Scraping coinmarketcap.com
coinmarketcap.com requires Discovered API (Tier -1) because the site uses internal json api replay. Cheaper engine tiers fail; this is the cheapest one that actually works.
Why Discovered API wins on coinmarketcap.com
DreamScrape captured this site's internal JSON endpoint during a previous browser scrape. Future requests replay the API directly — same data, HTTP speed, 1 credit instead of 10.
Cost math: at 1 credit per request, scraping coinmarketcap.com costs $0.10–$0.18 per 1,000 requests on the Starter tier. Compare to ScrapingBee ($1.40/1K) or Firecrawl (~$5.33/1K flat). For high-volume workloads on this domain, the credit-based model lands cheaper.
API Discovery: we've captured 14 internal JSON endpoints on this domain during browser scrapes. When you scrape coinmarketcap.com through DreamScrape, the router checks for these endpoints first and replays them at HTTP speed (1 credit) instead of firing a full browser session. On domains with discovered APIs, this is typically 10× cheaper and 15× faster than the primary tier.
Try coinmarketcap.com in the playground
10 free requests per day, no signup. The router picks the engine — you get clean markdown back.
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