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Jina Reader vs ScrapeGraphAI

Jina Reader and ScrapeGraphAI are both in the AI extraction API category. Jina Reader fits best for: Developers who need the fastest, cheapest way to feed a single web page to an LLM. ScrapeGraphAI fits best for: Developers who want prompt-based structured extraction with the option to self-host the open-source library.

Jina ReaderScrapeGraphAI
TypeAI extraction APIAI extraction API
Starting pricePrepaid tokens$20/mo
Free tierUsable without a key at 20 RPM; new API keys include 10M free tokens (500 RPM)500 one-time credits, 10 req/min
Pricing modeltokens (prepaid top-ups, shared across Jina APIs)credits
AI extraction
Structured JSON
JS rendering
Proxies / anti-bot
API
No-code UI
Open source
MCP server
Best forDevelopers who need the fastest, cheapest way to feed a single web page to an LLM.Developers who want prompt-based structured extraction with the option to self-host the open-source library.
Visit Jina ReaderVisit ScrapeGraphAI

Why choose Jina Reader

  • Zero-setup: r.jina.ai/<url> returns markdown
  • s.jina.ai search-and-read endpoint
  • Image captioning and PDF reading
  • JSON output and CSS-selector targeting via headers

Watch out for

  • Not built for multi-page crawling or complex interactions
  • Limited anti-bot handling on heavily protected sites
  • No schema-based structured extraction comparable to Firecrawl

Why choose ScrapeGraphAI

  • Describe what you want in natural language, get JSON
  • Open-source Python library (MIT) with graph-based pipelines
  • Hosted API v2 with extract, crawl and search
  • Official MCP server (mcp.scrapegraphai.com)

Watch out for

  • Free credits are one-time, not monthly
  • Extraction costs 5 credits per call
  • Smaller company than Firecrawl/Apify; anti-bot depth less proven
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