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Objective

Maintain a live dataset of private-label pricing across every major US grocery retailer. 4,000 SKUs. Hourly. Delivered to our agent as events.

search—
access—
extract—
verify—
monitor—

Output

retailerstoreskunamebrandpricelist_priceavailabilitysourceretrieved_at

datasetgrocery_private_label_usrows4,000 maintaineddeliverwebhook + parquet, hourly

0pages per second

—p50 fetch latency

—success rate

—sources live

Fetch stream

Events

Simulated telemetry. Objective, stages and events reflect a real Import.io job.

The web infrastructure behind enterprise data teams and data companiesIncluding three of the leading commerce-intelligence platforms, who run their web capture on it.

Your AI shouldn't browse like a human.

The web was built for people, not agents. Import.io turns pages, clicks and changing websites into structured data AI systems can use.

Import.io is web data infrastructure for AI and analytics systems, providing web access, extraction, verification, monitoring and structured data delivery.

WEBEvery page, in every form the web publishes it.

SearchFind the pages that matter, ranked for retrieval.

AccessFetch, render and get through, at scale.

ExtractTurn pages into typed, verified data.

UnderstandAnswer, reconcile, cite and keep watching.

AIClean context and structured events, on demand.

One platform. Built for the real web.

Five connected capabilities for finding, accessing, structuring and maintaining web data.

concept.search2,318 results in 190 ms

query "private label oat milk 64 oz"

options freshness=7d region=US rank=agent type=product

Simple Truth Organic Oat Milk, 64 fl ozkroger.com/p/…/0001111094471indexed 4 min ago

Great Value Original Oat Milk, 64 fl ozwalmart.com/ip/…/812394011indexed 11 min ago

Good & Gather Oat Beverage, Original, 64 fl oztarget.com/p/…/A-79815022indexed 26 min ago

Friendly Farms Original Oat Milk, 64 fl ozaldi.us/products/…indexed 1 h ago

Ranked for retrieval, not clicksDeduplicated, dated, clean text attached

Conceptual product interface. Use the current Import.io product and MCP documentation for supported production interfaces.

More than search.

Finding a page is the first step. Access it, extract what matters, and deliver structured data your applications can use.

WEB

Ingress

reach the web

Web indexFresh, agent-ranked index of the live web.
Fetch fleetMulti-region, residential and datacenter egress.
RenderingHeadless browsers for JavaScript and dynamic pages.
Access layerBlocks, challenges, sessions and logins handled.

Understanding

structure + verify

Extraction modelsAny page shape to any schema, self-healing.
VerificationCross-source reconciliation and confidence.
Provenance graphEvery value traced to the fetch that produced it.
Change detectionSemantic diffs turned into typed events.

Delivery

serve + keep current

InterfacesProduction access through current documented products.
MCPThe web as tools for any agent runtime.
DeliveryStructured outputs for downstream systems.
EventsWebhooks, queues and maintained datasets.

Search is one capability. The rest of the system handles access, structure, trust and delivery.

Built for the real web.

Scripts, blocks, logins, PDFs, global sites and pages that keep changing.

Live retail pricing

Prices, promotions, stock and shipping by store and location.

LIVE CHANGE$3.99 → $3.49 16:14:02 Cincinnati

JavaScript-heavy sites

Render dynamic and client-side content before extraction.

rendered 23 requests in 1.3 s

PDFs and filings

Extract text, tables and structured fields from documents.

10-K.pdf 212 pages 38 tables

Logins and sessions

Maintain governed access to authenticated sources.

13 trade logins, 8 markets, monthly

Hostile sites

Handle blocks, challenges, rate limits and geo restrictions.

challenge → handled 0.61 s

International sites

Fetch regional variants across languages, scripts and currencies.

ko ja de pt-BR ar 190 locales

Rapidly changing pages

Track changing pages on the cadence that matters.

checked every 60 s since 06:00

Marketplace scale

Run sustained collection across large marketplaces.

450M queries a year, one feed

Large-scale entity discovery

Find, deduplicate and maintain large entity populations.

