Geekflare vs Scrapingdog

Both scrape, search, and extract data for AI workflows. See how Geekflare compares to Scrapingdog on pricing across scraping, search, and AI extraction.

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Geekflare

Scrapingdog

Founded

2015

2020

Free tier

500 credits/mo, no card required

200 credits, no card required

Pricing model

Credit-based plans, $19–$349/mo

Credit-based plans, $40–$90+/mo

BootstrappedSince 2015
13APIs, One Key
Costs LessOn Bot-Protected Scraping

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At a glance

The facts, side by side.

Everything here comes from Scrapingdog's own pricing and documentation.

Fact	Geekflare	Scrapingdog
Founded	2015	2020
Free tier	500 credits/mo, no card required	200 credits, no card required
Pricing model	Credit-based plans, $19–$349/mo	Credit-based plans, $40–$90+/mo
What's included	Scraping, search, AI extraction, screenshots, PDFs, SEO audits, DNS, TLS, port scans, etc.	Scraping, search, AI parser — web data only
Anti-bot bypass	Included at the base rate	Separate premium tier (10 credits)

Pricing and specs reflect publicly listed plans. If Scrapingdog has changed theirs and we have not caught up, tell us and we will correct the page.

Cost at your volume

What it costs once you are past the entry plan.

Geekflare and Scrapingdog API cost comparison.

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Workload	Geekflare	Scrapingdog
Scraping (JS rendering)	$0.35 / 1K requests	$0.45 / 1K requests
Search with Filter	$0.70 / 1K requests	$0.90 / 1K requests

Based on each provider's ~1M-credit plan (Geekflare Business $349/mo, Scrapingdog Standard $90/mo). Scrapingdog scraping with JS rendering and premium proxy can go up to 25 credits per request.

Feature by feature

What each one actually supports.

Where a capability exists but costs extra or works differently, we say so.

Capability	Geekflare	Scrapingdog
Scraping
JS rendering & headless browser	Supported	Supported
Anti-bot & CAPTCHA bypass at base rate	Supported	Not supported
Markdown / LLM-ready output	Supported	Supported
Search
Google SERP / web search	Supported	Supported
Full page content of results in one call	Supported	Not supported
AI-generated answer with citations	Supported	Not supported
AI Extraction
AI-powered structured data extraction	Supported	Supported
Custom schema-defined extraction	Supported	Supported
Screenshot
Full page capture	Supported	Supported
CSS element targeting	Supported	Not supported

Why teams switch

Three reasons, and one against.

LLM-Ready Output

Geekflare scraping and search APIs deliver output formatted for large language models, saving you time and tokens.

One Key, 14 APIs

Scraping, search, and AI extraction sit next to screenshots, PDFs, SEO audits, and security scans — all on the same plan.

10+ Years of Experience

Geekflare has been building web infrastructure since 2015, giving it a longer production track record.

To be fair to Scrapingdog

Scrapingdog is bootstrapped and independently run too, and its base scraping rate is competitive for straightforward pages. If your workload is mostly simple static sites, it's worth a look. Geekflare's edge shows up once bot protection enters the picture and need to integrate with AI agents using MCP.

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