[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1652},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-guide-\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fcrunchbase-api-alternatives-funding-data":3,"blog-guide-related-\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fcrunchbase-api-alternatives-funding-data":680},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":660,"cover":661,"description":662,"draft":663,"extension":664,"image":665,"launchCta":665,"listingCover":666,"meta":667,"navigation":668,"ogImage":665,"path":669,"publishedAt":670,"readTime":671,"seo":672,"stem":673,"tags":674,"toolCategory":215,"updatedAt":670,"__hash__":679},"blogGuides\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fcrunchbase-api-alternatives-funding-data.md","Crunchbase API Alternatives: Getting Funding Data by the Call","Jasper Li",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":645},"minimark",[10,14,23,26,31,34,37,44,50,53,118,124,129,140,148,157,161,212,216,220,223,229,232,238,241,249,257,261,268,285,291,294,300,306,312,319,334,338,341,350,364,378,389,401,405,408,414,420,426,432,439,443,561,572,575,579,583,586,595,606,610,617,623,629,635,641],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Crunchbase and PitchBook are sold the way market data is sold: a seat, a contract, an annual number. That is the right shape if a team lives in the product all day, and the wrong shape if what you actually need is four fields attached to a domain inside a pipeline nobody logs into.",[11,15,16,17,22],{},"This is about the second case. Monid is ",[18,19,21],"a",{"href":20},"\u002Fopenrouter-for-agent-tools","the OpenRouter for agent tools",", and company enrichment endpoints in the catalogue carry funding history alongside firmographics, which most people using them do not realise.",[11,24,25],{},"Fair disclosure: you are on the Monid blog. The section on when you genuinely need Crunchbase or PitchBook is not a courtesy, and for a real share of readers it is the answer.",[27,28,30],"h2",{"id":29},"is-there-a-crunchbase-api-alternative-that-bills-per-call","Is there a Crunchbase API alternative that bills per call?",[11,32,33],{},"Yes, if what you need is funding fields on a company rather than a funding database you can query.",[11,35,36],{},"That distinction decides everything, so it is worth being precise about which you have.",[11,38,39,43],{},[40,41,42],"strong",{},"A funding database"," answers questions like \"every Series B in fintech in Q2, sorted by size\". You are querying rounds. That is what Crunchbase and PitchBook sell, and no enrichment endpoint substitutes for it.",[11,45,46,49],{},[40,47,48],{},"Funding fields on a company"," answers \"how much has this company raised, and when did they last do it\", for a company you already identified. That is a lookup, and enrichment endpoints carry it.",[11,51,52],{},"Most GTM work is the second. You have an account list, and you want the funding signal on those accounts, not a market map.",[54,55,60],"pre",{"className":56,"code":57,"language":58,"meta":59,"style":59},"language-bash shiki shiki-themes material-theme-lighter material-theme material-theme-palenight","monid inspect -p pdl -e \u002Fv5\u002Fcompany\u002Fenrich\nmonid run -p pdl -e \u002Fv5\u002Fcompany\u002Fenrich -i '{\"website\":\"\u003Cdomain>\"}'\n","bash","",[61,62,63,88],"code",{"__ignoreMap":59},[64,65,68,72,76,79,82,85],"span",{"class":66,"line":67},"line",1,[64,69,71],{"class":70},"sBMFI","monid",[64,73,75],{"class":74},"sfazB"," inspect",[64,77,78],{"class":74}," -p",[64,80,81],{"class":74}," pdl",[64,83,84],{"class":74}," -e",[64,86,87],{"class":74}," \u002Fv5\u002Fcompany\u002Fenrich\n",[64,89,91,93,96,98,100,102,105,108,112,115],{"class":66,"line":90},2,[64,92,71],{"class":70},[64,94,95],{"class":74}," run",[64,97,78],{"class":74},[64,99,81],{"class":74},[64,101,84],{"class":74},[64,103,104],{"class":74}," \u002Fv5\u002Fcompany\u002Fenrich",[64,106,107],{"class":74}," -i",[64,109,111],{"class":110},"sMK4o"," '",[64,113,114],{"class":74},"{\"website\":\"\u003Cdomain>\"}",[64,116,117],{"class":110},"'\n",[11,119,120,123],{},[61,121,122],{},"inspect"," is free and prints the schema and price. The call bills per company, so a hundred accounts is a hundred calls and a market map is not on the menu.",[125,126,128],"h3",{"id":127},"for-agents","For agents",[11,130,131,132,139],{},"Grab an API key at ",[18,133,138],{"href":134,"rel":135},"https:\u002F\u002Fapp.monid.ai\u002F",[136,137],"noopener","noreferrer","app.monid.ai",", then paste this to your agent and hand it the key:",[54,141,146],{"className":142,"code":144,"language":145,"meta":59},[143],"language-text","set up https:\u002F\u002Fmonid.ai\u002FSKILL.md\n","text",[61,147,144],{"__ignoreMap":59},[11,149,150,151,156],{},"It learns the whole discover, inspect, run workflow itself. More in the ",[18,152,155],{"href":153,"rel":154},"https:\u002F\u002Fmonid.ai\u002Fdocs\u002Fguide\u002Fquickstart-skill",[136,137],"agent quickstart",".",[125,158,160],{"id":159},"for-humans","For humans",[54,162,164],{"className":56,"code":163,"language":58,"meta":59,"style":59},"npm install -g @monid-ai\u002Fcli\nmonid keys add -k \u003Cyour-key> -l main\n",[61,165,166,180],{"__ignoreMap":59},[64,167,168,171,174,177],{"class":66,"line":67},[64,169,170],{"class":70},"npm",[64,172,173],{"class":74}," install",[64,175,176],{"class":74}," -g",[64,178,179],{"class":74}," @monid-ai\u002Fcli\n",[64,181,182,184,187,190,193,196,199,203,206,209],{"class":66,"line":90},[64,183,71],{"class":70},[64,185,186],{"class":74}," keys",[64,188,189],{"class":74}," add",[64,191,192],{"class":74}," -k",[64,194,195],{"class":110}," \u003C",[64,197,198],{"class":74},"your-ke",[64,200,202],{"class":201},"sTEyZ","y",[64,204,205],{"class":110},">",[64,207,208],{"class":74}," -l",[64,210,211],{"class":74}," main\n",[213,214],"skill-prompt",{"category":215},"company-enrichment",[27,217,219],{"id":218},"what-funding-fields-does-one-enrichment-call-actually-return","What funding fields does one enrichment call actually return?",[11,221,222],{},"Five, and they are more detailed than the field list suggests. We ran one call on 2026-08-17 and read what came back:",[54,224,227],{"className":225,"code":226,"language":145,"meta":59},[143],"total_funding_raised     a single cumulative figure\nlatest_funding_stage     e.g. \"debt_financing\"\nlast_funding_date        e.g. \"2026-06-09\"\nnumber_funding_rounds    e.g. 30\nfunding_stages           the full list of stage types the company has raised\n",[61,228,226],{"__ignoreMap":59},[11,230,231],{},"That last field is the one worth having. On the company we tested it listed fourteen distinct stage types across thirty rounds: seed through Series H, plus convertible notes, secondary market activity, corporate rounds, debt financing and undisclosed.",[11,233,234,237],{},[40,235,236],{},"A stage list is a funding history in one field."," You cannot reconstruct dates or amounts per round from it, so it is not a substitute for a rounds table. What it does give you is shape: a company that has raised A through H is a different animal from one with a seed and a bridge, and the list says so without a second call.",[11,239,240],{},"Two more fields travel with it and matter for how you use the rest:",[11,242,243,248],{},[40,244,245],{},[61,246,247],{},"employee_count_by_country"," turns a headcount into a footprint, which is usually the better segmentation axis for anything territory-shaped.",[11,250,251,256],{},[40,252,253],{},[61,254,255],{},"likelihood"," is the provider's confidence that the company it matched is the one you asked for. It is the first field to read on any bulk run, because everything else is conditional on the match being right. It measures identity resolution and not field accuracy, so a high value does not mean the funding figures are current.",[27,258,260],{"id":259},"where-does-this-data-get-funding-wrong","Where does this data get funding wrong?",[11,262,263,264,267],{},"In one specific and predictable place: ",[61,265,266],{},"latest_funding_stage"," on its own will mislead you.",[11,269,270,271,276,277,280,281,284],{},"On our measured company, that field read ",[40,272,273],{},[61,274,275],{},"debt_financing",". Read alone, that is a company taking on debt, which for most scoring models is a late, defensive or distressed signal. Read alongside ",[61,278,279],{},"funding_stages",", which listed Series A through H, and ",[61,282,283],{},"number_funding_rounds"," at thirty, the picture is completely different: a heavily funded company that recently added a debt facility on top of a long equity history.",[11,286,287,290],{},[40,288,289],{},"The latest round is not the company's stage."," Debt, secondary sales, corporate rounds and convertible notes all show up as \"latest\" and none of them describes where a company sits in its lifecycle. A scoring rule keyed on that single field puts this company in the wrong bucket, and nothing in the response warns you.",[11,292,293],{},"Three more limits worth knowing before you build on this:",[11,295,296,299],{},[40,297,298],{},"No per-round detail."," You get a total and a count, not a table. Which investor led which round is a database question and this is a lookup.",[11,301,302,305],{},[40,303,304],{},"Cumulative totals include everything."," Debt and equity land in the same figure, so \"raised\" is not the same as \"raised in equity\", and comparisons between companies with different capital structures are not like for like.",[11,307,308,311],{},[40,309,310],{},"Recency is not guaranteed."," The date field says when the last observed round was, not when the last round happened. A company that raised last week may not show it yet, and the response does not distinguish \"no round\" from \"no round we know about\".",[11,313,314,315,318],{},"The working rule: ",[40,316,317],{},"use these fields to segment and prioritise, not to state facts about a company in a document someone will act on."," If a number is going in front of an investment committee, buy the database.",[320,321,322],"blockquote",{},[11,323,324,325,328,329,333],{},"📖 ",[40,326,327],{},"See also"," ",[18,330,332],{"href":331},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fpeople-data-labs-apollo-zoominfo-alternatives","the provider comparison",", where we measured a company record whose self-reported size band disagreed with its counted headcount.",[125,335,337],{"id":336},"how-to-use-funding-as-a-trigger-without-a-database","How to use funding as a trigger without a database",[11,339,340],{},"The reason anyone wants this data is timing, and timing does not need a rounds table.",[11,342,343,346,347,349],{},[40,344,345],{},"Score on the stage list, not the latest stage."," A company whose ",[61,348,279],{}," ends at seed is early and buys differently from one that has raised through Series D, and that read survives whatever the most recent instrument happened to be. This is the fix for the trap above, expressed as a