Crawlbase review64 of 100, fair
One graduated rate card for everything, $3.00 per 1,000 for the first thousand down to $0.02 past a billion, optional subscriptions from $99 for 200,000 credits, and a browser render that simply doubles the request.
Reviewed 2026-09-18 by Phillip Paul Inker. Facts re-read 2026-09-18. 2 sources. crawlbase.com. Brand searches: 1,000 a month worldwide (Google, read 2026-09-18).
Pricing written like a tax table: pay as you go on a ladder of brackets, or a monthly block at a lower effective rate with the ladder continuing past it. A failed or blocked request is never billed and a rendered one costs two credits, which is the simplest multiplier in this database.
Best for: Buyers who want one rate card across every product and a human on support from the free tier up.
Pay as you go starts at $3.00 per 1,000 for the first thousand and the page's own examples put 1,000,000 requests at $527.50, about $0.53 per 1,000, and 10,000,000 at $1,471.90, about $0.15. Subscriptions run from $99 for 200,000 credits, about $0.50 per 1,000, to $599 for 2,000,000, about $0.30.
A crawling API for any URL returning HTML, JSON or images, a real-browser render at double the cost, full-page captures at two credits, and named scrapers for Amazon, Walmart, Google SERP and LinkedIn.
A request that fails or is blocked is never billed, whatever the site or rendering mode; no success rate, latency or concurrency figure is published.
The crawling API documentation carries cURL, PHP, Python, Node and Ruby examples, an asynchronous mode, webhooks, a Postman collection, and names Zapier, n8n and an MCP server.
The whole rate card, the blended examples, the subscription blocks with their effective rates and the two-credit render rule are public; the page even prices its own annual discount.
5,000 free requests, a human answering every account including the free tier, annual billing with one month free and 8% off; refund terms were not on the pages read.
Every scraper in the database on one axis, rank 10 of 14. The zones are the grades.
Google Ads Keyword Planner, worldwide searches for “crawlbase”, read 2026-09-18. Demand, not quality: the rubric ignores it.
- Rendering is a plain doubling, no browser tier
- Failed or blocked requests never billed
- The full rate card and the effective rates are printed
- Human support from the free tier
- Pay as you go is dear at low volume, $3.00 per 1,000 for the first thousand
- No success rate or concurrency published
- Refund terms not on the pages read
- Pay as you go
- Graduated ladder from $3.00 per 1,000 for the first thousand to $0.02 beyond a billion, per 1,000 successful requests [1]
- Blended examples
- 100,000 credits about $0.76 per 1,000; 1,000,000 requests $527.50; 10,000,000 requests $1,471.90 [1]
- Subscriptions
- $99 for 200,000 (about $0.50 per 1,000), $199 for 500,000, $349 for 1,000,000, $599 for 2,000,000 (about $0.30) [1]
- Past the block
- Continues as pay as you go at the bracket your volume already reached [1]
- Annual
- One month free and 8% off: $1,089, $2,189, $3,839, $6,589 a year [1]
- Render
- Doubles the request; full-page capture two credits [1]
- Billing rule
- A failed or blocked request is never billed [1]
- Support
- A human answers every account, free tier included [1]
| Challenge | Price | Unit | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 requests, entry plan | $0.50 | per 1,000 credits, the $99 a month subscription block of 200,000 | Pay as you go is $3.00 per 1,000 for the first thousand, about $0.53 per 1,000 at 1,000,000 requests | [1] |
| 1,000 requests, mid plan | $0.35 | per 1,000 credits, the $349 a month block of 1,000,000 | $199 for 500,000 at about $0.40; $599 for 2,000,000 at about $0.30 | [1] |
| JavaScript rendering | 2 credits | per request | A real browser render doubles the request; there is no browser tier. A full-page capture is also two credits | [1] |
| Free tier | $0 | 5,000 requests | [1] |
What the pricing page says
Two ways to pay. Pay as you go is one graduated ladder, like income tax, the page says: the first thousand requests at $3.00 per 1,000, brackets stepping down to $0.02 per 1,000 beyond a billion, always per successful request. The page prices its own examples: 100,000 credits spent come to about $0.76 per 1,000 blended, 1,000,000 requests to $527.50, 10,000,000 to $1,471.90. Subscriptions are optional monthly blocks at a lower effective rate, $99 for 200,000 credits at about $0.50 per 1,000 up to $599 for 2,000,000 at about $0.30; usage past the block continues on the ladder at the bracket already reached. Annual billing gives one month free and 8% off.
How credits work
One credit is one standard request. A real browser render doubles the request, and that is the whole story, the page says; there is no browser tier. A full-page capture through the crawling API spends two credits. A request that fails or is blocked is never billed, whatever the site or rendering mode. Every product, the crawling API for any URL and the named scrapers for Amazon, Walmart, Google SERP and LinkedIn, draws on the same card.
Integration and terms
The crawling API documentation runs cURL, PHP, Python, Node and Ruby examples, an asynchronous mode with webhooks, a Postman collection, and names Zapier, n8n and an MCP server. Terms: 5,000 free requests, a human on every account. A refund policy was not on the pages read.
Questions people ask
What does a rendered page cost?
Two credits: a real browser render doubles the request, per the pricing page. There is no separate browser tier.
What if a request is blocked?
It is never billed, whatever the site or rendering mode, per the pricing page.
Do I need a subscription?
No. Pay as you go runs on the graduated ladder; a subscription is an optional monthly block at a lower effective rate.
- The full bracket table between $3.00 and $0.02 was read on 2026-09-17; the review quotes its ends and the page's own blended examples.
- Refund terms were not on the pages read.
- No success rate or concurrency figure is published; none is scored.
- [1]Crawlbase pricing, one rate card for every product Crawlbase, read 2026-09-18.
“Pay as you go: One graduated ladder, like income tax. 1M requests $527.50 ≈ $0.53 per 1,000. 10M requests $1,471.90 ≈ $0.15 per 1,000. $99 / mo $1,089 / yr 1 month free · 8% off ≈ $0.50 per 1k credits. $599 / mo ≈ $0.30 per 1k credits. A real browser render doubles the request, and that is the whole story. There is no browser tier. A request that fails or is blocked is never billed, whatever the site or rendering mode. A human answers every account, free tier included.”
- [2]Crawlbase crawling API documentation Crawlbase, read 2026-09-18.
“cURL, PHP, Python, Node, Ruby, async, webhook, Postman, MCP, Zapier, n8n named in the crawling API documentation.”
Badge for Crawlbase’s own site
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Shows Crawlbase’s current score, 64 of 100, fair. Dark card, for most pages. It links to certificate SC-BFC688, valid until 2027-09-18, and changes by itself when the review does.
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