# Browserless, free, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API: Web scraping API

> Intelligently scrape any URL using cascading strategies that automatically escalate from fast HTTP fetching to headless browsers and captcha solving as needed.

Browserless's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 6 of the 7 key fields we check. 5 are in the plan's price: Screenshot, Markdown, HTML, Text, Links. 1 costs extra: Summary.
We rank 935 plans by price. [PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/phantomjscloud/10-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 pages: as little as $0.022. PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan covers up to 15,000 pages a day.
[Spider Cloud's $40 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/40-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of pages. Spider Cloud's $40 monthly plan costs more to start 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/475-monthly-scaling-get-sync-api/llms.txt) and [Spider Cloud](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/top-up-from-1-pay-as-you-go-post-scrape-scrape/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/free-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api
- [Best web scraping API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.browserless.io/pricing
- Request: `POST https://production-sfo.browserless.io/smart-scrape`, Smart Scrape API
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.browserless.io/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.browserless.io/rest-apis/smart-scrape
- Sold by: Browserless (https://www.browserless.io)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 86%
- Screenshot: ✓
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓
- Text: ✓
- Summary: ✓ costs more
- Links: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Extra fields: extracted data, summary: +$0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Content API · Scrape API · Unblock API · Screenshot API · PDF API · Search API · Map API · Crawl API · Function API · Download API · Export API · Performance API · Predefined Scrapers API · Agent Run API

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Intelligently scrape any URL using cascading strategies that automatically escalate from fast HTTP fetching to headless browsers and captcha solving as needed.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may not use our products for any illegal or unauthorized purpose nor may you, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws) [...] You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service or any contact on the website through which the service is provided, without express written permission by us [...] In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in the Terms of Service, you are prohibited from using the site or its content: (a) for any unlawful purpose, (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts, (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances, (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others, (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability, (f) to submit false or misleading information, (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Service or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet, (h) to collect or track the personal information of others, (i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape, (j) for any obscene or immoral purpose, or (k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Service or any related website, other websites, or the Internet.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits a month
- Enough for: 2,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 2.78 s

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: formats, changeTrackingOptions.modes, changeTrackingOptions.tag, jsonOptions.schema, jsonOptions.prompt, actions, proxy, onlyMainContent, includeTags, excludeTags, headers, waitFor, strategyCache, maxAge, storeInCache, emulationOs, profile, timeout, allowedDomains, credentials, externalProxyServer, integrationId, proxyCity, proxyCountry, proxyLocaleMatch, proxyPreset, proxyState, proxySticky
- Method: POST
- Path: /smart-scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who is at least the age of majority in their state or province of residence

## The 26 fields the plan's answer can hold

success flag, HTTP status, page HTML, content type, response headers, strategy used, strategies attempted, message, screenshot, PDF, Markdown, page links, action scrapes, JavaScript return values, raw text, page title, description, language, source URL, cache state, cached at, warning, change status, previous scrape time, visibility, diff

## Browserless's plans (8)

- [Browserless, free, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/free-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Browserless, $35 monthly, Prototyping, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/35-monthly-prototyping-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api/llms.txt): $0.875 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Browserless, $200 monthly, Starter, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/200-monthly-starter-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api/llms.txt): $0.556 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Browserless, $500 monthly, Scale, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/500-monthly-scale-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Browserless, $300 yearly, Prototyping, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/300-yearly-prototyping-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api/llms.txt): $0.625 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Browserless, $1,680 yearly, Starter, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/1680-yearly-starter-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api/llms.txt): $0.389 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Browserless, $4,200 yearly, Scale, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/4200-yearly-scale-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api/llms.txt): $0.35 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Browserless, contact us, Enterprise, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/contact-us-enterprise-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api/llms.txt): 86% complete, live

## Browserless's calls for this API (5)

- `POST /content`: [Browserless, free, POST /content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/free-post-content/llms.txt)
- `POST /scrape`: [Browserless, free, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/free-post-scrape/llms.txt)
- `POST /smart-scrape`, Smart Scrape API: [Browserless, free, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/free-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api/llms.txt)
- `POST /smart-scrape`, Smart Scrape API, full: [Browserless, free, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/free-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api-full/llms.txt)
- `POST /unblock`: [Browserless, free, POST /unblock](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/free-post-unblock/llms.txt)

## Browserless's APIs (2)

- [Browserless: web search API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/browserless/free/llms.txt)
- [Browserless: web scraping API pricing, 8 plans, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/free-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api/llms.txt)

## Browserless: web scraping API alternatives

- [Scrapingdog, $50,000 yearly, Enterprise Plus, GET /scrape, Web Scraping API, with country](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapingdog/50000-yearly-enterprise-plus-get-scrape-web-scraping-api-with-country/llms.txt): $0.347 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Geekflare, $349 monthly, Business, POST /webscraping, Web Scraping](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/geekflare/349-monthly-business-post-webscraping-web-scraping/llms.txt): $0.349 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Zenscrape, $349.99 monthly, Professional, GET /api/v1/get, Web Scraping API, JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenscrape/349-99-monthly-professional-get-api-v1-get-web-scraping-api-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $0.35 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ZenRows, $190 yearly, Build B1, billed yearly, GET /v1/, Fetch a page](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/190-yearly-build-b1-billed-yearly-get-v1-fetch-a-page/llms.txt): $0.352 per 1,000, 43% 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 2026-10-29.

- https://docs.browserless.io/openapi.json
- https://docs.browserless.io/overview/unit-consumption
- https://docs.browserless.io/rest-apis/intro
- https://docs.browserless.io/rest-apis/smart-scrape
- https://www.browserless.io/pricing
- https://www.browserless.io/pricing.md
- https://www.browserless.io/scraping
- https://www.browserless.io/terms-of-service