rule.",[11,351,352,328,355,358,359,363],{},[40,353,354],{},"Watch the date, not the total.",[61,356,357],{},"last_funding_date"," moving is the event. The cumulative figure barely changes what you do; a round two weeks old changes who picks up the phone. Pair the lookup with ",[18,360,362],{"href":361},"\u002Fblog\u002Fbuild-a-company-news-watcher","a news watch on the same company"," and the announcement usually arrives before the enrichment record updates.",[11,365,366,369,370,372,373,377],{},[40,367,368],{},"Combine with headcount, or you will misread the signal."," Money raised without hiring is a different situation from money raised with a hiring spree. The same record carries ",[61,371,247],{},", and postings data adds the direction of travel: we covered reading ",[18,374,376],{"href":375},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fjob-postings-api-hiring-signals","hiring as a buying signal"," separately.",[11,379,380,383,384,388],{},[40,381,382],{},"Resolve first, always."," Funding fields hang off a company, and a company hangs off a resolved domain. That step is free, and getting it wrong attaches one company's funding history to another's name. The ",[18,385,387],{"href":386},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fapi-to-find-a-company-website","resolution guide"," covers the ambiguity cases.",[11,390,391,392,396,397,156],{},"For the cost comparison against a firmographics-only provider, we priced ",[18,393,395],{"href":394},"\u002Fblog\u002Fpdl-vs-akta-firmographics-cost","the same job across two vendors"," previously, and for the wider question of leaving an enrichment subscription, ",[18,398,400],{"href":399},"\u002Fblog\u002Fstopped-paying-clearbit-company-enrichment","that account is here",[27,402,404],{"id":403},"when-do-you-actually-need-crunchbase-or-pitchbook","When do you actually need Crunchbase or PitchBook?",[11,406,407],{},"Four cases, and they are common.",[11,409,410,413],{},[40,411,412],{},"You are querying the market, not a list."," \"Show me every company that raised a Series A in this sector in the last six months\" is a database query. There is no enrichment call that answers it, and framing it as one produces a worse version of the wrong thing.",[11,415,416,419],{},[40,417,418],{},"You need round-level detail."," Investors, lead investors, valuations, terms. That data is licensed, expensively, and it is the product these vendors actually sell.",[11,421,422,425],{},[40,423,424],{},"You need it defensible."," Diligence, board material, an investment memo. A cumulative figure from an enrichment API is a segmentation signal, not a citation, and the difference matters when someone asks where the number came from.",[11,427,428,431],{},[40,429,430],{},"Your team lives in a UI."," Analysts browsing, saving searches, sharing lists. We ship an API and a CLI.",[11,433,434,435,438],{},"The honest split: ",[40,436,437],{},"buy the database when funding data is the product you are working on, and buy calls when it is one attribute on a list you are prioritising."," Most engineering-led GTM work is the second, and most investment work is the first.",[27,440,442],{"id":441},"which-endpoint-should-i-use-for-which-job","Which endpoint should I use for which job?",[444,445,446,465],"table",{},[447,448,449],"thead",{},[450,451,452,456,459,462],"tr",{},[453,454,455],"th",{},"Job",[453,457,458],{},"Endpoint",[453,460,461],{},"Takes",[453,463,464],{},"Billing shape",[466,467,468,488,506,524,543],"tbody",{},[450,469,470,474,482,485],{},[471,472,473],"td",{},"Funding fields on a known company",[471,475,476],{},[18,477,479],{"href":478},"\u002Ftools\u002Fcompany-enrichment",[61,480,481],{},"pdl \u002Fv5\u002Fcompany\u002Fenrich",[471,483,484],{},"Website, name, LinkedIn URL",[471,486,487],{},"Per call",[450,489,490,493,500,503],{},[471,491,492],{},"Firmographics plus assessment",[471,494,495],{},[18,496,497],{"href":478},[61,498,499],{},"akta \u002Fv1\u002Fcompany\u002Fenrichment",[471,501,502],{},"Domain",[471,504,505],{},"Per result",[450,507,508,511,518,521],{},[471,509,510],{},"Resolve a name to a company first",[471,512,513],{},[18,514,515],{"href":478},[61,516,517],{},"akta \u002Fv1\u002Fcompany\u002Fsearch",[471,519,520],{},"Name or website",[471,522,523],{},"Free per call",[450,525,526,529,537,540],{},[471,527,528],{},"Funding and launch news over time",[471,530,531],{},[18,532,534],{"href":533},"\u002Ftools\u002Fcompany-news",[61,535,536],{},"akta \u002Fv1\u002Fnews",[471,538,539],{},"Company",[471,541,542],{},"Per result plus flat fee",[450,544,545,548,556,559],{},[471,546,547],{},"The company's own announcement",[471,549,550],{},[18,551,553],{"href":552},"\u002Ftools\u002Fweb-extraction",[61,554,555],{},"context.dev \u002Fweb\u002Fscrape\u002Fmarkdown",[471,557,558],{},"URL",[471,560,487],{},[11,562,563,564,567,568,571],{},"Verified present on 2026-08-17 with ",[61,565,566],{},"monid discover",". The billing column gives the shape rather than a figure, because figures move and ",[61,569,570],{},"monid inspect"," prints the current one for free.",[11,573,574],{},"The row worth pairing with the first: a news endpoint watching a resolved company catches the round when it is announced, which is the signal an annual snapshot misses by up to a year.",[576,577],"tool-cta",{"category":215,"title":578},"Browse the company endpoints, with live pricing",[27,580,582],{"id":581},"conclusion","Conclusion",[11,584,585],{},"There is a Crunchbase alternative for one of the two jobs people use Crunchbase for. Funding fields attached to companies you already have: yes, per call, alongside the firmographics you were fetching anyway. A queryable database of rounds and investors: no, and any vendor claiming otherwise is selling you a lookup with a search box on it.",[11,587,588,589,594],{},"Two things matter more than the choice. ",[40,590,591,593],{},[61,592,266],{}," is not the company's stage",", and a scoring rule that treats it as one will file a Series H company as distressed the month it takes on debt. Read it with the stage list, always. And a cumulative total mixes debt with equity, so it ranks companies by capital raised rather than by anything about the business.",[11,596,597,598,600,601,156],{},"Start with the free part: ",[61,599,570],{}," shows the full field list without spending, and resolution from a company name costs nothing, so you can build the domain list before deciding what to enrich. Begin at ",[18,602,605],{"href":603,"rel":604},"https:\u002F\u002Fmonid.ai",[136,137],"monid.ai",[27,607,609],{"id":608},"faq","FAQ",[611,612,614],"faq-item",{"q":613},"Can I get investor names and round sizes this way?",[11,615,616],{},"No. The enrichment response carries a cumulative total, a count of rounds, the stage types and the last date, and nothing about who invested or how much per round. That is the licensed part of this market and it is what the database vendors sell. If you need it, buy it; a lookup endpoint returning it cheaply would be the surprising thing, not the missing one.",[611,618,620],{"q":619},"How current is the funding data?",[11,621,622],{},"Current as of the last observation, which is not the same as current. The date field tells you when the most recent round it knows about happened, and there is no field distinguishing \"this company has not raised\" from \"we have not seen a round\". For anything time-sensitive, pair the lookup with a news endpoint on the same company: an announcement shows up there first.",[611,624,626],{"q":625},"Does total funding include debt?",[11,627,628],{},"Yes, and that is the trap. The cumulative figure sums whatever rounds are recorded, debt facilities and convertible notes included, so two companies with the same total can have very different equity stories. If your model cares about the distinction, use the stage list to see what kinds of round make up the history rather than treating the total as an equity figure.",[611,630,632],{"q":631},"Is this cheaper than a Crunchbase seat?",[11,633,634],{},"For the lookup job, yes, and the comparison is not really about price. A seat buys browsing, saved searches and a UI a person opens; a call buys one company's fields inside a pipeline. If nobody on your team would open the UI, you are paying for the half you do not use. If somebody would, the API does not replace them.",[11,636,637],{},[638,639,640],"em",{},"Last updated August 2026.",[642,643,644],"style",{},"html pre.shiki code .sBMFI, html code.shiki .sBMFI{--shiki-light:#E2931D;--shiki-default:#FFCB6B;--shiki-dark:#FFCB6B}html pre.shiki code .sfazB, html code.shiki .sfazB{--shiki-light:#91B859;--shiki-default:#C3E88D;--shiki-dark:#C3E88D}html pre.shiki code .sMK4o, html code.shiki .sMK4o{--shiki-light:#39ADB5;--shiki-default:#89DDFF;--shiki-dark:#89DDFF}html .light .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-light);background: var(--shiki-light-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-light-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-light-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-light-text-decoration);}html.light .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-light);background: var(--shiki-light-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-light-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-light-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-light-text-decoration);}html .default .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-default);background: var(--shiki-default-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-default-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-default-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-default-text-decoration);}html .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-default);background: var(--shiki-default-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-default-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-default-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-default-text-decoration);}html .dark .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-dark);background: var(--shiki-dark-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-dark-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-dark-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-dark-text-decoration);}html.dark .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-dark);background: var(--shiki-dark-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-dark-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-dark-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-dark-text-decoration);}html pre.shiki code .sTEyZ, html code.shiki .sTEyZ{--shiki-light:#90A4AE;--shiki-default:#EEFFFF;--shiki-dark:#BABED8}",{"title":59,"searchDepth":90,"depth":90,"links":646},[647,652,653,656,657,658,659],{"id":29,"depth":90,"text":30,"children":648},[649,651],{"id":127,"depth":650,"text":128},3,{"id":159,"depth":650,"text":160},{"id":218,"depth":90,"text":219},{"id":259,"depth":90,"text":260,"children":654},[655],{"id":336,"depth":650,"text":337},{"id":403,"depth":90,"text":404},{"id":441,"depth":90,"text":442},{"id":581,"depth":90,"text":582},{"id":608,"depth":90,"text":609},"Sales & enrichment","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fcrunchbase-api-alternatives-funding-data.png","Crunchbase and PitchBook sell seats. 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The same 12 posts gave 0.096% or 0.334% engagement depending on one undocumented choice.","2026-09-03","Social data",[688,689,690,691,692],"instagram engagement rate","follower count accuracy","influencer vetting","social data","instagram api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fare-instagram-engagement-trackers-accurate.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fare-instagram-engagement-trackers-accurate-card.png",{"path":696,"title":697,"description":698,"publishedAt":685,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":699,"readTime":671,"cover":705,"listingCover":706,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbounce-rates-and-spam-traps-when-validating-email","Bounce Rates and Spam Traps When Validating an Email List","A verifier returned twelve fields for three addresses. None of them was spam_trap, and none could be. Here is what verification fixes and what it cannot.",[700,701,702,703,704],"spam traps","email bounce rate","email verification","deliverability","list hygiene","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbounce-rates-and-spam-traps-when-validating-email.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbounce-rates-and-spam-traps-when-validating-email-card.png",{"path":708,"title":709,"description":710,"publishedAt":685,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":712,"readTime":718,"cover":719,"listingCover":720,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Frate-limit-calls-to-a-third-party-api","How to Rate Limit Calls to a Third Party API","Six real failure responses collected over three days. Only one of them meant slow down, and telling them apart matters more than any backoff algorithm.","Product",[713,714,715,716,717],"rate limiting","retry backoff","429 too many requests","api reliability","concurrency","12 min","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Frate-limit-calls-to-a-third-party-api.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Frate-limit-calls-to-a-third-party-api-card.png",{"path":722,"title":723,"description":724,"publishedAt":685,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":725,"readTime":671,"cover":731,"listingCover":732,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fscrape-linkedin-without-getting-banned","How to Scrape LinkedIn Without Getting Your Account Banned","The ban risk comes from tools that drive your logged-in session. Three endpoints returned profile data from a URL alone, with no cookie involved.",[726,727,728,729,730],"linkedin scraping","account ban","li_at cookie","sales navigator","linkedin api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fscrape-linkedin-without-getting-banned.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fscrape-linkedin-without-getting-banned-card.png",{"path":734,"title":735,"description":736,"publishedAt":685,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":737,"readTime":718,"cover":743,"listingCover":744,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fstop-depending-on-one-scraping-vendor","How to Stop Depending on One Scraping Vendor","Ten provider failures in three days, all while doing other work. None was a bad vendor. The defence is a second route you can reach without a rewrite.",[738,739,740,741,742],"vendor lock-in","scraping reliability","actor removed","failover","data pipeline","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fstop-depending-on-one-scraping-vendor.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fstop-depending-on-one-scraping-vendor-card.png",{"path":746,"title":747,"description":748,"publishedAt":749,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":750,"readTime":718,"cover":756,"listingCover":757,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fextract-pricing-and-free-trial-information","Extract Pricing and Free Trial Information From Websites","One endpoint returned four plans, numeric amounts and a free_trial_available flag. It also disclosed that a model read the page, which changes everything.","2026-09-02",[751,752,753,754,755],"pricing page extraction","competitor pricing","free trial data","saas pricing","llm extraction","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fextract-pricing-and-free-trial-information.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fextract-pricing-and-free-trial-information-card.png",{"path":759,"title":760,"description":761,"publishedAt":749,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":763,"readTime":671,"cover":769,"listingCover":770,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Ffind-all-urls-on-a-domain","Find All URLs on a Domain: Why the Sitemap Route Usually Stops","Four domains, one sitemap endpoint. Three returned an index and no URL count at all. A sitemap gives you a map of a site, not a list of its pages.","Search & RAG",[764,765,766,767,768],"find all urls on a domain","sitemap parser","site crawl","url discovery","seo audit","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ffind-all-urls-on-a-domain.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ffind-all-urls-on-a-domain-card.png",{"path":772,"title":773,"description":774,"publishedAt":749,"author":6,"category":775,"tags":776,"readTime":718,"cover":782,"listingCover":783,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fmls-real-estate-api-without-mls-access","MLS Real Estate API: What You Get When You Cannot Get MLS","MLS access needs a licence and a broker. Two public sources returned 40 listings and 48 agents with phones. What they carry, and what they do not.","Local data",[777,778,779,780,781],"mls real estate api","idx feed","property data","real estate agents","listing data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmls-real-estate-api-without-mls-access.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmls-real-estate-api-without-mls-access-card.png",{"path":785,"title":786,"description":787,"publishedAt":749,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":788,"readTime":671,"cover":794,"listingCover":795,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fsimply-wall-st-graphql-api-fundamentals","Simply Wall St GraphQL API: What Returns Fundamentals Instead","There is no public Simply Wall St GraphQL API. An endpoint that does return fundamentals gave 26 line items across six periods, and named its own source.",[789,790,791,792,793],"simply wall st api","stock fundamentals api","income statement api","financial data","graphql","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fsimply-wall-st-graphql-api-fundamentals.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fsimply-wall-st-graphql-api-fundamentals-card.png",{"path":797,"title":798,"description":799,"publishedAt":800,"author":6,"category":801,"tags":802,"readTime":671,"cover":808,"listingCover":809,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Famazon-asin-scraper-when-it-returns-nothing","Amazon ASIN Scraper: What to Do When It Returns Nothing","A purpose-built ASIN endpoint returned 26 fields and zero values for two valid ASINs. A generic extractor read the same page fine. Assert on values.","2026-09-01","Ecommerce",[803,804,805,806,807],"amazon asin scraper","asin lookup","ecommerce data","product data","silent failure","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Famazon-asin-scraper-when-it-returns-nothing.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Famazon-asin-scraper-when-it-returns-nothing-card.png",{"path":811,"title":812,"description":813,"publishedAt":800,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":814,"readTime":718,"cover":820,"listingCover":821,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fdatacenter-proxies-vs-residential","Datacenter Proxies vs Residential: What Each One Actually Fixes","A real residential IP with a real Chrome user agent still got 403 from two sites. The IP type was not the constraint. What each type does fix.",[815,816,817,818,819],"datacenter proxies vs residential","proxy types","rotating proxies","web scraping","geolocation","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fdatacenter-proxies-vs-residential.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fdatacenter-proxies-vs-residential-card.png",{"path":823,"title":824,"description":825,"publishedAt":800,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":826,"readTime":671,"cover":832,"listingCover":833,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fextracting-leadership-contact-information","Extracting Leadership Contact Information Without Paying to Look","Hunter's multi-domain search returned 404,695 matching executives for free, names masked and titles visible. You pay only for the addresses you choose.",[827,828,829,830,831],"leadership contact information","executive contact data","decision maker search","hunter io","b2b prospecting","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fextracting-leadership-contact-information.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fextracting-leadership-contact-information-card.png",{"path":835,"title":836,"description":837,"publishedAt":800,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":838,"readTime":718,"cover":844,"listingCover":845,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fpuppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth-release-date","Puppeteer Extra Plugin Stealth: Check the Release Date First","The stealth plugin last shipped in March 2023. Puppeteer shipped last week. What that gap means, and what scrapy-playwright does differently.",[839,840,841,842,843],"puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth","scrapy-playwright","headless browser","bot detection","browser automation","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fpuppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth-release-date.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fpuppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth-release-date-card.png",{"path":847,"title":848,"description":849,"publishedAt":850,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":851,"readTime":857,"cover":858,"listingCover":859,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fc-sharp-web-scraping-without-the-stack","C# Web Scraping: Keep HtmlAgilityPack, Drop the Fetch","The .NET parsing stack was never the problem. What breaks a C# scraper is the request leaving your server, and that half is not a language question.","2026-08-31",[852,853,854,855,856],"c# web scraping","htmlagilitypack","dotnet","web extraction","playwright","10 min","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fc-sharp-web-scraping-without-the-stack.