AARN alternatives

15 x402 web search & scraping APIs compared with AARN: the price per call read from each 402, x402 grade, uptime and median response time from our own daily unpaid checks.

AARN for reference

x402 APIs on Base for reading web pages, extracting content and running scoped web research.

Up · x402 grade A (95/100) · 100% up (14/14 checks) · $0.002 per call in its 402 · 173 ms median

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Top ranked

Geo402

Grade A (100/100), up

Lowest price per call in its 402

ClawFetch.ai

$0.001, below AARN's $0.002

Fastest median response

Geo402

145 ms (AARN: 173 ms)

15 AARN alternatives compared

Ranked by x402 grade, then uptime from our daily checks, then x402 score and response time. Price is shown but never used for ranking; “lower” or “higher” compares with AARN’s $0.002 per call. Paid placement never changes the order.

#	Listing and why pick it	Status	x402 grade	Uptime (checks so far)	Price in 402	Response (median)
1	Geo402 status Higher x402 score (100 vs 95) Fetch any public web page through a residential IP in a country you pick (250 countries) and get clean…	Up	A (100/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.005 (higher)	145 ms
2	Orthogonal status Higher x402 score (100 vs 95); also pays on Solana and Monad One account for agents to use search, scraping and enrichment APIs through a unified API, MCP server or CLI,…	Up	A (100/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.002	275 ms
3	StableBrowser status Higher x402 score (100 vs 95) Real browser sessions with AI-driven control, paid per session in USDC on Base.	Up	A (100/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.10 (higher)	406 ms
4	ClawFetch.ai status Lower price per call ($0.001 vs $0.002); higher x402 score (100 vs 95) Web rendering, structured extraction, domain search and research for agents, paid per request in USDC on Base.	Up	A (100/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.001 (lower)	513 ms
5	Exa status Also pays on Solana and World Chain Web search API built for AI agents, returning live results, research and page content from a single endpoint.	Up	A (95/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.007 (higher)	162 ms
6	JSON Recon status Grade A, 100% up so far, $0.01 per call; no measured edge over AARN Concise Schema.org JSON-LD and field-level product verification for any URL, for AI agents. You pay only for…	Up	A (90/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.01 (higher)	217 ms
7	Arch Tools status Also pays on Polygon One API for about 60 agent tools (search, scraping, AI generation, OCR, crypto data), paid with credits or…	Up	A (90/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.01 (higher)	232 ms
8	Skim status Grade A, 100% up so far, $0.005 per call; no measured edge over AARN URL-to-markdown reader for agents, paid with a card-funded API key or optionally USDC over x402.	Up	A (90/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.005 (higher)	348 ms
9	Horizon Pulse status Also pays on Solana and Polygon Pay-per-call agent APIs for web search, page extraction, screenshots, PDF to text, an HTTP proxy and crypto…	Up	B (85/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.002	257 ms
10	serp402 status Also pays on Solana Google search results (web, news, images, places, shopping, Scholar) paid per call in USDC over x402.	Up	B (85/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.05 (higher)	322 ms
11	Minifetch status Lower price per call ($0.001 vs $0.002); also pays on Solana Hosted web toolkit for search, scraping, extraction and SEO audits, paid per fetch.	Up	B (80/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.001 (lower)	205 ms
12	Quant Agent Shop status Grade B, 100% up so far, $0.0099 per call; no measured edge over AARN About 30 paid web tools for agents: web and paper search, page reading, cited answers, PDF and OCR, SEC…	Up	B (80/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.0099 (higher)	394 ms
13	Browser Use status Grade C, 100% up so far, $1.00 per call; no measured edge over AARN Cloud browsers for AI agents: run web agents or connect your own agent to hosted browsers.	Up	C (70/100)	100% (14/14)	$1.00 (higher)	475 ms
14	Retriever AI (rtrvr.ai)status Grade A, 100% up so far, $0.05 per call; no measured edge over AARN AI browser agent for Chrome and the cloud. Its agent API sells web page scraping per request over x402.	Up	A (95/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.05 (higher)	480 ms
15	AproxPay status Grade A, 100% up so far, $0.003 per call; no measured edge over AARN Residential proxy for autonomous AI agents, paid per request in USDC on Base via x402: no signup and no API…	Up	A (95/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.003 (higher)	592 ms

