#1 Tavily Alternative
Search, scrape, crawl, and map the web through one API, with JavaScript rendering and anti-bot handling in every 1-credit page. Tavily’s docs recommend advanced extraction for JavaScript pages, at twice the basic rate, so 1,000 rendered pages cost $2.67 on its $100 Bootstrap plan and $0.90 on Context.dev Pro.
1,000 pages that need JavaScript rendering
$90 and $100 plans, October 2026 list prices
Tavily Extract bills 1 credit per 5 URLs at basic depth and 2 per 5 at advanced, the depth its docs recommend for JavaScript pages. Static pages are cheaper on Tavily’s $30 Project plan ($1.50 per 1,000) than on Context.dev Developer ($2.00).
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Why switch
Tavily and Context.dev both search, extract, crawl, and map the web for AI agents. On Tavily a JavaScript-rendered page costs twice the basic rate and its docs list no anti-bot options; on Context.dev rendering and anti-bot handling are in every 1-credit scrape.
- Key difference
JavaScript pages at 1 credit, not Tavily’s 2x advanced rate
Tavily Extract bills 1 credit per 5 URLs at basic depth and 2 per 5 at advanced, the depth its docs recommend for JavaScript-rendered pages. Context.dev renders JavaScript and runs managed proxies and anti-bot handling in every 1-credit scrape. On the $90 and $100 plans, 1,000 rendered pages cost $2.67 on Tavily Bootstrap and $0.90 on Context.dev Pro, which covers 100,000 such pages a month instead of 37,500.
- Search
Search that reads every result page for 2 credits
Context.dev Web Search returns up to 100 ranked results per call and can add the passages that answer your query, read from every result page. Ten results with passages cost 2 credits, or $1.80 per 1,000 searches on Pro. Tavily returns up to 20 results per call, at $6.67 per 1,000 basic searches on Bootstrap and $13.33 at advanced depth, the setting its agent guide recommends. If you want every result page in full, Context.dev Markdown bills 1 credit per page (11 credits, $9.90 per 1,000 searches), and Tavily’s 1-credit basic search is cheaper.
- Independent benchmark
98.0% accuracy on 300 factual lookups, against Tavily’s 93.0%
On Openbenchmarks’ factual lookup board, which sends the same 300 questions through 13 web search APIs with one extraction model and one judge, Context.dev scored 98.0% accuracy in the October 21, 2026 measurement, with answer recall at five of 98.3%. Tavily scored 93.0% at advanced depth and 87.7% at basic, and the cost per 1,000 correct answers was $4.49 on Context.dev against $17.20 and $9.13. See the dated results and source links on our benchmarks page.
- Pricing
No doubled rates for advanced depth, instructions, or URL maps
Tavily doubles the price of a search at advanced depth, and its auto_parameters option can switch a search to advanced on its own. Natural-language instructions double the mapping cost of a map or crawl, and Map bills 1 credit per 10 URLs it returns. Context.dev maps a site’s URLs for 1 credit per call and crawls at 1 credit per page, with rendering included.
- Extraction
Rendered HTML, screenshots, and JSON from one scrape
Tavily Extract returns Markdown or plain text, and JSON against a schema comes only from its Research endpoint. Context.dev Scrape returns Markdown, rendered HTML, screenshots, images, and JSON against your schema for 5 credits, plus prebuilt parsers for Google Maps, app store and G2 reviews, and Instagram. PDFs, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files go through the same endpoint.
- Scale
Batches of 100,000 URLs instead of 20 per call
Tavily Extract takes up to 20 URLs per request, and a crawl stops at 150 seconds. Context.dev Batches accept up to 100,000 URLs or a crawl, support every Scrape output including JSON extraction, refund pages that fail, and keep results for 180 days. Pro allows 100 concurrent requests with no per-minute cap; Tavily caps paid keys at 1,000 requests per minute and Crawl at 100.
- Interaction
Click, scroll, sign in, and monitor pages for changes
Run up to five browser actions per scrape (a natural-language step, scroll, wait, or wait for a selector) for 2 credits on paid plans, and reuse a saved browser profile for pages behind a login. Monitors re-check a page or sitemap for 1 credit per run, post changes to your webhook, and skip the charge when a run fails. Tavily’s API has no browser actions, saved logins, or page monitors.
