Compare FineData.ai vs. Gaffa

FineData.ai serves as a web-scraping API and MCP server designed specifically for developers and AI-agent workflows that require data extraction from either public or authorized web resources. Users can send a URL via REST or an MCP client to obtain page content in various formats, including Markdown, text, links, screenshots, or raw HTML, and they can also request structured JSON by utilizing selectors, a JSON schema, or an extraction prompt. The service includes optional features like browser rendering, proxy routing, targeting specific countries, handling CAPTCHA challenges, and managing asynchronous jobs, making it adaptable for varying page types and collection needs. Among its documented applications are monitoring prices and catalogs, tracking property listings, conducting market research, generating leads, and overseeing search results for users' domains. The pricing model is based on token usage, and users are not charged for unsuccessful scrapes. The API is compatible with programming languages such as Python and JavaScript, in addition to standard HTTP clients, while the MCP server is capable of connecting with various clients, including Cursor and Claude Desktop. This versatility ensures that FineData.ai can cater to a wide range of data scraping requirements, enhancing productivity for developers and data analysts alike.

Gaffa is a REST API built for web scraping and browser automation, allowing developers to run real, full browsers at scale with a single API call. It removes the difficulty of managing headless browser frameworks, rotating proxies, CAPTCHA solving, and scaling infrastructure, all of which are handled automatically. JavaScript-heavy and dynamic websites render exactly as they would for a human visitor by default. Beyond standard scraping, Gaffa supports AI-driven structured data extraction (extract data into a defined schema without writing CSS selectors), screenshot and PDF capture, infinite-scroll and form-filling automation, and clean Markdown conversion for feeding webpages directly into LLM and RAG pipelines. A rotating residential proxy network keeps access reliable across regions, and a credit-based pricing model means teams pay only for the browser time and bandwidth they actually use. Gaffa is designed for AI engineers, data teams, and developers who want production-grade web data extraction without having to build and maintain their own infrastructure.