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fc-sharp-web-scraping-without-the-stack-card.png",{"path":861,"title":862,"description":863,"publishedAt":850,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":864,"readTime":671,"cover":870,"listingCover":871,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Flinkedin-post-scraper-what-comes-back","LinkedIn Post Scraper: What Actually Comes Back","Posts, reactions and comments are three billing decisions in one call. A live run shows the fields, and the two flags that quietly multiply the bill.",[865,866,867,868,869],"linkedin post scraper","linkedin company scraper","social selling","harvestapi","linkedin data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Flinkedin-post-scraper-what-comes-back.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Flinkedin-post-scraper-what-comes-back-card.png",{"path":873,"title":874,"description":875,"publishedAt":850,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":876,"readTime":671,"cover":882,"listingCover":883,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fweb-scraping-vs-api-wrong-question","Web Scraping vs API: You Are Choosing a Maintainer","Both end in an HTTP request returning the same facts. What differs is who owns the parser when the page changes, and whether anyone promised you anything.",[877,878,879,880,881],"web scraping vs api","data acquisition","buy vs build","scraping api","ai agents","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-vs-api-wrong-question.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-vs-api-wrong-question-card.png",{"path":885,"title":886,"description":887,"publishedAt":850,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":888,"readTime":671,"cover":893,"listingCover":894,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fxpath-cheat-sheet-for-scraping","XPath Cheat Sheet: The Dozen Expressions That Survive","Most XPath references list what the spec allows. This lists what still matches after a redesign, ranked by how long each anchor survives.",[889,890,891,855,892],"xpath cheat sheet","xpath","css selectors","scraping","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fxpath-cheat-sheet-for-scraping.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fxpath-cheat-sheet-for-scraping-card.png",{"path":896,"title":897,"description":898,"publishedAt":850,"author":6,"category":775,"tags":899,"readTime":671,"cover":904,"listingCover":905,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fzillow-scraper-what-the-listing-carries","Zillow Scraper: What One Listing Record Carries","A live search returns zpid, unformatted price, beds and the detail URL. Five endpoints split by intent, and the sold one is the underrated half.",[900,901,779,902,903],"zillow scraper","real estate api","local data","listings","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fzillow-scraper-what-the-listing-carries.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fzillow-scraper-what-the-listing-carries-card.png",{"path":907,"title":908,"description":909,"publishedAt":910,"author":6,"category":911,"tags":912,"readTime":671,"cover":916,"listingCover":917,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fad-agent-auction-outside-the-account","Soku Runs the Campaign. The Auction Sits Outside It.","One small advertiser shares a single keyword with a bidder running 198,105 of them. An ad agent optimising inside its own account cannot see that.","2026-08-30","Ads intelligence",[913,914,915,881],"paid search","ad agents","competitor intelligence","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fad-agent-auction-outside-the-account.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fad-agent-auction-outside-the-account-card.png",{"path":919,"title":920,"description":921,"publishedAt":910,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":922,"readTime":671,"cover":928,"listingCover":929,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbing-serp-tracker-after-the-api","Bing SERP Tracker: What to Use After the API Retired","Microsoft retired the Search API, so a Bing position now comes from three places. One is free and first-party, and most articles do not mention it.",[923,924,925,926,927],"bing serp tracker","bing rank tracking","serp api","bing webmaster tools","rank tracking","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbing-serp-tracker-after-the-api.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbing-serp-tracker-after-the-api-card.png",{"path":931,"title":932,"description":933,"publishedAt":910,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":934,"readTime":671,"cover":938,"listingCover":939,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbrowser-automation-without-an-api","Browser Automation When the Site Has No API","Check the premise first. The site owner has no API, but somebody may already have an endpoint for it, and a browser is the most expensive answer available.",[843,935,936,937,881],"antidetect browser","nodriver","no api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbrowser-automation-without-an-api.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbrowser-automation-without-an-api-card.png",{"path":941,"title":942,"description":943,"publishedAt":910,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":944,"readTime":671,"cover":950,"listingCover":951,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fjob-scraping-software-per-board","Job Scraping Software: There Is No Single Job Feed","Postings are fragmented across boards by design, and no endpoint covers all of them. Pick per board, and the schema differences are the real work.",[945,946,947,948,949],"job scraping software","indeed job scraper","jobspy","job postings api","hiring signals","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fjob-scraping-software-per-board.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fjob-scraping-software-per-board-card.png",{"path":953,"title":954,"description":955,"publishedAt":910,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":956,"readTime":671,"cover":961,"listingCover":962,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fmid-form-enrichment-fewer-questions","TinyCommand Asks One Question. The API Fills Twenty-Six.","One domain went in. Twenty-six fields came back, including a 43-item tech stack. Every one of them is a question the form no longer has to ask.",[957,958,959,960],"lead enrichment","forms","progressive profiling","workflow automation","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmid-form-enrichment-fewer-questions.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmid-form-enrichment-fewer-questions-card.png",{"path":964,"title":965,"description":966,"publishedAt":910,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":967,"readTime":857,"cover":972,"listingCover":973,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fnode-unblocker-what-it-does-not-do","Node Unblocker: What It Does, and What It Does Not","A proxy you host still leaves from your address. It changes the code path, not what refused you. Its own README lists the sites it cannot handle.",[968,969,970,971,855],"node unblocker","web proxy","blocked scraper","nodejs","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fnode-unblocker-what-it-does-not-do.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fnode-unblocker-what-it-does-not-do-card.png",{"path":975,"title":976,"description":977,"publishedAt":910,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":978,"readTime":671,"cover":983,"listingCover":984,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fserp-history-track-the-shape","SERP History: Track the Page's Shape, Not Just Your Rank","A flat position line hides the month an AI Overview appeared and took the clicks. We have 45 keywords on page one and zero clicks. Here is what to record.",[979,980,981,927,982],"serp history","paa seo","ai overview","serp features","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fserp-history-track-the-shape.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fserp-history-track-the-shape-card.png",{"path":986,"title":987,"description":988,"publishedAt":989,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":990,"readTime":671,"cover":995,"listingCover":996,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbrave-search-api-what-you-can-keep","Brave Search API: Check What You Are Allowed to Keep","An independent index at a fair price, with one clause that decides whether it fits: result storage is granted per plan, and most builds need to store.","2026-08-27",[991,992,993,994,927],"brave search api","search api","independent index","rag","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbrave-search-api-what-you-can-keep.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbrave-search-api-what-you-can-keep-card.png",{"path":998,"title":999,"description":1000,"publishedAt":989,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1001,"readTime":671,"cover":1005,"listingCover":1006,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fgoogle-search-url-parameters","Google Search URL Parameters: What Still Works in 2026","Google silently killed num in September 2025. Here is the current list, which ones are official, and which are community guesses you should not depend on.",[1002,925,927,1003,1004],"google search url parameters","udm","search operators","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fgoogle-search-url-parameters.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fgoogle-search-url-parameters-card.png",{"path":1008,"title":1009,"description":1010,"publishedAt":989,"author":6,"category":686,"tags":1011,"readTime":671,"cover":1015,"listingCover":1016,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Finstagram-api-which-one-in-2026","What Is the Best Instagram API in 2026?","Four products answer to the name: Meta's Graph API, the private mobile API, hosted actors, metered endpoints. One question decides which.",[692,1012,691,1013,1014],"instagram graph api","tikhub","apify","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Finstagram-api-which-one-in-2026.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Finstagram-api-which-one-in-2026-card.png",{"path":1018,"title":1019,"description":1020,"publishedAt":989,"author":6,"category":686,"tags":1021,"readTime":671,"cover":1024,"listingCover":1025,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Ftiktok-scraper-which-endpoint","TikTok Scraper: Which Endpoint for Which Question?","Profiles, videos, comments and search are four jobs with four cost curves. And the creator arrives nested inside every post, which changes the design.",[1022,1023,691,1013,1014],"tiktok scraper","tiktok api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftiktok-scraper-which-endpoint.