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Keel vs Webcrawler API
Backend tooling platform, not a web-crawling service.
KeelThe backend for your apps, the tools for your teams
Webcrawler APIExtract content from websites with powerful API or no-codeSide by side
- What it is
- Keel:Keel provides a code-first backend platform with instant internal tools, schema-driven APIs, and full-stack operations features.
- Webcrawler API:WebCrawler API extracts clean markdown from any website via API or no-code integrations.
- Best for
- Keel:Code-first backend with built-in internal tools
- Webcrawler API:Clean markdown extraction for AI agents
- Who it’s for
- Keel:Engineers building operational backends and internal tools for fast-moving teams
- Webcrawler API:Developers and AI teams needing structured web content for bots, search, or analysis.
- Pricing
- Keel:Contact sales
- Webcrawler API:Freemium
- Works with
- Keel:VSCode extension
- Webcrawler API:cURL, Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, Zapier, Make, n8n
- DevHunt upvotes
- Keel:46
- Webcrawler API:5
- Launched on DevHunt
- Keel:Mar 2024
- Webcrawler API:Sep 2024
Keel features
- Schema-driven data model. Define data models, actions, and permissions in a clear schema that generates APIs and internal tools.
- TypeScript extensions. Write custom functions, jobs, and durable functions in TypeScript with full type safety.
- Version-controlled environments. Create multiple environments, branch deployments, and PR previews with audit trails.
- Built-in testing framework. Generate type-safe end-to-end tests from the schema for actions, functions, and jobs.
- Instant internal tools. Automatically generate UI tools for ops teams that stay in sync with schema changes.
- Serverless infrastructure. Managed, multi-region PostgreSQL and serverless runtime scales from first to millionth user.
Webcrawler API features
- Clean markdown output. Returns page content as stripped, formatted markdown ready for LLM prompts.
- Smart caching. Caches frequent pages for sub-second responses, up to 10x faster than fresh fetches.
- Change detection feeds. Provides only changed pages with diffs, avoiding duplicate fetches.
- Full infrastructure handling. Manages proxies, retries, headless browsers, CAPTCHAs and JavaScript rendering automatically.
- No-code connectors. Integrates with Zapier, Make, n8n and Integrately for workflow automation.
- Multi-language SDKs. Supports cURL, Node.js, Python, PHP, Java with ready-to-use snippets.
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.