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ScrapeGraphAI alternatives
As of Nov 13, 2026, the highest-graded ScrapeGraphAI alternative is Firecrawl (2.6 GPA). It's also the best free one. The catch, in its listing's words: "1,000 credits a month."
ScrapeGraphAI compared with 5 alternatives: Firecrawl, Jina AI, Olostep, Spider Cloud and WebScraping.AI.
ScrapeGraphAI is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $20 per month for 10,000 credits. 3 of the 5 alternatives are free or have a free plan. 2 more offer a free trial.
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At a glance
| Tool | Price | Free plan | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|
| ScrapeGraphAIThis tool | Free trial · from $20/mo | Trial only | Web |
| Firecrawl | Free plan · from $16/mo | Yes | Web |
| Jina AI | Free plan · from $50 one-time | Yes | Web |
| Olostep | Free trial · from $9/mo | Trial only | Web |
| Spider Cloud | Free trial · from $40/mo | Trial only | Web |
| WebScraping.AI | Free plan · from $29/mo | Yes | Web |
Price against what you get
ScrapeGraphAI starts at $20 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. 2 of the 4 alternatives on this chart score higher and start lower: Firecrawl and Olostep.
WebScraping.AI scores higher without starting lower.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
How each one differs from ScrapeGraphAI
Firecrawl
Web search, scrape and crawl API that returns LLM-ready data
- Firecrawl starts at $16 per month for 5,000 credits, billed annually ($19 billed monthly).
- Firecrawl has a free plan, which ScrapeGraphAI lacks.
- Firecrawl is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Firecrawl also covers AI agents and sERP API.
Suits: Developers feeding web pages into LLM or RAG pipelines
Jina AI
Reader, search, embeddings and reranker APIs for AI search
- Jina AI starts at $50 for 1 billion tokens, one-time top-up.
- Jina AI has a free plan, which ScrapeGraphAI lacks.
- Jina AI also covers AI search, research and sERP API.
Suits: Developers grounding an LLM with page text and web search
Olostep
Scrape, crawl and search API that returns clean web data
- Olostep starts at $9 per month for 5,000 requests.
- Olostep also covers AI search, AI agents and sERP API.
Suits: Developers who want a flat monthly request allowance for scraping
Spider Cloud
Crawl, scrape and search API with usage or concurrency pricing
- Spider Cloud starts at $40 per month for 2 concurrent requests, or pay as you go from $5.
- Spider Cloud is open source, according to its own site.
- Spider Cloud also covers AI agents and sERP API.
Suits: AI agent and RAG builders who need page content as markdown
WebScraping.AI
Scraping API with proxies, rendering and AI extraction
- WebScraping.AI starts at $29 per month for 250,000 credits.
- WebScraping.AI has a free plan, which ScrapeGraphAI lacks.
- WebScraping.AI also covers sERP API.
Suits: Developers who want rendering, proxies and extraction in one call
Limits worth knowing in ScrapeGraphAI
- The Free plan is a one-time 500-credit grant, not a monthly allowance.
- Credit use varies by endpoint and by the stealth option, so the monthly cost depends on the mix of requests.
- Credit packs are $5 for 1,000, $40 for 10,000 and $150 for 50,000; they never expire and stack on a subscription.
- The pricing page has a Yearly toggle, but it showed the same prices as Monthly when read.
Common questions
What are the alternatives to ScrapeGraphAI?
The alternatives to ScrapeGraphAI in this directory are Firecrawl, Jina AI, Olostep, Spider Cloud and WebScraping.AI. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with ScrapeGraphAI.
Is there a free alternative to ScrapeGraphAI?
Yes. Firecrawl, Jina AI and WebScraping.AI have a free plan alongside paid ones.
Is there an open-source alternative to ScrapeGraphAI?
Firecrawl and Spider Cloud are described as open source on their own sites.
When were these prices checked?
Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Nov 12, 2026 to Nov 13, 2026. Vendors change prices without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.