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Best web extraction API for RAG Ingestion
Main-content fidelity and boilerplate removal, so retrieved chunks aren't polluted by nav, ads, or cookie banners.
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For RAG Ingestion, Exa ranks first on the weighted score (fidelity 0-1 50%, boilerplate excl. 30%, coverage % 20%). Per dimension — best fidelity 0-1: Exa (0.74); best boilerplate excl.: Exa (0.76); best coverage %: Jina (99.3).
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Weighted Ranking
| Vendor | score | fidelity 0-1 ·50% | boilerplate excl. ·30% | coverage % ·20% |
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| 1Exa | 0.94 | 0.74 | 0.76 | 98.7 |
| 2Tavily | 0.592 | 0.62 | 0.68 | 98.7 |
| 3Firecrawl | 0.528 | 0.66 | 0.64 | 97.3 |
| 4Jina | 0.2 | 0.54 | 0.26 | 99.3 |
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.