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftiktok-scraper-which-endpoint-card.png",{"path":1027,"title":1028,"description":1029,"publishedAt":989,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1030,"readTime":671,"cover":1034,"listingCover":1035,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fweb-scraping-services-should-you-hire-it-out","Web Scraping Services: Should You Hire This Out?","A managed service is priced against the value of your data, not the cost of the requests. Three questions decide whether that is a bargain or a markup.",[1031,1032,879,1033,880],"web scraping services","managed scraping","data as a service","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-services-should-you-hire-it-out.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-services-should-you-hire-it-out-card.png",{"path":1037,"title":1038,"description":1039,"publishedAt":1040,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":1041,"readTime":671,"cover":1046,"listingCover":1047,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbright-data-mcp-what-you-are-installing","Bright Data MCP: What Are You Actually Installing?","Sixty-nine tools arrive in one install, and every definition sits in the model's context before the agent does anything. When that trade is worth it.","2026-08-26",[1042,1043,881,1044,1045],"bright data mcp","mcp server","web data","tool calling","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbright-data-mcp-what-you-are-installing.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbright-data-mcp-what-you-are-installing-card.png",{"path":1049,"title":1050,"description":1051,"publishedAt":1040,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1052,"readTime":671,"cover":1058,"listingCover":1059,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fclay-alternatives-waterfall-enrichment","Clay Alternatives: You Are Buying the Waterfall","Clay's product is not the data, it is the fall-through logic between providers. Once they share a balance, that logic is about twenty lines of code.",[1053,1054,1055,1056,1057],"clay alternatives","waterfall enrichment","lead enrichment api","data enrichment","gtm","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fclay-alternatives-waterfall-enrichment.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fclay-alternatives-waterfall-enrichment-card.png",{"path":1061,"title":1062,"description":1063,"publishedAt":1040,"author":6,"category":1064,"tags":1065,"readTime":857,"cover":1071,"listingCover":1072,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Felevenlabs-alternatives-three-complaints","ElevenLabs Alternatives: Price, Voice, or Plumbing?","Three different complaints hide under one search. Only one of them needs a different provider, and the other two have cheaper fixes on the same one.","Generative media",[1066,1067,1068,1069,1070],"elevenlabs alternatives","text to speech","tts api","voice ai","generative media","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Felevenlabs-alternatives-three-complaints.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Felevenlabs-alternatives-three-complaints-card.png",{"path":1074,"title":1075,"description":1076,"publishedAt":1040,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1077,"readTime":671,"cover":1082,"listingCover":1083,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Frank-tracking-api-store-the-position","Rank Tracking API: The Hard Part Is Not the Fetch","Getting today's position is one cheap call. The product is yesterday's position, identical parameters, and knowing what moved. Here is the whole shape.",[1078,1079,1080,1081,992],"rank tracking api","bing rank tracker","serp tracking","seo api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Frank-tracking-api-store-the-position.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Frank-tracking-api-store-the-position-card.png",{"path":1085,"title":1086,"description":1087,"publishedAt":1040,"author":6,"category":1064,"tags":1088,"readTime":671,"cover":1092,"listingCover":1093,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fstreaming-voice-agent-vs-batch-tts","Gradium Holds the Call. A Batch TTS API Renders the Rest.","Ten measured calls to a batch text to speech endpoint. The fastest never beat 3.05 seconds, and the model mattered more than four times the text.",[1089,1090,1091,881],"text to speech api","voice agents","tts latency","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fstreaming-voice-agent-vs-batch-tts.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fstreaming-voice-agent-vs-batch-tts-card.png",{"path":1095,"title":1096,"description":1097,"publishedAt":1098,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1099,"readTime":671,"cover":1104,"listingCover":1105,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fb2b-data-provider-dataset-vs-api","B2B Data Providers: Buy the Dataset or Call the API?","A dataset and an enrichment API are the same rows with a different contract. What changes is who carries the staleness and who pays for unread records.","2026-08-25",[1100,1101,678,1102,1103],"b2b data","data provider","zoominfo","people data labs","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fb2b-data-provider-dataset-vs-api.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fb2b-data-provider-dataset-vs-api-card.png",{"path":1107,"title":1108,"description":1109,"publishedAt":1098,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1110,"readTime":671,"cover":1115,"listingCover":1116,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fcrawl4ai-when-to-run-your-own-crawler","Crawl4AI: When Should You Run Your Own Crawler?","Crawl4AI does the parsing for free. The bill is the fleet you run around it. A decision rule for when to self-host a crawler and when to call one.",[1111,1112,994,1113,1114],"crawl4ai","web crawler","markdown","open source","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fcrawl4ai-when-to-run-your-own-crawler.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fcrawl4ai-when-to-run-your-own-crawler-card.png",{"path":1118,"title":1119,"description":1120,"publishedAt":1098,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1121,"readTime":718,"cover":1127,"listingCover":1128,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fis-web-scraping-legal-2026","Is Web Scraping Legal? What the Rulings Actually Say","Four US cases decided the modern law of scraping and none of them turned on scraping. They turned on login, publicness, copying and circumvention.",[1122,1123,1124,1125,1126],"web scraping legal","hiq linkedin","bright data","cfaa","dmca","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fis-web-scraping-legal-2026.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fis-web-scraping-legal-2026-card.png",{"path":1130,"title":1131,"description":1132,"publishedAt":1098,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1133,"readTime":671,"cover":1138,"listingCover":1139,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fweb-scraping-news-articles","Web Scraping News Articles: Three Jobs, Three Endpoints","Scraping news is three jobs under one name. Find articles, read one article, watch one company. Each needs a different call and a different budget.",[1134,1135,994,1136,1137],"news scraping","news api","media monitoring","web search","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-news-articles.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-news-articles-card.png",{"path":1141,"title":1142,"description":1143,"publishedAt":1098,"author":6,"category":686,"tags":1144,"readTime":671,"cover":1147,"listingCover":1148,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fyoutube-scraper-past-the-quota","YouTube Scraper: What the Data API Will Not Give You","The official API allows 100 searches a day and no money raises it. That ceiling, not price, is why YouTube scrapers exist. Here is what each one returns.",[1145,1146,691,1014,1013],"youtube scraper","youtube data api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fyoutube-scraper-past-the-quota.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fyoutube-scraper-past-the-quota-card.png",{"path":1150,"title":1151,"description":1152,"publishedAt":1153,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":1154,"readTime":718,"cover":1157,"listingCover":1158,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fagentic-browser-when-your-agent-needs-one","Agentic Browser: When Your Agent Actually Needs One","Agentic browser names two products: one you sit in front of and one your agent drives. Most jobs need neither. The test is whether the task carries state.","2026-08-21",[1155,843,881,856,1156],"agentic browser","browserbase","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fagentic-browser-when-your-agent-needs-one.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fagentic-browser-when-your-agent-needs-one-card.png",{"path":1160,"title":1161,"description":1162,"publishedAt":1153,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1163,"readTime":718,"cover":1167,"listingCover":1168,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fdo-ai-agents-need-a-rotating-proxy","Do You Still Need a Rotating Proxy in 2026?","A rotating proxy is an input you buy by the gigabyte and hope works. Most teams wanted the outcome instead. Here is how to tell which one you need.",[1164,1165,818,881,1166],"rotating proxy","residential proxy","infrastructure","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fdo-ai-agents-need-a-rotating-proxy.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fdo-ai-agents-need-a-rotating-proxy-card.png",{"path":1170,"title":1171,"description":1172,"publishedAt":1153,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1173,"readTime":718,"cover":1177,"listingCover":1178,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fpython-web-scraping-without-a-scraper","Web Scraping in Python Without Maintaining a Scraper","Python web scraping is two jobs wearing one name. Python is the best tool for one of them and the wrong place to solve the other. Here is the split.",[1174,818,1175,1176,881],"python","beautifulsoup","selenium","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fpython-web-scraping-without-a-scraper.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fpython-web-scraping-without-a-scraper-card.png",{"path":1180,"title":1181,"description":1182,"publishedAt":1153,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1183,"readTime":718,"cover":1184,"listingCover":1185,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fserp-api-for-ai-agents","What Is a SERP API, and Which Kind Do You Need?","A SERP API is three products under one name: a Google mirror, an independent index, and a read-through fetcher. The difference decides which one is yours.",[925,992,1137,881,994],"\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fserp-api-for-ai-agents.