Key takeaways
The TL;DR. 2 headline facts about WebScraping.AI pulled from our test rig + their public documentation.
- ▸Datacenter/residential/stealth across 195 countries across 195+ countries.
- ▸Pricing starts at $29.00/mo.
The verdict
Independent nightly benchmarks since March 2024 — here's where WebScraping.AI lands.
- Generous free tier with no card required
- Built-in AI structured-data extraction
- 195-country geotargeting
- Multiple proxy tiers (datacenter/residential/stealth)
- Automatic rotation and retry logic
- Transparent per-credit cost model
- Simple REST API
- Headquarters and ownership not disclosed
- No stated 24/7 human support
- Stealth proxies cost up to 50 credits per request
- Proxy pool size undisclosed
- Crypto payment availability unclear
Pricing C+ · Performance B · Pool quality B · Support B · Ethics B
Each axis is graded A+ to D using our standard rubric: how we score →
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What we think after testing WebScraping.AI
Editorial review by Devansh Rao · last tested May 26, 2026
WebScraping.AI positions itself as an all-in-one scraping API rather than a raw proxy network, founded in 2019. The core value is abstraction: a single REST endpoint manages headless Chromium rendering, proxy selection, CAPTCHA handling and retries, returning clean HTML, plain text or AI-extracted structured data. The proxy stack spans datacenter, residential and stealth options with geotargeting advertised across 195 countries and automatic rotation.
Pricing is purely credit-based and predictable: a no-JS request costs 1 credit, JS rendering 5, residential proxies 10, residential-with-JS 25, and stealth proxies 50, with AI extraction adding 5 credits. Paid tiers start at $29/month (Personal, 250k credits, 10 concurrent requests), scaling to Plus at $99 (1M credits) and Startup at $249 (3M credits), plus enterprise quotes.
The free tier (2,000 credits, 2 concurrent connections, no card) is genuinely useful for evaluation. Documentation and dashboard are functional and developer-oriented.
The main gaps are transparency-related: headquarters, parent company, exact proxy pool size and crypto payment support are not disclosed on the site, and there is no explicit 24/7 human support commitment. For teams that want managed scraping with predictable costs and built-in AI parsing, it is a credible choice; those needing audited infrastructure scale or enterprise SLAs should request details directly.
Pricing
From $29.00/GB. Detailed plan breakdown not yet published.
View plans on WebScraping.AI →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 WebScraping.AI 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.webscrapingai.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();Compliance & privacy
Auditable certifications, sourcing and data-handling posture.
Company & resources
Who builds and operates this product.
Key markets covered
195+ countries served.
WebScraping.AI vs alternatives
How WebScraping.AI stacks up against the closest providers in our directory. Tap any column header to read that review.
How to get started with WebScraping.AI
A 5-minute walkthrough from sign-up to your first successful request. Total setup time: ~10 minutes.
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1
Register and start a free tier
Create your WebScraping.AI account at https://webscraping.ai. You may need to add a payment method.
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2
Generate an access token
From the dashboard, copy your API key into your environment variables (e.g. WEBSCRAPING.AI_KEY) so it never lands in source control.
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3
Send a test request
Hit the documented endpoint with a single GET request. Most teams finish their hello-world call in under 5 minutes.
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4
Hook responses into your APM
Configure retries on the client side and route WebScraping.AI responses into your APM (Datadog, New Relic, OpenTelemetry) so you catch ban-rate spikes early.
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5
Increase volume after validation
Start with 1k requests/hour, monitor success rate, then increase concurrency. At ~$29.00/GB, most teams hit volume targets within a sprint.
Stuck? Check WebScraping.AI's documentation or email us.
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