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Context.dev is the closest product to Prefetch. Both offer scraping, map, crawl, search, sourced answers, brand profiles, styleguides, an embeddable logo URL, batches and monitors behind one key. They differ in depth: Context.dev adds browser actions, document parsing, people, company and news search, and official SDKs. Prefetch adds a dedicated company endpoint, the IAB industry taxonomy, screenshots, monitor email alerts and cron schedules.
Compared with Context.dev’s public documentation as of November 2026.

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At a glance

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Credits for the same work

Many prices match. A credit isn’t the same price on each, so compare plans as well.

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Defaults that differ

  • Caching: Context.dev accepts scrapes cached up to 3 days by default. Prefetch fetches live unless you set max_age.
  • Crawl regexes: Context.dev matches the full URL, while Prefetch matches the path and query.
  • Out of credits: Context.dev returns 402. Prefetch returns 403 with CREDITS_EXHAUSTED.

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When Context.dev is the better fit

  • You need browser actions, logged-in profiles or social-platform parsers.
  • You need people, company or news search, or document OCR.
  • You batch more than 500 URLs in one job.
  • You want an official SDK, zero data retention, or a SOC 2 report today.

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When Prefetch is the better fit

  • You need IAB industry categories, or company details as their own call.
  • You want monitor alerts by email, or schedules in cron with a timezone and gaps under 10 minutes.
  • You want screenshots with device presets as a first-class endpoint.
  • You want batches charged only for results that come back.

Migrate from Context.dev

Endpoint and parameter mapping, and the behaviors that change.