AnyPost vs Context.dev vs Microlink: Social Posts vs Generic URL to Markdown

Developers building AI agents often need LLM-ready Markdown from the web. Three products solve overlapping problems with different shapes: Context.dev is a web context API (scrape, crawl, brand intelligence). Microlink is a headless browser API (Markdown, screenshot, PDF, metadata). AnyPost is a social-post converter (domain swap on post URLs). This guide compares them so you pick the right layer for your pipeline.

Quick answer: which tool should you use?

Choose AnyPost if:

• The input is a social post URL (X, LinkedIn, Reddit, Bluesky, Mastodon, Hacker News, YouTube, Substack, etc.).
• You want a domain swap agents can apply without a separate scrape step (x.com/... → anypost.md/x/...).
• You care about thread order, optional comments, or author metadata on posts.

Choose Context.dev if:

• The input is any public website (docs, blog, pricing page, landing page).
• You need full-site crawl, sitemap discovery, or brand data (logo, colors, fonts, company description).
• You are building generic RAG over marketing sites, not social feeds.

Choose Microlink if:

• You need browser-as-a-service for arbitrary URLs: Markdown, screenshots, PDF, link previews, or embed cards in one API.
• You want a free tier to try URL-to-Markdown quickly (50 requests/day on their public free plan).
• Social-specific thread semantics are not required—generic rendered-page Markdown is enough.

You can use more than one: Context.dev for company research pages; Microlink when you also need screenshots; AnyPost when the user pasted a tweet or LinkedIn post.

What each product does

AnyPost

AnyPost converts public social post URLs into clean Markdown. Swap the host for anypost.md, add the platform prefix (/x/, /linkedin/, /reddit/, …), and get portable text for LLMs. Supported live platforms include X, LinkedIn, Reddit, Bluesky, Mastodon, Hacker News, YouTube, Substack, Medium, Threads, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and TikTok (plan gates apply on Pro-only networks).

Agents install the anypost-md skill so they rewrite social URLs automatically. The preview site also registers WebMCP tools (convert_post, list_supported_platforms) for browser-based agents.

Context.dev

Context.dev (formerly known in the market as Brand.dev) offers a unified API: Scrape Markdown from any URL, Crawl Website for multi-page Markdown, plus brand intelligence (logos, styleguides, company socials, NAICS, and related endpoints). It targets AI agents that need to read and understand arbitrary sites, not only social networks.

Microlink

Microlink positions itself as browser as API: turn any link into structured output—Markdown (built for agents handling website content), screenshots, PDFs, metadata, embed cards, and more. It runs headless browser infrastructure with a global CDN cache, adblock, and cookie-banner handling on public plans. Like Context.dev, it accepts any URL; unlike AnyPost, it does not optimize for social post thread order or multi-platform domain swap.

Feature comparison

Capability	AnyPost	Context.dev	Microlink
Primary input	Social post URLs	Any public URL	Any public URL
Domain swap UX	Yes (anypost.md/{platform}/…)	No (API / SDK)	No (API / SDK)
Full-site crawl	No	Yes	Per-URL (no crawl product)
Screenshot / PDF	No	Limited	Yes
Brand logos / colors / fonts	No	Yes	Logo + metadata APIs
Thread unroll on social	Yes (?thread=full + API key)	Generic page markdown	Generic page markdown
Guest-visible comments on posts	Yes (paid API key)	N/A	N/A
Free tier	10 posts/day/IP on Starter platforms	Credit-based (see their pricing)	50 req/day (public free plan)
Agent skill	anypost-md on skills.sh	SDK + docs	SDK + Microlink Skills

Developer experience

AnyPost — browser or API

# Domain swap (no key for basic post on free tier)
curl -s "https://anypost.md/x/NousResearch/status/2060085673848193127"

# API
curl -s "https://anypost.md/api/convert?url=https://x.com/NousResearch/status/2060085673848193127" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer apk_YOUR_KEY"

Context.dev — SDK

import ContextDev from "context.dev";

const ctx = new ContextDev({ apiKey: process.env.CONTEXT_DEV_API_KEY });
const { markdown } = await ctx.web.webScrapeMd({
  url: "https://example.com/docs/getting-started",
});

Microlink — HTTP API

curl -s "https://api.microlink.io/?url=https://example.com/docs/getting-started" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_MICROLINK_KEY"

AnyPost optimizes for one social URL → one LLM-ready post. Context.dev optimizes for one URL → one web page (or many pages via crawl). Microlink optimizes for one URL → browser-rendered artifacts (Markdown plus optional screenshot/PDF/metadata).

When Context.dev is the better fit

• Scraping documentation, changelog, or pricing pages.
• Competitive research on a company's website (plus logo and color extraction).
• Bulk ingestion via crawl rather than individual post URLs.

When Microlink is the better fit

• You need screenshots, PDF export, or link preview cards alongside Markdown.
• Headless browser infrastructure without running Puppeteer clusters yourself.
• Generic URL to Markdown for docs or landing pages where social thread semantics do not matter.

When AnyPost is the better fit

• The user or agent pasted x.com/..., linkedin.com/posts/..., or reddit.com/r/....
• You need consistent Markdown across many social platforms with one billing account.
• You want thread context without parsing HTML yourself.

Start with the X converter, LinkedIn converter, or the full platform list.

Pricing and limits (high level)

AnyPost sells credit packs (Starter $5 / 500 credits through Agency $99 / 20,000). A typical post costs one credit; threads, comments, and metadata add credits per their pricing rules. Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, and several other networks require Pro+.

Context.dev publishes per-endpoint credit costs (web scrape calls are typically lower cost than brand intelligence calls). Check their pricing page for current plans.

Microlink offers a free plan (50 requests/day on public pricing) and paid Pro tiers (from about $46/month on microlink.io) with higher quotas, proxy resolution, and configurable cache TTL.

Can you use more than one together?

Yes. A research agent might call Context.dev to summarize a company's website, Microlink to capture a screenshot of the pricing page, and AnyPost to ingest the CEO's latest LinkedIn post or product thread on X. They are complementary layers, not mutually exclusive subscriptions.

Related reading

• AnyPost vs tweet.md — X-only domain swap vs multi-platform AnyPost
• Convert X posts to Markdown
• All supported platforms
• API documentation
• Agent skill

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Last updated: June 2, 2026