# ContextFetch, free, Starter, GET /r/{url}: Web scraping API

> Any public URL as Markdown in one GET. Add ?q= to keep only the chunks relevant to a question.

ContextFetch's web scraping API on its Starter plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 1 of the 7 key fields we check: Markdown.
We rank 950 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 [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 our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-get-r-url
- [Best web scraping API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://contextfetch.dev/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.contextfetch.dev/r/{url}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://contextfetch.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://contextfetch.dev/docs#reader
- Sold by: ContextFetch (https://contextfetch.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- Markdown: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Repeat free: never
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search · Search, fast · Search, lite · Search, deep · Tavily-compatible search, ultra-fast · Tavily-compatible search, fast · Tavily-compatible search, basic · Tavily-compatible search, advanced · Find similar · Answer · Research · Deep research · Contents · Crawl · Map

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Any public URL as Markdown in one GET. Add ?q= to keep only the chunks relevant to a question.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "Do not use ContextFetch to: break the law, or infringe other people's rights, including copyright and privacy, get around the free-tier limit, for example by rotating IP addresses, attack, overload or probe the service, or try to reach non-public addresses through it, collect personal data about people at scale, or send spam, resell raw access to the API as a competing search API without our written agreement.", "Results are excerpts of third-party pages and belong to their owners. You are responsible for how you use them, including following those sites' terms."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $2.50
- Enough for: 2,500 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1.67
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.32 s

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: q
- Method: GET
- Path: /r/{url}

## About the plan

- Plan: Starter
- Who can get it: anyone, no signup and no card, one free key per network

## The 4 fields the plan's answer can hold

page markdown, token savings, raw token count, output token count

## ContextFetch's plans (7)

- [ContextFetch, free, Starter, GET /r/{url}](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-get-r-url/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ContextFetch, top-up from $10, Pay as you go, GET /r/{url}](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/contextfetch/top-up-from-10-pay-as-you-go-get-r-url/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ContextFetch, top-up from $100, Pay as you go, +10% on top-ups from $100, GET /r/{url}](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/contextfetch/top-up-from-100-pay-as-you-go-10-on-top-ups-from-100-get-r-url/llms.txt): $0.909 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ContextFetch, top-up from $500, Pay as you go, +20% on top-ups from $500, GET /r/{url}](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/contextfetch/top-up-from-500-pay-as-you-go-20-on-top-ups-from-500-get-r-url/llms.txt): $0.833 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ContextFetch, $199 monthly, Startup, GET /r/{url}](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/contextfetch/199-monthly-startup-get-r-url/llms.txt): $0.796 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ContextFetch, $499 monthly, Scale, GET /r/{url}](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/contextfetch/499-monthly-scale-get-r-url/llms.txt): $0.768 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ContextFetch, contact us, Enterprise, GET /r/{url}](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/contextfetch/contact-us-enterprise-get-r-url/llms.txt): 14% complete, live

## ContextFetch's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /v1/contents`: [ContextFetch, free, Starter, POST /v1/contents](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-post-v1-contents/llms.txt)
- `GET /r/{url}`: [ContextFetch, free, Starter, GET /r/{url}](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-get-r-url/llms.txt)

## ContextFetch's APIs (2)

- [ContextFetch: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v1/answer](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-post-v1-answer/llms.txt)
- [ContextFetch: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v1/research](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-post-v1-research/llms.txt)
- [ContextFetch: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v1/findSimilar](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-post-v1-findsimilar/llms.txt)
- [ContextFetch: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v1/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-post-v1-search-search/llms.txt)
- [ContextFetch: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v1/search, Search, deep](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-post-v1-search-search-deep/llms.txt)
- [ContextFetch: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v1/search, Search, fast](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-post-v1-search-search-fast/llms.txt)
- [ContextFetch: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v1/search, Search, lite](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-post-v1-search-search-lite/llms.txt)
- [ContextFetch: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /tavily/search, Tavily-compatible search, advanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-post-tavily-search-tavily-compatible-search-advanced/llms.txt)
- [ContextFetch: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /tavily/search, Tavily-compatible search, basic](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-post-tavily-search-tavily-compatible-search-basic/llms.txt)
- [ContextFetch: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /tavily/search, Tavily-compatible search, fast](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-post-tavily-search-tavily-compatible-search-fast/llms.txt)
- [ContextFetch: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /tavily/search, Tavily-compatible search, ultra-fast](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-post-tavily-search-tavily-compatible-search-ultra-fast/llms.txt)
- [ContextFetch: web scraping API pricing, 7 plans, GET /r/{url}](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/contextfetch/free-starter-get-r-url/llms.txt)

## ContextFetch: web scraping API alternatives

- [Scrapeless, $2,148 yearly, Scale, yearly, POST /api/v2/unlocker/request, JS Render](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapeless/2148-yearly-scale-yearly-post-api-v2-unlocker-request-js-render/llms.txt): $0.765 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [ScrapeUnblocker, €299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapeunblocker/299-monthly/llms.txt): $0.765 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [ZenRows, $1,290 yearly, Launch L3, billed yearly, GET /v1/, Fetch a page, JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/1290-yearly-launch-l3-billed-yearly-get-v1-fetch-a-page-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $0.768 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Ujeebu, $155 pack, Pro, POST /markdown, Markdown Generation, advanced proxy, without JS](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/ujeebu/155-pack-pro-post-markdown-markdown-generation-advanced-proxy-without-js/llms.txt): $0.775 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 2026-10-29.

- https://contextfetch.dev
- https://contextfetch.dev/docs
- https://contextfetch.dev/llms.txt
- https://contextfetch.dev/openapi.json
- https://contextfetch.dev/pricing
- https://contextfetch.dev/terms