The ScrapingBee alternative with pay-per-call pricing
YepAPI is a web scraping API with JS rendering, proxies, screenshots, and AI extraction — no monthly credit plan. Pay per call from $0.01, start with $5 free credit, and get SEO, SERP, and AI APIs under one key.
No credit card required. Takes 30 seconds.
2,400+
Developers
1.2M+
API calls served
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Endpoints
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Yep, that's it.
YepAPI vs ScrapingBee
Both render JavaScript and rotate proxies. The difference is how you pay — and how much else ships with the key.
Competitor details are approximate and may change — check ScrapingBee's site for current plans.
One call. Rendered HTML or structured data.
JS rendering and proxies handled — just a POST with your API key.
const res = await fetch("https://api.yepapi.com/v1/scrape", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Authorization": "Bearer yep_sk_your_key",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
url: "https://example.com/products",
render_js: true,
}),
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data.data.html);Why developers switch from ScrapingBee
ScrapingBee is a capable scraping API — but its monthly credit plans assume steady volume, and heavier requests like JS rendering or premium proxies burn credits faster. If your scraping is bursty or you're still building, a fixed monthly credit bucket means paying for capacity you don't use.
YepAPI is pay-per-call from $0.01 with no plan and no minimum, starting from $5 of free credit — and JS rendering, proxies, screenshots, and AI extraction are part of the same API. Because the key also covers SEO, SERP, and 60+ AI models, a ScrapingBee alternative can collapse several tools into one integration, one bill, and one dashboard.
ScrapingBee alternative — FAQ
YepAPI is a ScrapingBee alternative built around pay-per-call pricing instead of monthly credit plans. You get a web scraping API with JavaScript rendering, proxy rotation, screenshots, and AI-powered data extraction — billed per request from $0.01, with no monthly minimum. The same API key also covers SEO, SERP, and AI models, so one integration handles scraping plus the data work around it.
Yes. YepAPI gives you $5 of free credit on signup with no credit card — enough to test JS rendering, proxies, screenshots, and AI extraction on real pages. Unlike a one-time trial credit pack, the balance works across every endpoint (scraping, SEO, SERP, AI), and afterwards you simply pay per call with no monthly commitment.
ScrapingBee sells monthly plans measured in credits, where heavier requests (JS rendering, premium proxies) consume more credits from a fixed quota. YepAPI is pay-per-call: you're billed per request from $0.01 with no plan and no minimum. For spiky or low-to-medium scraping volume, pay-per-call usually costs less than committing to a monthly credit bucket.
Yes. YepAPI's web scraping API renders JavaScript, rotates proxies, and can return rendered HTML, structured data, or full-page screenshots. It also offers AI-powered extraction — describe the fields you want and get structured JSON back — so you can skip writing brittle CSS selectors for dynamic sites.
Often, yes. Beyond web scraping, the same YepAPI key includes SEO data (keywords, backlinks, domain metrics), SERP results across 13 search engines, 60+ AI/LLM models, and YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram APIs. Teams using ScrapingBee for scraping plus separate vendors for SERP or AI can consolidate to one key and one bill.
Ready to ditch monthly scraping credits?
Web scraping, SEO, SERP, and AI APIs under one key. $5 free credit on signup. No credit card required.