Benchmarks

Same task. Same sites. Measured openly.

We benchmark full workflows, not raw fetches — because "returns markdown fast" isn't the job. The job is a finished, correct dataset.

Honesty first: live results publish at launch, run against public sites with a fully documented, repeatable methodology. Until then, this page shows that methodology and the cost math that's already verifiable from public pricing. We will never publish a number you can't check yourself.
Methodology

What we measure

Seven public site categories, one identical extraction task each, run end-to-end until a validated dataset exists:

Site classTaskRows correctTime to datasetCost to dataset
E-commerceProducts w/ price, rating, stockpublishing at launch……
EncyclopedicStructured facts from articles………
Code hostingRepo metadata + releases………
ForumsThreads w/ author, date, replies………
Storefront platformsCatalog across pagination………
NewsArticles w/ title, author, date………
DirectoriesListings w/ contact fields………

Scoring: rows correct vs. a hand-labeled ground truth · time from request to validated dataset · total dollars including every post-processing step the workflow requires.

Verifiable today

The cost math you can check yourself.

Published list prices, one JS-rendered page with AI extraction, per 1,000 pages:

ProviderModelEffective $/1k pagesMultiplier gotchas
Plainscrape (Growth)Flat per page$1.58None — by design
Usage-based dev APIsBandwidth + compute~$0.40–0.50None, but developer-only; AI tiers metered separately
Credit-based AI APIsCredits + multipliers~$7.50–$50JSON +4×, stealth +4–5× on top of base
DIY (build + run)Your time + infravariesSelector maintenance forever

Sources: public pricing pages, July 2026. Spot an error? Email corrections to hello@plainscrape.ai.

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Documented methodology · verifiable cost math · corrections welcome