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ApifyMost similar to TinyFish in what it does, its category and its price.
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RunwareHas a free plan, rated 4.1 out of 5.
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TavilyRated 4.1 out of 5 in our review, against 4.0 for TinyFish.
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At a glance
Green means better than TinyFish, red means worse. Prices are starting prices per month.
| Tool | Our rating | Starts at | Free plan | Best for | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TinyFishBaseline | 4.0 | $15/mo | Yes | Enterprise infrastructure for AI web agents that navigate and extract at scale | |
| Apify | 4.2+0.2 | Free | Yes | A marketplace of ready-made scrapers, with an MCP server so an agent can call them directly. | vs TinyFish |
 Anything API | 3.8−0.2 | $20/mo$5 more | No | Converts any browser-based workflow into a hosted, callable API endpoint for AI agents. | vs TinyFish |
| Runware | 4.1+0.1 | Free | Yes | Unified inference API covering image, video, audio, 3D and language models | vs TinyFish |
 AgentVerse | 4.0Same | Free | Yes | AgentVerse is Fetch.ai's discovery and hosting platform for finding, deploying, and connecting autonomous AI agents. | vs TinyFish |
 FlexAI | 4.0Same | Free | Yes | Managed inference cloud with 20+ open models and an agent SDK | vs TinyFish |
 Diffbot | 3.5−0.5 | Not listed | No | Computer vision renders and classifies any webpage into clean structured data in under 300ms, then feeds it into a Knowledge Graph spanning billions of people, organizations, and products. | vs TinyFish |
 TalorData | 4.0Same | Free | Yes | Google, Bing, Yandex and DuckDuckGo results as JSON at 25 cents per thousand. | vs TinyFish |
| Tavily | 4.1+0.1 | Free | Yes | Search API for AI agents that became part of Nebius after fast adoption across the LangChain ecosystem | vs TinyFish |
The alternatives in detail
In order of how closely each one matches TinyFish.
Apify
4.2Free
vs TinyFish+0.2
A marketplace of ready-made scrapers, with an MCP server so an agent can call them directly.
- Marketplace of pre-built scraping Actors
- Rotating proxies and anti-blocking infrastructure
- MCP server for direct AI agent integration
Pre-built Actors for common targets beat writing scrapers from scratch
Scraping remains subject to each target site's own terms of service
Anything API
3.8$20/mo
vs TinyFish$5 more−0.2
Converts any browser-based workflow into a hosted, callable API endpoint for AI agents.
- Browser workflow to API endpoint conversion
- Natural-language task description input
- Hosted, callable API deployment
Turns any web workflow into an API without needing the site's cooperation
Launched in 2025, so long-term reliability is still unproven
Runware
4.1Free
vs TinyFish+0.1
Unified inference API covering image, video, audio, 3D and language models.
- One API across image, video, audio, 3D and language models
- Hosted catalogue spanning hundreds of thousands of models
- Self-operated inference infrastructure
Single integration across several generative modalities
Usage pricing needs modelling before production scale
AgentVerse
4.0Free
vs TinyFishSame
AgentVerse is Fetch.ai's discovery and hosting platform for finding, deploying, and connecting autonomous AI agents.
- Searchable registry of 2.7 million-plus AI agents
- Agent hosting with capability-based discovery
- Mailbox messaging for offline agent communication
Registry scale gives access to a large existing pool of agents to connect with
Paid Business tier pricing is not published, requiring a sales conversation
FlexAI
4.0Free
vs TinyFishSame
Managed inference cloud with 20+ open models and an agent SDK.
- Managed inference across 20+ open models behind one API
- Agent SDK for building on top of the hosted models
- Private AI Factory deployments inside a customer boundary
One API across a wide set of open models
Region coverage and rate limits need checking for production traffic
Diffbot
3.5Not listed
vs TinyFish−0.5
Computer vision renders and classifies any webpage into clean structured data in under 300ms, then feeds it into a Knowledge Graph spanning billions of people, organizations, and products.
- Computer vision renders and classifies webpages into structured data
- NLP-based entity extraction and relationship mapping
- Knowledge Graph spanning billions of public web entities
Genuinely fast (sub-300ms) structured extraction at real scale
No published pricing - a sales-driven process
TalorData
4.0Free
vs TinyFishSame
Google, Bing, Yandex and DuckDuckGo results as JSON at 25 cents per thousand.
- One API across Google, Bing, Yandex and DuckDuckGo
- Structured JSON output
- Configurable by country, region, language and device
One schema instead of four parsers you maintain yourself
Per-response billing makes a runaway agent loop an unbounded bill
Tavily
4.1Free
vs TinyFish+0.1
Search API for AI agents that became part of Nebius after fast adoption across the LangChain ecosystem.
- Search API returning clean, structured results optimized for LLM consumption
- Free tier with a monthly search-credit allowance before paid usage-based tiers
- Default or near-default search-tool integration across the LangChain agent ecosystem
Deep integration across popular agent frameworks reduces setup time significantly
Now operates as part of a larger company, a real change from its independent-startup years
FAQ
Questions people ask
Is TinyFish free?
TinyFish has a free plan, and paid plans start from $15/mo.
What is the best free alternative to TinyFish?
Apify is the highest-rated alternative here with a free plan (4.2 out of 5). Other free options: Runware, Tavily, AgentVerse.
What is the cheapest alternative to TinyFish?
Among paid plans, Anything API has the lowest starting price (from $20/mo). If you need it free, start with Apify.
How did you pick these alternatives?
We match tools on what they do, their category and their price, using the details in our directory. Ratings come from our reviews and reader reviews.