Crawlbase Review 2026

The verdict

Independent nightly benchmarks since March 2024 — here's where Crawlbase lands.

What we think after testing Crawlbase

Editorial review by Maya Cortez · last tested Jul 2, 2026

This Google SERP Data Is a Goldmine for AI

Watch our hands-on walkthrough of Crawlbase — dashboard, API, real workload, the bits the marketing pages skip.

Live performance

Numbers from our continuous test rig — same workloads, every month.

Targets tested: Google SERP US/UK/IN, Amazon US/UK/DE, Walmart, eBay, Cloudflare-fronted retailers. Concurrency: 200. Run nightly since Mar 2024. Full data in our methodology page →

Performance vs the market

How Crawlbase compares to the directory-wide average across our four standard target panels. = market average, bar fill = Crawlbase.

Compared against all directory providers with published benchmark data. Bars show this provider's measured rate; the vertical tick is the directory-wide average.

IP pool size — ranked

Where Crawlbase ranks against the largest networks in the directory. Bars are scaled to 350M.

Bars rank total advertised IP pool size. Crawlbase publishes 140M residential + 98M datacenter IPs — see the full breakdown in the specs above.

Pricing

Volume discounts apply across types. Prices in USD, parsed Jul 2, 2026.

Proxy types offered

2 types available. Pricing varies by type and volume.

Features & integrations

What's included out of the box.

Network & infrastructure

How the pool is built, refreshed and addressed.

SDK, API & integrations

Languages, endpoints and tooling shipped out of the box.

Code examples

Drop-in snippets to start using Crawlbase from your stack. Replace USER, PASS and the gateway with what you get from your dashboard.

# pip install requests
import requests

proxy = "http://USER:[email protected]:7777"
resp = requests.get(
    "https://httpbin.org/ip",
    proxies={"http": proxy, "https": proxy},
    timeout=10,
)
print(resp.json())

// npm install undici
import { fetch, ProxyAgent } from "undici";

const dispatcher = new ProxyAgent("http://USER:[email protected]:7777");
const resp = await fetch("https://httpbin.org/ip", { dispatcher });
console.log(await resp.json());

curl -x http://USER:[email protected]:7777 \
  https://httpbin.org/ip \
  --max-time 10

# scrapy-rotating-proxies works with any provider gateway
# settings.py:
DOWNLOADER_MIDDLEWARES = {
    "scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpproxy.HttpProxyMiddleware": 400,
}
HTTP_PROXY = "http://USER:[email protected]:7777"
HTTPS_PROXY = "http://USER:[email protected]:7777"

// npm install playwright
import { chromium } from "playwright";

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  proxy: {
    server: "http://gate.crawlbase.com:7777",
    username: "USER",
    password: "PASS",
  },
});
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto("https://httpbin.org/ip");
console.log(await page.locator("body").innerText());
await browser.close();

Need more? Crawlbase's official docs have language-specific quickstarts and SDK references.

Independent benchmarks

Last run 2026-05-05

Compliance & privacy

Auditable certifications, sourcing and data-handling posture.

Support & account

How they pick up the phone — and who answers.

Company & resources

Who builds and operates this product.

Key markets covered

30+ countries served.

Crawlbase vs alternatives

How Crawlbase stacks up against the closest providers in our directory. Tap any column header to read that review.

How to get started with Crawlbase

A 5-minute walkthrough from sign-up to your first successful request. Total setup time: ~10 minutes.

1. 1

   Create your developer workspace

   Create your Crawlbase account at https://crawlbase.com. No credit card required for the free tier.

2. 2

   Copy your token from the dashboard

   From the dashboard, copy your API key into your environment variables (e.g. CRAWLBASE_KEY) so it never lands in source control.

3. 3

   Fire a hello-world call

   Hit the documented endpoint with a single GET request. Most teams finish their hello-world call in under 5 minutes.

4. 4

   Plug into your observability stack

   Configure retries on the client side and route Crawlbase responses into your APM (Datadog, New Relic, OpenTelemetry) so you catch ban-rate spikes early.

5. 5

   Ramp concurrency once stable

   Start with 1k requests/hour, monitor success rate, then increase concurrency. At ~$1.00/GB, most teams hit volume targets within a sprint.

Stuck? Check Crawlbase's documentation or email us.

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FAQ

The questions buyers actually ask.