1. Geo402Up
Higher x402 score (100 vs 95)
x402 grade
A (100/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.005 (higher)
Response
145 ms
Geo402 status
2. OrthogonalUp
Higher x402 score (100 vs 95); also pays on Solana and Monad
x402 grade
A (100/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.002
Response
275 ms
Orthogonal status
3. StableBrowserUp
Higher x402 score (100 vs 95)
x402 grade
A (100/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.10 (higher)
Response
406 ms
StableBrowser status
4. ClawFetch.aiUp
Lower price per call ($0.001 vs $0.002); higher x402 score (100 vs 95)
x402 grade
A (100/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.001 (lower)
Response
513 ms
ClawFetch.ai status
5. ExaUp
Also pays on Solana and World Chain
x402 grade
A (95/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.007 (higher)
Response
162 ms
Exa status
6. JSON ReconUp
Grade A, 100% up so far, $0.01 per call; no measured edge over AARN
x402 grade
A (90/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.01 (higher)
Response
217 ms
JSON Recon status
7. Arch ToolsUp
Also pays on Polygon
x402 grade
A (90/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.01 (higher)
Response
232 ms
Arch Tools status
8. SkimUp
Grade A, 100% up so far, $0.005 per call; no measured edge over AARN
x402 grade
A (90/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.005 (higher)
Response
348 ms
Skim status
9. Horizon PulseUp
Also pays on Solana and Polygon
x402 grade
B (85/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.002
Response
257 ms
Horizon Pulse status
10. serp402Up
Also pays on Solana
x402 grade
B (85/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.05 (higher)
Response
322 ms
serp402 status
11. MinifetchUp
Lower price per call ($0.001 vs $0.002); also pays on Solana
x402 grade
B (80/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.001 (lower)
Response
205 ms
Minifetch status
12. Quant Agent ShopUp
Grade B, 100% up so far, $0.0099 per call; no measured edge over AARN
x402 grade
B (80/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.0099 (higher)
Response
394 ms
Quant Agent Shop status
13. Browser UseUp
Grade C, 100% up so far, $1.00 per call; no measured edge over AARN
x402 grade
C (70/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$1.00 (higher)
Response
475 ms
Browser Use status
14. Retriever AI (rtrvr.ai)Up
Grade A, 100% up so far, $0.05 per call; no measured edge over AARN
x402 grade
A (95/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.05 (higher)
Response
480 ms
Retriever AI (rtrvr.ai) status
15. AproxPayUp
Grade A, 100% up so far, $0.003 per call; no measured edge over AARN
x402 grade
A (95/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.003 (higher)
Response
592 ms
AproxPay status

Prices are what each endpoint’s 402 asked for at our last check, for the one endpoint we check. Each API does its own job and other routes may be priced differently, so a lower price is not like-for-like. Check the provider before paying.

AARN alternatives FAQ

What are the best alternatives to AARN?

By our ranking (x402 grade, then uptime from our daily checks, then x402 score and response time): Geo402, Orthogonal, StableBrowser. Each does its own job, so check that its endpoints cover what you use AARN for.

Is there a cheaper alternative to AARN?

2 of the 15 alternatives asked for less per call than AARN's $0.002 in their 402 at our last check: ClawFetch.ai ($0.001), Minifetch ($0.001). Prices are for the endpoint we check; other routes and what you get per call differ, so check the provider before paying.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Same category, ranked by x402 grade, then uptime from our own daily unpaid checks, then x402 score, valid x402 share and median response time. Price is shown but never used for ranking, and paid placement never changes the order.

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Data as of Nov 10, 2026, 7:14 AM ET. One unpaid request per listing per day to its example endpoint; up means any answer below HTTP 500 except 404/410 within 8 seconds. The x402 grade comes from x402fix, our free unpaid check of each 402 payment request; it rates the payment request, not uptime, and is not an endorsement. Listings with no check yet, no price read from a 402, or a check we are fixing are left out.

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