Scrapingdog is purpose-built for Google and Amazon structured data. But if your targets go beyond those dedicated APIs — or you need broader geo coverage, named anti-bot bypass, and credits that never expire — these are the friction points developers hit. ScrapeBadger now also offers 18 dedicated Google scraper APIs of its own.
| Feature | ScrapeBadger | Scrapingdog |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $10 one-time · 100K credits, no subscription | $40 / month subscription · 200K credits (Lite) |
| PAYG rate | $10 = 100K credits ($0.10/1K) | $10 = 25K credits ($0.40/1K) |
| Credits expire | Never | Subscription credits reset monthly · top-up credits expire at cycle end |
| PAYG + subscription together | Not applicable — all credits permanent | Cannot combine — must choose one or the other |
| Overall success rate (protected sites) | Higher — named bypass for 6 anti-bot systems | 34% avg (Scrapeway) — industry avg 58.2%, 6 of 13 targets return zero |
| Geotargeting countries | 150+ countries · 80M+ residential IPs | 15 countries |
| Anti-bot systems documented | Cloudflare, DataDome, Akamai, Imperva, PerimeterX, Kasada — all plans | Cloudflare documented — others not publicly specified |
| Browser engine | Patchright (stealth Chromium) — passes fingerprinting | Standard headless Chrome |
| Mobile proxies | Residential pool (highest IP reputation) | Not offered — datacenter + residential only |
| Free trial | 1,000 credits, no credit card | 1,000 credits, no credit card |
| Speed (avg latency) | Sub-second to 8s depending on target | ~3.2s avg (fast on supported targets) |
| Dedicated Google APIs | 18 products — SERP, Maps, News, Shopping, Scholar, Lens, Flights, Trends, etc. | 20+ Google endpoints — mature and pre-parsed JSON |
| Dedicated Amazon API | General scraper (HTML) | Structured JSON endpoint |
| Dedicated LinkedIn API | General scraper (HTML) | Structured JSON endpoint |
| SDK languages | Python, Node.js / TypeScript | Python, Node.js, Ruby, PHP, Go |
| Volume | ScrapeBadger | Scrapingdog |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | $10 one-time · 100K credits · $0.10/1K | $40 / mo · 200K credits · $0.20/1K (Lite) |
| Mid-tier | $40 one-time · 500K credits · $0.08/1K | $100 / mo · 1M credits · $0.10/1K (Standard) |
| Pro | $120 one-time · 2M credits · $0.06/1K | $200 / mo · 3M credits · $0.067/1K (Professional) |
| PAYG (one-off) | $10 = 100K credits · $0.10/1K · never expires | $10 = 25K credits · $0.40/1K · cannot combine with subscription |
| Effective $/1K credits at entry tier | $0.10 | $0.20 (subscription) or $0.40 (PAYG) |
Install the ScrapeBadger SDK: pip install scrapebadger (or npm install scrapebadger)
Sign up at scrapebadger.com/auth/signup — your API key is in the dashboard, no credit card required
Replace `requests.get('https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape', params={...})` with `client = ScrapeBadger('sb_live_...')` and `client.web.scrape(url=..., render_js=True, country='us', format='html')`
Map Scrapingdog's `dynamic=True` to ScrapeBadger's `render_js=True`; drop the explicit `premium=True` flag (anti-bot bypass is automatic on every plan)
The response contains the same rendered HTML — your downstream parser code does not change
For Scrapingdog Google/Amazon dedicated endpoints (which return pre-parsed JSON): if you need structured Google data, use ScrapeBadger's 18 dedicated Google APIs at /google-scraper. For Amazon, ScrapeBadger's general scraper returns HTML — review whether that meets your needs
Test with the 1,000 free trial credits, then cancel your Scrapingdog subscription once verified
According to Scrapeway's independent bi-weekly benchmarks, Scrapingdog achieves a 34% overall success rate across 13 popular scraping targets — below the industry average of 58.2%. Six of those targets return zero results in testing. This doesn't mean Scrapingdog is unreliable — it means its reliability is concentrated on the specific platforms it has dedicated APIs for: Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, Indeed. If those match your targets, the success rate is near 100%. If your targets are outside that set, results vary significantly.
Yes, Scrapingdog introduced PAYG in late 2025. The rate is $10 for 25,000 credits — $0.40 per 1,000 credits. Their own documentation states subscriptions are "roughly 50% more economical," which implicitly flags PAYG as a convenience option rather than the cost-effective choice. One important constraint: you cannot run PAYG and a subscription simultaneously. If you're on a subscription and need more credits, top-up credits expire at the end of your billing cycle. PAYG credits don't expire, but you must cancel your subscription first to use them.
Scrapingdog supports 15 countries for geotargeting, according to their own documentation. ScrapeBadger supports 150+ countries through its residential proxy pool of 80M+ IPs, including country-matched proxies for all 26 Vinted markets. For teams scraping localised content — regional pricing, country-specific SERP results, European marketplaces — the 15-country limit is a meaningful constraint.
No. Scrapingdog offers datacenter and residential proxies, but no mobile proxies. Mobile proxies carry the highest IP reputation scores and are essential for bypassing advanced bot detection on sites like DataDome that flag datacenter IP ranges. ScrapeBadger's residential pool of 80M+ IPs across 150+ countries gives broader IP diversity than Scrapingdog's pool.
Compared to Scrapingdog's PAYG rate: yes, significantly. ScrapeBadger's Starter pack is $10 for 100,000 credits ($0.10/1K) — versus Scrapingdog's $10 for 25,000 credits ($0.40/1K). That's four times the credits per dollar, and ScrapeBadger's credits never expire. Compared to Scrapingdog's subscription: ScrapeBadger's Basic pack is $18 for 200,000 credits ($0.09/1K) — cheaper per credit than Scrapingdog Lite's $40/month for the same 200,000 credits, with no monthly commitment and credits that never expire.
Scrapingdog is still a strong choice if your core use case is structured Amazon or LinkedIn data. Their dedicated endpoints for those platforms return pre-parsed JSON — ScrapeBadger's general scraper returns HTML for those targets, requiring your own parser. For Google data, ScrapeBadger now offers 18 dedicated Google scraper APIs (SERP, Maps, News, Shopping, Scholar, Lens, Flights, Trends and more) that return structured JSON the same way Scrapingdog's Google endpoints do — see /google-scraper.
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