TinyFish alternative that cuts the token bill: CrawlGenie
TinyFish sells "the web stack for AI agents": Search and Fetch free within limits, Agent at $0.016 per step, Browser at $0.002 per minute, Research and Monitor, all drawn from a prepaid wallet. CrawlGenie covers the same ground and adds the part nobody else measures: how many tokens each call saved, per team and per connector, plus monitoring with trends and reports and a memory of everything read.
What is the difference between TinyFish and CrawlGenie?
Both give agents a browser, search, fetch, goal-driven automation with structured output, research with sources, monitors, context profiles and a vault. TinyFish prices per step and per minute and runs on its own models and proxies. CrawlGenie prices flat, lets you bring your own model key with no markup, returns a receipt on every call, ships 61 agents that need no model at all, and keeps what was read in a memory you can search. TinyFish bundles residential proxies and a password-manager vault connector; CrawlGenie is bring-your-own proxy and has its own vault.
| Capability | TinyFish | CrawlGenie |
|---|---|---|
| Products | Mako, Search, Fetch, Agent, Browser, Research, Monitor | Browser, Search, Read, Agents, Monitor, Memory |
| Pricing | Search/Fetch free within limits; $0.016 per agent step; $0.002 per browser minute; prepaid wallet; enterprise custom | Flat plans; no per-step or per-minute meter; your model key, no markup |
| Token receipt per call | not offered | yes, plus savings per surface and per connector |
| Agent: goal → structured JSON | output_schema (JSON Schema subset) | schema (JSON Schema or example object) |
| Sync / async / streaming / batch | yes / yes / SSE / 100 | ?wait=1 / 202 / SSE / 200 with concurrency cap |
| Agents without a model key | not offered | 61 built in, 14 industries |
| Research with citations | model-written report, SSE | cited passages without a model; report optional with your key |
| Monitoring | page and topic monitors | any agent as a monitor, trends, 7-day reports, datasets |
| Memory | not offered | collections with full-text search and sources |
| Documents | Fetch (pages) | PDF with OCR, Office, Google Docs, YouTube captions |
| Proxies | bundled residential, country selection | bring your own |
| Vault | 1Password / Bitwarden connectors | own secrets vault; model never sees values |
| Approvals before risky actions | not offered | yes, server-side |
| Signed agent identity | not published | Web Bot Auth with your key |
| Benchmark | Mind2Web 89.9% (self-reported) | not yet published |
What is the same, honestly?
The product shapes are close on purpose: a browser, a search, a fetch, an agent, research and monitors are what agent builders ask for. The differences that matter in a budget review are the receipt, the agents that cost nothing, the monitoring reports and the memory. The differences that matter in a security review are approvals, the vault model and the signed identity.
When should you stay with TinyFish?
Stay with TinyFish if you want bundled residential proxies with country selection, a 1Password or Bitwarden connector today, or pay-per-step billing with no monthly plan.
How do I migrate?
Agent runs map directly: goal → task, output_schema → schema, use_profile → profile, the sync/async/SSE endpoints and batches exist on both sides. Search and Fetch map to search and scrape (add q for passages). Monitors map to watches, with trends and reports on top. Vault items become secrets; context profiles become profiles.
For developers: the exact call
# TinyFish POST https://agent.tinyfish.ai/v1/automation/run {"url": "...", "goal": "...", "output_schema": {...}} # CrawlGenie POST https://your-workspace/v1/agent/run?wait=1 {"url": "...", "task": "...", "schema": {...}} → result in your shape · steps · input/output/observation tokens on the receipt
Related: web scraping for LLMs · MCP web browser · measured comparison · extractor library · free SEO + AIO report.
What would this save you?
Move the sliders. The saving is computed from the measured ratios above and the model price you pick.
Assumes 10% of the page is kept per read (measured range 5–15%). Receipts in the product show the real number for your traffic.
Questions people ask
Is CrawlGenie cheaper than TinyFish?
For reading-heavy work, usually: passages instead of pages and 61 model-free agents remove most of the token spend, and plans are flat. For agent-step-heavy work on hard sites, TinyFish's bundled proxies may save you effort; compare on your own tasks with the receipts.
Can I use TinyFish-style goals with CrawlGenie?
Yes. task + url + schema, with sync, async, streaming and batch modes.
Does CrawlGenie have a 1Password connector?
Not yet. Secrets live in CrawlGenie's own vault and are substituted server-side so the model never sees them.
Spend tokens on answers, not on pages.
Create a workspace in a minute. Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or your own agents. Every answer comes with a token receipt.