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        "http",
        "streamable-http"
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      "pricingNotes": "Billed in output tokens. A new key comes with 10M free tokens. Search costs at least 10,000 tokens a request. US dollar prices per token weren't shown on the public page (https://jina.ai/reader/).",
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        "mcp",
        "open-source"
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          "-4: the hosted MCP server's show_api_key tool returned the account's bearer token into the conversation, next to read_url, which fetches untrusted pages, from August 2025 until v1.10.0 removed it on 2026-09-18. Fixed and documented in the README, so deducted less (https://github.com/jina-ai/MCP#functions-have-been-removed-in-v1100).",
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          "One URL prefix, no key needed, Markdown back",
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          "Prefix the URL, `https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com`, and read the Markdown",
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          "Use `x-target-selector` when you need one part of a page",
          "Keyless is 20 requests a minute and can't search. Add a key for loops or s.jina.ai",
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          "schema": 43,
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          "transparency": 45
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        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://jina.ai/legal/#terms-and-conditions",
        "privacy": "https://www.elastic.co/legal/privacy-statement",
        "statusPage": "https://status.jina.ai",
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        "securityTxt": "none",
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        "score": 76
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jina-reader.json",
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        "slug": "jina-reader",
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          "target": "https://r.jina.ai/",
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              "date": "2026-09-28",
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              "ok": 285
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            {
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            {
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            {
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
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              "ok": 272
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
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              "ok": 3
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.jina.ai",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T00:11:23.67912122Z"
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          "url": "https://jina.ai/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
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          "domain": "jina.ai",
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          "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/jina.ai",
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          {
            "url": "https://jina.ai/legal/",
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      "slug": "spider-cloud",
      "name": "Spider",
      "vendor": "Spider (BAGELMEN LLC)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://spider.cloud",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "web-scrapers",
      "summary": "Hosted crawl, scrape, search, links and screenshot API built on the open-source Rust spider crate, plus a cloud browser and proxy pool.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spider-cloud",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spider-cloud.md",
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        "stdio"
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "spider_client"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "spider-cloud-mcp"
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      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Bearer key in the Authorization header. POST /scrape also works with no key at 4 requests a minute. Every core route accepts x402 in place of a key. The hosted MCP server takes a Bearer key or runs OAuth on first connect and mints a scoped key.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go at $1 per 10,000 credits, metered as $1 per GB of fetched content plus $0.0001 per CPU minute. No subscription and the balance doesn't expire. Top-ups of $500 or more get a 5 per cent bonus, $2,000 or more 12 per cent. Unlimited plans bill by concurrency from $40 a month for 2 to $350 for 25. Zero data retention bills at 2.5 times credits. AI Studio routes need a plan from $6 a month (https://spider.cloud/pricing).",
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            "url": "https://api.spider.cloud/scrape",
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          {
            "url": "https://api.spider.cloud/crawl",
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          {
            "url": "https://api.spider.cloud/search",
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            "network": "eip155:8453"
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          {
            "url": "https://api.spider.cloud/links",
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            "network": "eip155:8453"
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      "docsUrl": "https://spider.cloud/docs/overview",
      "llmsTxt": "https://spider.cloud/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://spider.cloud/openapi.yaml",
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        "web.search",
        "web.fetch",
        "browser.hosted",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "scraping.js-render",
        "scraping.anti-bot",
        "scraping.screenshot"
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        "proxies",
        "open-source",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "openapi",
        "x402",
        "no-key"
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          "confidence": "medium",
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          "Metered by bytes and CPU, so small pages cost a fraction of a cent",
          "Published rate limits with RateLimit and Retry-After headers",
          "OpenAPI spec, llms.txt and clients in Python, JavaScript, Rust and Go",
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          "No security.txt, disclosure policy, certification or prompt-injection guidance found",
          "Invalid parameter values fall back silently instead of returning 400",
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          "Every content route returns a JSON array, even /scrape. The status field is the page's, not the API call's",
          "Leave request on smart and set return_format to markdown for LLM input",
          "Set limit on /crawl. Unset, it caps only at your credit balance",
          "Use /scrape with `stealth: true` instead of /unblocker, which is deprecated",
          "Honour Retry-After on 429. Keyless use allows 4 requests a minute"
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          "measured": false
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        "provenanceScore": 82
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        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SPIDER_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"url\":\"https://example.com\",\"return_format\":\"markdown\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add spider --transport http https://mcp.spider.cloud/mcp -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SPIDER_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "spider": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer ${SPIDER_API_KEY}"
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          "item": "Credits",
          "unit": "credit",
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        },
        {
          "item": "Bandwidth",
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          "usd": 1,
          "note": "pre-transformation content"
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        {
          "item": "Compute",
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          "usd": 0.006,
          "note": "billed at $0.0001 per CPU minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "Scrape via x402",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.5,
          "note": "published estimate of 5 credits a scrape. Small pages cost far less"
        },
        {
          "item": "Unlimited, 25 concurrent",
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          "usd": 350
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        {
          "item": "Unlimited, 2 concurrent",
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          "url": "https://spider.cloud/llms.txt",
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          "source": "https://rdap.registry.cloud/rdap/domain/spider.cloud",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spider-cloud.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/spider-cloud.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Jina Reader for agent ergonomics (+6).\n\nPick Spider for reliability (+20), schema \u0026 documentation (+44), security \u0026 auth (+10), payments \u0026 pricing (+61), maintenance \u0026 community (+20), transparency \u0026 trust (+8).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Jina Reader | Spider | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 80 | Spider +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 43 | 87 | Spider +44 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 70 | Jina Reader +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 32 | 42 | Spider +10 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 96 | Spider +61 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 85 | Spider +20 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 69 | Spider +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -7 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **45.3 · E** | **74.3 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Jina Reader | Spider |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Jina AI (Elastic) | Spider (BAGELMEN LLC) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://r.jina.ai/` | `https://api.spider.cloud` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | yes, from $0.0005/call |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 22 |\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 | `cloud.spider/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2026-07-19 |\n| Popularity | 12k stars | 2.7k stars, 2.7k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 3.3/5 (8) |\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**Spider.** Keyless /scrape and working x402 v2 on every core route, so an agent needs no account. Operated by BAGELMEN LLC with no address, retention periods or DPA in the privacy policy.\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### Spider\n\n1. Every content route returns a JSON array, even /scrape. The status field is the page's, not the API call's\n2. Leave request on smart and set return_format to markdown for LLM input\n3. Set limit on /crawl. Unset, it caps only at your credit balance\n4. Use /scrape with `stealth: true` instead of /unblocker, which is deprecated\n5. Honour Retry-After on 429. Keyless use allows 4 requests a minute\n\n## Other comparisons with Jina Reader or Spider\n\n- [Bright Data vs Jina Reader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-jina-reader.md)\n- [Bright Data vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-spider-cloud.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 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 ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Olostep vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [ScrapeGraphAI vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapegraphai-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [Scrapeless vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [Scrapfly vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [ScrapingAnt vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingant-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [ScrapingBee vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [Scrapingdog vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingdog-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [Spider vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/spider-cloud-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs Jina Reader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-jina-reader.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [Apify MCP Server vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n",
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