# AdsCrawl, free: ChatGPT scraper API

> Collect ChatGPT answers, cited sources and retrieved sources through one API.

AdsCrawl's ChatGPT scraper API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 answers. It returns 3 of the 12 key fields we check: Citations, Search results, Ads.
We haven't run AdsCrawl through [our ChatGPT scraper API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-chatgpt-scraper-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 153 plans for ChatGPT scraper APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.00 per 1,000 answers or less.
[Surfeo's $39 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/surfeo/39-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 answers: as little as $0.13. Surfeo's $39 monthly plan covers up to 300,000 answers a month at no extra cost.
[Temso AI's $10 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/temso-ai/10-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of answers. Temso AI's $10 monthly plan costs less up front than Surfeo's $39 monthly plan.
[PerceptLayer](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/perceptlayer/399-pack/llms.txt), [Bright Data](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/bright-data/top-up/llms.txt) and [Decodo](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/decodo/19-monthly/llms.txt) are the best ChatGPT scraper API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/adscrawl/free
- [ChatGPT scraper API: the 5 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-chatgpt-scraper-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.adscrawl.net/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=chatgpt-scraper-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.adscrawl.net/ai-search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.adscrawl.net/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=chatgpt-scraper-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.adscrawl.net/api-reference/ai-search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=chatgpt-scraper-api-pricing
- Sold by: AdsCrawl (https://www.adscrawl.net?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=chatgpt-scraper-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 25%
- Citations: ✓
- Search results: ✓
- Ads: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 answers: $0.00
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Render HTML, Markdown, or Article JSON · Extract SPA Data · Capture Screenshot · Create and Launch Browser · Start Cloud Browser

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Collect ChatGPT answers, cited sources and retrieved sources through one API.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may not use AdsCrawl to break the law, violate third-party rights, bypass access controls you are not allowed to bypass, distribute malware, attack infrastructure, harvest sensitive personal information without authorization, or create abusive traffic patterns. Do not use the service for unlawful surveillance, fraud, credential theft, spam, harassment, or discrimination. Do not reverse engineer, resell, or exploit the platform except as expressly allowed by your plan or a written agreement. Do not use the service where your use would violate privacy, data security, platform, or contractual obligations that apply to you.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 credits

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: platform "chatgpt", query, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: country_code, locale, timeoutMs
- Method: POST
- Path: /ai-search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

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

answer text, citations, search results, ads, country, language code, job ID

## AdsCrawl's plans (4)

- [AdsCrawl, free](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/adscrawl/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 25% complete, live
- [AdsCrawl, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/adscrawl/9-monthly/llms.txt): 25% complete, live
- [AdsCrawl, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/adscrawl/49-monthly/llms.txt): 25% complete, live
- [AdsCrawl, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/adscrawl/199-monthly/llms.txt): 25% complete, live

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

- `POST /ai-search`: [AdsCrawl, free](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/adscrawl/free/llms.txt)

## AdsCrawl's APIs (5)

- [AdsCrawl: similar companies API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/adscrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [AdsCrawl: ChatGPT scraper API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/adscrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [AdsCrawl: Gemini scraper API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/gemini-scraper-apis/adscrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [AdsCrawl: Google AI Mode scraper API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/adscrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [AdsCrawl: Google AI Overview scraper API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-overview-scraper-apis/adscrawl/free/llms.txt)

## AdsCrawl: ChatGPT scraper API alternatives

- [Bright Data, free](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [Decodo, free](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/decodo/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [DataForSEO, free, $1 trial credit, POST /v3/ai_optimization/chat_gpt/llm_scraper/live/advanced](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/dataforseo/free-1-trial-credit-post-v3-ai-optimization-chat-gpt-llm-scraper-live-advanced/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 92% complete, live
- [Anakin, free](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/anakin/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-05.

- https://docs.adscrawl.net/api-reference/ai-search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=chatgpt-scraper-api-pricing
- https://docs.adscrawl.net/api-reference/introduction?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=chatgpt-scraper-api-pricing
- https://docs.adscrawl.net/credits-and-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=chatgpt-scraper-api-pricing
- https://docs.adscrawl.net/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=chatgpt-scraper-api-pricing
- https://www.adscrawl.net/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=chatgpt-scraper-api-pricing
- https://www.adscrawl.net/chatgpt-scraper/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=chatgpt-scraper-api-pricing
- https://www.adscrawl.net/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=chatgpt-scraper-api-pricing
- https://www.adscrawl.net/terms-of-service/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=chatgpt-scraper-api-pricing