# Axiom.ai (browser automation API), free: Web scraping API

> Chrome browsers in our cloud, three layers to drive them. Start with the Step API: 20 functions that navigate, click, type, scrape, solve captchas, and call AI mid-run, so you write less code.

Axiom.ai's web scraping API on its Free trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 1 of the 7 key fields we check: Links.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from Axiom.ai (browser automation API) scores 40.5 out of 100. Axiom.ai (browser automation API) ranks 100th of 102 providers.
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/axiom-ai-browser-automation-api/free
- [Web scraping API: the best of 100+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://axiom.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://lar.axiom.ai/api/v5/step`
- API key: with the plan, on https://axiom.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://axiom.ai/docs/developer-hub/api/step-functions/scrape?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: Axiom.ai (browser automation API) (https://axiom.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- Links: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Start a session · Go to URL · Click · Enter text · Click multiple · Click engagement button · Hover · Click and drag · Press keys · Select list · Date picker · Switch browser tab · Get clipboard contents · Scrape metadata · Integrate AI · Solve captcha · Wait · Restart browser · Close a session · Trigger an automation · Chrome API

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Chrome browsers in our cloud, three layers to drive them. Start with the Step API: 20 functions that navigate, click, type, scrape, solve captchas, and call AI mid-run, so you write less code.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You will only use axiom.ai for purposes that are legal in your region of operation of the Services. [...] You will take responsibility for the operation of any Services or the use of any Content operated on your account in regards to the licenses or terms of use you have signed with other third party applications or organisations. [...] You will not use any measures to bypass any license restriction applied by axiom.ai to you or your accounts. [...] You may not distribute, sell or otherwise re-assign in any way the rights and responsibilities given to you as part of these Terms of Use to any other third party. [...] You will not use the Services for the purposes of spamming, distributing malware, misleading other users, harassment, bullying, discrimination, destructive activities or any other purpose deemed individually unacceptable by us, regardless of local laws relating to these matters.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 2 execution hours

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1.67

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 7.66 s

## The call

- You send: cdpLink, step, url, selector, pager, max_results, settings
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v5/step

## About the plan

- Plan: Free trial
- Who can get it: anyone at least 16 years old or with full capacity to contract according to their country of residence

## The 3 fields the plan's answer can hold

element text, element inner HTML, link URL

## Axiom.ai's plans (4)

- [Axiom.ai (browser automation API), free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/axiom-ai-browser-automation-api/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Axiom.ai (browser automation API), $50 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/axiom-ai-browser-automation-api/50-monthly/llms.txt): 14% complete, live
- [Axiom.ai (browser automation API), $150 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/axiom-ai-browser-automation-api/150-monthly/llms.txt): 14% complete, live
- [Axiom.ai (browser automation API), $250 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/axiom-ai-browser-automation-api/250-monthly/llms.txt): 14% complete, live

## Axiom.ai's calls (1)

- `POST /api/v5/step`: [Axiom.ai (browser automation API), free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/axiom-ai-browser-automation-api/free/llms.txt)

## Axiom.ai's APIs (1)

- [Axiom.ai (browser automation API): web scraping API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/axiom-ai-browser-automation-api/free/llms.txt)

## Axiom.ai (browser automation API): web scraping API alternatives

- [WebScraping.AI, free, GET /text, Get Page Text, datacenter proxy, JS rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webscraping-ai/free-get-text-get-page-text-datacenter-proxy-js-rendering/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Scrappey, free, POST /api/v1, Browser request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/free-post-api-v1-browser-request/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [ScraperAPI, free plan, GET /, Sync API with screenshot](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/free-plan-get-sync-api-with-screenshot/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [APIFreaks, free, One-Off 10,000 credits, POST /scraping, Web Scraper API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/free-one-off-10000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [80legs, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/80legs/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% 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://axiom.ai/build-with-code/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://axiom.ai/docs/developer-hub/api/reference/endpoints?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://axiom.ai/docs/developer-hub/api/step-functions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://axiom.ai/docs/developer-hub/api/step-functions/scrape?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://axiom.ai/docs/developer-hub/api/usage-and-limits/queue-and-concurrency?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://axiom.ai/docs/developer-hub/api/usage-and-limits/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://axiom.ai/docs/developer-hub/api/usage-and-limits/remaining-runtime?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://axiom.ai/docs/faq/runtime-and-scheduling?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://axiom.ai/docs/faq/subscriptions-and-accounts?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://axiom.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://axiom.ai/terms-of-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing