# Crawl4AI Cloud, free, POST /extract: Web scraping API

> Pull structured, typed data out of a page with an instruction and/or a JSON schema. Give a URL (we fetch it) or your own content.

Crawl4AI Cloud's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns none of the 7 key fields we check: 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 Crawl4AI Cloud scores 82.5 out of 100. Crawl4AI Cloud ranks 11th of 102 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 2,105 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 per 1,000 pages or less.
[PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/phantomjscloud/10-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages: as little as $0.022. PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan covers up to 15,000 pages a day.
[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 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/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/crawl4ai-cloud/free-post-extract
- [Web scraping API: the best of 100+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://crawl4ai.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.crawl4ai.com/extract`
- API key: with the plan, on https://crawl4ai.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.crawl4ai.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#extract
- Sold by: Crawl4AI Cloud (https://crawl4ai.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Scrape · Scrape batch · Scrape jobs · Search · SERP · Answer · Scan · Site crawl · Price · Lead people search · Lead companies search · Lead person · Lead company · Monitors

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Pull structured, typed data out of a page with an instruction and/or a JSON schema. Give a URL (we fetch it) or your own content.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You represent and warrant that, for every request you make, you have the legal right to access, collect, and use the data you request, and that your use complies with all applicable laws, the target site's terms, and any access directives it publishes (including robots directives). [...] You must not use the Services to: Collect personal data for unlawful, deceptive, or abusive purposes, or in breach of data-protection law or a person's rights. Infringe copyright, trademarks, trade secrets, or other intellectual-property or confidentiality rights. Access content behind authentication or paywalls that you are not authorized to access, or circumvent access controls or security measures. Overload, disrupt, degrade, or damage any target site, network, or third party (including denial-of-service). Resell, sublicense, or repackage the Services except as these Terms allow.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits a month
- Expires: end of the month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Concurrent: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: one of url or content, instruction and/or schema. Optional: example
- Method: POST
- Path: /extract

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with a verified email address

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

URL, extracted data, tokens used, response time

## Crawl4AI Cloud's plans (8)

- [Crawl4AI Cloud, free, POST /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawl4ai-cloud/free-post-extract/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [Crawl4AI Cloud, $10 monthly, Starter, POST /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawl4ai-cloud/10-monthly-starter-post-extract/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [Crawl4AI Cloud, $99 monthly, Builder, POST /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawl4ai-cloud/99-monthly-builder-post-extract/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [Crawl4AI Cloud, $499 monthly, Scale, POST /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawl4ai-cloud/499-monthly-scale-post-extract/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [Crawl4AI Cloud, $100 yearly, Starter, POST /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawl4ai-cloud/100-yearly-starter-post-extract/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [Crawl4AI Cloud, $990 yearly, Builder, POST /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawl4ai-cloud/990-yearly-builder-post-extract/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [Crawl4AI Cloud, $4,990 yearly, Scale, POST /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawl4ai-cloud/4990-yearly-scale-post-extract/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [Crawl4AI Cloud, contact us, Enterprise, POST /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawl4ai-cloud/contact-us-enterprise-post-extract/llms.txt): 0% complete

## Crawl4AI Cloud's calls for this API (3)

- `POST /extract`: [Crawl4AI Cloud, free, POST /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawl4ai-cloud/free-post-extract/llms.txt)
- `POST /scrape`: [Crawl4AI Cloud, free, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawl4ai-cloud/free-post-scrape/llms.txt)
- `POST /scrape/batch`: [Crawl4AI Cloud, free, POST /scrape/batch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawl4ai-cloud/free-post-scrape-batch/llms.txt)

## Crawl4AI Cloud's APIs (3)

- [Crawl4AI Cloud: web search API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/crawl4ai-cloud/free/llms.txt)
- [Crawl4AI Cloud: SERP API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/crawl4ai-cloud/free/llms.txt)
- [Crawl4AI Cloud: web scraping API pricing, 8 plans, POST /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawl4ai-cloud/free-post-extract/llms.txt)

## Crawl4AI Cloud: 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 2026-11-05.

- https://api.crawl4ai.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.crawl4ai.com/legal?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.crawl4ai.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.crawl4ai.com/v1/prices?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://crawl4ai.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing