WebCrawler API vs Live Web Data

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WebCrawler API compared with Live Web Data
Detail	WebCrawler API	Live Web Data
What it does	Web crawling and data extraction API for AI agents	Live web pages as clean Markdown, text or HTML for AI agents
Stage	Startup	Not given
Founded	2024	Not given
Based in	NL	US
Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Pricing	Pay as you go: from $0.002 per page (LLM-cleaned markdown: $0.006 per page). Starter: $29/month from $0.002 per page (LLM-cleaned markdown: $0.006 per page). Professional: $99/month from $0.0015 per page (LLM-cleaned markdown: $0.0055 per page, save 25%). Business: $499/month from $0.001 per page (L	Free test: 250 credits over 4 weeks (no credit card required). Lite: $10/month for 4,000 credits. Starter: $100/month for 70,000 credits. Developer: $500/month for 450,000 credits. Business: $900/month for 1,000,000 credits. Enterprise: $2,250/month for 3,000,000 credits. Custom pricing available. T
Key features	Automatic JavaScript rendering CAPTCHA solving Automatic proxy routing Smart caching with 0.9 second response times Change detection feeds Clean markdown extraction Removes navigation, ads, and boilerplate content Anti-bot bypass	Fetch any public web page live with no caching Return content in Markdown, HTML, or plain text format Automatic retries across nodes with no cost for failures Fetch pages from specific countries with geo targeting Support throughput from 1 to 20 requests per second JavaScript rendering included Strip navigation, ads, and cookie banners from pages
What makes it different	Pay only for successful requests with no subscription required Content cleaned for direct AI prompt use without extra processing Change detection prevents wasted tokens and duplicate fetches Smart caching delivers cached pages up to 10 times faster Handles all technical infrastructure automatically	Failed requests cost no credits, only successful fetches are billed Every request is live-fetched with no caching Free trial available with 250 credits and no credit card required Works with MCP for AI agent integration
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	31 −13 (down) since last check	2 +2 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	9	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	24	0
Referring domains (Majestic)	211	0

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