Comparison
Jiro vs the competition
See how Jiro stacks up against SerpAPI and ScrapingBee across features, pricing, and capabilities.
| Feature | Jiro | SerpAPI | ScrapingBee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search engines | 9 | 10+ | 5 |
| Social platforms | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| MCP tools | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Self-hosted | |||
| Open source | MIT | ||
| Per-credit pricing | Subscription | Subscription | |
| Free tier | 1,000 credits | 100 searches | 1,000 credits |
| AI agent support | Native MCP | ||
| Python SDK | |||
| JavaScript SDK | |||
| Google scraping | Premium | ||
| PDF scraping |
Pricing comparison
What you get for your money.
Best value
Jiro
$0free forever
- 9 search engines
- 12 social platforms
- 16 MCP tools
- Self-hosted
- MIT license
- 1,000 free credits
SerpAPI
$50/month
- 10+ search engines
- 3 social platforms
- No MCP tools
- Cloud only
- Proprietary
- 100 free searches
ScrapingBee
$49/month
- 5 search engines
- No social platforms
- No MCP tools
- Cloud only
- Proprietary
- 1,000 free credits
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