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capabilities Orsa has that Spider doesn't
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features compared
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API key for everything
Feature comparison
CapabilityOrsaSpider
Self-hosted crawler
Managed crawl APIPartial
Brand + classify outputs
Browser pool includedVaries
Honest take
When to use each.
Choose Spider when
If you need to own every hop for compliance or custom TLS, run your own crawler.
Choose Orsa when
If you want results, not tickets, Orsa is the managed path.
“We retired our Spider workers the week Orsa crawls hit production parity for us.”
— Platform engineer · Mintlify