Context.dev
Web data API for AI agents: scrape, search, and monitor the web with credit-metered access.
At a glance
Free + paid · Source review 2026-11-04- Price & billing
Free Tier $0/month verified: 1,000 API credits per month, no overage, no credit card required, plus 10,000 one-time Logo Link requests. Paid tiers are page observations in $ without a named currency, so no paid-tier charge fact is recorded: Developer $20/month (10,000 credits, $3.00 per 1,000 credits overage), Pro $90/month ($2.00 overage), Growth $300/month ($1.50 overage), Scale $500/month ($1.00 overage), Scale 2.5M $950/month ($0.75 overage), Enterprise custom. Eligible startups and nonprofits get 30% off an annual paid plan for 12 months.
- Free allowance
Free Tier $0/month verified: 1,000 API credits per month, no overage, no credit card required, plus 10,000 one-time Logo Link requests.
- Best suited to
AI agent and app developers who need reliable web scraping with JS rendering and anti-bot handling included, teams building lead or research workflows on people and company data, and teams that need change monitoring over pages.
Fit is editorial guidance, not a measured result.- Platforms
Access: not separately verified. Operating systems not separately verified.
Published-source facts and editorial guidance. No product test is implied. Confirm current conditions before purchase.
No product screenshot is claimed for this listing. Use the official website ↗ to inspect the current interface.
What to know before choosing
Good fit
AI agent and app developers who need reliable web scraping with JS rendering and anti-bot handling included, teams building lead or research workflows on people and company data, and teams that need change monitoring over pages.
Limits and trade-offs
No one-time lookups without a subscription; not-found (404) responses are billed at base price and some failed outputs can still charge; self-serve plans top out at 2.5M credits a month, beyond which buyers must talk to sales.
Plans and free allowances
Free Tier $0/month verified: 1,000 API credits per month, no overage, no credit card required, plus 10,000 one-time Logo Link requests. Paid tiers are page observations in $ without a named currency, so no paid-tier charge fact is recorded: Developer $20/month (10,000 credits, $3.00 per 1,000 credits overage), Pro $90/month ($2.00 overage), Growth $300/month ($1.50 overage), Scale $500/month ($1.00 overage), Scale 2.5M $950/month ($0.75 overage), Enterprise custom. Eligible startups and nonprofits get 30% off an annual paid plan for 12 months.
Evidence
Official homepage ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-04), Official pricing page ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-04)
Official published documentation reviewed; not a product test
Dates: Last reviewed 2026-11-04. Last reviewed is the latest source or editorial review date; it is not a content-change date.
A closer look at Context.dev
Web data API for AI agents: scrape any URL into LLM-ready output, run live web search, find people by role, company, and location, find companies by industry, size, and location, map domains before scraping, and watch pages for change with monitors — metered by API credits, with a free tier.
Editorial guidance based on published documentation. The workflow below is a suggested starting point, not a measured product result.
When to choose Context.dev
- AI agent and app developers who need reliable web scraping with JS rendering, anti-bot bypass, and proxies included in the base scrape price.
- Teams building lead or research workflows on people and company data, including role, company, and industry search plus per-person enrichment.
- Teams that need to watch pages for change, with monitors, webhooks, and usage alerts on top of scraping.
When to choose something else
- Buyers who want one-time lookups without a subscription: the pricing FAQ states Context.dev currently does not support one-time lookups.
- Users who need every failed request to be unbilled: not-found (404) responses are billed at the request base price, and a 200 response with failed outputs can still charge when at least one output succeeds or the target page is missing.
- Teams needing more than 2.5M credits a month on a self-serve plan: beyond that volume the FAQ directs buyers to talk to sales for Enterprise pricing.
A practical starting workflow
- Pick the endpoint for the job: scrape a URL, search the live web, search people or companies, map a domain's URLs, or create a monitor.
- Call the API with credits: a scrape starts at 1 credit, or 2 with browser actions; successful structured JSON extraction adds 4 credits per page, and PDF OCR adds 1 per recovered page.
- Collect LLM-ready output (including Markdown pages from web search) and use monitors and webhooks to catch changes on watched pages.
- Track usage against the plan concurrency limit in the dashboard, and top up paid plans in 1,000-credit blocks when credits run low.
Check before committing
- Plan amounts are shown in $ without a named currency, so only the $0 free tier is recorded as a fact; paid-tier amounts are page observations.
- Credit costs vary by operation: Answers costs 10 credits in Fast mode or 100 in Ultra, Brand and Styleguide cost 10, and People Enrich costs 20 per match.
- The free tier lists no overage: with insufficient credits and no available top-up, the API returns 401 USAGE_EXCEEDED.
Common questions
Is there a free tier?
Yes. The free tier includes 1,000 API credits per month, enough for 1,000 standard scrapes, plus 10,000 one-time Logo Link requests, with no credit card required.
How do API credits work?
A scrape starts at 1 credit, or 2 with browser actions. Successful JSON extraction against a schema adds 4 credits per page, so 5 credits per page. Highlights and Product add 1, PDF OCR adds 1 per recovered page, Brand and Styleguide cost 10 credits per call, and Answers costs 10 credits in Fast mode or 100 in Ultra.
Are JS rendering, anti-bot bypass, and proxies extra?
No. JS rendering, anti-bot bypass, and proxies are included in the base scrape price; browser actions raise the base from 1 credit to 2.
What happens when my API credits run out?
The free plan's 1,000 credits renew every month. Paid plans can use auto-top-up in 1,000-credit blocks (Developer $3.00, Pro $2.00, Growth $1.50, Scale $1.00, Scale 2.5M $0.75 for new subscriptions). With insufficient credits and no available top-up, any plan returns 401 USAGE_EXCEEDED.
Which plan should I choose?
Start with Free for testing or Developer for a first workflow. Pro suits steady production usage, Growth adds capacity between Pro and Scale, Scale supports high-volume traffic and self-serve SSO/SAML, and Enterprise is for custom volume, limits, procurement, or support.
Compare approaches for this task
- Accio — E-commerce sellers and founders who want an AI business team for sourcing and growth
- AI for Database — Teams without a data team who need plain-English answers from a live database or spreadsheet.
- Alemia AI — Analysts who want to connect or upload data and ask plain-English questions for charts, reports and recommendations.
Sources and checks
Last source review is not a date of product testing. No rating or test result is implied by inclusion. Check the current plan and terms before buying.