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              "date": "2026-09-29",
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      "pricingNotes": "1,000 free credits on signup, no card. Discovery $30 a month (200,000 credits), Pro $100 (1 million), Startup $250 (2.5 million), Enterprise $500 (5.5 million), custom from $1,200. Annual billing gives 2 months free. A datacenter request costs 1 credit, residential 25, browser rendering adds 5, and the Unblocker can add target-specific fees that aren't published. Extra credits run $5 per 10,000 on Discovery down to $1.20 on Enterprise, and Discovery and Free stop at quota (https://scrapfly.io/pricing).",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 in llms.txt, the docs index or pricing.md (checked 2026-09-30).",
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        "typescript",
        "openapi",
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          "Error catalogue of 100+ ERR:: codes, each with HTTP status, retryable and billed flags and a doc link",
          "Hosted MCP with OAuth open to all plans, and API keys restrictable to products since 15 April 2026",
          "MCP tools carry readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and idempotentHint, and mutating vault and alert tools need confirm=true",
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          "Status page shows an overall state only, with no components or incident history, and status.scrapfly.io doesn't resolve",
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          "Set `cost_budget` on each scrape so an Unblocker upgrade can't blow through credits",
          "Check `retryable` in the error body before retrying, and stop on `ERR::THROTTLE::MAX_API_CREDIT_BUDGET_EXCEEDED`",
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              "tasks"
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          "transparency": 58
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        "provenanceScore": 96
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        "http": "curl -G \"https://api.scrapfly.io/scrape\" -H \"X-Scrapfly-Api-Key: $SCRAPFLY_API_KEY\" \\\n  --data-urlencode \"url=https://example.com\" -d \"format=markdown\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http scrapfly https://mcp.scrapfly.io/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "scrapfly": {
              "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.scrapfly.io/mcp"
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              "command": "npx"
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/scrapfly"
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          "item": "Discovery plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 30,
          "note": "200,000 credits, hard cap at quota"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 100,
          "note": "1,000,000 credits, extra at $3.50 per 10,000"
        },
        {
          "item": "Startup plan",
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          "usd": 250,
          "note": "2,500,000 credits, extra at $2 per 10,000"
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        {
          "item": "Enterprise plan",
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          "usd": 500,
          "note": "5,500,000 credits, extra at $1.20 per 10,000"
        },
        {
          "item": "Datacenter request on Discovery",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.15,
          "note": "1 credit a request, no rendering"
        },
        {
          "item": "Residential request on Discovery",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 3.75,
          "note": "25 credits a request"
        },
        {
          "item": "Extra credit on Discovery",
          "unit": "credit",
          "usd": 0.0005,
          "note": "$5 per 10,000"
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        "terms": "https://scrapfly.io/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://scrapfly.io/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://scrapfly.io/status",
        "changelog": "https://scrapfly.io/docs/release-notes",
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          "scrapfly.io/status shows an overall state with no components or history. status.scrapfly.io, linked from llms.txt, still didn't resolve in DNS on 2026-10-01.",
          "The terms were updated on 2026-09-30 and now name only Joam Intelligence, LLC, governed by US law, with no postal address.",
          "security.txt expires 2027-03-29, per the 30 September check."
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        "score": 96
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapfly.json",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
              "probes": 38,
              "ok": 38
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          {
            "registry": "pypi",
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          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:39.755631026Z"
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          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:13.57015644Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "scrapfly.io",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:19.054714067Z"
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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "39d17934c8b2"
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          {
            "url": "https://scrapfly.io/terms-of-service",
            "kind": "terms",
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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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    "summary": "Scrapfly has a score of 69.8 (B) against Jina Reader's 45.3 (E). Both do scraping. The largest gap is schema \u0026 documentation, 52 points."
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapfly.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapfly.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Jina Reader for reliability (+10).\n\nPick Scrapfly for schema \u0026 documentation (+52), security \u0026 auth (+38), payments \u0026 pricing (+5), maintenance \u0026 community (+19), transparency \u0026 trust (+16).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Jina Reader | Scrapfly | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 50 | Jina Reader +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 43 | 95 | Scrapfly +52 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 80 | Scrapfly +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 32 | 70 | Scrapfly +38 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 40 | Scrapfly +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 84 | Scrapfly +19 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 77 | Scrapfly +16 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -7 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **45.3 · E** | **69.8 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Jina Reader | Scrapfly |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Jina AI (Elastic) | Scrapfly (Joam Intelligence, LLC) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://r.jina.ai/` | `https://api.scrapfly.io/scrape` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 61 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.scrapfly.mcp/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-08 |\n| Popularity | 12k stars | 14 stars, 21k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 4/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Jina Reader.** One URL prefix, no key needed, Markdown back. No price per token in any currency on the public page.\n\n**Scrapfly.** The error catalogue documents HTTP status, retry behaviour and billing for over 100 codes. The MCP server loads 61 tools at once.\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### Scrapfly\n\n1. Send `X-Scrapfly-Api-Key` as a header rather than `key=` so the key stays out of logs\n2. Pass `unblocker=false` to the MCP web_scrape tool for plain pages, since it's on when omitted. `asp` is the deprecated alias\n3. Set `cost_budget` on each scrape so an Unblocker upgrade can't blow through credits\n4. Check `retryable` in the error body before retrying, and stop on `ERR::THROTTLE::MAX_API_CREDIT_BUDGET_EXCEEDED`\n5. Use web_get_page for a simple fetch and save cloud_browser_open for pages that need clicks\n\n## Other comparisons with Jina Reader or Scrapfly\n\n- [Bright Data vs Jina Reader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-jina-reader.md)\n- [Bright Data vs Scrapfly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapfly.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 ScrapeGraphAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapegraphai.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Scrapeless](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapeless.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 Scrapfly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scrapfly.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs Scrapfly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-scrapfly.md)\n- [ScrapeGraphAI vs Scrapfly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapegraphai-vs-scrapfly.md)\n- [Scrapeless vs Scrapfly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapfly.md)\n- [Scrapfly vs ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [Scrapfly vs ScrapingBee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-scrapingbee.md)\n- [Scrapfly vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [Scrapfly vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [Scrapfly vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs Jina Reader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-jina-reader.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs Scrapfly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-scrapfly.md)\n- [Apify MCP Server vs Scrapfly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scrapfly.md)\n",
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