Context.dev

A hosted API for apps and AI agents that turns web pages into Markdown, HTML or structured fields, crawls sites, searches the web and watches pages for changes. The free plan gives 1,000 credits a month that renew.

• Scrapes any page or PDF to Markdown, HTML, structured JSON, images or screenshots
• Crawls a site, maps its URLs and runs batches of thousands of URLs
• Web and news search with ranked results and optional page content
• Answers: a research question returns JSON in your shape, with source URLs
• Monitors that watch pages on a schedule and send changes to a webhook
• SDKs for TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Go and PHP, plus an MCP server and a CLI

Tasks

Scrape & extract web data, Search the web with AI

People

Developers building apps or AI agents that need page content, Teams testing a scraping API before paying, Builders who need company or brand data from a domain

• All endpoints share one credit balance, so costlier calls use it faster: JSON extraction is 5 credits a page, Answers 10 or 100
• The free plan has no overage; Auto-Topup is offered on paid plans
• The Free card doesn't list Answers, while the paid cards list a number of Answers in Fast mode

Is Context.dev free?

Yes. Context.dev offers free credits: Refilling credits: 1,000 credits a month. We last checked context.dev's pricing page on 2026-11-12.

What does the Context.dev free credits include?

The Context.dev free credits include: 1,000 standard scrapes at 1 credit each; 10 monitors; 1 concurrent batch. The free allowance renews monthly. Source: https://www.context.dev/pricing (checked 2026-11-12).

How do I get Context.dev for free?

Steps: Open the pricing page and choose the Free Tier; Create an account with a work or personal email; Copy a secret key from the API keys page. Sign-up options: email. Start at https://www.context.dev/pricing (checked 2026-10-22).

What's the catch with Context.dev's free credits?

Only one unpaid organization is allowed per person. Answers costs 10 credits in Fast mode or 100 in Ultra, from the same 1,000. Checked 2026-10-22.

How much does Context.dev cost after the free credits?

The cheapest paid plan is the Developer plan, at $20 a month, billed monthly. We checked context.dev's pricing page on 2026-10-31.Source: context.dev/pricing

What are free alternatives to Context.dev?

Diffbot (free credits), Jina Reader (free plan) and Tabstack (free credits) are free alternatives. We checked their free offers on 2026-11-12.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. The Free plan gives 1,000 API credits a month, which the maker says is enough for 1,000 standard scrapes. They say.Source: context.dev/pricing

Do the free credits renew?

Yes. The pricing page says the Free plan includes 1,000 API credits that renew every month.Source: context.dev/pricing

How many credits does a call use?

A standard scrape uses 1 credit and JSON extraction makes it 5 credits a page. Answers costs 10 credits in Fast mode or 100 in Ultra. Web and news search cost 1 credit per 10 results.Source: context.dev/pricing

What happens when the free credits run out?

The pricing page lists no overage on the Free plan. The billing docs say a request that can't pass the credit check is rejected with a USAGE_EXCEEDED error.Source: docs.context.dev/account/billing

Free offer

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