Jina Reader Cost Calculator (2026): Per-Token vs Flat Per-Page Pricing
Jina Reader bills the tokens in each page it returns, from a prepaid balance. Enter your own pack price and typical page size to compare your cost per page with switch402's flat $0.008 per page.
Jina Reader is prepaid and billed by output tokens, not a monthly subscription. Per its page it also works without a key at 20 requests a minute. Source: jina.ai/reader, checked Oct 28, 2026.
- No signup or API key
Your agent pays per call over x402.
- No monthly commitment
Nothing to cancel, no unused credits.
- Pay only for successful calls
Charged only after a provider returns content; errors are never charged.
- Automatic failover
If a provider fails, the call goes to the next healthy one.
If every provider fails you get a 502 and are not charged.
Migrate in a few lines
Live: POST https://api.switch402.com/v1/scrape with {"url": "..."} returns the page as markdown. $0.008 USDC on Base per call over x402, charged only on success.
# Unpaid request: returns HTTP 402 with the x402 payment requirements
curl -i -X POST https://api.switch402.com/v1/scrape \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-H 'user-agent: my-agent/1.0' \
-d '{"url":"https://example.com"}'
# Pay $0.008 USDC on Base with any x402 client and retry (see the other tabs).FAQ
- Is switch402 live?
- Yes. POST https://api.switch402.com/v1/scrape with {"url": "..."} returns the page as markdown for $0.008 USDC on Base per call, paid over x402 and charged only on success.
- Why do I enter the Jina price myself?
- Jina's public Reader page states that usage is billed by output tokens, but we could not verify a pack price on it on Oct 28, 2026, so we don't show one. Use the price from your own Jina dashboard.
- Is Jina Reader a subscription?
- No. Per its page it is prepaid by tokens, and it also works without a key at 20 requests a minute.
- When does a flat per-page price help?
- When pages are long or vary a lot in size, a flat price keeps cost predictable. For short pages, token pricing can cost less.