The Spider Cloud Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Spider Cloud in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Spider Cloud
The Insider’s Guide
Crawl, scrape and search API with usage or concurrency pricing
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among SERP and SEO data APIs, read from Spider Cloud’s own pages.
Made by BAGELMEN LLC · checked Nov 13, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Spider Cloud’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Spider Cloud’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 13, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.0
GPA, above 5 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade
Spider is a hosted API that crawls, scrapes and searches the web and returns markdown or JSON, aimed at AI agents and RAG pipelines. It is the hosted version of an MIT-licensed open source Rust crawler. You pay either by usage from a prepaid balance or a flat monthly rate for concurrency.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Spider Cloud, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Failed and blocked pages are still billed, and the Unlimited plan leaves out Google search.
- 1
Best for crawling pages into markdown for AI
Spider crawls, scrapes and searches the web through one API and returns markdown, HTML or JSON.
- 2
Paid plans start at $40 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $40 per month for 2 concurrent requests, or pay as you go from $5.
- 3
You can try it first
New accounts get 2,500 free credits (worth $0.25) if signup passes the vendor's checks
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
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.
- 6
Browser rendering and proxies
JavaScript rendering and proxy rotation are not billed as multipliers; proxies in 199 countries are listed on the site.
- 7
AI extraction
Sends a prompt and a URL and gets structured JSON back; AI extraction has its own price listed in the pricing details.
- 8
A 2.0 GPA, above 5 of 56
That is against the other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace Spider Cloud you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Spider Cloud at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $40 per month for 2 concurrent requests, or pay as you go from $5
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- New accounts get 2,500 free credits (worth $0.25) if signup passes the vendor's checks
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- BAGELMEN LLC
- Category
- SERP & SEO Data APIs
- Our grade
- 2.0 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for crawling pages into markdown for AI
Spider crawls, scrapes and searches the web through one API and returns markdown, HTML or JSON. Pay as you go starts at a $5 top-up billed at $1 per GB, and Unlimited is $40 a month for 2 concurrent requests. Failed and blocked pages are still billed, and the Unlimited plan leaves out Google search.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Pay 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 | C | New 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 | C | Scrape, 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 | D | No store rating on record. It is an API with a CLI, so you code against it. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web API with an MCP server, a CLI and integrations with CrewAI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Dify and Flowise. The crawler core is MIT-licensed on GitHub. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Spider Cloud is for
- 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
Who it is not for
- 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
Good to know
Good for
- AI agent and RAG builders who need page content as markdown
- Teams that prefer usage billing with a balance that never expires
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$40
A month to start
Spider Cloud is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $40 per month for 2 concurrent requests, or pay as you go from $5.
It is a small taste with no free plan behind it.
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.
Trying it first
New accounts get 2,500 free credits (worth $0.25) if signup passes the vendor's checks
Read from spider.cloud on Nov 13, 2026.
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Crawl, scrape and search API with usage or concurrency pricing. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: open source, public API, AI agents, sERP API.
Scrape, crawl, search, browser rendering, proxies and AI extraction.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- CrewAI
- LangChain
- LlamaIndex
- Agno
- Dify
- Flowise
- Langflow
Spider Cloud is made by BAGELMEN LLC.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
5/56
Other SERP and SEO data APIs it is graded above
Spider Cloud's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 5 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 9.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 16 of 56) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $40 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 25 of the 39 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 16 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 57 SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, cut by the letter each got. Spider Cloud’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 3 of 56
- CFree plan and trialAbove 5 of 56
- CFeaturesAbove 2 of 56
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 56
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 16 of 56
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 41 SERP and SEO data APIs. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Spider Cloud is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Spider Cloud you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 42 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs grade higher. It costs $480 a year. Spider Cloud is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could not
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- It plugs into other products, CrewAI, LangChain and LlamaIndex among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Spider Cloud’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Firecrawl, Jina AI, Scrapfly, Zyte and Apify
The 5 tools Spider Cloud is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.6GPA
Firecrawl
Free plan · from $16/mo
Web search, scrape and crawl API that returns LLM-ready data.
- Firecrawl has a free plan. Spider Cloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- Firecrawl is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- 2.4GPA
Jina AI
Free plan · from $50 one-time
Reader, search, embeddings and reranker APIs for AI search.
- Jina AI has a free plan. Spider Cloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- Spider Cloud is open source, according to its own site.
- Spider Cloud also covers AI agents.
- 2.4GPA
Scrapfly
Free trial · from $30/mo
Web scraping API with anti-bot unblocking, browsers and AI extraction.
- Spider Cloud is open source, according to its own site.
- Spider Cloud also covers AI agents.
- 2.4GPA
Zyte
Free trial · from $100/mo
Web scraping API with ban handling, AI extraction and a SERP endpoint.
- Spider Cloud is open source, according to its own site.
- Spider Cloud also covers AI agents.
- 2.8GPA
Apify
Free plan · from $19/mo
Scraping platform with a store of ready-made Actors, Google included.
- Apify has a free plan. Spider Cloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- Spider Cloud is open source, according to its own site.
- Spider Cloud also covers AI agents.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Spider Cloud free?
No, Spider Cloud is a paid product, but you can try it first. New accounts get 2,500 free credits (worth $0.25) if signup passes the vendor's checks.
How much does Spider Cloud cost?
Spider Cloud lists 2 plans. Pay as you go: $5 one-time top-up, used as you go.
What platforms does Spider Cloud work on?
Spider Cloud is available on Web.
Does Spider Cloud have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Spider Cloud is listed for Web.
Does Spider Cloud have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Spider Cloud is listed for Web.
Is Spider Cloud open source?
Yes. Spider Cloud is open source, according to its own site.
Does Spider Cloud have an API?
Yes. Spider Cloud offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Spider Cloud integrate with?
Spider Cloud's listing names CrewAI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Agno, Dify, Flowise and Langflow.
Who makes Spider Cloud?
Spider Cloud is made by BAGELMEN LLC.
What are the alternatives to Spider Cloud?
The closest alternatives to Spider Cloud in our directory are Firecrawl, Jina AI, Scrapfly, Zyte and Apify.
How does Spider Cloud compare with other SERP and SEO data APIs?
Spider Cloud's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 5 of the 56 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 9.
Is Spider Cloud good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Spider Cloud C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $40 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 25 of the 39 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Spider Cloud?
To replace Spider Cloud you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Spider Cloud’s own pages on Nov 13, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 13, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Spider's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by BAGELMEN LLC. Prices change, so check spider.cloud before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
7,721
Tools graded, in 95 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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tools graded
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categories
739
price changes on record
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apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Spider Cloud, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/spider-cloud
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Spider Cloud’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Spider Cloud is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by BAGELMEN LLC. Prices and plans change: check spider.cloud before you buy.