# DataBlue, free: Web scraping API

> Turn any URL into clean markdown or schema-validated JSON in one request.

DataBlue's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 5 of the 7 key fields we check: Screenshot, Markdown, HTML, Links, Images.
We rank 935 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 [Spider Cloud](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/top-up-from-1-pay-as-you-go-post-scrape-scrape/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/free
- [Best web scraping API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.datablue.dev/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.datablue.dev/v1/scrape`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.datablue.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.datablue.dev/scrape
- Sold by: DataBlue (https://www.datablue.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## 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: 43 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Turn any URL into clean markdown or schema-validated JSON in one request.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to use the Services to: Violate any law, regulation, or third-party right, including intellectual property, privacy, and data-protection laws, Collect, store, or process personal data in a manner that violates applicable law or the rights of data subjects, Send spam, malware, or unsolicited communications, or facilitate fraud, phishing, or deceptive practices, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services, other accounts, or our systems, or probe, scan, or test their vulnerability without authorization, Resell, sublicense, or expose the raw Services as a competing API without our written permission, Exceed rate limits, circumvent usage metering, or place an unreasonable load on the infrastructure, or Use the Services to build profiles for unlawful surveillance, discrimination, or harassment. You are solely responsible for ensuring that your specific use of the data you obtain through the Services complies with the laws, regulations, and terms that apply to you and to the sources you target.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits
- Enough for: 250 calls

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 3.48 s

## The call

- You send: url, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: formats, format_options, only_main_content, mobile, mobile_device, timeout, wait_for, css_selector, xpath, selectors, include_tags, exclude_tags, headers, cookies, actions, extract, webhook_url, webhook_secret, capture_network
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 16 years old and legally able to enter into the Terms of Service

## The 28 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, Markdown, HTML, raw HTML, page links, images, headings, tables, product data, citations, fit markdown, structured data, screenshot, selector data, extracted data, network data, result status, content quality, page title, description, language, source URL, HTTP status, word count, reading time, content length, time taken, job ID

## DataBlue's plans (12)

- [DataBlue, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/29-monthly/llms.txt): $2.90 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $59 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/59-monthly/llms.txt): $1.311 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $149 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/149-monthly/llms.txt): $1.157 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/299-monthly/llms.txt): $1.04 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $699 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/699-monthly/llms.txt): $0.964 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $319 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/319-yearly/llms.txt): $2.658 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $649 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/649-yearly/llms.txt): $1.202 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $1,639 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/1639-yearly/llms.txt): $1.061 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $3,289 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/3289-yearly/llms.txt): $0.953 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $7,689 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/7689-yearly/llms.txt): $0.884 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [DataBlue, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/contact-us/llms.txt): 71% complete, live

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

- `POST /v1/scrape`: [DataBlue, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)

## DataBlue's APIs (5)

- [DataBlue: web scraping API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: web search API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: YouTube channel API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: YouTube channel video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: SERP API pricing, 12 plans, GET /v1/data/google/serp, Google SERP Advanced](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/datablue/free-get-v1-data-google-serp-google-serp-advanced/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: SERP API pricing, 12 plans, GET /v1/data/google/serp, Google SERP Lite](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/datablue/free-get-v1-data-google-serp-google-serp-lite/llms.txt)

## DataBlue: web scraping API alternatives

- [Browserless, $35 monthly, Prototyping, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/35-monthly-prototyping-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api/llms.txt): $0.875 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Irmu, $350 pack, Bulk Pack, GET /crawl, Standard fetch + JavaScript](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/irmu/350-pack-bulk-pack-get-crawl-standard-fetch-javascript/llms.txt): $0.875 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $9,000 monthly, Global Pro, GET /scrape, Web Scraping API, premium proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapingdog/9000-monthly-global-pro-get-scrape-web-scraping-api-premium-proxy/llms.txt): $0.882 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ScraperAPI, $3,229.20 yearly, Business, GET /, Sync API with screenshot](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/3229-20-yearly-business-get-sync-api-with-screenshot/llms.txt): $0.897 per 1,000, 57% 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://docs.datablue.dev/plans-credits
- https://docs.datablue.dev/rate-limits
- https://docs.datablue.dev/scrape
- https://www.datablue.dev
- https://www.datablue.dev/legal/terms-of-service
- https://www.datablue.dev/pricing
- https://www.datablue.dev/scrape-api