Category
Web Scraping
Key features
Raw HTML scraping API
JavaScript rendering
Rotating proxies with geolocation
01 — Overview
What is
ScrapingBot
ScrapingBot is a web scraping API that fetches raw HTML from any site with JavaScript rendering, rotating proxies and CAPTCHA handling. It also includes prebuilt scrapers for popular sites such as LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Amazon, real estate listings and travel platforms. Marketing and growth teams use it for market research, social media data, SEO monitoring and lead data collection.
02 — Who it’s for
Ideal Customer Profile
Made for independent developers, startups, scale-ups and marketing analysts who want a simple scraping API without building their own infrastructure.
03 — Capabilities
Key Features
Raw HTML scraping API
JavaScript rendering
Rotating proxies with geolocation
CAPTCHA handling
Prebuilt social media scrapers
Live API testing tool
MCP server
05 — Similar tools
Alternatives
Scrapingdog
Web scraping API with ready-made data endpoints
ScraperAPI
Web scraping API that handles proxies and CAPTCHAs
ScrapingBee
Web scraping API that handles proxies and browsers
Apify
Ready-to-run web scrapers and AI tools
Bright Data
Web data, scraping APIs and proxy networks
Zyte
Web scraping API and managed web data
06 — FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ScrapingBot used for?
It extracts data from websites, including JavaScript heavy pages, for uses like market research, SEO monitoring, social media data, brand protection and collecting e-commerce or real estate listings.
Who is ScrapingBot for?
The site names independent developers, startups and scale-ups, students and researchers, and marketing analysts as its main users.
Does ScrapingBot have ready-made scrapers?
Yes. It includes prebuilt scrapers for sites like LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Amazon, Zillow and Booking, and you can ask support to add a new one.
Can ScrapingBot be used with AI agents?
Yes. It provides an MCP server, so AI assistants and agents can call its scraping APIs directly.