Crawlbase
Crawlbase publishes a fully transparent PAYG calculator with eight volume tiers per complexity class (Standard / Moderate / Complex / Complex II), plus subscription packages for Smart AI Proxy and Cloud Storage and a 1,000-request no-card free entry. xpay verified that prices are visible, self-serve, scale on usage, and that public docs are accessible without auth; no machine-readable pricing manifest was observed.
Built for Developers, Priced for Growth — Clear, honest pricing for all Crawlbase tools
$0.50–$15 per 1,000 requests, complexity- and domain-dependent
$0
Self-serve
Self-serve
Self-serve
Self-serve
Self-serve
Self-serve
Contact sales
How Crawlbase scores on the 7 agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing
15 / 15
Usage-based / metered
22 / 25
Self-serve checkout
13 / 15
Public API
15 / 15
Low / no minimum
8 / 10
Unauth automated payment
6 / 10
Bonus (machine-readable pricing)On top of /100 base
0 / 5
Total
79 / 100
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Crawlbase?
Discover price
https://crawlbase.com/pricing — explicit per-1k-request table by tierSelect a plan
Standard/Moderate/Complex/Complex II + Smart Proxy + Cloud Storage all distinguishablePay per task
True PAYG, billed per 1,000 successful requestsAvoid a sales call
Calculator + dashboard self-serve for every productAPI docs without auth
https://crawlbase.com/docs — publicEstimate cost upfront
Pricing calculator returns per-domain per-volume cost in real timePros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-03. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.- Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
- Per-unit billing is published, so an agent can budget for a single task before committing.
- API documentation is reachable without a login — discovery and integration can happen in one session.
- Per-unit rate is concrete enough that an agent can model expected spend before issuing a request.
- A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
- Some tiers are sales-led; the highest-capacity surfaces are not self-serve.
- PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
How Crawlbase could lift its score
Crawlbase already lands in Verified. Two missing points: (1) publish /.well-known/ai-pricing.json mirroring the calculator output; (2) expose a Stripe Payment Link or anonymous PPU so a no-account agent can buy a single batch.
| pricing_visible | true |
| headline_phrasing | Built for Developers, Priced for Growth — Clear, honest pricing for all Crawlbase tools |
| tier_count | 8 |
| lowest_paid_entry_usd | 0 |
| free_tier | true |
| free_tier_terms | 1,000 free Crawling API requests on signup, no card; 5,000-credit free Smart AI Proxy trial |
| per_unit_price | $0.50–$15 per 1,000 requests, complexity- and domain-dependent |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 7 |
| sales_only_tiers | 1 |
| public_api_docs_url | https://crawlbase.com/docs |
| api_docs_auth_walled | false |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
Crawlbase
79
/ 100 (rubric v1.1)Data & Scraping APIs
Built for Developers, Priced for Growth — Clear, honest pricing for all Crawlbase tools
8
Yes
1,000 free Crawling API requests on signup, no card; 5,000-credit free Smart AI Proxy trial
Free
$0.50–$15 per 1,000 requests, complexity- and domain-dependent
7 / 1
Public
No
Not published
2026-05-03