CrawlHQ vs. ScrapingBee
ScrapingBee is a capable proxy scraper. CrawlHQ adds everything beyond raw HTML — and bills in INR.
- ✓ Scrape + Extract + Search + Watch
- ✓ INR billing via Razorpay
- ✓ 500 free credits, no card
- ✗ Scraping only — no extract/search/watch
- ✗ USD billing, FX conversion cost
- ✗ Monthly subscription lock-in
Feature Comparison
| Feature | CrawlHQ | ScrapingBee |
|---|---|---|
| Raw HTML scraping | ✓ | ✓ |
| JavaScript rendering | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rotating residential proxies | ✓ | ✓ |
| HTML → Markdown (LLM-ready) | ✓ | — |
| Structured JSON extraction (schema-defined) | ✓ | — |
| PDF extraction | ✓ | — |
| Multi-engine web search | ✓ | — |
| Change detection & webhooks | ✓ | — |
| Credential & breach monitoring | Soon | — |
| Dark web / Tor crawling | Soon | — |
| Video & audio transcription | Soon | — |
| Domain enrichment | Soon | — |
| INR billing (no FX conversion) | ✓ | — |
| No monthly subscription required | ✓ | — |
| Source attribution on every request | ✓ | — |
What ScrapingBee does well
ScrapingBee is a polished proxy scraping service. Solid anti-bot bypass, reliable JS rendering, and a clean API. If raw HTML is all you need and you're okay with USD billing, it's a reasonable choice.
Why Indian teams switch to CrawlHQ
ScrapingBee ends where the raw HTML does. CrawlHQ converts it to Markdown, extracts structured data, runs searches, and monitors for changes. For teams building full data pipelines, CrawlHQ is a single vendor relationship rather than ScrapingBee + an LLM wrapper + a monitoring tool. Plus INR billing — no FX conversion, no surprise charges.
Stop Prompting. Start Building.
AI search tools give you probable answers. CrawlHQ gives you deterministic, auditable, structured web intelligence — in your database, on your schedule, under your control.