Scrapfly
Data extraction tools
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What is Scrapfly
Scrapfly is a web data extraction API that helps teams collect and parse content from websites at scale. It is used by developers and data teams for use cases such as price monitoring, SERP collection, lead enrichment, and research datasets. The platform focuses on programmatic access via APIs and provides tooling for handling common scraping constraints such as blocking, dynamic pages, and request orchestration.
API-first scraping workflow
Scrapfly is designed to be embedded into applications through APIs rather than used only as a point-and-click tool. This fits engineering-led teams that need repeatable extraction jobs and integration into pipelines. It supports programmatic control over requests, responses, and extraction logic, which is important for production scraping workloads.
Handles anti-bot constraints
The product includes capabilities intended to reduce failures caused by rate limits, bot detection, and other access controls. This can lower the amount of custom infrastructure teams need to maintain for proxies, retries, and session handling. It is relevant for use cases where target sites frequently change defenses or throttle traffic.
Supports structured extraction use cases
Scrapfly is positioned for turning web pages into usable datasets rather than only downloading HTML. This aligns with common data extraction tool requirements such as parsing, normalization, and downstream consumption. It can be used as a building block for analytics, monitoring, and enrichment workflows where consistent fields matter.
Engineering effort still required
Even with an API platform, teams typically need to build and maintain extraction logic, selectors, and validation for each target site. Website layout changes can break parsers and require ongoing updates. Non-technical users may find it less accessible than tools that provide managed connectors and UI-driven workflows.
Coverage depends on target sites
Web scraping reliability varies by site complexity, JavaScript rendering needs, and anti-bot posture. Some sources may require additional tuning, higher-cost execution modes, or may remain difficult to access consistently. This makes outcomes less predictable than first-party data integrations.
Compliance and governance burden
Using web extraction tools requires customers to manage legal, contractual, and policy compliance for each data source. Teams often need governance around PII handling, retention, and acceptable use. The product does not remove the need for internal review of terms of service and regulatory requirements.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery | $30 per month | 200,000 included API credits/month; No pay-as-you-go (extra credits unavailable); Concurrent requests: 5; Screenshot API: 3,333; Log retention: 1 week; Basic support; includes 1,000 free signup API credits. |
| Pro | $100 per month | 1,000,000 included API credits/month; Pay-as-you-go: $3.50 per 10k credits; Concurrent requests: 20; Screenshot API: 16,667; Log retention: 2 weeks; Standard support; includes 1,000 free signup API credits. |
| Startup | $250 per month | 2,500,000 included API credits/month; Pay-as-you-go: $2.00 per 10k credits; Concurrent requests: 50; Screenshot API: 41,667; Log retention: 3 weeks; Team management included; includes 1,000 free signup API credits. |
| Enterprise | $500 per month | 5,500,000 included API credits/month; Pay-as-you-go: $1.20 per 10k credits; Concurrent requests: 100; Screenshot API: 91,667; Log retention: 4 weeks; Premium support; includes 1,000 free signup API credits. |
| Custom | Custom pricing | Unlimited / bespoke monthly credits and entitlements; contact sales for pricing, limits and SLAs. |
