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        "open-source"
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          "Prefix the URL, `https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com`, and read the Markdown",
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        "privacy": "https://www.elastic.co/legal/privacy-statement",
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jina-reader.json",
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          "page": "https://status.jina.ai",
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          "url": "https://jina.ai/.well-known/security.txt",
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      "name": "ScrapeGraphAI",
      "vendor": "ScrapeGraphAI",
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      "category": "web-scrapers",
      "summary": "LLM-oriented scraping API with page-to-markdown scrape, prompt-based JSON extraction, search, async crawl and change monitors.",
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        "http",
        "streamable-http"
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "scrapegraph-js"
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
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            "url": "https://v2-api.scrapegraphai.com/api/agent/x402/access/small",
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          {
            "url": "https://v2-api.scrapegraphai.com/api/agent/x402/access/medium",
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          {
            "url": "https://v2-api.scrapegraphai.com/api/agent/x402/access/large",
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            "network": "eip155:8453"
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          {
            "url": "https://x402.orth.sh/scrapegraph/v1/scrape",
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      "docsUrl": "https://docs.scrapegraphai.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.scrapegraphai.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://v2-api.scrapegraphai.com/api/openapi.json",
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        "web.extract",
        "web.crawl",
        "web.search",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "scraping.js-render",
        "scraping.anti-bot",
        "scraping.screenshot"
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        "hosted",
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        "free-tier",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "x402",
        "proxies",
        "closed-source",
        "python",
        "typescript"
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      "anchor": {
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        "agentReady": false,
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        "ranked": true,
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          "Per-call x402 on all five product endpoints through Orthogonal's gateway",
          "OpenAPI 3.1 with enums and documented 401, 402 and 429 responses",
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          "No security.txt or security page"
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          "Use `scrape` with the markdown format (1 credit) before reaching for `extract` (5 credits)",
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          "MCP tool calls stop at 60 seconds. Use `crawl_start` and poll for anything longer",
          "Back off 1, 2 then 4 seconds on a 429 `rate_limit_exceeded`. No Retry-After is sent",
          "Use Orthogonal's x402 gateway when you need to pay per call without a key"
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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          "security": 39,
          "transparency": 40
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        "provenanceScore": 82
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        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http sgai https://mcp.scrapegraphai.com/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer $SGAI_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "sgai": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer ${SGAI_API_KEY}"
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              "url": "https://mcp.scrapegraphai.com/mcp"
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        },
        "x402": "curl -s -i -X POST https://v2-api.scrapegraphai.com/api/agent/x402/access/small\n# 402 -\u003e PAYMENT-REQUIRED (amount 5000000 = 5 USDC on eip155:8453) -\u003e retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE\n# response carries an API key with 1,000 credits, then send it as SGAI-APIKEY"
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        },
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          "item": "Growth plan",
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        },
        {
          "item": "Pro plan",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "item": "Extract on Starter",
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        {
          "item": "Small credit pack",
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          "usd": 0.005,
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      ],
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        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://scrapegraphai.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://scrapegraphai.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://scrapegraphapi.openstatus.dev",
        "changelog": "https://scrapegraphai.com/changelog",
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          "The terms don't name a state of incorporation. Governing law is the jurisdiction where ScrapeGraphAI, Inc. is established",
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        "score": 82
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapegraphai.json",
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          ]
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        "vendorStatus": {
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No price per token in any currency on the public page.\n\n**ScrapeGraphAI.** An agent can mint an account and key over x402 or MPP with no signup. Rate limits and plan prices differ between docs pages.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Jina Reader\n\n1. Prefix the URL, `https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com`, and read the Markdown\n2. Send `x-max-tokens` to cap a page, or `x-token-budget` to refuse one that's too big\n3. Use `x-target-selector` when you need one part of a page\n4. Keyless is 20 requests a minute and can't search. Add a key for loops or s.jina.ai\n5. Send `x-no-cache: true` when a page may have changed or a blocked response got cached\n\n### ScrapeGraphAI\n\n1. Use `scrape` with the markdown format (1 credit) before reaching for `extract` (5 credits)\n2. Read `GET https://v2-api.scrapegraphai.com/api/agent/protocols` for current packs and prices before paying over x402\n3. MCP tool calls stop at 60 seconds. Use `crawl_start` and poll for anything longer\n4. Back off 1, 2 then 4 seconds on a 429 `rate_limit_exceeded`. No Retry-After is sent\n5. Use Orthogonal's x402 gateway when you need to pay per call without a key\n\n## Other comparisons with Jina Reader or ScrapeGraphAI\n\n- [Bright Data vs Jina Reader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-jina-reader.md)\n- [Bright Data vs ScrapeGraphAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapegraphai.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Olostep](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-olostep.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Scrape.do](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrape-do.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Scrapeless](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapeless.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Scrapfly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapfly.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs ScrapingBee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingbee.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Olostep vs ScrapeGraphAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scrapegraphai.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs ScrapeGraphAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-scrapegraphai.md)\n- [ScrapeGraphAI vs Scrapeless](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapegraphai-vs-scrapeless.md)\n- [ScrapeGraphAI vs Scrapfly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapegraphai-vs-scrapfly.md)\n- [ScrapeGraphAI vs ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapegraphai-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [ScrapeGraphAI vs ScrapingBee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapegraphai-vs-scrapingbee.md)\n- [ScrapeGraphAI vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapegraphai-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [ScrapeGraphAI vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapegraphai-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [ScrapeGraphAI vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapegraphai-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs Jina Reader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-jina-reader.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs ScrapeGraphAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-scrapegraphai.md)\n- [Apify MCP Server vs ScrapeGraphAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scrapegraphai.md)\n",
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