ScrapingAnt
ScrapingAnt provides a developer-friendly scraping API with real headless Chrome rendering, proxy rotation, and a generous 10,000-credit free tier.
✓ JS Rendering✓ CAPTCHA BypassResidential Proxies✓ Free Tier
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- ▶Generous free tier with 10,000 credits monthly without credit card requirements
- ▶Full headless Chrome rendering with automatic proxy rotation included by default
- ▶Clean and concise API documentation with code examples across multiple languages
⚠️ Cons
- ▶Smaller overall residential proxy pool compared to specialized proxy networks
- ▶Residential proxy features require higher-tier paid plans
🎯 Best For
Developers looking to test and scale headless Chrome web scraping with zero upfront cost and simple REST integration.
🐍 Python Code Example
python
import requests
api_key = 'YOUR_SCRAPINGANT_KEY'
target_url = 'https://httpbin.org/ip'
endpoint = f'https://api.scrapingant.com/v2/general?url={target_url}&x-api-key={api_key}&browser=true'
response = requests.get(endpoint)
print('Status:', response.status_code)
print(response.text[:200])🧩 Supported SDKs & Languages
PythonJavaScriptcURLPHP