ScraperAPI
ScraperAPI's pricing URL resolves, but plan structure is not surfaced clearly enough for an agent to enumerate without hand-parsing. No per-unit price was found on the page; an agent has no direct way to estimate the cost of a single task. Self-serve signup exists alongside a sales-led / custom tier. Public API documentation is reachable without an auth wall. A free or freemium tier is offered.
Start Scraping — ScraperAPI has acquired Traject Data
$0
$49
per monthHow ScraperAPI scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing
7 / 15
Usage-based / metered
0 / 25
Self-serve checkout
15 / 15
Public API
15 / 15
Low / no minimum
8 / 10
Unauth automated payment
3 / 10
Bonus (machine-readable pricing)On top of /100 base
0 / 5
Total
48 / 100
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from ScraperAPI?
Discover price
https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing/ — five visible tier cardsSelect a plan
Hobby / Startup / Business / Scaling / Enterprise distinguishablePay per task
Credit-based metering inside fixed monthly buckets; Scaling+ has fixed PAYG overageAvoid a sales call
Four tiers self-serve, only Enterprise contact-salesAPI docs without auth
https://docs.scraperapi.com — publicEstimate cost upfront
Per-credit overage rate visible only on Scaling+; cost-per-URL not declared upfront on lower tiersPros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-03. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.- Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
- API documentation is reachable without a login — discovery and integration can happen in one session.
- A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
- No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
- Some tiers are sales-led; the highest-capacity surfaces are not self-serve.
- PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
- A unit price is published but consumption per task is not declared upfront — cost predictability is partial.
How ScraperAPI could lift its score
Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.
| pricing_visible | true |
| headline_phrasing | Start Scraping — ScraperAPI has acquired Traject Data |
| tier_count | 0 |
| lowest_paid_entry_usd | 49 |
| free_tier | true |
| free_tier_terms | null |
| per_unit_price | null |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 1 |
| sales_only_tiers | 0 |
| public_api_docs_url | https://www.scraperapi.com/documentation/ |
| api_docs_auth_walled | false |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
| per_unit_classification | null |
| usage_headline_present | false |
| custom_tier_present | true |
| agent_friendly | {"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":true,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false} |
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0
Yes
$49/mo
1 / 0
Public
No
Not published
2026-05-03
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.ai-pricing.json
agents.txt
llms.txt
sitemap.xml
MCP Server Card
Agent Skills
x402 / MPP
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