ScraperAPI alternative
Clean JSON instead of proxies and raw HTML.
One request, real response
No proxy to configure, no rendering flag to set, no HTML to parse. Send one GET and clean data comes back in about a second; the example below is a Maps search:
The API returns clean JSON. You can flip the same businesses to CSV in one click, so they drop straight into Sheets or a CRM:
Swap type=maps for web, news, shopping, reviews, and the rest. The key and the schema stay the same across every type.
What data do you get?
Every result comes parsed and complete, so there is no HTML to parse and no selectors to keep alive. Here is the same business as CSV, ready for Sheets or a database:
And the same record as clean JSON, exactly what the API returns:
ScraperAPI vs CrustAPI
ScraperAPI is general-purpose scraping infrastructure: point it at a URL, it handles proxies and rendering, and it hands back the page.
CrustAPI is one clean data API: the whole Google menu through one endpoint, plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads, returned as clean records. The difference shows up in billing and in how much work is left for you.
| ScraperAPI | CrustAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing model | Monthly subscription measured in API credits, where a single request can cost more credits when it needs JavaScript rendering or premium proxies | Pay only for results at the applicable endpoint rate. Google Search bills per successful request and Maps per business returned. LinkedIn reads bill per successful request, People and Jobs per successful search, Refresh per accessible profile, and enriched People per full profile. Empty and failed requests are free. The pricing page lists every rate. |
| Free tier | A free trial to get started | Free to try, no card |
| Balance expiry | Subscription credits reset each month | Prepaid funds never expire |
| Data in response | Raw HTML back by default, which you parse yourself, plus parsed JSON for a set of supported endpoints | Clean JSON in the response for every type, or the same rows as CSV, no HTML to parse |
| Site coverage | Any URL, with proxies, rendering, and anti-bot handling | The whole Google menu, plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads, returned as clean records |
| Google surfaces | SERP HTML for you to parse, plus a set of structured endpoints | Search, Maps, News, Shopping, Images, Videos, Scholar, Patents, Places, Reviews, Autocomplete, Webpage |
| Setup | Point it at a URL, get the page back, write and maintain your parser | One GET request, parsed JSON back in about a second |
How much does CrustAPI cost?
Every search bills the applicable price per successful callGoogle Search starts at $1.00 per 1,000 successful requests, Maps at $1.96 per 1,000 businesses, LinkedIn reads at $6.00 per 1,000 successful requests, and People, Jobs and Refresh at $1.96 per 1,000 billing units. Full profiles in People use the LinkedIn read rate per full profile. Each deposit saves its own prices until spent. Every eligible account gets $6 of free usage monthly; paid funds never expire.
| Deposit | Google Search / 1,000 requests | Maps / 1,000 businesses | LinkedIn reads / 1,000 requests | People, Jobs, Refresh / 1,000 units |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10+ | $1.00 | $1.96 | $6.00 | $1.96 |
| $149+ | $0.76 | $1.49 | $4.50 | $1.49 |
| $549+ | $0.56 | $1.10 | $3.30 | $1.10 |
| $1,999+ | $0.41 | $0.80 | $2.45 | $0.80 |
| $6,500+ | $0.33 | $0.65 | $1.95 | $0.65 |
| $27,500+ | $0.28 | $0.55 | $1.65 | $0.55 |
| $50,000+ | $0.26 | $0.50 | $1.50 | $0.50 |
| $100,000+ | $0.20 | $0.40 | $1.50 | $0.40 |
Every eligible account gets $6 of free usage monthly. Each deposit keeps its prices until spent; paid funds never expire. People and Jobs bill per successful search, Refresh per accessible profile. Full profiles in People use the read rate per full profile. See all billing details.
Larger deposits unlock lower endpoint prices. Each deposit keeps its prices until spent. See the full deposit table on the pricing page. Prices in USD, ex-tax.
No request tiers by proxy type, no rendering surcharge, and no monthly reset on what you already bought.
How do you get started?
- 1
Create a free account. Try it free, no card needed.
- 2
Type a search in the playground. Pick a type, run it, and the results land as a table. No code.
- 3
Export CSV or run the curl above. Same data, as a spreadsheet or as JSON in your code.
Every Google surface, one API
One key and one schema across the whole Google menu, with LinkedIn profiles and local business leads alongside it. Each type returns clean, parsed records you can keep, with no HTML to sift through.
Who uses this API?
- Lead gen teams. Pull every business in a niche with phone and website, then export the CSV.
- SEO tools and agencies. Google rankings as parsed rows, with no parser of your own to keep alive.
- AI builders. Feed parsed Google results into agents and RAG pipelines through one JSON schema.
- Ops and data teams. Replace a fetch-then-parse pipeline with one GET per surface and a flat meter.
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When ScraperAPI is the better pick: scraping sites outside a fixed menu. You point it at any URL and it handles proxy rotation, rendering, and anti-bot challenges, then hands back the page. CrustAPI covers the Google menu, LinkedIn profiles, and local business leads as parsed records priced one way. The two are not exclusive; plenty of teams use both.
Common questions
CrustAPI is one clean data API for the data you actually want: the whole Google menu (Search, Maps, News, Shopping, Images, Videos, Scholar, Patents, Places, Reviews, Autocomplete, and Webpage) through one endpoint, plus LinkedIn profiles and local business leads. Instead of pointing a proxy at a URL and parsing the HTML yourself, you send one request and get clean records back. You pay the applicable endpoint price for successful data, and paid funds never expire.
Google Search starts at $1.00 per 1,000 successful requests, Maps at $1.96 per 1,000 businesses, LinkedIn reads at $6.00 per 1,000 successful requests, and People, Jobs and Refresh at $1.96 per 1,000 billing units. Full profiles in People use the LinkedIn read rate per full profile. Each deposit saves its own prices until spent. Every eligible account gets $6 of free usage monthly; paid funds never expire.
No. Prepaid funds never expire, and you can try it free with no card. Subscription funds on most scraping APIs reset each month; a CrustAPI pack waits for your next project.
Parsed records. The API returns clean JSON with named fields, and the same rows are available as CSV in one click, so there is no HTML to parse and no selectors to maintain. ScraperAPI returns the raw page by default and offers parsed JSON for a set of supported endpoints.
Yes. The two are not exclusive. ScraperAPI can fetch any URL and handle proxies, rendering, and anti-bot for arbitrary sites. Many teams keep it for that and use CrustAPI for Google data because the records come parsed and the billing is predictable.
Yes. Data is returned in the response with no storage limits. Keep it, export it to a spreadsheet or a database, and build on it.
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