specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Crawlbase
providerId: crawlbase
created: '2026-07-12'
modified: '2026-07-12'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Web Scraping
- Web Crawling
- Proxy
- Data Extraction
- Plans
description: >-
  Crawlbase combines a free trial, pay-as-you-go per-request billing for the
  Crawling API, monthly subscription tiers for its Smart / AI proxy plans, and
  separate monthly tiers for Cloud Storage. New accounts get up to 10,000 free
  requests with no credit card, valid for both regular and JavaScript-rendered
  requests. Crawling API pay-as-you-go is complexity-based per successful request
  (only responses with pc_status 200 are charged); JavaScript rendering and
  premium residential routing cost more credits per request than a plain fetch.
  Exact per-request dollar amounts are shown in Crawlbase's in-page calculator
  and are not reconciled here.
notes: >-
  Plan names and monthly prices below are captured from the Crawlbase pricing
  page and may change; verify current tiers, credit allowances, and per-request
  rates on https://crawlbase.com/pricing during reconciliation. Credit costs
  (JavaScript = 2 credits, premium = 10 credits, premium + JS = 20 credits on
  the Scraper API; Leads = 1 credit per 10 emails) are documented in the product
  references.
sources:
- https://crawlbase.com/pricing
- https://crawlbase.com/docs/crawling-api/
- https://crawlbase.com/docs/scraper-api/
- https://crawlbase.com/docs/storage-api/
- https://crawlbase.com/docs/leads-api/
plans:
- id: crawlbase-free-trial
  name: Free Trial
  type: free
  description: >-
    Up to 10,000 free requests with no credit card, usable for both regular and
    JavaScript-rendered crawls, to evaluate the Crawling and Scraper APIs.
  entries:
  - label: Free Trial Requests
    name: free_trial_requests
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: 10000
    timeFrame: lifetime
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: free (up to 10,000 requests, no credit card)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Crawling API Access
  - name: JavaScript Rendering
  - name: Scraper API Access
- id: crawlbase-crawling-payg
  name: Crawling API - Pay As You Go
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Complexity-based per-request billing for the Crawling API. Only requests that
    return pc_status 200 are charged; failed requests (timeouts, blocks, target
    5xx) are free. JavaScript rendering and premium residential routing consume
    more credits per request.
  entries:
  - label: Successful Request
    name: successful_request
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: complexity-based per successful request (see pricing calculator)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Rotating Proxy Network
  - name: JavaScript Rendering (higher credit cost)
  - name: Premium Residential Routing (higher credit cost)
  - name: Geo Targeting (45+ countries)
- id: crawlbase-smartproxy-free
  name: Smart / AI Proxy - Free
  type: free
  description: Entry Smart Proxy tier with a monthly credit allowance for evaluation.
  entries:
  - label: Included Credits
    name: smartproxy_free_credits
    type: usage
    metric: credits
    limit: 5000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0 (5,000 credits/month)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Rotating Proxies
  - name: IP Rotation
- id: crawlbase-smartproxy-starter
  name: Smart / AI Proxy - Starter
  type: paid
  description: Entry paid Smart Proxy subscription with more threads, credits, and unique proxies.
  entries:
  - label: Monthly Subscription
    name: smartproxy_starter
    type: flat
    metric: subscription
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $149/month (or $1,599/year)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Higher Thread Count
  - name: More Monthly Credits
  - name: Unique Proxies
- id: crawlbase-smartproxy-advanced
  name: Smart / AI Proxy - Advanced
  type: paid
  description: Mid-tier Smart Proxy subscription.
  entries:
  - label: Monthly Subscription
    name: smartproxy_advanced
    type: flat
    metric: subscription
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $229/month (or $2,249/year)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Higher Thread Count
  - name: More Monthly Credits
  - name: More Unique Proxies
- id: crawlbase-smartproxy-premium
  name: Smart / AI Proxy - Premium
  type: paid
  description: >-
    Top Smart Proxy subscription, including JavaScript rendering and custom
    geolocation across 45+ countries.
  entries:
  - label: Monthly Subscription
    name: smartproxy_premium
    type: flat
    metric: subscription
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $449/month (or $4,140/year)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: JavaScript Rendering
  - name: Custom Geolocation (45+ countries)
  - name: Highest Thread Count and Credits
- id: crawlbase-storage-free
  name: Cloud Storage - Free
  type: free
  description: Free Cloud Storage tier for retaining crawled pages.
  entries:
  - label: Stored Documents
    name: storage_free_docs
    type: usage
    metric: documents
    limit: 10000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0 (10k documents, 14-day retention)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: 14-Day Retention
- id: crawlbase-storage-developer
  name: Cloud Storage - Developer
  type: paid
  description: Paid Cloud Storage tier with more capacity and longer retention.
  entries:
  - label: Monthly Subscription
    name: storage_developer
    type: flat
    metric: subscription
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $29/month (100k documents, 30-day retention)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: 100k Documents
  - name: 30-Day Retention
- id: crawlbase-storage-business
  name: Cloud Storage - Business
  type: paid
  description: Higher-volume Cloud Storage tier.
  entries:
  - label: Monthly Subscription
    name: storage_business
    type: flat
    metric: subscription
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $249/month (1M documents, 30-day retention)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: 1M Documents
  - name: 30-Day Retention
- id: crawlbase-enterprise
  name: Enterprise Crawler
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Billed per request at Crawling API rates, with custom pricing for volume,
    SLAs, and dedicated support. Contact Crawlbase.
  entries:
  - label: Enterprise Agreement
    name: enterprise
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Custom Volume Pricing
  - name: SLAs and Dedicated Support
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com