What one request really costs
What 1,000 requests cost on the $90 and $100 plans, by the kind of page or search. Tavily’s price depends on extraction and search depth; Context.dev’s page price does not.
| Request | Context.dev | Tavily | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Static page, no JavaScriptTavily basic extraction, 1 credit per 5 URLs | $0.90 | $1.33 (0.2 credits) | 1.5x more |
| JavaScript-rendered pageTavily advanced extraction, the depth its docs recommend | $0.90 | $2.67 (0.4 credits) | 3x more |
| Page behind bot protectionTavily documents no proxy or anti-bot options | $0.90 | Not offered | Not offered |
| Crawl a site, per pageTavily basic depth, mapping plus extraction | $0.90 | $2.00 (0.3 credits) | 2.2x more |
| Search, 10 results with relevant passagesContext.dev highlights; Tavily basic search | $1.80 (2 credits) | $6.67 (1 credit) | 3.7x more |
| Search, 10 results with full-page MarkdownContext.dev bills 1 credit per Markdown page | $9.90 (11 credits) | $6.67 (1 credit) | 1.5x less |
| JSON extraction against your schemaA typed object back from the page | $4.50 (5 credits) | Not offered | Bring an LLM |
Derived from Context.dev Pro ($90 for 100,000 credits) and Tavily Bootstrap ($100 for 15,000 credits) at monthly billing. Tavily rates are from docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-credits; its search price includes page content at no extra credit.
Full comparison
| Feature | Context.dev | Tavily |
|---|---|---|
| Scraping & Crawling | ||
| Scrape to Markdown | Yes | Yes |
| Rendered HTML output | Yes | Markdown or text only |
| JavaScript rendering | Always included | Advanced, 2x credits |
| Managed proxies and anti-bot handling | Always included | Not offered |
| Screenshots | Yes | No |
| JSON extraction against your schema | 5 credits | Research only |
| Prebuilt parsers for maps, app stores, reviews | Yes | No |
| Crawl a site | 1 credit/page | Stops at 150 seconds |
| Map site URLs | 1 credit per call | 1 credit per 10 URLs |
| Async batch scraping | Up to 100,000 URLs | Sync, 20 URLs a call |
| Change monitoring with webhooks | Yes | No |
| Parse PDFs and office documents | Yes | Not documented |
| Country geotargeting | Yes | Search ranking only |
| Signed-in scraping with saved logins | Browser profiles | No |
| Interaction & Search | ||
| Browser actions before capture | Up to 5 actions | No |
| Web search with page content | Yes | Yes |
| Results per search call | Up to 100 | Up to 20 |
| 10 results with relevant passages | $1.80/1K on Pro | $6.67/1K on Bootstrap |
| 10 results with full-page Markdown | $9.90/1K on Pro | $6.67/1K on Bootstrap |
| Exact publish-date range filter | No | Yes |
| News and finance search topics | No | Yes |
| Research answers with sources | Yes | Yes |
| APA, MLA, and Chicago citation styles | No | Yes |
| Keyless access with no account | No | Search and Extract |
| Pricing & Billing | ||
| Extra credits for advanced depth | None | 2x search and extract |
| Failed requests free | Yes | Failed extracts, maps |
| Free plan | 1,000 credits/mo | 1,000 credits/mo |
| Rate limit on paid plans | 10 to 500 concurrent | 1,000 requests/min |
| Self-serve yearly billing | 2 months free | Not published |
| Deployment | ||
| Managed API | Yes | Yes |
| Zero data retention | On request | Account setting |
| Developer Experience | ||
| Public OpenAPI spec | Yes | Yes |
| TypeScript and Python SDKs | Yes | Yes |
| Go, PHP, and Ruby SDKs | Yes | No |
| CLI | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes | Yes |
| Also Included: Brand & Company Data | ||
| Brand profile by domain, name, email, or ticker | Yes | No |
| Logo CDN for direct embedding (Logo Link) | Yes | No |
Cost per 1,000 pages
Public list prices on both sites, broken down to the cost of 1,000 pages at each tier. Tavily’s extraction price depends on depth, so both its JavaScript-rendered (advanced) and static (basic) rates are shown.
| Tier | Context.dev | Tavily |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free $0/mo 1,000 credits 2 concurrent requests $0 per 1K pages, any page | Researcher $0/mo 1,000 credits 100 requests per minute 2,500 rendered pages a month 5,000 static pages a month |
| Entry | Developer $20/mo 10,000 credits 10 concurrent requests $1.67–$2.00 per 1K pages, any page | Project $30/mo 4,000 credits 1,000 requests per minute $3.00 per 1K rendered pages $1.50 per 1K static pages |
| Mid | Pro $90/mo 100,000 credits 100 concurrent requests $0.75–$0.90 per 1K pages, any page | Bootstrap $100/mo 15,000 credits 1,000 requests per minute $2.67 per 1K rendered pages $1.33 per 1K static pages |
| Growth | Growth $300/mo 500,000 credits 250 concurrent requests $0.50–$0.60 per 1K pages, any page | Startup $220/mo 38,000 credits 1,000 requests per minute $2.32 per 1K rendered pages $1.16 per 1K static pages |
| High volume | Scale $500/mo 1,000,000 credits 500 concurrent requests $0.42–$0.50 per 1K pages, any page | Growth $500/mo 100,000 credits 1,000 requests per minute $2.00 per 1K rendered pages $1.00 per 1K static pages |
- Rendered pages assume Tavily’s advanced extraction (2 credits per 5 successful URLs), the depth its docs recommend for JavaScript-rendered pages, and 1 credit per page on Context.dev, where rendering, managed proxies, and anti-bot handling are always on. Context.dev ranges run from yearly to monthly billing.
- Tavily’s basic extraction costs 1 credit per 5 URLs and suits static HTML. At the entry tier it is cheaper than Context.dev Developer: $1.50 per 1,000 pages on Project against $1.67–$2.00. Tavily does not bill failed extractions.
- Tavily plans and credits are from tavily.com/pricing and docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-credits, which publish monthly prices only. Rate limits are from docs.tavily.com/documentation/rate-limits: 1,000 requests per minute on paid plans and 100 on the free development key. Startup ($220) is the closest Tavily plan to Context.dev Growth.
- Neither service rolls unused credits over; Tavily resets them on the 1st of each month whatever the billing date. Usage past a Tavily plan bills at the pay-as-you-go rate of $0.008 per credit, if you enable it.
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Which one fits
Both search and read the web for agents. These are the cases where the choice is clear. For formats, pricing, and code, see the Context.dev web search API.
Choose Context.dev if
- You read the pages behind the results, including JavaScript-heavy or bot-protected sites, and want each one billed at 1 credit with no advanced-depth rate.
- You need more than Markdown: rendered HTML, screenshots, JSON against your schema, prebuilt parsers, or PDFs and office files.
- You process long URL lists or whole sites: batches of up to 100,000 URLs with failed pages refunded, plus crawl, map, and page monitors.
- Your agents search at volume and passages are enough: 10 results with relevant passages cost 2 credits, $1.80 per 1,000 searches on Pro.
Choose Tavily if
- You want full page content with every search result. Tavily includes it in a 1-credit basic search, $6.67 per 1,000 on Bootstrap, against $9.90 for 10 Markdown results on Context.dev Pro.
- You filter search by exact publish dates, news or finance topics, or exact phrases, or want cited reports in APA, MLA, or Chicago style.
- Your agent stack already uses Tavily as a built-in tool, in LangChain or in a cloud listing such as Snowflake, Databricks, Bedrock AgentCore, or Azure.
- Your workload is light and mostly static. Tavily’s 1,000 free credits cover 5,000 basic extractions or 1,000 basic searches a month, and keyless mode lets an agent try Search and Extract with no account.
A few things to know.
More details in the API documentation.
What is the best Tavily alternative?
Context.dev is a Tavily alternative for teams whose agents search the web and then read the pages. It covers the same jobs (search, extract, crawl, map, and sourced answers) and adds rendered HTML, screenshots, JSON extraction against your schema, browser actions, page monitors, and batches of up to 100,000 URLs. JavaScript rendering and anti-bot handling are in the 1-credit page price. If you need exact date filters, citation styles, or a built-in LangChain tool, Tavily is the better fit.
How does Tavily pricing compare to Context.dev?
