# AnyCrawl, free: Web scraping API

> Scrape a URL, and turn it to LLM-ready structured data.

AnyCrawl's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 5 of the 7 key fields we check: Screenshot, Markdown, HTML, Text, Links.
We rank 902 plans by price. [PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/phantomjscloud/10-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 pages: as little as $0.022. PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan covers up to 15,000 pages a day.
[Spider Cloud's $40 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/40-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of pages. Spider Cloud's $40 monthly plan costs more to start than PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan.
[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), [ScraperAPI](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/475-monthly-scaling-get-sync-api/llms.txt) and [Spider Cloud](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/top-up-from-1-pay-as-you-go-post-scrape-scrape/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anycrawl/free
- [Best web scraping API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://anycrawl.dev/price
- Request: `POST https://api.anycrawl.dev/v1/scrape`
- API key: with the plan, on https://anycrawl.dev/price
- Its API docs: https://docs.anycrawl.dev/en/general/scrape
- Sold by: AnyCrawl (https://anycrawl.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 71%
- Screenshot: ✓
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓
- Text: ✓
- Links: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 pages: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Crawl · Map · Search

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Scrape a URL, and turn it to LLM-ready structured data.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: The Service is provided for lawful purposes only. You agree not to use the Service: In any way that violates any applicable national or international law or regulation, To scrape content from websites that prohibit scraping in their terms of service, To scrape personal data in violation of privacy laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and similar regulations, To scrape copyrighted content without proper authorization, To conduct scraping activities that may harm or overload websites, To circumvent any rate limiting or security measures, To access or attempt to access restricted areas of websites, To collect sensitive information such as financial data or health records, To engage in any form of automated data collection without proper authorization [...] The following are prohibited activities under this Agreement: Use the Services for any commercial purposes except as expressly authorized by AnyCrawl, [...] Modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based on the Services in any manner, and you shall not exploit the Services in any unauthorized way, Use the Services for any unlawful activities or in violation of any laws, regulations, or contractual provisions, or to induce others to do or engage in the same, [...] Employing the Services in association with debt collection, Employing the Services for hard background check purposes, Employing the Services to determine eligibility for a government license, Employing the Services for any purpose prohibited by applicable data privacy and security laws, including the GDPR or CCPA, Using our Services to benefit any government agency operating as an intelligence agency whose purpose is to collect and analyze data on people, Any evidentiary purpose related to law enforcement or criminal prosecution, Using or reselling Services in connection with any purpose covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. [...] You acknowledge and agree that: You are solely responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable website terms of service, privacy policies, and usage agreements, [...] You will not scrape websites that explicitly prohibit automated data collection

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits a month
- Enough for: 1,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 7.04 s

## The call

- You send: url, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: template_id, variables, engine, formats, timeout, retry, max_age, store_in_cache, wait_for, wait_until, wait_for_selector, include_tags, exclude_tags, only_main_content, proxy, json_options.schema, json_options.user_prompt, json_options.schema_name, json_options.schema_description, extract_source, ocr_options
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with an AnyCrawl account, no card required

## The 14 fields the plan's answer can hold

URL, job ID, scrape status, page title, page markdown, page HTML, raw HTML, page text, page links, screenshot, page metadata, cached at, cache max age, timestamp

## AnyCrawl's plans (10)

- [AnyCrawl, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anycrawl/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 71% complete, stored
- [AnyCrawl, $4.99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anycrawl/4-99-pack/llms.txt): $4.99 per 1,000, 71% complete, stored
- [AnyCrawl, $19.99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anycrawl/19-99-pack/llms.txt): $3.998 per 1,000, 71% complete, stored
- [AnyCrawl, $9.90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anycrawl/9-90-monthly/llms.txt): $1.98 per 1,000, 71% complete, stored
- [AnyCrawl, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anycrawl/49-monthly/llms.txt): $1.225 per 1,000, 71% complete, stored
- [AnyCrawl, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anycrawl/99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.66 per 1,000, 71% complete, stored
- [AnyCrawl, $99 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anycrawl/99-yearly/llms.txt): $1.65 per 1,000, 71% complete, stored
- [AnyCrawl, $499 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anycrawl/499-yearly/llms.txt): $1.04 per 1,000, 71% complete, stored
- [AnyCrawl, $999 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anycrawl/999-yearly/llms.txt): $0.555 per 1,000, 71% complete, stored
- [AnyCrawl, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anycrawl/contact-us/llms.txt): 71% complete, stored

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

- `POST /v1/scrape`: [AnyCrawl, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anycrawl/free/llms.txt)

## AnyCrawl's APIs (2)

- [AnyCrawl: web scraping API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anycrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [AnyCrawl: SERP API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/anycrawl/free/llms.txt)

## AnyCrawl: web scraping API alternatives

- [OpenGraph.io, $250 monthly, Enterprise, GET /api/3.0/markdown/{encoded_url}, Markdown, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/opengraph-io/250-monthly-enterprise-get-api-3-0-markdown-encoded-url-markdown-full/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 14% complete, stored
- [ZenRows, $29,990 yearly, Scale S5, billed yearly, GET /v1/, Fetch a page, premium proxies](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/29990-yearly-scale-s5-billed-yearly-get-v1-fetch-a-page-premium-proxies/llms.txt): $0.555 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [ScrapeGraphAI, $500 monthly, Pro Plan, POST /api/scrape, Scrape HTML](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapegraphai/500-monthly-pro-plan-post-api-scrape-scrape-html/llms.txt): $0.667 per 1,000, 14% complete, stored
- [Social Fetch, $2,430 yearly, Scale, GET /v1/web/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/social-fetch/2430-yearly-scale-get-v1-web-markdown/llms.txt): $1.35 per 1,000, 0% complete, stored

## 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://anycrawl.dev
- https://anycrawl.dev/price
- https://anycrawl.dev/privacy-policy
- https://anycrawl.dev/terms-of-service
- https://docs.anycrawl.dev/en/general/cache
- https://docs.anycrawl.dev/en/general/crawl
- https://docs.anycrawl.dev/en/general/map
- https://docs.anycrawl.dev/en/general/scrape
- https://docs.anycrawl.dev/en/openapi/scraping