What is Context.dev?
Context.dev is a web scraping and search API designed for AI agents and LLM applications to collect live web data. It provides endpoints to scrape pages, search the web, crawl sites, and monitor changes through a single interface. New users receive 1,000 free credits per month without a credit card.
What are the features of Context.dev?
- Page scrapingConverts any URL or PDF into Markdown, HTML, structured fields, images, or screenshots in one request, with automatic JavaScript rendering and proxy escalation on blocks.
- Web searchSearches the live web or news sources and returns ranked results with clean page content rather than only links.
- Site crawling and mappingDiscovers URLs across a domain or crawls up to 500 pages into Markdown in one call, with controls for depth and subdomains.
- Research answersAccepts a research question and returns a structured JSON answer with source URLs.
- Web monitorsWatches specified pages on a schedule and sends webhook notifications when pricing, content, or pages change.
- Brand data retrievalExtracts a company profile and design system elements such as logos, colors, fonts, and style guides from a domain.
What are the use cases of Context.dev?
- Onboarding autofillPre-fills company fields from a work email domain during user sign-up to tailor the experience.
- RAG pipeline enrichmentCollects pages with scraping and crawling, then keeps the retrieval index current using scheduled monitors.
- Entity enrichmentConnects company references or person identifiers seen by an agent to brand profiles and people data.
How to use Context.dev?
- Register for an API keySign up at context.dev/auth.md to obtain credentials; AI agents can register programmatically but must still verify an email.
- Install an SDK or CLIUse official libraries for TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Go, or PHP, or install the CLI via docs.context.dev/install-cli.
- Send a scrape requestCall the scrape endpoint with a target URL and select output formats such as Markdown, HTML, or screenshot.
- Process the responseRead the returned data object for each requested format and check the success flag before using the content.
Context.dev Pricing Information:
- Free1,000 API credits per month plus 10,000 one-time Logo Link requests; no credit card required; concurrency limited to 2 concurrent requests.
- Developer$20 per month; concurrency limited to 10 concurrent requests. Auto-Topup available at $3.00 per 1,000 credits.
- Pro$90 per month; concurrency limited to 100 concurrent requests. Auto-Topup available at $2.00 per 1,000 credits.
- Growth$300 per month; concurrency limited to 250 concurrent requests. Auto-Topup available at $1.50 per 1,000 credits.
- Scale$500 per month; concurrency limited to 500 concurrent requests; includes self-serve SSO/SAML. Auto-Topup available at $1.00 per 1,000 credits.
- Scale 2.5M$950 per month; Auto-Topup available at $0.75 per 1,000 credits for new subscriptions.
- EnterpriseCustom pricing for teams needing more than 2.5 million credits per month, volume discounts, custom rate limits, annual invoicing, or procurement support.
- Startup and nonprofit discountEligible organizations can apply for 30% off an annual paid plan for 12 months plus private Slack Connect.
- Annual billingAvailable for all paid plans and saves two months compared to monthly billing.









