# Cloudsway SmartSearch, free: Web scraping API

> Reader turns selected URLs into readable content for deeper analysis.

Cloudsway SmartSearch's web scraping API on its Free Trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. Cloudsway SmartSearch's docs list 5 of the 7 key fields we check: Screenshot, Markdown, HTML, Links, Images.
We haven't run Cloudsway SmartSearch 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/cloudsway-smartsearch/free
- [Web scraping API: 100+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.cloudsway.ai/product/search/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://aisearchapi.cloudsway.net/api/search/read`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.cloudsway.ai/product/search/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.cloudsway.ai/docs/content/category-8/document-9?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: Cloudsway SmartSearch (https://www.cloudsway.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 71%
- Screenshot: ✓
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Images: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search API

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Reader turns selected URLs into readable content for deeper analysis.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits
- Enough for: 5,000 calls
- Expires: 30 days

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: formats, mode, timeout, imageDownloadEnable, imageInContent, pdfExtractEnable, pdfImageDownloadEnable, enhancedOcr, fullPage, outputQuality
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/search/read

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Trial
- Who can get it: anyone who registers an account and binds and activates a credit card

## The 15 fields the plan's answer can hold

HTML, Markdown, text, screenshot, title, description, keywords, logo, site name, images, base64 images, page count, internal links, external links, request ID

## Cloudsway SmartSearch's plans (3)

- [Cloudsway SmartSearch, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/cloudsway-smartsearch/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Cloudsway SmartSearch, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/cloudsway-smartsearch/top-up/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Cloudsway SmartSearch, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/cloudsway-smartsearch/contact-us/llms.txt): 71% complete, live

## Cloudsway SmartSearch's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /api/search/read`: [Cloudsway SmartSearch, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/cloudsway-smartsearch/free/llms.txt)

## Cloudsway SmartSearch's APIs (2)

- [Cloudsway SmartSearch: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/cloudsway-smartsearch/free/llms.txt)
- [Cloudsway SmartSearch: web search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/cloudsway-smartsearch/free/llms.txt)

## Cloudsway SmartSearch: web scraping API alternatives

- [WebScraping.AI, top-up from $20, Pay as you go, GET /text, Get Page Text, datacenter proxy, JS rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webscraping-ai/top-up-from-20-pay-as-you-go-get-text-get-page-text-datacenter-proxy-js-rendering/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [APIFreaks, $20 pack, One-Off 80,000 credits, POST /scraping, Web Scraper API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/20-pack-one-off-80000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Scrappa, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappa/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Linkup, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /v1/fetch, Fetch, standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkup/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-fetch-fetch-standard/llms.txt): $1.00 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 2026-11-06.

- https://msp.cloudsway.net/ssas-admin-api/cms/files/docs/Usearch/Get%20started.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.cloudsway.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.cloudsway.ai/docs/content/category-8/document-8?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.cloudsway.ai/docs/content/category-8/document-9?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.cloudsway.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.cloudsway.ai/product/search/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing