ScrapingBee clarifies: pay only for successful requests, failed calls stay free
What happened
Between the Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026 captures of ScrapingBee's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Pricing subheadline now explicitly discloses 'Pay only for successful requests' alongside the existing cancel-anytime messaging, clarifying that failed requests are not billed against API credits. Pulse files it as a product change (positioning). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Hobby at $19, Freelance at $49, Startup at $99, Business at $249 and Business + at $599.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for ScrapingBee. ScrapingBee has been tracked since 2026-09-09.
In the same window Beautiful.ai and Apify also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Positioning—Positioning
Pricing subheadline now explicitly discloses 'Pay only for successful requests' alongside the existing cancel-anytime messaging, clarifying that failed requests are not billed against API credits.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Positioning | Pricing subheadline now explicitly discloses 'Pay only for successful requests' alongside the existing cancel-anytime messaging, clarifying that failed requests are not billed against API credits. | Positioning | |
Values as written on ScrapingBee's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of ScrapingBee's pricing page (www.scrapingbee.com) from Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page.
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ScrapingBee, pricing history
Full history- Oct 19, 2026PackagingScrapingBee adds $19/mo Hobby plan with 75,000 API credits
- Sep 21, 2026PackagingScrapingBee clarifies: pay only for successful requests, failed calls stay free This change
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- Beautiful.aiSep 14Beautiful.ai swaps per-seat Teams pricing for a flat $40/mo covering 3 users
- ApifySep 7Apify slashes Starter plan price 34%, from $29 to $19/month
- Beautiful.aiSep 7Beautiful.ai tweaks Enterprise plan: subtext now reads "Billed annually
- ApifyAug 31Apify slashes Free plan's concurrent Actor runs from 25 to 5
- Beautiful.aiAug 24Beautiful.ai hikes Pro plan 20.8% to $14.50/month, billed annually
Questions about this change
Did ScrapingBee raise prices in September 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: positioning.
What changed on ScrapingBee's pricing page between Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026?
Pricing subheadline now explicitly discloses 'Pay only for successful requests' alongside the existing cancel-anytime messaging, clarifying that failed requests are not billed against API credits. Pulse compared the captures it took on Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does ScrapingBee change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for ScrapingBee in the 90 days before this one; ScrapingBee has been tracked since 2026-09-09.