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Guides for AI builders

Long-form guides for product teams evaluating the web data infrastructure stack: AI-native search APIs, scraping platforms, browser infrastructure, and the open-source frameworks they sit on.

Three reading paths

01

Starting from scratch

  1. 1Why AI needs web access
  2. 2Getting started with AI search APIs
  3. 3Build vs. buy web data
02

Picking a search API

  1. 1AI search APIs explained
  2. 2Choosing a search API for AI
  3. 3Head-to-head comparisons
03

Scaling an agent or scraper

  1. 1Browser infrastructure for AI
  2. 2Fast web scraping
  3. 3MCP and tool use

All guides

1 guides

How to Choose a Web Scraping Tool in 2026

A buyer's guide to choosing between scraping APIs, proxy networks, and self-hosted frameworks based on target difficulty, scale, and team size.

4 min read

Every guide is dated and kept current as the market shifts. For editorial takes on specific tools, see the blog.