Geonode vs ScrapingDog

A direct look at Geonode residential proxies versus ScrapingDog's scraping API, for teams weighing per-gigabyte proxy access against credit-based scraping subscriptions before committing to a plan.

Transparent Per-GB Pricing

Geonode starts at $0.79 per GB with no monthly subscription required, dropping to $0.27 per GB at 1 TB. ScrapingDog's mid-tier plan is $200 per month; top-tier pricing is not published on their site.

City-Level Geo Targeting

Geonode covers 195 or more countries with city-level targeting across a pool of 2.5 million residential IPs. ScrapingDog publishes country-level geotargeting only; city-level availability is not stated on their pricing page.

Around-the-Clock Support

Geonode provides 24/7 live chat backed by a 4.9 Trustpilot rating. ScrapingDog's support tier scales from community-only on the free plan up to dedicated account managers on higher tiers; live chat availability is not published.

Verdict

Geonode suits teams that need raw residential proxy access with predictable per-GB costs, city-level targeting, SOCKS5 support, and no minimum spend. ScrapingDog genuinely excels at never charging for failed requests and unlocking every API feature on every paid plan, which lowers wasted spend for scraping workloads with uncertain success rates. Buyers whose primary need is a managed scraping API rather than a proxy network will find ScrapingDog's model a better fit.

Geonode vs ScrapingDog: side-by-side comparison


Product model	Per-GB, no expiry	credits; subscription (monthly or annual billing); failed requests not charged
Entry price	$0.79/GB	free (200 credits)
Mid tier	$0.50/GB	$200 /month
Top tier	$0.27/GB	Not published
Underlying IP pool	2.5M	Not published
Protocols	HTTP/HTTPS, SOCKS5	Not published
Geo targeting	195+ countries, city-level	Geotargeting (country-level, as stated)
Free trial	1 TB free	Start free with 200 credits, no credit card required
Minimum spend	No minimum	Not published
API access	REST + dashboard	Yes
Support	24/7 chat, 4.9 Trustpilot	Community Support (Free), Email Support (Lite), Priority Email Support (Standard, Pro, Premium, Business tiers), Dedicated Support (Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Pro, Global tiers), Dedicated Account Manager (Ultra, Titan, Nova tiers), Team Support (Pro and above)

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Verified against public pricing page on 2026-08-19

Where each wins

Geonode

City-level targeting, SOCKS5 support, and per-GB billing with no subscription lock-in.

ScrapingDog

Failed requests are never charged, and every plan unlocks every API endpoint.

Tie

Both providers offer an API, free entry-level access, and country-level geotargeting.

Switching from ScrapingDog to Geonode

Migration from ScrapingDog to Geonode takes three steps and can be verified against live traffic before you fully cut over.

Claim Your Free Terabyte

Create a Geonode account and activate the 1 TB free trial — no credit card is required to start. Use this allocation to run your existing scraping workloads through Geonode infrastructure so you can benchmark speed, success rates, and cost before making any commitment.

Swap Endpoint and Credentials

Replace your ScrapingDog API endpoint with proxy.geonode.io on port 9000, then update your username and password to your Geonode credentials. Both HTTP/HTTPS and SOCKS5 are supported, so you can keep your existing request logic and simply redirect traffic without rewriting your scraping client.

Verify Targeting and Billing

Confirm city-level geo-targeting is returning the locations your jobs require, then review the dashboard to ensure per-GB billing is recording accurately with no credits expiring. Once traffic and costs align with expectations, decommission your ScrapingDog subscription and route all production requests through Geonode.

What Geonode customers say

FAQ

Geonode charges per gigabyte starting at $0.79 GB, with no monthly subscription. ScrapingDog uses credit-based monthly subscriptions; their mid-tier is $200 per month and top-tier pricing is not published. Geonode has no minimum spend, so costs scale directly with actual usage.

ScrapingDog's residential proxy pool size is not published on their pricing page, so a direct comparison with Geonode's 2.5 million residential IPs is not possible. If pool size and IP diversity matter to your use case, contact ScrapingDog directly to request those figures.

Most teams complete the endpoint swap in under an hour. You update the proxy host to proxy.geonode.io port 9000, swap credentials, and run test requests. Geonode's 1 TB free trial gives you room to validate targeting and billing accuracy before switching production traffic fully.

Geonode supports city-level targeting across 195 or more countries. ScrapingDog publishes country-level geotargeting on their pricing page; whether city-level targeting is available is not stated there. Teams requiring precise sub-national targeting should verify ScrapingDog's capabilities directly before choosing.

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