# ScrapingBee: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 7 judge labels across 1 category by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/scrapingbee

## 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% | 19 | 14% | 7 |

## What the models said for it

- "ScrapingBee is an API for web scraping “Supply a URL, and ScrapingBee will handle…” with 4.9/5 rating" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Proxy and web data)
- "Highly recommended for stealthy scraping" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Proxy and web data)
- "Easy to use, good for beginners" (MiniMax M2.5, Proxy and web data)
- "ScrapingBee (for web data)" (MiniMax M2.5, 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named ScrapingBee, from 16 of the 20 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- aimultiple.com: 9
- github.com: 9
- proxyway.com: 9
- brightdata.com: 8
- scrapingbee.com: 7 (its own site)
- g2.com: 6
- data-ox.com: 5
- oxylabs.io: 5
- zyte.com: 5
- 5-proxy.com: 4

### Pages cited

- https://aimultiple.com/proxy-providers: 5
- https://brightdata.com/blog/proxy-101/best-proxy-providers: 4
- https://5-proxy.com/: 3
- https://aimultiple.com/enterprise-proxy: 3
- https://blog.apify.com/oxylabs-vs-bright-data: 3
- https://data-ox.com/resources/blog/best-web-scraping-services-compared: 3
- https://github.com/cbrvm19/web-scraping-benchmarks/blob/main/README.md: 3
- https://scrapingbee.com/pricing: 3

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: The Best Web Scraping API (https://scrapingbee.com/)
- For: developers, founders, and product teams that need web data in their apps, workflows, or internal tools (https://scrapingbee.com/)
- Price stated: Simple, transparent pricing. (https://scrapingbee.com/)
- Starting price: 49 (https://scrapingbee.com/)
- Free plan or trial: 1,000 free web scraping API credits; no credit card required (https://scrapingbee.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 400 (https://www.scrapingbee.com/features/n8n)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, GDPR
- Hosting: Paris (main), multi-DC EU for backup, USA
- Customers named: Comunica, Yond+co, Navegante, SeekWell, NordFolk, Loadster, Podscan, CodeSubmit

## What it publishes

Every page scrapingbee.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 1191 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 364 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 48 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 13 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## 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.