ScrapeGraphAI vs Spider Cloud (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ScrapeGraphAI and Spider Cloud share a 2.0 GPA, neither has a free plan, and ScrapeGraphAI starts cheaper, at $20 a month against $40 a month.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
ScrapeGraphAI grades higher on features. Spider Cloud grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
ScrapeGraphAI
Credit-based API to scrape, extract, search and crawl the web
Spider Cloud
Crawl, scrape and search API with usage or concurrency pricing
Which one is for you
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
Pick Spider Cloud if
- Fits if you feed web pages to an AI agent or RAG pipeline as markdown
- Works for people who want a balance that never expires instead of a subscription
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a real free plan: the signup credit is worth $0.25
- Not for you if you cannot code, as it is an API, a CLI and agent integrations
- Watch out: failed or blocked pages are still billed, with a 0.01 credit minimum per page
- Watch out: Unlimited returns a 429 error above your concurrency and does not queue requests
- Watch out: zero data retention bills requests at 2.5 times the credits
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAScrapeGraphAIFair | 2.0GPASpider CloudFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $20 a month for 10,000 credits, a hair above the $19 cheaper-quarter start for data APIs. Packs run $5 for 1,000 credits and never expire. | CPay as you go from a $5 top-up at $1 per GB, or Unlimited from $40 a month for 2 concurrent requests. That is inside the usual $19 to $49 range for data APIs, and cost climbs with concurrency. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan of 500 credits, one time only; they do not renew. No card is mentioned, but it is a trial grant, not a free tier. | CNew accounts get 2,500 free credits, worth $0.25, if signup passes the vendor's checks. It is a small taste with no free plan behind it. |
| Features | BScrape, extract, search, crawl, monitors and fetch options in one API. The listing names no gap in the core job. | CScrape, crawl, search, browser rendering, proxies and AI extraction. But Unlimited does not cover Google search or social automation, and failed pages are still billed. |
| Ease of use | DNo store rating on record. It is an API: you write the calls and manage credits. | DNo store rating on record. It is an API with a CLI, so you code against it. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb API only, with no integrations or SDKs listed on the pages we read. | BWeb API with an MCP server, a CLI and integrations with CrewAI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Dify and Flowise. The crawler core is MIT-licensed on GitHub. |
| Best for | AI scraping API billed in credits | crawling pages into markdown for AI |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: ScrapeGraphAI and Spider Cloud. How we grade
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. Spider Cloud starts at $40 a month and scores 2.0.
They score the same, and ScrapeGraphAI starts $20 a month lower. Of the other SERP and SEO data APIs on the chart, 9 score higher than ScrapeGraphAI for less, and 16 score higher than Spider Cloud for less.
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
Where they differ
- Spider Cloud is open source, according to its own site.
- Spider Cloud also covers AI agents and sERP API.
At a glance
| ScrapeGraphAI | Spider Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $20 per month for 10,000 credits | $40 per month for 2 concurrent requests, or pay as you go from $5 |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | Free plan with 500 API credits, one-time | New accounts get 2,500 free credits (worth $0.25) if signup passes the vendor's checks |
| Web | ||
| Made by | ScrapeGraphAI, Inc. | BAGELMEN LLC |
| Price read from | scrapegraphai.com | spider.cloud |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Spider Cloud
- Failed or blocked pages are still billed, with a 0.01 credit minimum per page.
- The Unlimited plan does not support Google search, social media automation or multi-account use; those run on pay as you go.
- Requests above your concurrency on Unlimited get a 429 error and are not queued.
- A zero data retention setting bills requests at 2.5 times the credits.
Key features
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.
Spider Cloud
- Scrape, crawl and search
- One API covers all three; whole-site crawls stream back page by page as JSONL, with markdown, HTML, text or JSON output.
- Browser rendering and proxies
- JavaScript rendering and proxy rotation are not billed as multipliers; proxies in 199 countries are listed on the site.
- AI extraction
- Sends a prompt and a URL and gets structured JSON back; AI extraction has its own price listed in the pricing details.
- Agent integrations
- The site lists an MCP server, a CLI and integrations with CrewAI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Dify and Flowise.
- Open source core
- The crawler is published under an MIT license on GitHub, and the cloud service is the hosted version.
Plans
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.
Spider Cloud
Pay as you go$5
one-time top-up, used as you go
No subscription and the balance does not expire. Billed at $1 per GB of content plus $0.0001 per CPU minute; larger top-ups of $500 or more earn a bonus.
Unlimited$40
per month for 2 concurrent requests
Unlimited requests for a flat price based on concurrency, from $20 per concurrent request falling to $13 at higher volumes, up to 1,538 concurrent.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, ScrapeGraphAI or Spider Cloud?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ScrapeGraphAI is cheaper to start with: $20 a month, against $40 a month for Spider Cloud. ScrapeGraphAI starts at $20 per month for 10,000 credits, and Spider Cloud starts at $40 per month for 2 concurrent requests, or pay as you go from $5.
Which has a free plan, ScrapeGraphAI or Spider Cloud?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither ScrapeGraphAI nor Spider Cloud has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.