Context.dev is a Developer tools tool: One API for scraping, search, brand data and people search.

How much does Context.dev cost?

Context.dev uses a Freemium model; paid plans start at $20 per month.

What are the best alternatives to Context.dev?

Community-listed alternatives to Context.dev include Hookdeck, Windmill, Cursor, Postman.

What does Context.dev integrate with?

Context.dev integrates with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini CLI, LangChain, Composio and more.

Which platforms does Context.dev support?

Context.dev is available on web.

Context.dev

One API for scraping, search, brand data and people search

Freemium · $20Developer tools Data integration & ETL

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Context.dev is a developer tools tool for Developers and Small businesses, offered as freemium ($20/mo). Popular alternatives include Hookdeck, Windmill, Cursor.

About Context.dev

Context.dev is a web context API for software and AI agents, from a Y Combinator-backed company that founder and CEO Yahia Bakour started as Brand.dev. Developers call one REST API, or its MCP server, instead of separate scraping, search, logo and enrichment vendors, and get the live web back as Markdown, JSON or structured company and people data.

The API covers Scrape, Map, Crawl, Search, Answers, Parse File, Brand and Styleguide extraction, People and Company search, News, Batches and change Monitors with webhooks. SDKs exist for TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Go and PHP, plus a CLI and agent skill. Everything is billed in shared credits: a basic scrape starts at 1 credit. Free gives 1,000 credits a month, Developer is $20 for 10,000, Pro is $90 for 100,000 and Enterprise is custom.

It fits product teams and agent builders who want one vendor and one bill for web data. Exa is more focused on neural web search, and Apollo sells a people database through a sales app rather than an API-first product. Credit costs vary a lot by endpoint, so mixed workloads take some modelling.

On November 3, 2026 the company launched People Search by Context.dev, which was ranked #10 on Product Hunt's daily leaderboard for that date. It takes a plain-language query, optional country and experience filters, and returns up to 10 profiles per page with role, employer, location, skills and schools; fast mode costs 10 credits and ultra mode 50. Buying tip: test both modes on the Free tier, since empty pages are not charged.

Key features of Context.dev

Scrape any URL to Markdown, HTML, screenshots or JSON with JS rendering
Crawl and Map endpoints for whole-site content and URL discovery
Web Search and Answers that return source-backed JSON in your shape
Brand, Styleguide and Logo Link endpoints for logos, colors and fonts
People Search in fast or ultra mode with country and experience filters
Company search, person enrichment and news search endpoints
Monitors that watch pages and sitemaps and send webhook alerts
MCP server, CLI, agent skill and SDKs for five languages

Pros and cons

Pros

One credit pool covers scraping, search, brand and people data
Free tier with 1,000 monthly credits and no credit card
Strong agent tooling: MCP server, Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor guides
SOC 2 Type 2 compliance and a public status page
Empty People Search pages are not charged

Cons

Credit cost per call ranges from 1 to 100, which complicates budgeting
Larger credit tiers cost $300 to $950 a month before Enterprise
99.9% uptime SLA only on the custom Enterprise plan
People Search returns at most 10 profiles per page
Recently renamed from Brand.dev and still expanding its API quickly

Context.dev pricing

Context.dev uses a freemium model.

Plan	Price	Includes
Free	$0 / mo	1,000 credits/mo, no overage, no credit card required
Developer	$20 / mo	10,000 credits, $3 per 1,000 overage; 2 months free yearly
Pro	$90 / mo	100K credits; tiers up to 2.5M cost up to $950/mo; $2/1K overage
Enterprise	Custom	Custom credits, dedicated Slack, 99.9% uptime SLA

Source: www.context.dev · checked on Nov 4, 2026

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How Context.dev compares in Developer tools

Rank by votes: #2 / 91
Starting price: $20
Free alternatives: 23

Context.dev ranks #2 of 91 developer tools tools by community votes and is priced in line with the category.

Common use cases

1Giving an AI agent live web scraping and search through MCP
2Prefilling signup and onboarding screens with company logos and colors
3Finding candidates or prospects by role, company and location in an app
4Monitoring competitor pages and sitemaps for changes via webhooks
5Converting uploaded documents and spreadsheets to Markdown for RAG

Best for

Developers and AI agent builders who want scraping, search, brand data and people search behind one API and one credit balance.

Not ideal for

Sales teams that want a ready-made prospecting app with sequences rather than an API (Apollo), or pure neural web search (Exa).

Integrations

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Gemini CLI
LangChain
Composio
Zapier
Make

Our take

Context.dev is a sensible default when a product or agent needs several kinds of web data and you would rather not manage four vendors. Map your expected call mix to credits first, because a workload heavy on ultra People Search or Answers burns credits much faster than plain scraping.

FAQ

What is Context.dev?: Context.dev is a Developer tools tool: One API for scraping, search, brand data and people search.
How much does Context.dev cost?: Context.dev uses a Freemium model; paid plans start at $20 per month.
What are the best alternatives to Context.dev?: Community-listed alternatives to Context.dev include Hookdeck, Windmill, Cursor, Postman.
What does Context.dev integrate with?: Context.dev integrates with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini CLI, LangChain, Composio and more.
Which platforms does Context.dev support?: Context.dev is available on web.
Who is Context.dev for?: Developers and AI agent builders who want scraping, search, brand data and people search behind one API and one credit balance.

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