# APILayer, free plan, GET /scraper: Web scraping API

> Scrape websites bypassing rate limitations. Ability to simulate originating IP from any country. Fast and simple.

APILayer's web scraping API on its Free Plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 1 of the 7 key fields we check: HTML.
We rank 1,257 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), [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 our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apilayer/free-plan-get-scraper
- [Best web scraping API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://marketplace.apilayer.com/scraper-api
- Request: `GET https://api.apilayer.com/scraper`
- API key: with the plan, on https://marketplace.apilayer.com/scraper-api
- Its API docs: https://marketplace.apilayer.com/scraper-api
- Sold by: APILayer (https://apilayer.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-31

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- HTML: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Scrape websites bypassing rate limitations. Ability to simulate originating IP from any country. Fast and simple.

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,500 requests a month
- Enough for: 1,500 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: selector
- Method: GET
- Path: /scraper

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Plan
- Who can get it: anyone with the right, power and authority to enter into and be legally bound by the Marketplace Terms of Use

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

page HTML, selector data, selector used, URL, response headers

## APILayer's plans (6)

- [APILayer, free plan, GET /scraper](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apilayer/free-plan-get-scraper/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [APILayer, $8.99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apilayer/8-99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.06 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [APILayer, $29.99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apilayer/29-99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.10 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [APILayer, $39.99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apilayer/39-99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.027 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [APILayer, $79.99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apilayer/79-99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.08 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [APILayer, contact us, Custom Plan, GET /scraper](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apilayer/contact-us-custom-plan-get-scraper/llms.txt): 14% complete, live

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

- `GET /adv_scraper/scraper`: [APILayer, free plan, GET /adv_scraper/scraper](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apilayer/free-plan-get-adv-scraper-scraper/llms.txt)
- `GET /scraper`: [APILayer, free plan, GET /scraper](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apilayer/free-plan-get-scraper/llms.txt)

## APILayer's APIs (4)

- [APILayer: news API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/apilayer/free/llms.txt)
- [APILayer: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, GET /scraper](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apilayer/free-plan-get-scraper/llms.txt)
- [APILayer: email verification API pricing, 15 plans, GET /email_verification/{email}](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/apilayer/free-plan-get-email-verification-email/llms.txt)
- [APILayer: email verification API pricing, 15 plans, GET /check, Validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/apilayer/free/llms.txt)
- [APILayer: phone validation API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apilayer/free-plan/llms.txt)

## APILayer: web scraping API alternatives

- [PhantomJsCloud, $250 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/phantomjscloud/250-monthly/llms.txt): $0.022 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $160,000 yearly, Ultra Pro, GET /scrape, Web Scraping API, without JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapingdog/160000-yearly-ultra-pro-get-scrape-web-scraping-api-without-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $0.027 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ScrapingBee, $5,799 monthly, Enterprise 120, GET /api/v1/, HTML API, without JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapingbee/5799-monthly-enterprise-120-get-api-v1-html-api-without-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $0.048 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [ZenRows, $29,990 yearly, Scale S5, billed yearly, GET /v1/, Fetch a page](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/29990-yearly-scale-s5-billed-yearly-get-v1-fetch-a-page/llms.txt): $0.056 per 1,000, 43% 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 2026-10-31.

- https://marketplace.apilayer.com/scraper-api
- https://www.ideracorp.com/Legal/APILayer/Marketplace-Terms-of-Use