# BrowserForest, free, POST /sessions: Web scraping API

> Browser Forest is a cloud browser API platform that provides anti-detection browser services for developers and AI agents.

BrowserForest's Free plan for the web scraping API costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. BrowserForest's docs list none of the 7 fields on our checklist: Screenshot, Markdown, HTML, Text and 3 more.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from BrowserForest scores 52.3 out of 100. BrowserForest ranks 122nd of 143 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 2,645 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.999 per 1,000 pages or less. [See how many web scraping API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
[LinkPreview's $8 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/8-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages. LinkPreview's web scraping API costs nothing beyond the plan price.
[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 [APIFreaks](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/100-monthly-monthly-1500000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserforest/free-post-sessions
- [Web scraping API: 140+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://browserforest.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://browserforest.com/api/v1/sessions`
- API key: with the plan, on https://browserforest.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://browserforest.com/docs/sessions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: BrowserForest (https://browserforest.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: Solve a Captcha: 50 a cycle · from the same budget: Scrape

## Overage

- Units cap: soft

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Browser Forest is a cloud browser API platform that provides anti-detection browser services for developers and AI agents.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to use the Service for: Illegal activities or fraud [...] Credential stuffing or unauthorized access attempts [...] Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks [...] Sending spam or unsolicited communications [...] Activities that violate the terms of service of third-party websites [...] Hosting, distributing, or accessing illegal content

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 18 credits a month
- Expires: at the end of each 30-day cycle

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 3
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: contextId, useProxy, proxyGeolocation, proxyId, proxy, url
- Method: POST
- Path: /sessions

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with an enterprise email, GitHub or Google account

## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

session ID, CDP URL, session status, proxy, proxy provider, proxy geolocation, context ID, creation time

## BrowserForest's plans (4)

- [BrowserForest, free, POST /sessions](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserforest/free-post-sessions/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [BrowserForest, $19 monthly, Starter, POST /sessions](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserforest/19-monthly-starter-post-sessions/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [BrowserForest, $79 monthly, Pro, POST /sessions](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserforest/79-monthly-pro-post-sessions/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [BrowserForest, $249 monthly, Business, POST /sessions](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserforest/249-monthly-business-post-sessions/llms.txt): 0% complete

## BrowserForest's calls (2)

- `POST /sessions`: [BrowserForest, free, POST /sessions](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserforest/free-post-sessions/llms.txt)
- `POST /scrape`: [BrowserForest, free, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserforest/free-post-scrape/llms.txt)

## BrowserForest's APIs (1)

- [BrowserForest: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans, POST /sessions](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserforest/free-post-sessions/llms.txt)

## BrowserForest: 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
- [AnySearch, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anysearch/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://browserforest.com/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://browserforest.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://browserforest.com/docs/contexts?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://browserforest.com/docs/sessions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://browserforest.com/docs/use-cases/captcha?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://browserforest.com/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://browserforest.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing