# Browserbeam, free: Web scraping API

> The Browser API Built for AI Agents. Control real browsers through a simple REST API. Get structured page data, stable element refs, and change diffs instead of raw HTML.

Browserbeam's web scraping API on its Free trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. Browserbeam's docs list 2 of the 7 key fields we check: Screenshot, Markdown.
We haven't run Browserbeam 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/browserbeam/free
- [Web scraping API: 100+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://browserbeam.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.browserbeam.com/v1/sessions`
- API key: with the plan, on https://browserbeam.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://browserbeam.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: Browserbeam (https://browserbeam.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 29%
- Screenshot: ✓
- Markdown: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Execute steps on a session

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The Browser API Built for AI Agents. Control real browsers through a simple REST API. Get structured page data, stable element refs, and change diffs instead of raw HTML.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to (a) access the Service in a manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Service or interfere with any other party's use of the Service, or (b) use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5,000 credits

## Rate limit

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

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: url, steps, timeout, viewport.width, viewport.height, user_agent, locale, timezone, proxy.kind, proxy.country, block_resources, auto_dismiss_blockers, page, cookies[].name, cookies[].value, cookies[].domain, cookies[].url, cookies[].path, cookies[].expires, cookies[].httpOnly, cookies[].secure, cookies[].sameSite, Idempotency-Key header
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/sessions

## About the plan

- Plan: Free trial
- Who can get it: anyone with an account, no credit card

## The 18 fields the plan's answer can hold

session ID, request ID, session expiry time, completed steps, URL, page title, page stability, page markdown, markdown length, interactive elements, forms, page map, page changes, scroll position, screenshot, PDF, extracted data, dismissed blockers

## Browserbeam's plans (4)

- [Browserbeam, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserbeam/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Browserbeam, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserbeam/29-monthly/llms.txt): 29% complete, live
- [Browserbeam, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserbeam/99-monthly/llms.txt): 29% complete, live
- [Browserbeam, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserbeam/299-monthly/llms.txt): 29% complete, live

## Browserbeam's calls (1)

- `POST /v1/sessions`: [Browserbeam, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserbeam/free/llms.txt)

## Browserbeam's APIs (1)

- [Browserbeam: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserbeam/free/llms.txt)

## Browserbeam: 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
- [AndiAI, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/andiai/free/llms.txt): $0.00 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 2026-11-06.

- https://browserbeam.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://browserbeam.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://browserbeam.com/docs/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://browserbeam.com/openapi.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://browserbeam.com/pages/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing