Overview
ScraperAPI is listed here under a single product type, scraper_api, sold through a REST API rather than raw proxy access. The one product line on record, Scraping API — Hobby, is priced as an entry-level plan, which suggests the offer is built around a managed scraping endpoint rather than a menu of proxy pools a buyer configures directly.
What the record shows
ScraperAPI documents a REST API with automatic proxy rotation, reached over HTTP and HTTPS endpoints and authenticated with an API key. Rotation is described as handled automatically by the API, and the provider states that its Async Scraper can send millions of requests asynchronously, which points to a design for volume scraping rather than manual proxy management. A web dashboard with request statistics is documented, and the provider advertises “a generous free tier” without stating request limits, duration, or what counts against it. On coverage, the provider states “+50 countries” as a specification, while this directory's own record for the provider lists 12 countries; that gap is not resolved by the facts available here, so it should be treated as an open question rather than a contradiction to guess at. Pool size is documented by the provider as “over 40M proxies,” with no breakdown given for proxy type, so whether that figure is residential, datacentre, or mixed is not documented. Targeting is stated at country level only; city-level or ASN-level targeting is not documented. On support, the provider documents a dedicated support team and a Slack channel, and cites a testimonial referencing responses within 24 hours — that is a customer's stated experience, not a service-level commitment, and no SLA or uptime figure is documented. Nothing here should be read as this directory having tested speed, latency, or reliability, because no such testing has taken place.
Pricing
The only entry price on record is the Scraping API — Hobby plan at USD 49 per month. As a monthly figure, that price recurs regardless of usage unless the provider's own tiering (not detailed here beyond this entry plan) changes it. On the price position given, ScraperAPI is cheaper than 8% of the 27 providers in this directory that also bill per month — in other words, most comparable monthly plans here are priced lower than this one. No other product lines or pricing units are on record, so there is nothing to compare against as a per-GB or per-request figure.
Who it suits
Based on what is documented, this fits a buyer who wants a single REST endpoint to send scraping requests through, without managing proxy rotation or IP selection themselves, and who is comfortable with country-level geotargeting only. The stated async capability for high-volume asynchronous requests points toward suitability for larger scraping jobs rather than light, occasional use. It is harder to judge fit for anyone who needs city-level or more granular targeting, direct control over proxy type (residential versus datacentre), or a documented uptime commitment, since none of that is on record. Buyers who need to verify coverage precisely before committing should note the unresolved gap between the provider's “+50 countries” claim and the 12 countries recorded here.
Where to look closer
Ask ScraperAPI directly to reconcile the “+50 countries” figure it states against the narrower country count recorded here, and to specify which countries are actually available for targeting. Ask what the free tier actually includes — request volume, time limit, and features withheld from paid plans — since “generous” is not quantified anywhere in the record. Ask for a breakdown of the “over 40M proxies” pool by type, since residential and datacentre proxies behave very differently for scraping targets. Ask whether any uptime or response-time commitment exists beyond the single 24-hour testimonial, and whether support channels are guaranteed or best-effort. Finally, ask whether pricing beyond the Hobby plan scales by request volume, concurrency, or another unit, since no higher tiers are documented here.
This assessment is editorial analysis of the sourced facts recorded on this page. Specifications, pricing and coverage are provider-stated and dated in the panels above. No controlled performance test has been run against this provider.
