# Arch Tools, free, POST /v1/tools/web-scrape: Web scraping API

> Your agent needs data from the web. Skip Playwright, skip the headless browser, skip the maintenance. Send a URL, get back clean text, links, and metadata.

Arch Tools'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: Text.
We haven't run Arch Tools through [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 2,105 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 per 1,000 pages or less.
[PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/phantomjscloud/10-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages: as little as $0.022. PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan covers up to 15,000 pages a day.
[80legs's $29 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/80legs/29-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of pages. 80legs's $29 monthly plan costs more up front 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/299-monthly-business-get-sync-api/llms.txt) and [Scrappey](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v1-direct-request/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/free-post-v1-tools-web-scrape
- [Web scraping API: the best of 100+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://archtools.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://archtools.dev/v1/tools/web-scrape`
- API key: with the plan, on https://archtools.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://archtools.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#web-scrape
- Sold by: Arch Tools (https://archtools.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- Text: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 62 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Your agent needs data from the web. Skip Playwright, skip the headless browser, skip the maintenance. Send a URL, get back clean text, links, and metadata.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Your use of the Service is governed by our full Acceptable Use Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms. In summary, you agree not to: Use the Service for any unlawful purpose, or violate any third-party rights or applicable laws [...] Reverse engineer, scrape, copy, resell, or sublicense the Service, or resell, transfer, or redistribute your API key or credits [...] Attempt to exceed rate limits, bypass authentication or billing, or abuse the platform [...] Use the Service to generate spam, malware, phishing, or harmful content

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 20 calls

## Rate limit

- Per day: 500
- Per second: 0.17
- Concurrent: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: format, selector
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/tools/web-scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone aged 18 or over with a valid email address

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

success, page content, URL, format, content length

## Arch Tools's plans (9)

- [Arch Tools, free, POST /v1/tools/web-scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/free-post-v1-tools-web-scrape/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, $9 pack, Starter Pack, POST /v1/tools/web-scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/9-pack-starter-pack-post-v1-tools-web-scrape/llms.txt): $15.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, $49 pack, Pro Pack, POST /v1/tools/web-scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/49-pack-pro-pack-post-v1-tools-web-scrape/llms.txt): $9.80 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, $199 pack, Business Pack, POST /v1/tools/web-scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/199-pack-business-pack-post-v1-tools-web-scrape/llms.txt): $7.96 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, $19 monthly, Starter, POST /v1/tools/web-scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/19-monthly-starter-post-v1-tools-web-scrape/llms.txt): $9.50 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, $49 monthly, Pro, POST /v1/tools/web-scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/49-monthly-pro-post-v1-tools-web-scrape/llms.txt): $8.167 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, $99 monthly, Growth, POST /v1/tools/web-scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/99-monthly-growth-post-v1-tools-web-scrape/llms.txt): $6.60 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, $199 monthly, Business, POST /v1/tools/web-scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/199-monthly-business-post-v1-tools-web-scrape/llms.txt): $5.686 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Arch Tools, contact us, Enterprise, POST /v1/tools/web-scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/contact-us-enterprise-post-v1-tools-web-scrape/llms.txt): 14% complete, live

## Arch Tools's calls for this API (3)

- `POST /v1/tools/extract-metadata`: [Arch Tools, free, POST /v1/tools/extract-metadata](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/free-post-v1-tools-extract-metadata/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/tools/extract-page`: [Arch Tools, free, POST /v1/tools/extract-page](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/free-post-v1-tools-extract-page/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/tools/web-scrape`: [Arch Tools, free, POST /v1/tools/web-scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/free-post-v1-tools-web-scrape/llms.txt)

## Arch Tools's APIs (4)

- [Arch Tools: email verification API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/arch-tools/free/llms.txt)
- [Arch Tools: phone validation API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/arch-tools/free/llms.txt)
- [Arch Tools: SERP API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/arch-tools/free/llms.txt)
- [Arch Tools: web scraping API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/tools/web-scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/arch-tools/free-post-v1-tools-web-scrape/llms.txt)

## Arch Tools: web scraping API alternatives

- [Scrappey, top-up from €1,500, Pay As You Go, €1,500+ top-up, POST /api/v1, Browser request through mobile carrier IPs](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/top-up-from-1500-pay-as-you-go-1500-top-up-post-api-v1-browser-request-through-mobile-carrier-ips/llms.txt): $5.627 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Scavio, $948 yearly, Bootstrap, yearly, POST /api/v1/extract, Extract, ultra](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scavio/948-yearly-bootstrap-yearly-post-api-v1-extract-extract-ultra/llms.txt): $5.643 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Piloterr, $999 monthly, Enterprise+, GET /v2/website/webunlocker](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/piloterr/999-monthly-enterprise-get-v2-website-webunlocker/llms.txt): $5.655 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [PagePixels, $16.99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/pagepixels/16-99-monthly/llms.txt): $5.663 per 1,000, 14% 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://archtools.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://archtools.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://archtools.dev/faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://archtools.dev/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://archtools.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://archtools.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing