# Decodo, free, POST /v1/scrape, 5,000 requests a month: Web scraping API

> Turn any URL into clean HTML, JSON, CSV, or Markdown with a single request.

Decodo's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 2 of the 7 key fields we check: Markdown, HTML.
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/decodo/free-post-v1-scrape-5000-requests-a-month
- [Best web scraping API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://decodo.com/web-data-api/pricing
- Request: `POST https://data.decodo.com/v1/scrape`, Scrape, premium proxy
- API key: with the plan, on https://decodo.com/web-data-api/pricing
- Its API docs: https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-data-api-scrape-real-time-requests
- Sold by: Decodo (https://decodo.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 29%
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 100 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Turn any URL into clean HTML, JSON, CSV, or Markdown with a single request.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable limited license to access and use the System for personal, research and your own legitimate commercial purposes [...] certain content may not be recorded, reproduced, used, distributed or displayed without the written permission of the right holders and affected parties [...] you agree not to use the System to infringe any applicable laws or third party rights, including privacy and intellectual property rights and not to engage in any Prohibited Activities

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5,000 requests a month
- Enough for: 5,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url, proxy_pool "premium". Optional: geo, device_type, headers, cookies, force_headers, force_cookies, session_id, http_method, payload, successful_status_codes, markdown
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

raw response body, page markdown, response headers, cookies, status code, task ID, created at, updated at

## Decodo's plans (33)

- [Decodo, free, POST /v1/scrape, 5,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/free-post-v1-scrape-5000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, free, POST /v1/scrape, 3,333 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/free-post-v1-scrape-3333-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, free, POST /v1/scrape, 10,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/free-post-v1-scrape-10000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, free, POST /v1/scrape, 6,666 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/free-post-v1-scrape-6666-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $19 monthly, $19, POST /v1/scrape, 19,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/19-monthly-19-post-v1-scrape-19000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, $19 monthly, $19, POST /v1/scrape, 12,666 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/19-monthly-19-post-v1-scrape-12666-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $19 monthly, $19, POST /v1/scrape, 38,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/19-monthly-19-post-v1-scrape-38000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, $19 monthly, $19, POST /v1/scrape, 25,333 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/19-monthly-19-post-v1-scrape-25333-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $49 monthly, $49, POST /v1/scrape, 65,333 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/49-monthly-49-post-v1-scrape-65333-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, $49 monthly, $49, POST /v1/scrape, 39,200 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/49-monthly-49-post-v1-scrape-39200-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $1.25 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $49 monthly, $49, POST /v1/scrape, 122,500 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/49-monthly-49-post-v1-scrape-122500-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, $49 monthly, $49, POST /v1/scrape, 75,384 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/49-monthly-49-post-v1-scrape-75384-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.65 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $99 monthly, $99, POST /v1/scrape, 141,428 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/99-monthly-99-post-v1-scrape-141428-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.70 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, $99 monthly, $99, POST /v1/scrape, 90,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/99-monthly-99-post-v1-scrape-90000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $1.10 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $99 monthly, $99, POST /v1/scrape, 330,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/99-monthly-99-post-v1-scrape-330000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.30 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, $99 monthly, $99, POST /v1/scrape, 165,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/99-monthly-99-post-v1-scrape-165000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.60 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $249 monthly, $249, POST /v1/scrape, 383,076 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/249-monthly-249-post-v1-scrape-383076-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.65 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, $249 monthly, $249, POST /v1/scrape, 249,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/249-monthly-249-post-v1-scrape-249000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $249 monthly, $249, POST /v1/scrape, 1,245,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/249-monthly-249-post-v1-scrape-1245000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, $249 monthly, $249, POST /v1/scrape, 452,727 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/249-monthly-249-post-v1-scrape-452727-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.55 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $499 monthly, $499, POST /v1/scrape, 831,666 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/499-monthly-499-post-v1-scrape-831666-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.60 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, $499 monthly, $499, POST /v1/scrape, 525,263 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/499-monthly-499-post-v1-scrape-525263-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.95 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $499 monthly, $499, POST /v1/scrape, 2,772,222 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/499-monthly-499-post-v1-scrape-2772222-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.18 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, $499 monthly, $499, POST /v1/scrape, 998,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/499-monthly-499-post-v1-scrape-998000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $999 monthly, $999, POST /v1/scrape, 1,816,363 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/999-monthly-999-post-v1-scrape-1816363-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.55 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, $999 monthly, $999, POST /v1/scrape, 1,110,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/999-monthly-999-post-v1-scrape-1110000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.90 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $999 monthly, $999, POST /v1/scrape, 6,243,750 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/999-monthly-999-post-v1-scrape-6243750-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.16 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, $999 monthly, $999, POST /v1/scrape, 2,220,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/999-monthly-999-post-v1-scrape-2220000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.45 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $1,499 monthly, $1,499, POST /v1/scrape, 2,998,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/1499-monthly-1499-post-v1-scrape-2998000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, $1,499 monthly, $1,499, POST /v1/scrape, 1,763,529 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/1499-monthly-1499-post-v1-scrape-1763529-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.85 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $1,499 monthly, $1,499, POST /v1/scrape, 9,993,333 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/1499-monthly-1499-post-v1-scrape-9993333-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.15 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Decodo, $1,499 monthly, $1,499, POST /v1/scrape, 3,747,500 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/1499-monthly-1499-post-v1-scrape-3747500-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, contact us, Contact sales, POST /v1/scrape, Scrape, premium proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/contact-us-contact-sales-post-v1-scrape-scrape-premium-proxy/llms.txt): 29% complete, live

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

- `POST /v1/scrape`, Scrape, premium proxy: [Decodo, free, POST /v1/scrape, 5,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/free-post-v1-scrape-5000-requests-a-month/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/scrape`, Scrape, premium proxy + JS: [Decodo, free, POST /v1/scrape, 3,333 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/free-post-v1-scrape-3333-requests-a-month/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/scrape`, Scrape, standard proxy: [Decodo, free, POST /v1/scrape, 10,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/free-post-v1-scrape-10000-requests-a-month/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/scrape`, Scrape, standard proxy + JS: [Decodo, free, POST /v1/scrape, 6,666 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/free-post-v1-scrape-6666-requests-a-month/llms.txt)

## Decodo's APIs (2)

- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Bing Search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-scrape-5000-requests-a-month/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Bing URL](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-scrape-bing-url/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Google Ads](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-scrape-google-ads/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/task](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-task/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Google Lens](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-scrape-google-lens/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Google Search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-scrape-google-search/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Google URL](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-scrape-google-url/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/free-free-post-v1-search/llms.txt)
- [Decodo: web scraping API pricing, 33 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/free-post-v1-scrape-5000-requests-a-month/llms.txt)

## Decodo: web scraping API alternatives

- [Olostep, $1,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/olostep/1000-pack/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [ZenRows, top-up from $5, Pay-as-you-go (agent storefront), GET /v1/, Fetch a page](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-agent-storefront-get-v1-fetch-a-page/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Zenscrape, $99.99 monthly, Medium, GET /api/v1/get, Web Scraping API, JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenscrape/99-99-monthly-medium-get-api-v1-get-web-scraping-api-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [OpenWeb Ninja, $25 monthly, Pro, POST /request, Web Unblocker](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/openweb-ninja/25-monthly-pro-post-request-web-unblocker/llms.txt): $0.50 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 2026-10-29.

- https://decodo.com/legal/license-agreement
- https://decodo.com/scraping/web/pricing
- https://decodo.com/web-data-api/pricing
- https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-data-api-billing
- https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-data-api-fetch-and-xhr
- https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-data-api-introduction
- https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-data-api-markdown-response
- https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-data-api-requesting-multiple-response-formats
- https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-data-api-scrape-introduction
- https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-data-api-scrape-javascript-rendering
- https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-data-api-scrape-parameters
- https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-data-api-scrape-real-time-requests
- https://help.decodo.com/docs/web-data-api-screenshot-response