Arch Tools alternatives

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

Arch Tools for reference

One API for about 60 agent tools (search, scraping, AI generation, OCR, crypto data), paid with credits or x402.

Up · x402 grade A (90/100) · 100% up (14/14 checks) · $0.01 per call in its 402 · 232 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 Arch Tools's $0.01

Fastest median response

Geo402

145 ms (Arch Tools: 232 ms)

15 Arch Tools 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 Arch Tools’s $0.01 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 Lower price per call ($0.005 vs $0.01); higher x402 score (100 vs 90) 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 (lower)	145 ms
2	Orthogonal status Lower price per call ($0.002 vs $0.01); higher x402 score (100 vs 90) 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 (lower)	275 ms
3	StableBrowser status Higher x402 score (100 vs 90) 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 $0.01); higher x402 score (100 vs 90) 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 Lower price per call ($0.007 vs $0.01); higher x402 score (95 vs 90) 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 (lower)	162 ms
6	AARN status Lower price per call ($0.002 vs $0.01); higher x402 score (95 vs 90) x402 APIs on Base for reading web pages, extracting content and running scoped web research.	Up	A (95/100)	100% (14/14)	$0.002 (lower)	173 ms
7	JSON Recon status Grade A, 100% up so far, $0.01 per call; no measured edge over Arch Tools 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	217 ms
8	Skim status Lower price per call ($0.005 vs $0.01) 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 (lower)	348 ms
9	Horizon Pulse status Lower price per call ($0.002 vs $0.01); also pays on Solana and XRPL 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 (lower)	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 $0.01); 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 Lower price per call ($0.0099 vs $0.01) 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 (lower)	394 ms
13	Browser Use status Grade C, 100% up so far, $1.00 per call; no measured edge over Arch Tools 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 Higher x402 score (95 vs 90) 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 Lower price per call ($0.003 vs $0.01); higher x402 score (95 vs 90) 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 (lower)	592 ms

1. Geo402Up
Lower price per call ($0.005 vs $0.01); higher x402 score (100 vs 90)
x402 grade
A (100/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.005 (lower)
Response
145 ms
Geo402 status
2. OrthogonalUp
Lower price per call ($0.002 vs $0.01); higher x402 score (100 vs 90)
x402 grade
A (100/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.002 (lower)
Response
275 ms
Orthogonal status
3. StableBrowserUp
Higher x402 score (100 vs 90)
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 $0.01); higher x402 score (100 vs 90)
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
Lower price per call ($0.007 vs $0.01); higher x402 score (95 vs 90)
x402 grade
A (95/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.007 (lower)
Response
162 ms
Exa status
6. AARNUp
Lower price per call ($0.002 vs $0.01); higher x402 score (95 vs 90)
x402 grade
A (95/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.002 (lower)
Response
173 ms
AARN status
7. JSON ReconUp
Grade A, 100% up so far, $0.01 per call; no measured edge over Arch Tools
x402 grade
A (90/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.01
Response
217 ms
JSON Recon status
8. SkimUp
Lower price per call ($0.005 vs $0.01)
x402 grade
A (90/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.005 (lower)
Response
348 ms
Skim status
9. Horizon PulseUp
Lower price per call ($0.002 vs $0.01); also pays on Solana and XRPL
x402 grade
B (85/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.002 (lower)
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 $0.01); 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
Lower price per call ($0.0099 vs $0.01)
x402 grade
B (80/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.0099 (lower)
Response
394 ms
Quant Agent Shop status
13. Browser UseUp
Grade C, 100% up so far, $1.00 per call; no measured edge over Arch Tools
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
Higher x402 score (95 vs 90)
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
Lower price per call ($0.003 vs $0.01); higher x402 score (95 vs 90)
x402 grade
A (95/100)
Uptime (checks so far)
100% (14/14)
Price in 402
$0.003 (lower)
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.

Arch Tools alternatives FAQ

What are the best alternatives to Arch Tools?

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 Arch Tools for.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Arch Tools?

10 of the 15 alternatives asked for less per call than Arch Tools's $0.01 in their 402 at our last check: Geo402 ($0.005), Orthogonal ($0.002), ClawFetch.ai ($0.001), Exa ($0.007), AARN ($0.002) and others. 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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