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fserp-api-for-ai-agents-card.png",{"path":1187,"title":1188,"description":1189,"publishedAt":1153,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1190,"readTime":718,"cover":1193,"listingCover":1194,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fweb-scraping-tools-which-kind","Web Scraping Tools: Which Kind Do You Actually Need?","Web scraping tools come in four kinds and they differ on who operates them, not on features. Pick the operator first and the shortlist writes itself.",[1191,1192,880,881,1014],"web scraping tools","no code scraper","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-tools-which-kind.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-tools-which-kind-card.png",{"path":1196,"title":1197,"description":1198,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":801,"tags":1200,"readTime":718,"cover":1203,"listingCover":1204,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fautonomous-store-agent-outside-data","Runner AI Runs the Store. Monid Feeds It the Market.","One call returned 48 competitors: prices from $3.99 to $59.97 and an incumbent with 136,609 reviews. No store dashboard contains that, and agents need it.","2026-08-20",[1201,881,805,1202],"agentic commerce","autonomous business","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fautonomous-store-agent-outside-data.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fautonomous-store-agent-outside-data-card.png",{"path":1206,"title":1207,"description":1208,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1209,"readTime":718,"cover":1214,"listingCover":1215,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbing-search-api-retired-alternatives","Bing Search API Retired: What Actually Replaces It","Microsoft turned the Bing Search APIs off in August 2025 and the endpoints now return 410. What a replacement has to do, and which route fits which job.",[1210,1211,1212,994,1213],"search","web","api","agents","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbing-search-api-retired-alternatives.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbing-search-api-retired-alternatives-card.png",{"path":1217,"title":1218,"description":1219,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1220,"readTime":671,"cover":1224,"listingCover":1225,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fingest-mixed-documents-llm-embedding","Ingesting Mixed Documents for LLM Embedding: PDF to Markdown","PDFs, Office files and HTML all become one clean format before chunking. Where the pipeline actually breaks, and which endpoint handles which format.",[994,1221,1222,1223,1113],"embeddings","pdf","ocr","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fingest-mixed-documents-llm-embedding.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fingest-mixed-documents-llm-embedding-card.png",{"path":1227,"title":1228,"description":1229,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":686,"tags":1230,"readTime":718,"cover":1235,"listingCover":1236,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Finstagram-follower-engagement-api","Instagram Follower and Engagement Data: Which API in 2026?","Follower counts are accurate. What trackers build on top is inference. Which endpoints return which fields, and how to tell a real signal from a guess.",[1231,1232,1212,1233,1234],"instagram","social","creators","engagement","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Finstagram-follower-engagement-api.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Finstagram-follower-engagement-api-card.png",{"path":1238,"title":1239,"description":1240,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":1241,"readTime":718,"cover":1247,"listingCover":1248,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fllm-gateway-vs-mcp-gateway","LLM Gateway vs MCP Gateway: Four Families, One Word","An LLM gateway routes prompts to models. An MCP gateway routes tool calls to vendors. Four gateway families, and which problem each one solves.",[1242,1243,1244,1245,1246],"llm gateway","ai gateway","mcp","agent tools","routing","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fllm-gateway-vs-mcp-gateway.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fllm-gateway-vs-mcp-gateway-card.png",{"path":1250,"title":1251,"description":1252,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":1253,"readTime":718,"cover":1254,"listingCover":1255,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fmcp-vs-api-for-ai-agents","MCP vs API for AI Agents: Who Does the Wrapping?","MCP is not an alternative to APIs, it wraps them. The real question is who does the wrapping, and the answer decides how much code you write.",[1244,1212,1245,881,1045],"\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmcp-vs-api-for-ai-agents.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmcp-vs-api-for-ai-agents-card.png",{"path":1257,"title":1258,"description":1259,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":1260,"readTime":671,"cover":1264,"listingCover":1265,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fn8n-data-layer-scraping-enrichment","The Data Layer for n8n: One Key Instead of a Node Per Vendor","n8n workflows rarely break at the logic. They break at the data source. Build the scraping and enrichment layer so a dead provider is a config change.",[1261,1262,1263,892,1213],"n8n","automation","enrichment","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fn8n-data-layer-scraping-enrichment.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fn8n-data-layer-scraping-enrichment-card.png",{"path":1267,"title":1268,"description":1269,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":1270,"readTime":718,"cover":1272,"listingCover":1273,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fopenrouter-alternatives-after-stripe","OpenRouter Alternatives in 2026: Models, and Then Tools","Stripe agreed to buy OpenRouter for over $7 billion. The real alternatives on the model side, and the routing layer nobody is selling yet.",[1271,1242,1245,1244,1246],"openrouter","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fopenrouter-alternatives-after-stripe.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fopenrouter-alternatives-after-stripe-card.png",{"path":1275,"title":1276,"description":1277,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":1278,"readTime":718,"cover":1280,"listingCover":1281,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fopenrouter-mcp-server-tool-layer","Is OpenRouter an MCP Server? What It Actually Exposes","Yes, OpenRouter has an MCP server, and it exposes OpenRouter. Here is what it does, what it does not, and how to give the same agent real tools.",[1271,1244,1245,1279,1045],"claude code","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fopenrouter-mcp-server-tool-layer.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fopenrouter-mcp-server-tool-layer-card.png",{"path":1283,"title":1284,"description":1285,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1286,"readTime":718,"cover":1290,"listingCover":1291,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fprompt-instead-of-filters-people-search","A Wrong Enum Returns Zero: Ploid and Prompt-Shaped APIs","A wrong enum returned 0 rows. A wrong range format returned 160,884. Neither raised an error. Why prompt-shaped APIs like Ploid exist, and what they cost.",[1287,1288,1289,881],"people search api","agentic api","prospecting","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fprompt-instead-of-filters-people-search.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fprompt-instead-of-filters-people-search-card.png",{"path":1293,"title":1294,"description":1295,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1296,"readTime":718,"cover":1300,"listingCover":1301,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fproxycurl-shutdown-linkedin-data-alternatives","Proxycurl Shut Down: Where LinkedIn Data Goes Now","Proxycurl closed in July 2025 to settle with LinkedIn. What a replacement has to return, which endpoints cover which half, and the risk to read first.",[1297,1263,1212,1298,1299],"linkedin","sales","leads","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fproxycurl-shutdown-linkedin-data-alternatives.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fproxycurl-shutdown-linkedin-data-alternatives-card.png",{"path":1303,"title":1304,"description":1305,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":686,"tags":1306,"readTime":718,"cover":1311,"listingCover":1312,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Ftiktok-data-behind-an-ai-video-ad","Oumomo Generates the Ad. TikTok Data Decides Which One.","An AI video tool makes whatever you ask. One TikTok search call returned twenty videos with a fifteenfold spread in likes, and that spread is the brief.",[1307,1308,1309,1310],"tiktok data api","ai video ads","tiktok shop","creative research","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftiktok-data-behind-an-ai-video-ad.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftiktok-data-behind-an-ai-video-ad-card.png",{"path":1314,"title":1315,"description":1316,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":686,"tags":1317,"readTime":718,"cover":1319,"listingCover":1320,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Ftiktok-scraper-catalogue-audit","Oumomo Remakes the Winner. A TikTok Scraper Tells You Which.","Fourteen videos, twenty one days, and one was 65 percent of the account. You cannot see that in the clips. One call puts the catalogue in a table.",[1022,1318,1309,1308],"content audit","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftiktok-scraper-catalogue-audit.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftiktok-scraper-catalogue-audit-card.png",{"path":1322,"title":1323,"description":1324,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":1325,"readTime":1327,"cover":1328,"listingCover":1329,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fwhat-is-an-mcp-gateway","What Is an MCP Gateway? Two Products, One Name","An MCP gateway is one endpoint that fronts many tools. Two very different products share the name, and the difference decides which one you need.",[1244,1326,1245,881,1246],"mcp gateway","13 min","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fwhat-is-an-mcp-gateway.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fwhat-is-an-mcp-gateway-card.png",{"path":1331,"title":1332,"description":1333,"publishedAt":1199,"author":6,"category":686,"tags":1334,"readTime":718,"cover":1338,"listingCover":1339,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fx-intent-search-social-selling","Monid Finds the Tweet. Volumn Tells You Who Sent It.","A tightened X search returned 19 of 20 keyword-relevant tweets. Only 2 were someone actually asking. Keyword match is not intent, and that gap is the work.",[1335,1336,867,1337],"twitter scraper","x api","lead generation","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fx-intent-search-social-selling.