toolgrep / Scraping & browser automation / String
Alternatives to String
String: Web scraping API that returns public pages as clean Markdown, raw HTML or JSON, billing only on successful delivery. 8 products similar to String, compared on pricing, free tier, API, MCP server, SDK and open source. 8 of 8 have a free tier, 8 of 8 have an API, 7 of 8 offer an MCP server, 1 of 8 is open source.
- WebScraping.AI
Web scraping API that returns rendered HTML, clean text, or AI-extracted structured JSON from any URL
- SnoopScan
Web scraping API for AI agents
- Geekflare API
Web scraping, search, and screenshot APIs for AI agents and developers
- Octocrawl
Web scraping API, SDKs and MCP for extracting web pages as Markdown and structured data
- ReplyNodes
The web context API for AI agents
- ScrapingAnt
Web Scraping API with headless Chrome, rotating proxies, and AI extraction
- URLpipe
Web data API for Markdown, screenshots & metadata
- WrapAPI
Build an API on top of any existing website
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| Product | Pricing | Free tier | API | MCP server | SDK | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| String | Usage-based · from $19/month (Starter); free tier with $5 credit (~20,000 standard fetches) | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| WebScraping.AI | Freemium · from $29/month (Personal plan, 250,000 credits); pay-as-you-go $0.0002/credit with $20 minimum top-up | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| SnoopScan | Freemium · from $0.45 per 1,000 pages (from $12/month for paid plans; free tier with 1,500 credits/month) | yes | yes | yes | yes | — |
| Geekflare API | Freemium · from $0 (Free, 500 credits/month); paid plans from $19/mo; credit packs from $10 | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Octocrawl | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| ReplyNodes | Freemium · from $19 | yes | yes | yes | — | no |
| ScrapingAnt | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| URLpipe | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| WrapAPI | Freemium | yes | yes | — | — | — |
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