Comparison

Grabber vs Tavily Extract

Tavily is a search API for agents, and Extract is its endpoint for reading pages, up to 20 at a time. Grabber reads one page per request, in more formats and at a lower price per page.

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At a glance

	Grabber	Tavily Extract
How you pay	Prepaid credit, from $5. No plans	Credits: a free plan, pay as you go at $0.008 a credit, or monthly plans from $30
Pay without a subscription	Yes: it is the only way to pay	Yes
A static page	$0.001	About $0.0016 pay as you go: 5 extractions per credit
A JavaScript page	$0.005 with js_render=true	About $0.0032 with advanced extraction
Failed requests	Never charged. A page that loads with a 404 or 500 status is charged	Not charged
Unused credit	Valid for 365 days	Credits reset on the first of each month
Free tier	$1 at signup, about 1,000 pages, no card	1,000 credits a month, about 5,000 extractions, no card
Formats	Markdown, HTML, text, links, raw body, page metadata	Markdown or text, with optional images
MCP server	Yes, remote	Yes, remote and local
Rate limit	60 requests a minute per key	100 a minute on development keys, 1,000 on production keys

Checked on October 27, 2026 against Tavily Extract's own pricing page and docs. Prices change, so check the sources below before you decide.

What it costs

Example	Grabber	Tavily Extract
1,000 pages a month	$1	$0 on the free plan
10,000 pages a month	$10	$16 pay as you go
100,000 pages a month	$100	$160 pay as you go

Basic extraction. Tavily plans lower the price per credit: Project is $30 a month for 4,000 credits, about 20,000 extractions.

When Tavily Extract is the better choice

You also need web search. Tavily's search and extraction share one key and one balance.
You read up to about 5,000 pages a month: Tavily's free plan covers that every month.
Most of your pages need JavaScript: advanced extraction costs about $0.0032 a page, against $0.005 on Grabber.
You want up to 20 URLs in one call, or page chunks ranked against a query.

When Grabber is the better choice

Price per page: $0.001 on Grabber, against about $0.0016 on Tavily pay as you go.
You need HTML, links, the raw body or page metadata. Tavily Extract returns Markdown or text.
Credit that lasts: Grabber credit is valid for 365 days, and Tavily plan credits reset every month.
Every request has one price, $0.001. Tavily prices basic extraction as 1 credit per 5 URLs, and its docs do not say how a single URL is billed.

Switching from Tavily Extract

Tavily Extract takes a JSON body with a list of URLs. Grabber reads one URL per GET request.

Tavily Extract	Grabber
`POST /extract` with `urls`	`GET /fetch?url=…`, one URL per request
`format: "markdown"`	`formats=markdown`
`format: "text"`	`formats=text`
`extract_depth: "advanced"`	`js_render=true`

Questions

Something else? The docs cover every parameter and error, and you can reach us from the dashboard.

Is Grabber cheaper than Tavily Extract?

Per page, yes: $0.001 against about $0.0016 on pay as you go. For pages that need JavaScript, Tavily's advanced extraction costs less. Under about 5,000 pages a month, Tavily's free plan costs nothing.

Does Grabber search the web?

No. Grabber reads pages you already have the address of. Pair it with any search API.

Can Grabber read many URLs in one call?

No, one per request. Send requests in parallel, up to 60 a minute per key.

Sources

Grabber's prices are on the pricing page and in the docs.

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