Jina AI vs ScrapeGraphAI (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Jina AI if

• Fits if you want page text for a model with a single URL prefix
• Works for people who also need embeddings or a reranker from the same key

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you want search without a key, since the search endpoint is blocked without one
• Watch out: the OCR option uses 40 times more tokens, and each search starts at 10,000
• Watch out: the free key lets you use up the 10 million tokens and then nothing renews
• Watch out: auto top-up is on offer, and the price may be charged in USD, EUR or another currency

Pick ScrapeGraphAI if

• Fits if you want one API for scraping and AI extraction and can code
• Works for small tests, since packs of credits never expire

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: 500 credits is one time and does not come back each month
• Watch out: credit use varies by endpoint and stealth option, so cost per request is not fixed
• Watch out: the Starter limit is 100 requests a minute, 3 concurrent crawls and 5 monitors
• Skip it if you want integrations: none are listed
• Watch out: the Yearly toggle showed the same prices as Monthly when read

Jina AI

• Token counts drive the bill: the jina-ocr-v1 option costs 40 times more tokens, and each search starts at 10,000 tokens.
• The search endpoint (s.jina.ai) is blocked without an API key.
• Tokens are bought as top-ups; the page notes an auto top-up, and the price may be charged in USD, EUR or other currencies.
• A new pricing model began on May 6, 2025; older auto-recharge settings keep the old price.

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.

Jina AI

Reader

Prefix a URL with r.jina.ai to get its content as LLM-friendly text. Options include a CSS selector, a token budget and a choice of browser engine.

Web search

s.jina.ai searches the web and returns results as LLM-friendly text. Every request costs a fixed number of tokens, starting at 10,000.

Embeddings and reranker

Embeddings turn text or images into vectors and a reranker reorders results; both are on the same key and token balance.

MCP server

mcp.jina.ai can be added as an MCP server so an LLM can call the APIs directly.

Cloud marketplaces

Embeddings and reranker models can be deployed through AWS SageMaker, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, billed via those accounts.

ScrapeGraphAI

Scrape

Converts a URL to markdown, HTML, a screenshot or branding analysis, costing 1 credit for markdown, 2 for a screenshot and 25 for branding.

Extract

Pulls structured data from a page using a natural-language prompt, at a base cost of 5 credits.

Search and crawl

Search costs 2 credits per result, or 5 with a prompt. Crawl costs 2 credits to start plus the per-page scrape cost.

Monitors

Watches a page for changes and notifies a webhook, costing 5 extra credits when a change is detected.

Fetch options

Render mode (auto, fast or JS) does not change the cost; the stealth toggle for anti-bot bypass adds 5 credits.

Jina AI

• Free key$0

  10 million free tokens on a new key. Free-key rate limits: 500 RPM for Reader, 100 RPM for search.

• Paid top-up$50

  one-time top-up, used as you go

  1 billion tokens at $0.050 per 1M tokens. Paid keys have the same rate limits as free keys.

• Premium top-up$500

  one-time top-up, used as you go

  11 billion tokens at $0.045 per 1M. Premium key: 5,000 RPM Reader, 24-hour support.

ScrapeGraphAI

• Free$0

  500 API credits, one time (they do not renew), 10 requests per minute, 1 monitor and 1 concurrent crawl.

• Starter$20

  per month for 10,000 credits, billed monthly

  100 requests per minute, 5 monitors and 3 concurrent crawls.

• Growth$100

  per month for 100,000 credits, billed monthly

  500 requests per minute, 25 monitors, 15 concurrent crawls and basic proxy rotation.

• Pro$500

  per month for 750,000 credits, billed monthly

  5,000 requests per minute, 100 monitors, 50 concurrent crawls, advanced proxy rotation and priority support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Ad-hoc credits, custom rate limits, dedicated support and an SLA, arranged through sales.