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Realtime web data for AI agents

One fast API for crawling, scraping, search, and a real browser. Clean, structured data the moment your agents ask for it.

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Endpoint

200 OK·https://example.com204ms·1.2 KB·samplesample

# Example Domain

This domain is for use in illustrative examples in documents.
You may use this domain in literature without prior coordination
or asking for permission.

[More information…](https://www.iana.org/domains/example)

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Benchmark

Fast, reliable, and low cost.

Spider was benchmarked against the leading alternatives on speed, reliability, and price.

Spider99.9%best

Firecrawl95.3%47× more misses

Bright Dataest.93.0%70× more misses

Higher is betterusable content returned

100K+: URLs per request10K req/min, no degradation
$0.03: Avg per 1,000 pagespay-as-you-go, no subscription
MIT: Open-source coreRust engine, self-host option

Native integrations with the leading AI frameworks

Community

Teams shipping with Spider.

What engineers said on the internet.

GitHub discussions Discord chat

@iammerrick

Rust based crawler Spider is next level for crawling & scraping sites. So fast. Their cloud offering is also so easy to use. Good stuff. https://github.com/spider-rs/spider

@WilliamEspegren

Web crawler built in rust, currently the nr1 performance in the world with crazy resource management Aaaaaaand they have a cloud offer, that's wayyyy cheaper than any competitor Name a reason for me to use anything else? github.com/spider-rs/spid…

@gasa

@spider_rs is the best crawling tool i have used. I had a complicated project where i needed to paste url and get the website whole website data. Spider does it in an instant

@iammerrick

Rust based crawler Spider is next level for crawling & scraping sites. So fast. Their cloud offering is also so easy to use. Good stuff. https://github.com/spider-rs/spider

@WilliamEspegren

@gasa

@spider_rs is the best crawling tool i have used. I had a complicated project where i needed to paste url and get the website whole website data. Spider does it in an instant

@Ashpreet Bedi

@spider_rs is THE best crawler out there, give it a try

@Troyusrex

I found a new tool, Spider-rs, which scrapes significantly faster and handles more scenarios than the basic scraper I built did. Our use of Spider-rs and AWS infrastructure reduced the scraping time from four months to under a week.

@Dify.AI

Spider @spider_rust can be used as a built-in tool in #Dify Workflow or as an LLM-callable tool in Agent. It allows fast and affordable web scraping and crawling when your AI applications need real-time web data for context.

@Ashpreet Bedi

@spider_rs is THE best crawler out there, give it a try

@Troyusrex

@Dify.AI

FAQ

Common questions.

Billing, rate limits, and crawl failures.

What is Spider?

Spider is a fast web scraping and crawling API designed for AI agents, RAG pipelines, and LLMs. It supports structured data extraction and multiple output formats including markdown, HTML, JSON, and plain text.

How can I try Spider?

What formats can Spider convert web data into?

Spider outputs HTML, raw, text, and various markdown formats. It supports JSON, JSONL, CSV, and XML for API responses.

Can you crawl all pages?

Yes. Spider crawls all necessary content without needing a sitemap. We rate-limit individual URLs per minute to balance the load on a target server.

Does it respect robots.txt?

Yes. robots.txt compliance is on by default. You can disable it on a per-request basis when needed.

What if a crawl fails?

Failed requests are billed at $0. You only pay for responses that return data.

What if I get blocked?

Spider includes an Unblocker with stealth, rotating proxies, and automatic retries. Heavily protected sites route to the Browser Cloud, which runs full browser sessions with anti-detection built in.

How does billing work?

Each request is billed for bandwidth ($1/GB) plus compute ($0.001/min). Most pages cost a fraction of a cent. You can estimate your spend with the pricing calculator at /compare.