Jina Reader (r.jina.ai) by Jina AI
Converts any URL (including PDFs) into clean LLM-ready markdown by prefixing r.jina.ai.
Scraping and crawling Official MCP server Open source
Price
Free plan
list price
Free tier
Yes
Free without a key at 20 RPM; 10M free tokens with a new API key
SDK downloads
—
no official SDK package
Status
Up
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Pricing
| Free tier | Free without a key at 20 RPM; 10M free tokens with a new API key |
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| Cheapest paid plan | — |
| Usage price | — |
| Good to know | With a key, Reader charges tokens based on output length (500 RPM free/paid key, 5,000 RPM premium). Top-up token package prices load dynamically and could not be read from the official page, so no USD price is given. jina-ocr-v1 option costs 40x more tokens. |
From the official pricing page, checked Oct 9, 2026. Prices change: confirm before you buy.
Use it from an agent
| MCP server | Official: https://mcp.jina.ai/v1 |
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| GitHub | jina-ai/reader · 12.1K stars · last push May 22, 2026 |
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