# AgentReader, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /read: Web scraping API

> Use this when you need the clean text of a public web page as Markdown + metadata (title, author, date, language, word count, links). Better than raw fetch/HTML: Readability extraction, structured JSON, ~1s. Example in: {url:"https://example.com"} → {title, markdown, word_count, links}. $0.002 USDC.

AgentReader's x402 pay per call plan for the web scraping API costs $2.00 per 1,000 pages. We check each provider's docs for 7 fields. AgentReader's docs list 2: Markdown, Links.
We haven't run AgentReader through [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) yet.
We rank 2,713 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.9999 or less per 1,000 pages. This plan costs less per 1,000 pages than 46% of the 2,713 plans.
[LinkPreview's $8 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/8-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages. LinkPreview's web scraping API costs nothing beyond the plan price. [Spider Cloud's Pay as you go plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/top-up-from-1-pay-as-you-go-post-scrape-scrape/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 pages a month: $1.00.
[WebScraping.AI](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webscraping-ai/29-monthly-personal-get-html-get-page-html-datacenter-proxy-no-js-rendering/llms.txt), [Scrappey](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v1-direct-request/llms.txt) and [ScraperAPI](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/299-monthly-business-get-sync-api/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-read
- [Web scraping API: best scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://api.axiomworks.co.uk/buy/read?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.axiomworks.co.uk/read`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://api.axiomworks.co.uk/buy/read?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: AgentReader (https://api.axiomworks.co.uk?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 29%
- Markdown: ✓
- Links: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 pages: $2.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Use this when you need the clean text of a public web page as Markdown + metadata (title, author, date, language, word count, links). Better than raw fetch/HTML: Readability extraction, structured JSON, ~1s. Example in: {url:"https://example.com"} → {title, markdown, word_count, links}. $0.002 USDC.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url
- Method: GET
- Path: /read

## About the plan

- Plan: x402 pay per call
- Who can get it: anyone, with no account or API key, paying each call in USDC on Base (x402)

## The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

URL, final URL, page title, page description, canonical URL, author, published date, language, word count, page markdown, links count, links

## AgentReader's plans (1)

- [AgentReader, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /read](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-read/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 29% complete

## AgentReader's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /read`: [AgentReader, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /read](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-read/llms.txt)
- `GET /read-batch`: [AgentReader, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /read-batch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-read-batch/llms.txt)

## AgentReader's APIs (6)

- [AgentReader: domain WHOIS API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: email verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /kyb](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-kyb/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /be-company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-be-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /cz-company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-cz-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /dk-company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-dk-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /ee-company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-ee-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /fi-company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-fi-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /fr-company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-fr-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /ie-company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-ie-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /lv-company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-lv-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /no-company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-no-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /sg-company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-sg-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /sk-company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-sk-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /ch-company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-ch-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /uk-company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-uk-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /uk-company-lite](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-uk-company-lite/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /uk-dd](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-uk-dd/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /us-entity](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-us-entity/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /au-company](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-au-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /ca-company](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-ca-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /company](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /company-full](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-company-full/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /pl-company](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-pl-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /registry-batch](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-registry-batch/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: tech stack API pricing, 1 plan, GET /company](https://datacircle.dev/company-technology-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-company/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: tech stack API pricing, 1 plan, GET /company-full](https://datacircle.dev/company-technology-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-company-full/llms.txt)
- [AgentReader: web scraping API pricing, 1 plan, GET /read](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/agentreader/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-read/llms.txt)

## AgentReader: web scraping API alternatives

- [WebScraping.AI, top-up from $20, Pay as you go, GET /text, Get Page Text, residential proxy, no JS rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webscraping-ai/top-up-from-20-pay-as-you-go-get-text-get-page-text-residential-proxy-no-js-rendering/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [APIFreaks, $500 monthly, Monthly 10,000,000 credits, POST /scraping, Web Scraper API, JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/500-monthly-monthly-10000000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [AlterLab, top-up from $10, Deposit $10, POST /api/v1/scrape, Scrape a web page, Protected](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/alterlab/top-up-from-10-deposit-10-post-api-v1-scrape-scrape-a-web-page-protected/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Webclaw, $20 pack, Growth credit pack, 10,000 credits, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webclaw/20-pack-growth-credit-pack-10000-credits-post-v1-batch/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 71% complete, 1 hour

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-09.

- https://api.axiomworks.co.uk?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.axiomworks.co.uk/buy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.axiomworks.co.uk/buy/read?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.axiomworks.co.uk/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing