# Atlas, free, POST /v1/scrape: Web scraping API

> Turn public webpages into clean, structured and token-efficient Markdown.

Atlas's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. Atlas's docs list 2 of the 7 key fields we check: Markdown, Links.
We haven't run Atlas through [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 2,323 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 per 1,000 pages or less.
[GuGuData's CNY 83 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/gugudata/cny-83-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages. GuGuData's CNY 83 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many pages as GuGuData's rate limit allows.
[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 GuGuData's CNY 83 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/atlas/free-post-v1-scrape
- [Web scraping API: 100+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://atlas-compiler.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.atlas-compiler.com/v1/scrape`
- API key: with the plan, on https://atlas-compiler.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.atlas-compiler.com/api-reference/scrape?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: Atlas (https://atlas-compiler.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Charges

- Repeat free: 1 hour
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Compile URL · Map Domain · Create Crawl Job · Create Batch Job

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Turn public webpages into clean, structured and token-efficient Markdown.

## Data

- Freshness: 1 hour
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You represent and warrant that your use of the Service complies with all applicable local, national, and international laws, regulations, and statutes. You agree that you will NOT under any circumstances: Unauthorized Computer Access: Use the Service to access computer systems, servers, or networks without authorization, or exceed authorized access [...]. Access-Control Circumvention: Use the Service to bypass, circumvent, or disable technological access control measures, authentication barriers, paywalls, or digital rights protections [...]. Denial-of-Service & Flooding: Use the Service to flood, overwhelm, or launch Denial-of-Service (DoS or DDoS) attacks against third-party servers, or execute scraping jobs at frequencies that deliberately disrupt target web services. Network & SSRF Abuse: Attempt Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) or submit target URLs resolving to private intranet addresses [...]. Malicious Content & Exploitation: Submit URLs containing malware, ransomware, viruses, phishing lures, or exploits designed to harm the Service or downstream consumers. Platform Reverse Engineering: Decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or attempt to derive the source code of the private Atlas Compiler Engine, Durable Object coordinators, or Egress Gateway. [...] Downstream Use: You assume full legal responsibility for any downstream processing, display, redistribution, or utilization of third-party content compiled through the Service.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 250 credits a month
- Enough for: 250 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.5
- Concurrent: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.31 s

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: formats, cache.cacheOnly, cache.forceFresh, cache.maxAgeSeconds, projectId, Idempotency-Key header
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

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

page markdown, page links, content graph, reading order, IR version, page title, canonical URL, author, description, document hash, extraction confidence, language, published date, credits used

## Atlas's plans (17)

- [Atlas, free, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/free-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $12 pack, 5k Boost, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/12-pack-5k-boost-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $2.40 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $30 pack, 25k Boost, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/30-pack-25k-boost-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $1.20 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $59 pack, 100k Boost, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/59-pack-100k-boost-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.59 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $225 pack, 500k Boost, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/225-pack-500k-boost-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.45 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $399 pack, 1M Boost, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/399-pack-1m-boost-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.399 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $9 monthly, Starter, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/9-monthly-starter-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $1.80 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $24 monthly, Pro, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/24-monthly-pro-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.96 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $59 monthly, Team, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/59-monthly-team-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.492 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $189 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/189-monthly-scale-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.394 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $360 monthly, Business, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/360-monthly-business-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.36 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $90 yearly, Starter, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/90-yearly-starter-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $240 yearly, Pro, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/240-yearly-pro-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $590 yearly, Team, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/590-yearly-team-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.41 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $1,890 yearly, Scale, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/1890-yearly-scale-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.328 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, $3,600 yearly, Business, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/3600-yearly-business-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.30 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Atlas, contact us, Enterprise, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/contact-us-enterprise-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): 29% complete, 1 hour

## Atlas's calls (3)

- `POST /v1/compile`: [Atlas, free, POST /v1/compile](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/free-post-v1-compile/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/batches`: [Atlas, free, POST /v1/batches](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/free-post-v1-batches/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/scrape`: [Atlas, free, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/free-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt)

## Atlas's APIs (1)

- [Atlas: web scraping API pricing, 17 plans, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/free-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt)

## Atlas: web scraping API alternatives

- [AlterLab, top-up from $10, Deposit $10, POST /api/v1/scrape, Scrape a web page, Standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/alterlab/top-up-from-10-deposit-10-post-api-v1-scrape-scrape-a-web-page-standard/llms.txt): $0.30 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $99 monthly, $99, POST /v1/scrape, 330,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/99-monthly-99-post-v1-scrape-330000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.30 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [ScrapeOps, $15 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapeops/15-monthly/llms.txt): $0.30 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [NewsAPI.ai (Event Registry), $3,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/newsapi-ai-event-registry/3000-monthly/llms.txt): $0.30 per 1,000, 29% 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://atlas-compiler.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://atlas-compiler.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://atlas-compiler.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.atlas-compiler.com/api-reference/batch?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.atlas-compiler.com/api-reference/compile?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.atlas-compiler.com/api-reference/job-results?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.atlas-compiler.com/api-reference/scrape?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.atlas-compiler.com/concepts/why-atlas?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.atlas-compiler.com/production/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.atlas-compiler.com/production/quotas?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing