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Alternatives to XCrawl
XCrawl: AI-ready web scraping API for structured JSON, Markdown, and SERP data. 8 products similar to XCrawl, 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, 8 of 8 offer an MCP server, 2 of 8 are open source.
- Octocrawl
Web scraping API, SDKs and MCP for extracting web pages as Markdown and structured data
- ScrapingAnt
Web Scraping API with headless Chrome, rotating proxies, and AI extraction
- WebScraping.AI
Web scraping API that returns rendered HTML, text, or AI-extracted structured JSON from any URL, with proxies, browser rendering, and CAPTCHA handling managed server-side.
- Crawlbase
Web data infrastructure for developers and AI: crawling API, smart AI proxy, enterprise crawler, cloud storage, and a Web MCP Server.
- ScrapingBee
Web scraping API that handles proxies, headless browsers, and anti-bot defenses
- Firecrawl
Web data API for AI agents
- SnoopScan
Web scraping API for AI agents
- String
Web scraping API that returns public pages as clean Markdown, raw HTML or JSON, billing only on successful delivery.
Side by side
| Product | Pricing | Free tier | API | MCP server | SDK | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XCrawl | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Octocrawl | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| ScrapingAnt | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| WebScraping.AI | Freemium · from 29 | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Crawlbase | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| ScrapingBee | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | — | no |
| Firecrawl | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 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 | — |
| String | Usage-based · from $19/month (Starter); free tier with $5 credit (~20,000 standard fetches) | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
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