Spider by Spider (spider-rs)
Fast crawling and scraping API built on the open-source Rust spider engine, streaming markdown or JSON.
Scraping and crawling Official MCP server Open source
Price
Free plan
paid plans from $40/mo
Free tier
Yes
New accounts start with a free balance (amount not stated)
SDK downloads
110K
npm @spider-cloud/spider-client · PyPI spider-client
Status
—
no public status page
Pricing
| Free tier | New accounts start with a free balance (amount not stated) |
|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $40 a month |
| Usage price | Pay as you go $1 per GB bandwidth + $0.0001 per CPU minute; failed/blocked requests $0 |
| Good to know | Pay-as-you-go has no minimum; 'unlimited' flat-rate plans priced by concurrency start from $40/month ($20 down to $13 per concurrent request). Hosted MCP also at https://mcp.spider.cloud/mcp. |
From the official pricing page, checked Oct 9, 2026. Prices change: confirm before you buy.
Use it from an agent
| MCP server | Official: spider-cloud-mcp |
|---|---|
| npm | npm install @spider-cloud/spider-client |
| PyPI | pip install spider-client |
| GitHub | spider-rs/spider · 2,766 stars · last push Oct 1, 2026 |
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