48,211 entities from 6 words

Deep research

Turn multi-source research into sourced answers.

312 sources → 1 sourced answer

Continuous competitive monitoring

Track competitors, SKUs, launches and price moves as events.

11 retailers 4,000 SKUs hourly

Datasets from natural language

Describe the dataset. Keep the table current.

"EV charging operators, US" → 1,904 rows

PROVEN IN PRODUCTION

New platform.
Proven infrastructure.

More than a decade of production web-data infrastructure, refined across billions of pages and enterprise workloads.

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2012

In production continuously.

Billions

Pages fetched, rendered and extracted.

450M

Queries a year on one production feed.

100M+

Queries across 72 sources under one SLA.

Leading commerce-intelligence platforms.

24/7

Managed production operations.

PROOF POINT

450M queries/year. One production workload sustained at marketplace scale.

WEB DATA AI

Import.io began by turning websites into structured data. Today, the same infrastructure powers AI systems that search, access, extract and keep pace with the live web.

From prompt to production.

Connect AI clients through Web Scraper MCP, or use Data Extraction for established production workflows.

Connect

Point a compatible AI client at the hosted Import.io MCP endpoint.

Authenticate

Create and manage an MCP API key through the current Import.io MCP flow.

Use the tools

Fetch pages, render JavaScript and extract structured data through documented tools.

Run in production

Use Data Extraction for established self-service and managed web data workflows.

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EXAMPLE MCP REQUEST ready

› Scrape the top stories from news.ycombinator.com

# Verified hosted MCP endpoint
https://mcp.import.io/mcp

# Use the MCP Quickstart for client-specific setup.

// Documented MCP tools include:
importio_web_fetch
importio_render
importio_extract_data
importio_get_html

// See the Quickstart for the current full toolset.

# Documented authorization header format
Authorization: Bearer mcp_live_…

# Create and manage your key at mcp.import.io.

// Follow the Quickstart for your compatible MCP client
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "importio": {
      "url": "https://mcp.import.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Verified against the public MCP Quickstartmcp.import.io

What agents actually do with it.

Real jobs assembled from the same core capabilities.

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Build live datasets

Describe the entities you need and continuously maintain the dataset.

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Ground AI answers

Fresh web context for models and retrieval.

search · access

Competitive intelligence

Track products, pricing, launches and market moves.

Competitor pricing and assortment →

Agentic research

Structured, sourced outputs from complex research.

research

Commerce intelligence

Digital shelf analytics: pricing, assortment and availability at web scale, built on broader eCommerce product data.

MAP and brand monitoring →

Autonomous workflows

Reliable web access inside larger agent workflows.

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Plans for every web data workflow.

Start with a free trial, choose a self-service extraction plan, or talk to us about managed delivery and pricing intelligence.

Trial

30-day Data Extraction trial with 5,000 successful queries and no credit card required.

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Self-service

Published monthly and annual plans scale by successful-query volume.

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Managed

Dedicated infrastructure, managed delivery and custom commercial terms for larger workloads.

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Frequently asked questions.

The essentials about Import.io's web data products and how to get started.

Is Import.io still operating?

Yes. Import.io is active and operating in 2026, providing web data extraction, managed web data services, Aperture Pricing Intelligence and Web Scraper MCP.

What is Import.io?

Import.io is a web data platform that turns websites into structured data for business systems, analytics and AI applications.

Does Import.io offer managed web data extraction?

Yes. Import.io offers self-service Data Extraction as well as managed services for larger or more complex web data programmes.

Can AI agents use Import.io through MCP?

Yes. Import.io provides a hosted Web Scraper MCP endpoint and a quickstart for connecting compatible AI clients.

What is Aperture Pricing Intelligence?

Aperture is Import.io's pricing intelligence product for monitoring pricing, assortment and availability across the web.

Can I try Import.io for free?

Yes. Import.io currently offers a 30-day Data Extraction trial with 5,000 successful queries and no credit card required. Start the free trial.

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