Decision guide · Web Extraction · Verified
Best web extraction API for Cost-Sensitive at Scale
Lowest cost per verified-correct page while keeping fidelity acceptable for high-volume extraction.
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For Cost-Sensitive at Scale, Exa ranks first on the weighted score (cost/correct $ 60%, fidelity 0-1 40%). Per dimension — best cost/correct $: Exa (0.0047); best fidelity 0-1: Exa (0.74).
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Weighted Ranking
| Vendor | score | cost/correct $ ·60% | fidelity 0-1 ·40% |
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| 1Exa | 1.0 | $0.0047 | 0.74 |
| 2Firecrawl | 0.24 | $0.0294 | 0.66 |
Score = weighted sum of per-metric values normalized 0–1 across vendors (cost inverted). Source: Web Extraction leaderboard.
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Cost Calculator
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Estimated spend = correct pages × cost-per-verified-correct (provisional pricing). Vendors without an archived plan rate are omitted.