Jina AI

Jina AI on xpay — Web search, reading, and visual capture for AI agents, billed per call

Jina AI provides a suite of web intelligence tools: real-time search, page extraction to markdown, screenshot capture, datetime detection, and academic paper indexing. Developers reach for Jina when they need their AI agents to browse the web, ground responses in current information, or analyze page content without building a custom scraper. On xpay, you get all 20 Jina AI tools as MCP-callable functions with transparent per-call pricing—no Jina AI account signup, no monthly bill.

What's available

• search_web — Real-time web search across the entire internet. Returns results with titles, snippets, and URLs. Ideal for agents that need to find current articles, websites, or answer factual questions.
• read_url — Extract and convert web page content to clean markdown. Perfect for analyzing blog posts, documentation, news articles, or any text-heavy page without the noise of ads or navigation.
• capture_screenshot_url — Render and screenshot web pages as base64 JPEG. Use when you need visual inspection, want to show users what a page looks like, or analyze layout and design.
• search_arxiv and search_ssrn — Search academic repositories for research papers and preprints. Essential for agents working on scientific research, literature reviews, or technical deep dives.
• search_images — Find images across the web, similar to Google Images. Useful for visual search tasks, finding diagrams, logos, or illustrations.
• expand_query — Rewrite and expand search queries for broader or more diverse results. Helps agents refine searches before executing them.
• guess_datetime_url — Detect when a web page was last updated or published by examining HTTP headers, metadata, and visible dates. Critical for agents that need to verify content freshness.
• parallel_search_web — Run multiple web searches in parallel for comprehensive topic coverage. Great for research-heavy tasks that need diverse perspectives.
• primer — Get contextual session information: current time, user location, network environment. Use when your agent needs to provide localized or time-aware responses.

When Jina AI is the right tool

• Your agent needs real-time web search to answer current-events questions or find recent articles.
• You want to extract and analyze page content without building a scraper or managing a headless browser.
• You need visual inspection of web pages—screenshots for debugging, design analysis, or user-facing reports.
• You're building a research assistant that searches academic papers on arXiv or SSRN.
• You want image search capabilities integrated into your agent's workflow.
• You need to verify content freshness by detecting publication or update dates.
• You're working on multi-query research and want parallel search execution.

When to choose something else

• If you only need simple keyword search within a single domain or database, a lightweight search API (like Algolia or Elasticsearch) may be more cost-effective.
• If your use case requires persistent web scraping or scheduled monitoring of pages, a dedicated scraping service (like Apify or ScrapingBee) might be better.
• If you need SEO analysis, backlink data, or competitive intelligence, tools like Semrush or Ahrefs are purpose-built for that.
• If you're working offline or in an environment without internet access, web search and page reading won't help.
• If you need real-time stock prices, weather, or other specialized feeds, a dedicated API for that domain is often more reliable than general web search.

Pricing snapshot

All 20 Jina AI tools on xpay are priced at $0.01 per call. No subscription, no minimum spend. You pay only for what you use.

Quickstart

For Claude Code (recommended if using Jina AI alone):

claude mcp add --transport http jina "https://jina.mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key=YOUR_XPAY_KEY"

For Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, or VS Code (Copilot):

Add this entry to your mcp.json configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jina": {
      "url": "https://jina.mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key=YOUR_XPAY_KEY"
    }
  }
}

Once connected, your agent can call tools by their native names—for example, ask your agent to "use search_web to find the latest AI news" or "use read_url to extract the content from this article." The agent will invoke the tool directly and receive the result.

Get your xpay API key: Sign up at https://xpay.tools with email or Google, then copy your key from the dashboard.

Why route Jina AI through xpay?

• No Jina AI account signup. xpay holds the upstream provider credentials. You authenticate once with your xpay key and get instant access to all Jina AI tools.
• Transparent per-call pricing. Every tool costs $0.01 per call. No hidden fees, no subscription lock-in. Pay only for what you use.
• MCP-native integration. Tools are exposed as standard MCP functions. Your agent calls them by name, just like any other MCP tool—no custom API wrappers or SDK dependencies.
• Unified billing across providers. If you use multiple providers (Tavily, Apollo, Perplexity, etc.), xpay consolidates billing into one invoice and one dashboard.
• Instant activation. Start using Jina AI tools within seconds of signing up. No approval process, no waiting for provider onboarding.