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fx-intent-search-social-selling-card.png",{"path":1341,"title":1342,"description":1343,"publishedAt":1344,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1345,"readTime":671,"cover":1349,"listingCover":1350,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fapify-alternatives","Apify Alternatives: You Probably Want a Different Way to Buy It","Every AI answer to this question names Apify. We ran an Apify actor without an Apify account to show what the real alternative is.","2026-08-19",[1346,818,1347,1348],"apify alternatives","actors","pay per call","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapify-alternatives.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapify-alternatives-card.png",{"path":1352,"title":1353,"description":1354,"publishedAt":1344,"author":6,"category":801,"tags":1355,"readTime":671,"cover":1359,"listingCover":1360,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fconnect-claude-to-amazon-search-data","Connect Claude to Amazon Search Data: OpenWeb Ninja and Monid","Amazon has no keyword API for sellers. Here is what a search endpoint actually returns, how to hand it to an agent, and which route fits which job.",[1356,1357,1358,881],"amazon search api","amazon keyword data","ecommerce","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fconnect-claude-to-amazon-search-data.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fconnect-claude-to-amazon-search-data-card.png",{"path":1362,"title":1363,"description":1364,"publishedAt":1344,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1365,"readTime":671,"cover":1369,"listingCover":1370,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fenrich-a-list-from-email-addresses","Enriching a List When All You Have Is Email Addresses","We enriched four real email addresses and one returned a person. The misses billed nothing. What that changes about how you plan a batch.",[1366,1103,1367,1368],"email enrichment","zoominfo alternatives","lead data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fenrich-a-list-from-email-addresses.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fenrich-a-list-from-email-addresses-card.png",{"path":1372,"title":1373,"description":1374,"publishedAt":1344,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1375,"readTime":671,"cover":1378,"listingCover":1379,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Ffree-api-extract-page-content-rag","A Free API to Extract Page Content for RAG: Read This First","We scraped a Wikipedia page and got 74,552 characters starting with the nav menu. The official API gave 689 clean ones. When each is right.",[994,855,1376,1377],"chunking","llm context","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ffree-api-extract-page-content-rag.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ffree-api-extract-page-content-rag-card.png",{"path":1381,"title":1382,"description":1383,"publishedAt":1344,"author":6,"category":775,"tags":1384,"readTime":671,"cover":1388,"listingCover":1389,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fgoogle-maps-scraper-alternatives","Google Maps Scraper Alternatives: Building a Local Lead List","Two Google Maps actors, same catalogue, different jobs. One returned nothing on a plausible query. What the fields tell you about a business, measured.",[1385,1386,1014,1387],"google maps scraper","local leads","lead list","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fgoogle-maps-scraper-alternatives.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fgoogle-maps-scraper-alternatives-card.png",{"path":1391,"title":1392,"description":1393,"publishedAt":1344,"author":6,"category":911,"tags":1394,"readTime":671,"cover":1399,"listingCover":1400,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fmeta-ad-library-longest-running-ads","Mining the Meta Ad Library with Wireflow: Ninety Days Means It Works","Run duration is the profitability signal competitors publish by accident. How to read it, when it lies, and how to turn a long runner into creative.",[1395,1396,1397,1398],"meta ad library","competitor ads","ad creative","facebook ads","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmeta-ad-library-longest-running-ads.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmeta-ad-library-longest-running-ads-card.png",{"path":1402,"title":1403,"description":1404,"publishedAt":1405,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":1406,"readTime":671,"cover":1408,"listingCover":1409,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fai-agent-needs-two-integrations","A Model Is Half an Agent: AIHubMix for Models, Monid for Tools","A model gateway gets your agent talking. It still cannot look anything up. How to wire both halves, with AIHubMix on models and Monid on tools.","2026-08-18",[881,1407,1245,1244],"model gateway","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fai-agent-needs-two-integrations.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fai-agent-needs-two-integrations-card.png",{"path":1411,"title":1412,"description":1413,"publishedAt":1405,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":1414,"readTime":671,"cover":1417,"listingCover":1418,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fapi-marketplace-for-ai-agents","The Best API Marketplace for AI Agents in 2026","Marketplaces were built for developers who integrate once. An agent chooses at run time. One ordinary task touched five providers across four steps.",[1415,881,1244,1416],"api marketplace","tool use","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapi-marketplace-for-ai-agents.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapi-marketplace-for-ai-agents-card.png",{"path":1420,"title":1421,"description":1422,"publishedAt":1405,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1423,"readTime":671,"cover":1428,"listingCover":1429,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbusiness-entity-search-api","Business Entity Search by API: What Exists and What Does Not","State registries are the most searched company lookup and the least available by API. We ran the US endpoint on a private company and it returned nothing.",[1424,1425,1426,1427],"business entity search","company registry","sec edgar","company data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbusiness-entity-search-api.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbusiness-entity-search-api-card.png",{"path":1431,"title":1432,"description":1433,"publishedAt":1405,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1434,"readTime":671,"cover":1438,"listingCover":1439,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fscraper-blocked-what-gets-through","Your Scraper Is Blocked: What Actually Gets Through in 2026","A raw request to a Cloudflare-protected page returns 403. We ran the same URL through a managed endpoint and read what came back, field by field.",[818,1435,1436,1437],"cloudflare","proxies","blocked","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fscraper-blocked-what-gets-through.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fscraper-blocked-what-gets-through-card.png",{"path":1441,"title":1442,"description":1443,"publishedAt":1405,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1444,"readTime":671,"cover":1446,"listingCover":1447,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fweb-scraping-api-for-ai-agents","The Best Web Scraping API for AI Agents in 2026","An agent cannot pick a scraper from a list it has never seen. What changes when the catalogue is discoverable at run time, measured across three phrasings.",[1445,881,1244,1262],"web scraping api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-api-for-ai-agents.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fweb-scraping-api-for-ai-agents-card.png",{"path":386,"title":1449,"description":1450,"publishedAt":670,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1451,"readTime":671,"cover":1455,"listingCover":1456,"image":665},"The Best API to Find a Company's Website From Its Name","Name to homepage is a resolution problem, not a search one. Which endpoint does it, why fuzzy matches are a feature, and how to pick the right row.",[1452,1453,1454,1263],"company website api","company lookup","domain resolution","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapi-to-find-a-company-website.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapi-to-find-a-company-website-card.png",{"path":1458,"title":1459,"description":1460,"publishedAt":670,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1461,"readTime":671,"cover":1465,"listingCover":1466,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fcompany-news-api-press-releases","PR Newswire API: How to Read Releases, Not Send Them","The newswires sell distribution, not access. Reading a company's releases and its coverage is a different endpoint, and one field separates the two.",[1462,1463,1136,1464],"company news api","press release api","signals","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fcompany-news-api-press-releases.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fcompany-news-api-press-releases-card.png",{"path":669,"title":5,"description":662,"publishedAt":670,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1468,"readTime":671,"cover":661,"listingCover":666,"image":665},[675,676,677,678],{"path":375,"title":1470,"description":1471,"publishedAt":670,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1472,"readTime":671,"cover":1474,"listingCover":1475,"image":665},"Job Postings API: Turning Hiring Into a Buying Signal","A job ad says what a company is building before its website does. Which endpoint returns postings, what the record contains, and the fields nobody reads.",[948,949,1473,1057],"jobs data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fjob-postings-api-hiring-signals.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fjob-postings-api-hiring-signals-card.png",{"path":1477,"title":1478,"description":1479,"publishedAt":670,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1480,"readTime":671,"cover":1484,"listingCover":1485,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Ftechnographic-data-platforms-vs-per-call","Technographic Data Platforms vs One API Call: What You Give Up","We ran a stack detection on a major site and half the fields came back empty. What per-call detection sees, and when a platform earns its price.",[1481,1482,1483,1057],"technographic data","tech stack detection","b2b targeting","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftechnographic-data-platforms-vs-per-call.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftechnographic-data-platforms-vs-per-call-card.png",{"path":1487,"title":1488,"description":1489,"publishedAt":1490,"author":6,"category":686,"tags":1491,"readTime":671,"cover":1494,"listingCover":1495,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbest-social-media-scraping-api-2026","What Is the Best API for Social Media Scraping in 2026?","No single best one, because the platforms are not one problem. Which endpoint covers which network, and where a per-call bill differs from per-result.","2026-08-14",[1492,691,1493,1231],"social media scraping api","tiktok","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-social-media-scraping-api-2026.