# Best cached web scraping API in 2026

> [Spider Cloud](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/top-up-from-1-pay-as-you-go-post-scrape-scrape), [Firecrawl](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/firecrawl/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-on-scale) and [Anakin](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/anakin/top-up-from-10-business-top-up-post-v1-url-scraper-scrape-scrape-url-inline) are the best cached web scraping API providers in our benchmark. We benchmarked 5 providers and rank all 5 by score. For the three we score highest, we show each one's top scoring plan, each part of the plan's score and what 1,000 pages cost. We rank 111 plans by price. The cheapest of the 111 plans is [Spider Cloud, top-up from $500, Pay as you go, $500 or more (+5% credits)](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/top-up-from-500-pay-as-you-go-500-or-more-5-credits-post-scrape-scrape), at $0.095 per 1,000 pages. [Spider Cloud, $40 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/40-monthly), covers any number of pages. Spider Cloud's $40 monthly plan costs less to start than Spider Cloud's top-up from $500.

1. [Spider Cloud, top-up from $1, Pay as you go: Cached web scraping API](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/top-up-from-1-pay-as-you-go-post-scrape-scrape): Overall score 89.2 (Price 87, Data 93, Cost to get started 93, Bundle 86, Performance 85), $0.10 per 1,000 pages
   - It returns 1 of the 7 key fields we check: Links.
   - On 29 October 2026, we sent this provider all 19 pages in our benchmark.
   - This plan scored 0.927 out of 1 on those 19 pages. That gives this plan a Data score of 93 out of 100.
2. [Firecrawl, top-up from $5, Pay-as-you-go on Scale: Cached web scraping API](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/firecrawl/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-on-scale): Overall score 85.3 (Price 87, Data 88, Cost to get started 93, Bundle 89, Performance 53), $1.00 per 1,000 pages
   - It returns 6 of the 7 key fields we check: Screenshot, Markdown, HTML, Summary, Links, Images.
   - We scored this provider on 11 of the 19 pages in our benchmark. We sent this provider those 11 pages on 28 October 2026.
   - This plan scored 0.9707 out of 1 on those 11 pages. We trust a score on 11 pages less than a score on all 19. So we lower this plan's Data score to 88 out of 100.
3. [Anakin, top-up from $10, Business top-up: Cached web scraping API](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/anakin/top-up-from-10-business-top-up-post-v1-url-scraper-scrape-scrape-url-inline): Overall score 84.6 (Price 78, Data 93, Cost to get started 93, Bundle 100, Performance 54), $0.89 per 1,000 pages
   - It returns 2 of the 7 key fields we check: Markdown, HTML.
   - On 29 October 2026, we sent this provider all 19 pages in our benchmark.
   - This plan scored 0.9274 out of 1 on those 19 pages. That gives this plan a Data score of 93 out of 100.

The Data score on cached web scraping APIs: Out of 100: how much of the page's text the call returns. Each API here can answer with a copy of the page the API saved earlier. Within minutes of each call, we open the page in our own browser. We keep each line of the page with three words or more. A line counts when the answer's text, HTML or Markdown has the same line. For each page, we work out what share of the page's lines the answer holds. We average this share over all pages. Each page counts the same. A call that failed or returned no text counts as 0. Extra text in the answer that the page doesn't show doesn't change the score. We leave out a page our browser could not open. We also leave out a page with fewer than 10 lines. We lower the score when we test the call on fewer pages than the benchmark has.

## Every cached web scraping API provider we score, ranked

1. [Spider Cloud, top-up from $1, Pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/top-up-from-1-pay-as-you-go-post-scrape-scrape): Overall score 89.2, Data score 93, $0.10 per 1,000 pages
2. [Firecrawl, top-up from $5, Pay-as-you-go on Scale](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/firecrawl/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-on-scale): Overall score 85.3, Data score 88, $1.00 per 1,000 pages
3. [Anakin, top-up from $10, Business top-up](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/anakin/top-up-from-10-business-top-up-post-v1-url-scraper-scrape-scrape-url-inline): Overall score 84.6, Data score 93, $0.89 per 1,000 pages
4. [crawlbrulee, €399 monthly, ultra](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/crawlbrulee/399-monthly-ultra-post-api-scrape-scrape-http-basic-proxy): Overall score 82.7, Data score 93, $0.898 per 1,000 pages
5. [WebcrawlerAPI, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/webcrawlerapi/499-monthly): Overall score 79.9, Data score 95, $1.00 per 1,000 pages

Last updated: October 29, 2026. The page: https://datacircle.dev/best-cached-web-scraping-api. Every plan: https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-api-pricing. The benchmark: https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-api-pricing/benchmark.csv.