Fetchflat vs ScrapingBee
ScrapingBee sells HTML fetching with optional JS, premium proxies, screenshots, and search. Those options multiply credits. Fetchflat sells fetch, schema extract, and batch webhooks at a flat tariff: 1 / 8 / 25 / 40.
Feature by feature
| ScrapingBee | Fetchflat | |
|---|---|---|
| Single URL HTML / text | Yes | Yes (/v1/fetch) |
| JS render | Yes, extra credits | Yes, render=true, 8 |
| Residential / premium proxy | Yes, extra credits | Yes, proxy=residential, 25 |
| Managed unblocker / stealth | Yes (high multiplier) | Opt-in proxy=unblocker, 40. Not default. |
| Screenshot | Yes | No |
| Google / search endpoint | Yes | No |
| Schema extract → JSON | Not the core product | Yes (/v1/extract, fetch + 4) |
| Batch + customer webhook | Limited / not the pitch | Yes (/v1/batch) |
| Credit math | Multipliers (often 5× / 8× / 25× / 75×) | Flat 1 / 8 / 25 / 40 |
ScrapingBee figures as commonly published; check their site. We quote no dollar price for them.
Credits and packaging
| call | ScrapingBee | Fetchflat |
|---|---|---|
| plain HTTP fetch | base unit | 1 |
| with JS render | a multiple of base | 8 |
| premium proxy, no render | a larger multiple | 25 (render included) |
| premium proxy + render | a larger multiple | 25 |
| stealth / unblocker | their highest multiplier | 40, opt-in per request |
| schema extract | AI add-on, per plan | fetch + 4 |
| batch with webhook | — | yes, 1–1000 items |
Multipliers vary by plan and change over time; look up their current docs. Our four numbers are the whole tariff.
Worked example
Same job: 1,000 article URLs, markdown, no JS.
- Fetchflat:
1,000 × 1 = 1,000 credits. - Same job, 200 of them need JS: Fetchflat
800×1 + 200×8 = 2,400. - Same job, 50 need residential: Fetchflat
950×1 + 50×25 = 2,200.
Fetchflat credits. ScrapingBee multipliers vary by plan; look up current docs.
Use ScrapingBee if
You need screenshots, SERP, or their stealth stack as the default path, and you already live in that dashboard.
Use Fetchflat if
You want a predictable credit line, markdown or JSON out, and batch with a webhook. You will set proxy yourself when a host blocks datacenter IPs.
Out of scope on Fetchflat
Whole-site crawl, sitemap map, search endpoints, screenshots, and stealth-by-default. When a host blocks us we return 409 upgrade_required and charge 0, then you decide whether to pay for residential or unblocker. We do not solve CAPTCHAs and we are not drop-in compatible with anyone else's API.
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