# WebcrawlerAPI, top-up: Cached web scraping API

> Send a URL to POST /v2/scrape and get the rendered page back as markdown, HTML, links or structured JSON. No browsers, proxies or retries to run. You only pay for pages that succeed.

WebcrawlerAPI's cached web scraping API on its Pay as you go plan. It costs $2.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 4 of the 7 key fields we check: Markdown, HTML, Text, Links.
Half of the 76 plans we rank by price cost $6.901 per 1,000 pages or less. This plan is cheaper than 78% of the 76 plans.
The cheapest plan we rank by price is [Firecrawl, $399 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/firecrawl/399-monthly/llms.txt), at $0.798 per 1,000 pages.
[ScraperAPI](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/475-monthly-scaling-get-sync-api/llms.txt), [Scrapestack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapestack/79-99-monthly-professional-get-scrape-scrape/llms.txt) and [HasData](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hasdata/249-monthly-growth-3m-post-scrape-web-web-scraping-api/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/webcrawlerapi/top-up
- [Best web scraping API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://webcrawlerapi.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.webcrawlerapi.com/v2/scrape`
- API key: with the plan, on https://webcrawlerapi.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://webcrawlerapi.com/docs/api/scrape
- Sold by: WebcrawlerAPI (https://webcrawlerapi.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 57%
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓
- Text: ✓
- Links: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 pages: $2.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay first

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Markdown (LLM-cleaned) · Crawl a website · Run agent

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Send a URL to POST /v2/scrape and get the rendered page back as markdown, HTML, links or structured JSON. No browsers, proxies or retries to run. You only pay for pages that succeed.

## Data

- Freshness: 7 days
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Output: Subject to these Terms and applicable law, you may use output generated from your jobs. [...] You are solely responsible for: [...] compliance with target website terms, robots directives, and other access restrictions where applicable, ensuring you have a lawful basis for any data you collect or process. You must not use the Service for unlawful surveillance, credential theft, malware distribution, spam/phishing, sanctions evasion, or any activity that violates law or third-party rights. [...] You must not: [...] use the Service to collect sensitive data in violation of law, [...] use the Service to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise infringe copyrighted content without authorization.

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 5

## Speed

- Answer: in the call or by polling

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: output_formats, main_content_only, clean_selectors, respect_robots_txt, max_age, async
- Path: /v2/scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Pay as you go
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction) and legally capable of entering into contracts

## The 7 fields the plan's answer can hold

request status, page markdown, page text, page HTML, page links, status code, page title

## WebcrawlerAPI's plans (4)

- [WebcrawlerAPI, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/webcrawlerapi/top-up/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, 7 days
- [WebcrawlerAPI, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/webcrawlerapi/99-monthly/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 57% complete, 7 days
- [WebcrawlerAPI, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/webcrawlerapi/499-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, 7 days
- [WebcrawlerAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/webcrawlerapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 57% complete, 7 days

## WebcrawlerAPI's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v2/scrape`: [WebcrawlerAPI, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/webcrawlerapi/top-up/llms.txt)

## WebcrawlerAPI's APIs (2)

- [WebcrawlerAPI: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webcrawlerapi/top-up/llms.txt)
- [WebcrawlerAPI: cached web scraping API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/webcrawlerapi/top-up/llms.txt)

## WebcrawlerAPI: cached web scraping API alternatives

- [Firecrawl, top-up from $5, Pay-as-you-go on Growth](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/firecrawl/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-on-growth/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, 2 days
- [crawlbrulee, €23 pack, starter top-up pack, 12,500 credits, POST /api/scrape, Scrape (http, basic proxy)](https://datacircle.dev/cached-web-scraping-apis/crawlbrulee/23-pack-starter-top-up-pack-12500-credits-post-api-scrape-scrape-http-basic-proxy/llms.txt): $2.071 per 1,000, 57% complete, 2 days

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

- https://webcrawlerapi.com/docs/api/caching
- https://webcrawlerapi.com/docs/api/scrape
- https://webcrawlerapi.com/docs/pricing
- https://webcrawlerapi.com/docs/rate-limits
- https://webcrawlerapi.com/pricing
- https://webcrawlerapi.com/tos
- https://webcrawlerapi.com/web-scraping-api