Crawlee vs Open Scholarships
Same instrument, two spec sheets — measured, not claimed.
Crawlee vs Open Scholarships: common questions
Which is more reliable, Crawlee or Open Scholarships?
Both are neck-and-neck — Crawlee and Open Scholarships each measure 100% uptime over 90 days on our probe schedule. Reliability here is verified from our own scheduled checks; use the 30-day bars above to see which has been steadier lately.
Which is faster, Crawlee or Open Scholarships?
Crawlee has the lower median latency in our checks — Crawlee responds in 480 ms versus Open Scholarships at 558 ms (P50). Tail latency (P95) is in the table above; for most workloads the median is the number that shapes how the API feels.
Do Crawlee and Open Scholarships need an API key?
Neither needs a paid key — Crawlee is callable with no signup, and Open Scholarships is callable with no signup. Both are quick to prototype with; rate limits still apply.
Can I call Crawlee and Open Scholarships from the browser?
Only Open Scholarships is browser-friendly — it returns CORS headers over HTTPS. Crawlee needs a server-side call or proxy, so factor that into which one fits a front-end project.
Are Crawlee and Open Scholarships free for commercial use?
Crawlee has unclear commercial terms, and Open Scholarships allows commercial use on its free tier. We track service terms and the data license as separate fields — see the Commercial use and Data license rows above, and confirm both before shipping either in a paid product.