# CrustAPI, free: Web scraping API

> Any URL as clean text, metadata, and JSON-LD, ready to feed an AI (RAG)

CrustAPI's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. CrustAPI's docs list 2 of the 7 key fields we check: Markdown, Text.
We haven't run CrustAPI 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/crustapi/free
- [Web scraping API: 100+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://crustapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://crustapi.com/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://crustapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://crustapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: CrustAPI (https://crustapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 29%
- Markdown: ✓
- Text: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: People refresh · Profile · Company · Jobs · Posts · People search · Maps · Places · News · Shopping · Images · Reviews · Scholar · Patents · Autocomplete · Lens · Process a list of LinkedIn URLs

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Any URL as clean text, metadata, and JSON-LD, ready to feed an AI (RAG)

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "The Service is for business and professional use only. It is a business-to-business product. It is not a consumer or end-user service, and you may not use it for personal, household, or consumer purposes." "We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to use the Service for your own business purposes" [...] "Do not resell or redistribute the raw data as a competing dataset or API without adding meaningful value." "Do not use CrustAPI for anything illegal, and comply with all laws that apply to you and to your use of the data."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $6 a month
- Enough for: 6,000 calls a month
- Expires: month

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: no limit
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: type "webpage", url. Optional: includeMarkdown, fresh
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: businesses and professionals, 18 or older (its terms: business and professional use only)

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

page text, page markdown, page metadata, JSON-LD

## CrustAPI's plans (10)

- [CrustAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crustapi/5-pack/llms.txt): 29% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $149](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-149/llms.txt): $0.76 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $549](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-549/llms.txt): $0.56 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $1,999](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-1999/llms.txt): $0.41 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $6,500](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-6500/llms.txt): $0.33 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $27,500](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-27500/llms.txt): $0.28 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $50,000](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-50000/llms.txt): $0.26 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $100,000](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-100000/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 29% complete, live

## CrustAPI's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /v1/search`: [CrustAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)

## CrustAPI's APIs (15)

- [CrustAPI: web scraping API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: image search API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: search autocomplete API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: Local business reviews API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: news API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: Google Shopping search API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-shopping-search-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 10 plans, GET /v1/linkedin](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-linkedin/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/linkedin/batch](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/crustapi/free-post-v1-linkedin-batch/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, GET /v1/search, Lens](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-search-lens/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, GET /v1/search, Patents](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-search-patents/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, GET /v1/search, Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-search-scholar/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: Local business search API pricing, 10 plans, GET /v1/search, Maps](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-search-maps/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: Local business search API pricing, 10 plans, GET /v1/search, Places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-search-places/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 10 plans, GET linkedin, People refresh](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-linkedin-people-refresh/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 10 plans, POST linkedin/batch, Process a list of LinkedIn URLs, profile](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/crustapi/free-post-v1-linkedin-batch-process-a-list-of-linkedin-urls-profile/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 10 plans, POST linkedin/batch, Process a list of LinkedIn URLs, refresh](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/crustapi/free-post-v1-linkedin-batch-process-a-list-of-linkedin-urls-refresh/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 10 plans, GET linkedin, Profile](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-linkedin-profile/llms.txt)

## CrustAPI: web scraping API alternatives

- [WebScraping.AI, top-up from $20, Pay as you go, GET /text, Get Page Text, datacenter proxy, no 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-no-js-rendering/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [APIFreaks, $500 monthly, Monthly 10,000,000 credits, POST /scraping, Web Scraper API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/500-monthly-monthly-10000000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [AlterLab, top-up from $10, Deposit $10, POST /api/v1/scrape, Scrape a web page](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/alterlab/top-up-from-10-deposit-10-post-api-v1-scrape-scrape-a-web-page/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Geonode, $100 pack, Try Unlimited, $100 for 48 hours, POST /v1/extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/geonode/100-pack-try-unlimited-100-for-48-hours-post-v1-extract/llms.txt): $0.20 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 2026-11-06.

- https://crustapi.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://crustapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://crustapi.com/linkedin-profile-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://crustapi.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://crustapi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://crustapi.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing