# CrawlForge, free, POST /tools/extract_content: Web scraping API

> Fetch a page, drop the chrome, and return what is actually on it.

CrawlForge's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 4 of the 7 key fields we check: HTML, Text, Links, Images.
The cheapest of the 473 plans we rank by price is [Scrapestack, $199.99 monthly, Business, GET /scrape, Scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapestack/199-99-monthly-business-get-scrape-scrape/llms.txt), at $0.067 per 1,000 pages.
[ScraperAPI](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/475-monthly-scaling-get-sync-api/llms.txt), [Scrapestack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapestack/79-99-monthly-professional-get-scrape-scrape/llms.txt) and [HasData](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hasdata/249-monthly-growth-3m-post-scrape-web-web-scraping-api/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlforge/free-post-tools-extract-content
- [Best web scraping API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.crawlforge.dev/pricing
- Request: `POST https://crawlforge.dev/api/v1/tools/extract_content`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.crawlforge.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.crawlforge.dev/docs/api-reference/tools/extract-content
- Sold by: CrawlForge (https://www.crawlforge.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-28

## In the answer

- Completeness: 57%
- HTML: ✓
- Text: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Images: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: agent · analyze_content · batch_scrape · browser_session · crawl_deep · deep_research · extract_embedded_state · extract_links · extract_metadata · extract_structured · extract_text · extract_with_llm · fetch_url · generate_llms_txt · get_batch_results · list_ollama_models · localization · map_site · process_document · read_result · reddit_search · scrape · scrape_structured · scrape_template · scrape_with_actions · search_web · serp_rank · stealth_mode · summarize_content · track_changes

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Fetch a page, drop the chrome, and return what is actually on it.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "You retain all ownership rights to data you submit to the Service and data extracted using the Service (\"User Data\"). However, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, process, and store User Data solely to provide and improve the Service." [...] "Data scraped from third-party websites remains the property of those websites and their respective owners. You are solely responsible for ensuring you have the right to scrape and use such data in compliance with applicable laws and website terms." [...] "we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your internal business purposes." [...] "The following activities are strictly prohibited:" "Scraping websites in violation of their Terms of Service or robots.txt directives", "Accessing data you are not authorized to access under applicable law or agreement", "Collecting personal data in violation of privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)", "Scraping content protected by intellectual property rights without permission", "Circumventing authentication, security measures, or access controls" [...] Prohibited Activities: "Use the Service to scrape content for spam, phishing, or malicious purposes", "Resell, sublicense, or redistribute the Service without written authorization", "Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract source code", "Interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers/networks connected to the Service", "Use automated systems (bots, scripts) to create accounts or consume credits fraudulently", "Transmit viruses, malware, or other malicious code through the Service", "Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation" [...] Restrictions: "Copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works based on the Service", "Remove or alter any proprietary notices or labels on the Service", "Use the Service to develop competing products or services", "Publicly disseminate performance benchmarks without written permission" [...] "Do not use CrawlForge to scrape, collect, or distribute illegal content, including copyrighted materials without authorization, personal data in violation of privacy laws, or content that violates intellectual property rights." "Do not collect email addresses, phone numbers, or other contact information for the purpose of sending unsolicited communications (spam), phishing attempts, or fraudulent activities."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits
- Enough for: 500 calls

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: include_images, include_links, clean_html, extract_main_content, timeout, respect_robots, max_inline_chars, redact_pii
- Method: POST
- Path: /tools/extract_content

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years of age (or the age of majority in their jurisdiction) with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms of Service, one free account each

## The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

source URL, page text, page HTML, content length, content type, page title, author, publish date, page images, image count, page links, link count, credits used, credits remaining, processing time, warning

## CrawlForge's plans (8)

- [CrawlForge, free, POST /tools/extract_content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlforge/free-post-tools-extract-content/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [CrawlForge, $3 pack, Credit pack, POST /tools/extract_content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlforge/3-pack-credit-pack-post-tools-extract-content/llms.txt): $6.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [CrawlForge, $19 monthly, Hobby, POST /tools/extract_content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlforge/19-monthly-hobby-post-tools-extract-content/llms.txt): $7.60 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [CrawlForge, $99 monthly, Professional, POST /tools/extract_content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlforge/99-monthly-professional-post-tools-extract-content/llms.txt): $1.98 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [CrawlForge, $399 monthly, Business, POST /tools/extract_content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlforge/399-monthly-business-post-tools-extract-content/llms.txt): $1.596 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [CrawlForge, $190 yearly, Hobby, POST /tools/extract_content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlforge/190-yearly-hobby-post-tools-extract-content/llms.txt): $6.333 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [CrawlForge, $990 yearly, Professional, POST /tools/extract_content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlforge/990-yearly-professional-post-tools-extract-content/llms.txt): $1.65 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [CrawlForge, $3,990 yearly, Business, POST /tools/extract_content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlforge/3990-yearly-business-post-tools-extract-content/llms.txt): $1.33 per 1,000, 57% complete, live

## CrawlForge's calls for this API (4)

- `POST /tools/extract_content`: [CrawlForge, free, POST /tools/extract_content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlforge/free-post-tools-extract-content/llms.txt)
- `POST /tools/extract_text`: [CrawlForge, free, POST /tools/extract_text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlforge/free-post-tools-extract-text/llms.txt)
- `POST /tools/fetch_url`: [CrawlForge, free, POST /tools/fetch_url](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlforge/free-post-tools-fetch-url/llms.txt)
- `POST /tools/scrape`: [CrawlForge, free, POST /tools/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlforge/free-post-tools-scrape/llms.txt)

## CrawlForge's APIs (2)

- [CrawlForge: web search API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/crawlforge/free/llms.txt)
- [CrawlForge: web scraping API pricing, 8 plans, POST /tools/extract_content](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlforge/free-post-tools-extract-content/llms.txt)

## CrawlForge: web scraping API alternatives

- [ZenRows, $399 monthly, Growth G3, GET /v1/, Fetch a page, premium proxies](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/399-monthly-growth-g3-get-v1-fetch-a-page-premium-proxies/llms.txt): $1.33 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [ScraperAPI, $1,609.20 yearly, Startup, GET /, Sync API with screenshot](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/1609-20-yearly-startup-get-sync-api-with-screenshot/llms.txt): $1.341 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [fastCRW, $47 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/47-pack/llms.txt): $1.343 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Social Fetch, $2,430 yearly, Scale, GET /v1/web/html](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/social-fetch/2430-yearly-scale-get-v1-web-html/llms.txt): $1.35 per 1,000, 0% 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 2026-10-28.

- https://www.crawlforge.dev
- https://www.crawlforge.dev/acceptable-use
- https://www.crawlforge.dev/docs/api-reference
- https://www.crawlforge.dev/docs/api-reference/tools/extract-content
- https://www.crawlforge.dev/pricing
- https://www.crawlforge.dev/terms