Does Spider have memory?

No persistent memory — sessions don't carry over by default.

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Spider Review

High-speed web crawling and scraping API that delivers structured, AI-ready content from any webpage at 100,000+ pages per second.

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Verdict

Spider positions itself as the web data layer for AI agents, RAG pipelines, and LLMs — a developer-focused API that handles crawling, scraping, and search with markdown and structured output formats optimised for downstream model consumption. It competes with Firecrawl and Apify but differentiates on raw throughput (100K+ pages/sec) and its tightly AI-workflow-oriented output formats. The tradeoff is that it is entirely a developer/infrastructure tool with no no-code interface for non-technical users.

What it does

Spider is the web data layer for AI agents, RAG pipelines, and LLMs. Collect, transform, and deliver web content at 100K+ pages per second with structured extraction, markdown output, and AI-ready formats.

Best for

Spider is best for AI developers and researchers who need to collect and process large amounts of web data.

At a glance

Free planYes

Login requiredYes

MemoryNo

VoiceNo

Image generationNo

Group chatNo

Mobile appNo

NSFW policyNot applicable

PricingFree + paid — Free tier available; paid plans scale with usage (see spider.cloud/pricing)

Pros & cons

Pros

Extremely high throughput (100K+ pages/sec)
Markdown and structured extraction formats ready for LLM ingestion
Supports RAG pipelines and AI agent workflows natively
New AI Studio interface for exploration

Cons

Developer/API-first — no meaningful no-code option
Pricing can escalate quickly at high crawl volumes
Not useful outside of data extraction / AI pipeline contexts

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Frequently asked

Is Spider free to use?: Yes. Spider has a free plan — Free tier available; paid plans scale with usage (see spider.cloud/pricing)
Does Spider have memory?: No persistent memory — sessions don't carry over by default.
Can Spider do voice or images?: Voice: no. Image generation: no.
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