# ScraperAPI: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 6 judge labels across 1 category by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/scraperapi

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Proxy and web data providers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/proxy-networks/index.md) | 0% | 22 | 17% | 6 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Zyte, ScraperAPI, or ZenRows if: You want to write simple code" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Proxy and web data)
- "All‑in‑one scraping for developers & enterprises" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Proxy and web data)

## And against it

- "These providers have been criticized for their practices, such as sourcing IPs from compromised devices or botnets" (Llama 4 Maverick, Proxy and web data)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named ScraperAPI, from 15 of the 18 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- aimultiple.com: 6
- brightdata.com: 6
- scraperapi.com: 6 (its own site)
- g2.com: 5
- gane.ai/index: 5
- proxidize.com: 5
- proxyway.com: 5
- github.com: 4
- iproyal.com: 4
- proxy-cheap.com: 4

### Pages cited

- https://aimultiple.com/proxy-providers: 3
- https://data-ox.com/resources/blog/best-web-scraping-services-compared: 3
- https://g2.com/categories/web-data-providers/small-business: 3
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/proxy-networks/smb: 3
- https://iproyal.com/blog/best-web-scraping-proxy-providers: 3
- https://kdnuggets.com/2025/11/brightdata/the-best-proxy-providers-for-large-scale-scraping-for-2026: 3
- https://proxycompass.com/proxies-for-web-scraping: 3
- https://proxyway.com/research/proxy-market-research-2024: 3

## In its own words

What ScraperAPI's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Scale Data Collection with a Simple API (https://scraperapi.com/)
- For: developers and businesses (https://scraperapi.com/)
- Price stated: Hobby $49/month ($44.10/month billed annually), Startup $149/month ($134.10/month billed annually), Business $299/month ($269.10/month billed annually), Scaling $475/month ($427.50/month billed annually), Professional $975/month ($877.50/month billed annually), Advanced $1,975/month ($1,777.50/month billed annually), Enterprise Custom / Let’s talk / custom per month (https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing)
- Starting price: 49 (https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: 5,000 free API calls (https://scraperapi.com/)
- Certifications: CCPA, GDPR
- Hosting: +50 countries
- Customers named: SquareTrade, saas.group, Dotlas

## What it publishes

Every page scraperapi.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 644 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 135 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-16
- case study: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-11-05
- webinar or virtual event: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-11-13
- report or ebook: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-01-01
- comparison: 43 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-29
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-12-30
- glossary or explainer: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-07-23
- Recent: 2026-07-16 blog: Live web data for ai agents https://www.scraperapi.com/blog/live-web-data-for-ai-agents
- Recent: 2026-06-29 comparison: Scraperapi the best alternative to oxylabs https://www.scraperapi.com/comparisons/scraperapi-the-best-alternative-to-oxylabs
- Recent: 2026-04-29 blog: Scraperapi traject data acquisition https://www.scraperapi.com/blog/scraperapi-traject-data-acquisition
- Recent: 2025-12-16 blog: Top bot blockers https://www.scraperapi.com/blog/top-bot-blockers
- Recent: 2025-11-21 blog: Build image search engine for amazon https://www.scraperapi.com/blog/build-image-search-engine-for-amazon
- Recent: 2025-10-15 blog: Bypassing anti bot detection https://www.scraperapi.com/blog/bypassing-anti-bot-detection

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.