Tavily credits cost $0.005 to $0.008 depending on plan. Extraction is 1 credit per 5 URLs at basic depth and 2 per 5 at advanced, which its docs recommend for JavaScript-rendered pages, so 1,000 such pages cost $2.67 on Bootstrap ($100/mo). Advanced search also costs 2 credits instead of 1. Context.dev bills 1 credit per page with rendering and anti-bot handling included, $0.90 per 1,000 pages on Pro ($90/mo).
How do Context.dev and Tavily compare in independent benchmarks?
On Openbenchmarks’ factual lookup board, which sends the same 300 questions through 13 web search APIs with one extraction model and one judge, Context.dev scored 98.0% accuracy in the October 21, 2026 measurement, with answer recall at five of 98.3%. Tavily scored 93.0% at advanced depth and 87.7% at basic, and the cost per 1,000 correct answers was $4.49 on Context.dev against $17.20 and $9.13. See the dated results and source links on our benchmarks page.
Does Context.dev have a web search API like Tavily?
Yes. POST /web/search returns 1 to 100 ranked results per call for 1 credit per 10 results, with language and freshness filters. Highlights, the passages that answer your query read from every result page, add 1 credit per 10 results, so 10 results with passages cost 2 credits ($1.80 per 1,000 searches on Pro). Full-page Markdown bills 1 credit per page, so 10 results with Markdown cost 11 credits ($9.90). Tavily includes page content in its 1-credit basic search ($6.67 per 1,000 on Bootstrap) and adds exact date ranges and news and finance topics. On Openbenchmarks’ factual lookup board, Context.dev answered 98.0% of 300 questions and Tavily 93.0% at advanced depth.
Can Context.dev scrape JavaScript-rendered and bot-protected pages?
Yes. Every scrape renders JavaScript and runs managed proxies and anti-bot handling, with no option to turn them off and no extra credits. If every output of a scrape fails there is no charge, except that a target 404 keeps the base credit. Tavily’s docs point JavaScript pages to advanced extraction at twice the basic rate and list no proxy or anti-bot options.
Does Context.dev have a research endpoint like Tavily Research?
Context.dev Answers researches the web and returns a sourced answer in the JSON shape you provide, for 10 credits in fast mode (about $0.009 on Pro) or 100 in ultra mode (about $0.09). Tavily Research bills 4 to 110 credits per request on mini and 15 to 250 on pro, about $0.03 to $1.67 on Bootstrap, and adds streaming and APA, MLA, and Chicago citation styles.
Can I migrate from Tavily to Context.dev?
Most calls map one to one: Search to POST /web/search, Extract to POST /web/scrape (or a batch for long URL lists), Crawl to POST /web/crawl, Map to GET /web/urls, and Research to POST /web/answers. Drop extract_depth, since rendering is always on. Context.dev ships TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Go, and PHP SDKs, a CLI, and an MCP server. Keyless access, x402 payments, citation styles, and exact date filters have no Context.dev equivalent.
When is Tavily the better choice?
Choose Tavily if your agents need full page content with every search result, since its 1-credit basic search ($6.67 per 1,000 on Bootstrap) costs less than 10 Markdown results on Context.dev ($9.90 on Pro). It is also the better fit for exact publish-date ranges, news and finance topics, exact-phrase matching, academic citation styles, and stacks that already use it inside LangChain. For light, mostly static workloads, its free 1,000 credits cover 5,000 basic extractions a month.
Who owns Tavily?
Nebius Group, the AI cloud company, announced an agreement to acquire Tavily on February 10, 2026, and its first-quarter 2026 filing says the purchase of 100% of Tavily closed on February 19, 2026. Tavily kept its brand and now presents itself as Tavily by Nebius.
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- Context.dev vs ParallelResearch in your JSON shape from one request, and up to 100 search results with full pages instead of 20 with excerpts.
- Context.dev vs ExaUseful content on 87.0% of fresh pages on TRACE against Exa’s 79.1%. Search plus full-page scraping of protected sites, crawl, map, and batches on one key.
- Context.dev vs You.comSearch passages for $1.80 per 1,000 instead of $5, and 38 of 40 agent scrape tasks finished in an independent benchmark, against 29.
Ready to switch from Tavily?
Point your search, extract, crawl, and map calls at Context.dev, drop extract_depth because rendering is always on, and start on the free plan with 1,000 credits a month.