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Surf alternatives

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The best Surf alternatives for web search APIs: browserfoundry by keirolabs, Context.dev and Exa, by our benchmark of October 30, 2026.

Web search API alternatives

Surf is #30 of the 37 providers we rank.

Every provider of this API, ranked: Web search API: best providers in 2026

RankProvider and planOverall scoreAccuracy score$ per 1,000 searches
1browserfoundry by keirolabs, $10 pack, Starter Pack64.578$0.25
2Context.dev, $300 monthly60.758$0.60
3Exa, top-up from $5, Developer (pay as you go)60.392$7.00
4Desearch, top-up60.173$1.00
5ContextFetch, top-up from $10, Pay as you go60.084$3.00
6Firecrawl, top-up from $5, Pay-as-you-go on Scale59.372$2.00
7Search1API, $499 monthly, Enterprise57.867$2.994
8Serpex, top-up from $557.672$0.80
9Parallel, top-up, Pay as you go57.484$5.00
10Hyperbrowser, $30 monthly, Startup56.886$5.00
11treg, top-up from $10, Top-up of $10 to $4956.153$0.04
12Spider Cloud, top-up from $1, Pay as you go55.758$1.00
13Valyu, $29 monthly55.151$2.90
14ScrapingDuck, €49 monthly53.877$0.368
15Octen, top-up from $5, Base53.235$1.00
16Social Fetch, $29 monthly53.158$1.611
17Linkup, top-up, Pay as you go51.140$5.00
18Liner, top-up51.049$1.00
19You.com, top-up, Pay as you go50.449$5.00
20Bulkgrid, $79 monthly50.353$1.58
21Geekflare, $349 monthly50.349$0.698
22LLMLayer, top-up50.349$2.00
23ScrapeGraphAI, $500 monthly49.644$4.00
24BestSearch, top-up, Pay as you go48.462$4.00
25Browserbase, $20 monthly, Developer47.277$20.00
26Nimble, pay as you go46.473$5.00
27CrawlerData, $50 pack, Starter45.640$1.00
28Browserless, $35 monthly44.577
29AnySearch, $3 pack43.747$3.00
31Bigdata.com, $50 monthly36.949
32JigsawStack, $27 monthly36.453
33WaterCrawl, €9 monthly29.456
34Geonode, $3.90 monthly26.427
35Notte, $20 monthly19.023
36LangSearch, free0.00$0.00. We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.
37WebSearchAPI.ai, $189 monthly, Pro0.00We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.

Web scraping API alternatives

Surf is #74 of the 77 providers we rank.

Every provider of this API, ranked: Web scraping API: best providers in 2026

RankProvider and planOverall scoreAccuracy score$ per 1,000 pages
1WebScraping.AI, $29 monthly, Personal85.593$0.116
2ScraperAPI, $299 monthly, Business85.193$0.10
3Scrappey, top-up, Pay As You Go85.193$0.113
4AlterLab, top-up from $10, Deposit $1084.293$0.20
5FineData, $399 monthly, Team L83.894$0.08
6Geonode, $100 pack, Try Unlimited, $100 for 48 hours83.398$0.20
7Scrapestack, $79.99 monthly, Professional82.793$0.08
8Scrappa, $10 pack82.789$0.303
9Bulkgrid, $79 monthly76.893$0.79
10Scrapeless, $49 monthly, Growth76.693$0.90
11FetchFox, $10 monthly, Monthly subscription76.399$1.00
12Serpex, top-up from $5075.893$0.65
13Firecrawl, top-up from $5, Pay-as-you-go on Scale74.489$1.00
14WebcrawlerAPI, $499 monthly, Business72.195$1.00
15Exa, top-up from $5, Developer (pay as you go)71.860$1.00
16DataBlue, $299 monthly71.288$1.04
17API Ninjas, $299 monthly70.892$0.03
18Context.dev, $500 monthly, Scale69.5100$1.00
19Nimble, pay as you go68.993$1.00
20HasData, $249 monthly, Growth 3M68.593$0.083
21Notte, $20 monthly68.399
22Spider Cloud, top-up from $1, Pay as you go68.393$0.10
23ScrapingAnt, $49 monthly, Startup68.093$0.098
24Thunderbit, $120 monthly, Pro67.978$1.00
25Ujeebu, $12 pack, Mini67.893$0.24
26StealthASF, $17 monthly, Hobby67.693$0.243
27Decodo, $19 monthly, $1967.493$0.50
28Scraping Robot, top-up, Business67.292$1.80
29ScrapeOwl, $29 monthly, Bootstrap67.093$0.116
30Valyu, top-up from $10, Pay-as-you-go66.378$1.25
31ContextFetch, $199 monthly, Startup65.638$0.796
32ScrapingBypass, $129 pack, Advanced Plan (1-Month Plan)65.693$0.129
33Hyperbrowser, $30 monthly, Startup65.2100$1.00
34LLMLayer, top-up, Pay as you go65.293$1.00
35Scrapio, $79 monthly65.292$0.79
36Anakin, top-up from $10, Business top-up65.193$0.89
37Geekflare, $349 monthly, Business64.993$0.349
38Microlink, €39 monthly, Pro · 46,000 requests / month64.899$0.954
39Parallel, top-up64.873$1.00
40ScrapeUnblocker, pay as you go64.894$1.125
41Browserless, $200 monthly, Starter64.292$0.556
42AnyCrawl, $99 monthly63.798$0.66
43ScrapeGraphAI, $500 monthly, Pro Plan63.798$0.667
44Spidra, $249 monthly, Pro63.684$1.992
45OpenGraph.io, $25 monthly, Developer63.388$0.50
46Social Fetch, $29 monthly, Starter63.3100$1.611
47Tabstack, $10 monthly, Starter63.096$1.00
48Novada, $20 monthly62.494$1.30
49PhantomJsCloud, $10 monthly60.893$0.022
50WaterCrawl, €19 monthly60.793$0.713
51Zenscrape, $99.99 monthly, Medium60.493$0.10
52LucidExtractor, $149 monthly, Business60.186$1.49
53crawlbrulee, €399 monthly, ultra59.793$0.898
54ScrapeOps, $29 monthly59.192$0.116
55Supadata, $297 monthly58.478$0.99
56Urlbox, $432 monthly, Lo-Fi (120,000 renders a month)58.193$3.60
57You.com, top-up58.172$1.00
58Anchor Browser, $50 monthly57.395$5.00
59PagePixels, $59.99 monthly57.187$1.9997
60ScreenshotOne, $259 monthly56.693$5.18
61Steel, top-up from $1055.999$5.00
62Parsera, $169 monthly, Business55.699
63apipick, $5 pack55.177$2.00
64WebSearchAPI.ai, $189 monthly54.393$3.78
65Search1API, $19 monthly, Basic53.859$0.76
66Rayobyte, top-up53.292$1.80
67ScreenshotAPI, $175 monthly52.799$1.75
68WebScrapingAPI, $149 monthly, Advanced51.893
69AnySearch, $3 pack50.760$3.00
70The Drive AI, top-up, Pro50.284$10.00
71PageBolt, $199 monthly48.866$1.99
72MrScraper, $19 monthly, Scraper Starter47.650
73API League, $7 monthly42.712$0.467
75browserfoundry by keirolabs, $99.99 monthly40.943
76NewsAPI.ai (Event Registry), $400 monthly33.24$0.40
77World News API, $39 monthly, Reporter26.79$5.20

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