Crawlbase
Crawlbase (formerly ProxyCrawl) offers an all-in-one crawling API with automatic IP rotation, JavaScript handling, and cloud storage integrations.
✓ JS Rendering✓ CAPTCHA BypassResidential Proxies✓ Free Tier
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- ▶Highly competitive per-request pricing for mid-to-high volume scraping pipelines
- ▶Integrated JavaScript rendering without running local browser instances
- ▶Built-in cloud storage and webhook notification support for asynchronous crawling
⚠️ Cons
- ▶Lower bypass success rate on cutting-edge Cloudflare Turnstile and Kasada barriers
- ▶Less extensive SDK ecosystem compared to ScrapingBee or ZenRows
🎯 Best For
Developers seeking an affordable, straightforward scraping API for websites with moderate anti-bot protections.
🐍 Python Code Example
python
import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://api.crawlbase.com/',
params={
'token': 'YOUR_NORMAL_TOKEN',
'url': 'https://example.com',
}
)
print('Status:', response.status_code)
print('Content:', response.text[:300])🧩 Supported SDKs & Languages
PythonNode.jsPHPRubyJavacURL