Trace launches live benchmark for scraping APIs

Trace focuses on the metric that matters for AI agents: whether the returned page is actually useful, not merely whether an HTTP request succeeded.

• –Fresh samples, disabled caching, provider-blind grading, confidence intervals, and paired tests make comparisons more credible.
• –Context.dev ranked ahead of Keenable, Firecrawl, and Exa, while also posting the shortest p95 latency at 8.91 seconds.
• –Page-level records, scoring code, and methodology make the benchmark reproducible and auditable.
• –Curated sources, automated judging, and Context.dev’s role as both benchmark operator and participant remain important limitations.
• –AI and RAG developers can use the results to inform scraping-provider selection, routing, fallback, and cost decisions.