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-social-media-scraping-api-2026-card.png",{"path":1497,"title":1498,"description":1499,"publishedAt":1490,"author":6,"category":762,"tags":1500,"readTime":671,"cover":1502,"listingCover":1503,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fmcp-server-live-web-data-agents","Which MCP Server Gives an AI Agent Live Web Data?","Most MCP servers wrap one vendor. The question is whether your agent needs a scraper or a catalogue it can search at runtime, and how to tell which.",[1043,881,1044,1501],"model context protocol","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmcp-server-live-web-data-agents.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fmcp-server-live-web-data-agents-card.png",{"path":1505,"title":1506,"description":1507,"publishedAt":1490,"author":6,"category":711,"tags":1508,"readTime":857,"cover":1511,"listingCover":1512,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fpay-per-call-data-api-vs-subscription","Which Data API Lets You Pay Per Call Instead of a Subscription?","Metered beats a subscription when your usage is bursty and loses when it is steady. The shapes, the crossover, and the measurement that decides it.",[1348,1509,1415,1510],"data api pricing","metered billing","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fpay-per-call-data-api-vs-subscription.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fpay-per-call-data-api-vs-subscription-card.png",{"path":331,"title":1514,"description":1515,"publishedAt":1490,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1516,"readTime":671,"cover":1518,"listingCover":1519,"image":665},"People Data Labs, Apollo, ZoomInfo: Which Should You Actually Buy?","Four providers, one honest split: search versus enrich versus contract. What each is genuinely best at, and why the price gap is not what it looks like.",[1103,1517,1102,1100],"apollo alternatives","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fpeople-data-labs-apollo-zoominfo-alternatives.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fpeople-data-labs-apollo-zoominfo-alternatives-card.png",{"path":1521,"title":1522,"description":1523,"publishedAt":1490,"author":6,"category":686,"tags":1524,"readTime":857,"cover":1528,"listingCover":1529,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Freddit-scraping-api-alternatives","Is There an Alternative to Apify for Scraping Reddit?","Yes, several. The more useful question is why a Reddit scraper returns posts that miss your keywords, because that is a search problem, not a scraper one.",[1525,1526,1527,1346],"reddit api","reddit scraper","social listening","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Freddit-scraping-api-alternatives.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Freddit-scraping-api-alternatives-card.png",{"path":1531,"title":1532,"description":1533,"publishedAt":1534,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1535,"readTime":671,"cover":1538,"listingCover":1539,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbest-linkedin-scraper-api-2026","What Is the Best LinkedIn Scraper API in 2026?","There is no single best LinkedIn scraper API. There are three jobs, and the honest answer is which endpoint fits which job, and what each one gets wrong.","2026-08-12",[1536,1297,1298,1537],"linkedin scraper api","data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-linkedin-scraper-api-2026.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-linkedin-scraper-api-2026-card.png",{"path":1541,"title":1542,"description":1543,"publishedAt":1544,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1545,"readTime":671,"cover":1550,"listingCover":1551,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fapollo-scraper","Apollo Scraper: Export Apollo.io Leads Safely by API in 2026","An Apollo scraper extension can get your account flagged. How to pull the same Apollo.io people and company data by metered API, with search free.","2026-08-10",[1546,1547,1548,1549],"apollo scraper","apollo.io","lead-generation","b2b-data","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapollo-scraper.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapollo-scraper-card.png",{"path":1553,"title":1554,"description":1555,"publishedAt":1544,"author":6,"category":686,"tags":1556,"readTime":671,"cover":1559,"listingCover":1560,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Freddit-scraper","Reddit Scraper: How to Get Reddit Data After the API Lockdown","Reddit closed self-service API access in 2025. The honest split between the licensed Data API and a public-page scraper you run metered per call.",[1526,1557,1558,1232],"reddit data api","web-scraping","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Freddit-scraper.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Freddit-scraper-card.png",{"path":1562,"title":1563,"description":1564,"publishedAt":1544,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1565,"readTime":857,"cover":1568,"listingCover":1569,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Ftechnographic-data-api","Technographic Data API: Detect Any Website's Tech Stack in One Call","Skip the enterprise technographic platform for one domain. Detect a site's CMS, framework, analytics, CDN and payments by metered API call.",[1566,1567,215,1549],"technographic data api","tech stack","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftechnographic-data-api.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Ftechnographic-data-api-card.png",{"path":1571,"title":1572,"description":1573,"publishedAt":1574,"author":6,"category":686,"tags":1575,"readTime":671,"cover":1577,"listingCover":1578,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fapify-instagram-scraper","The Apify Instagram Scraper: Which Actor to Use in 2026","Apify has five Instagram scrapers, not one. Which actor fits which job, how to run them without getting blocked, and what two measured runs actually cost.","2026-08-04",[1576,1231,1558,1213],"apify instagram scraper","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapify-instagram-scraper.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fapify-instagram-scraper-card.png",{"path":1580,"title":1581,"description":1582,"publishedAt":1583,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1584,"readTime":718,"cover":1586,"listingCover":1587,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbest-linkedin-outreach-tools-2026","The Best LinkedIn Outreach Tools in 2026","LinkedIn outreach tools split into two layers in 2026: the data layer that finds and verifies people, and the sending layer that sequences the messages.","2026-07-29",[1585,1297,1298,1537],"linkedin outreach","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-linkedin-outreach-tools-2026.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-linkedin-outreach-tools-2026-card.png",{"path":1589,"title":1590,"description":1591,"publishedAt":1592,"author":6,"category":801,"tags":1593,"readTime":1596,"cover":1597,"listingCover":1598,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Famazon-pa-api-alternatives","Amazon's PA-API Retires in 2026: How to Move to Monid","PA-API retired in May 2026. Which endpoints actually replace GetItems and SearchItems, tested on the day of writing, including one returning empty prices.","2026-07-21",[1594,1595,1537,1358],"amazon product advertising api","pa-api alternative","9 min","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Famazon-pa-api-alternatives.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Famazon-pa-api-alternatives-card.png",{"path":1600,"title":1601,"description":1602,"publishedAt":1603,"author":6,"category":801,"tags":1604,"readTime":1327,"cover":1606,"listingCover":1607,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbest-amazon-reviews-api-2026","The Best Amazon Reviews API in 2026 (We Tested Them)","There is no official Amazon reviews API. Here are the real ways to get review text, what all of them costs, and the pagination limit nobody mentions.","2026-07-09",[1605,1537,1213,1358],"amazon reviews api","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-amazon-reviews-api-2026.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-amazon-reviews-api-2026-card.png",{"path":1609,"title":1610,"description":1611,"publishedAt":1603,"author":6,"category":660,"tags":1612,"readTime":718,"cover":1615,"listingCover":1616,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fguides\u002Fbest-email-verification-api-2026","Best Email Verification API in 2026: ZeroBounce, NeverBounce, Kickbox, or One Call on Monid?","ZeroBounce, NeverBounce, Kickbox, Bouncer, a DIY SMTP check and Strale compared: credit packs versus one metered per-call endpoint.",[1613,1537,1213,1614],"email verification api","email","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-email-verification-api-2026.png","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-email-verification-api-2026-card.png",{"path":1618,"title":1619,"description":59,"publishedAt":1620,"author":665,"category":711,"tags":1621,"readTime":665,"cover":1624,"listingCover":665,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fakta-pro-is-now-available-on-monid","Akta Pro Is Now Available On Monid","2026-07-07",[1213,1622,1623,1537],"partner-tools","private-markets","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fakta-pro-is-now-available-on-monid-v2.png",{"path":1626,"title":1627,"description":1628,"publishedAt":1629,"author":665,"category":711,"tags":1630,"readTime":665,"cover":1633,"listingCover":665,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fyour-claude-code-can-now-make-phone-calls","Your Claude Code can now make phone calls","Saperly is now available on Monid. Your agent can now make phone calls for you.","2026-07-05",[1213,1622,1631,1632],"voice","phone","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fyour-claude-code-can-now-make-phone-calls.png",{"path":1635,"title":1636,"description":1637,"publishedAt":1638,"author":665,"category":711,"tags":1639,"readTime":665,"cover":1642,"listingCover":665,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fintroducing-suzanne-chatgpt-for-3d-models","Introducing\nClaude for 3D models","Suzanne is now available on Monid. Turn any idea into a production-ready 3D model in one prompt.","2026-06-25",[1640,1213,1641],"3d","creative-tools","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fintroducing-suzanne-chatgpt-for-3d-models.png",{"path":1644,"title":1645,"description":1646,"publishedAt":1647,"author":665,"category":711,"tags":1648,"readTime":665,"cover":1651,"listingCover":665,"image":665},"\u002Fblog\u002Fminimax-is-now-available-on-monid","MiniMax is now available on Monid","Create images and music with MiniMax models through Monid.","2026-06-24",[1213,1641,1649,1650],"image-generation","music-generation","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fminimax-is-now-available-on-monid.png",1788552965403]