FairCrawl vs ScrapingBee
Pricing, features & honest comparison — updated 2026
TL;DR
- ScrapingBee:
- $49-249/mo. Monthly with API call limits.
- FairCrawl:
- $0.002-0.01/page. No subscription. No seat limits.
- Infrastructure cost:
- $0.001/page
FairCrawl
$0.002-0.01/page
per page scraped
No subscription
ScrapingBee
$49-249/mo
Monthly with API call limits
Free: 1,000 free API calls
Why people leave ScrapingBee
- Per-call pricing adds up
- JavaScript rendering costs extra credits
- No free tier beyond trial
What it actually costs to run
The infrastructure cost for web scraping — servers, APIs, storage, delivery — is roughly $0.001/page. ScrapingBee charges $49-249/mo.
Fair charges $0.002-0.01/page — cost plus a small margin.
The verdict
Choose ScrapingBee if
Developers wanting proxy-based scraping with JS rendering
Choose FairCrawl if
You use web scraping occasionally and don't want to pay $49-249/mo for the privilege. FairCrawl charges $0.002-0.01/page with full features and no subscription.
Where ScrapingBee's pricing model breaks down
- JS rendering costs 5-10x more credits
- No generous free tier
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Fair is the anti-subscription. 13 tools, one account, pay for what you use.