional $975/month ($877.50/month billed annually), Advanced $1,975/month ($1,777.50/month billed annually), Enterprise Custom / Let’s talk / custom per month (https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing)
- Starting price: 49 (https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: 5,000 free API calls (https://scraperapi.com/)
- Certifications: 100% CCPA & GDPR compliant
- Hosting: +50 countries
- Customers named: SquareTrade, saas.group, Dotlas, HR Analytics Company

## What it publishes

Every page scraperapi.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 644 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 135 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-16
- case study: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-11-05
- webinar or virtual event: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-11-13
- report or ebook: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-01-01
- comparison: 43 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-29
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-12-30
- glossary or explainer: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-07-23
- Recent: 2026-07-16 blog: Live web data for ai agents https://www.scraperapi.com/blog/live-web-data-for-ai-agents
- Recent: 2026-06-29 comparison: Scraperapi the best alternative to oxylabs https://www.scraperapi.com/comparisons/scraperapi-the-best-alternative-to-oxylabs
- Recent: 2026-04-29 blog: Scraperapi traject data acquisition https://www.scraperapi.com/blog/scraperapi-traject-data-acquisition
- Recent: 2025-12-16 blog: Top bot blockers https://www.scraperapi.com/blog/top-bot-blockers
- Recent: 2025-11-21 blog: Build image search engine for amazon https://www.scraperapi.com/blog/build-image-search-engine-for-amazon
- Recent: 2025-10-15 blog: Bypassing anti bot detection https://www.scraperapi.com/blog/bypassing-anti-bot-detection

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.