# fastCRW, free: Web scraping API

> Turn any known URL into clean markdown, HTML, links, or structured JSON in one request.

fastCRW's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 6 of the 7 key fields we check: Screenshot, Markdown, 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/fastcrw/free
- [Best web scraping API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://fastcrw.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.fastcrw.com/v1/scrape`
- API key: with the plan, on https://fastcrw.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.fastcrw.com/scraping
- Sold by: fastCRW (https://fastcrw.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-28

## In the answer

- Completeness: 86%
- Screenshot: ✓
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓
- Text: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Images: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Crawl · Map · Extract · Search

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Turn any known URL into clean markdown, HTML, links, or structured JSON in one request.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "You retain ownership of any data you extract using the Service, subject to the intellectual property rights of the original content owners. You are solely responsible for ensuring your use of extracted data complies with applicable laws and the rights of third parties.", "You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. You shall not use the Service to:" "Crawl or scrape websites in violation of their terms of service or robots.txt directives", "Collect personal data without proper legal basis or consent", "Engage in any activity that constitutes harassment, abuse, or harm to others", "Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any system, network, or data", "Distribute malware, spam, or any harmful content", "Interfere with or disrupt the Service or its infrastructure", "Resell, redistribute, or sublicense access to the Service without authorization", "Use the Service for competitive intelligence gathering against fastCRW", "Harvest child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or any other content whose collection, possession, or distribution is illegal under applicable law", "Target login-walled or authenticated-only content that the caller is not authorized to access"

## Plan

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

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 3

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: formats, onlyMainContent, renderJs, waitFor, includeTags, excludeTags, headers, cssSelector, xpath, chunkStrategy, query, filterMode, topK, proxy, proxyList, proxyRotation, country, stealth, renderer, deadlineMs, changeTracking, parsers, screenshotFullPage, maxAge, storeInCache
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with a fastCRW account

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

page markdown, page HTML, raw HTML, page links, page title, description, source URL, status code, warning, render decision, credits used, page text, page images, content type, change tracking, screenshot, content chunks

## fastCRW's plans (14)

- [fastCRW, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [fastCRW, $9 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/9-pack/llms.txt): $9.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [fastCRW, $47 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/47-pack/llms.txt): $1.343 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [fastCRW, $177 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/177-pack/llms.txt): $1.011 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [fastCRW, $299 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/299-pack/llms.txt): $0.598 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [fastCRW, $13 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/13-monthly/llms.txt): $2.60 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [fastCRW, $69 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/69-monthly/llms.txt): $0.69 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [fastCRW, $279 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/279-monthly/llms.txt): $0.558 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [fastCRW, $549 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/549-monthly/llms.txt): $0.549 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [fastCRW, $132 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/132-yearly/llms.txt): $2.20 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [fastCRW, $708 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/708-yearly/llms.txt): $0.59 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [fastCRW, $2,844 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/2844-yearly/llms.txt): $0.474 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [fastCRW, $5,604 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/5604-yearly/llms.txt): $0.467 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [fastCRW, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/contact-us/llms.txt): 86% complete, live

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

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

## fastCRW's APIs (2)

- [fastCRW: web scraping API pricing, 14 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fastcrw/free/llms.txt)
- [fastCRW: web search API pricing, 14 plans, POST /v1/search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/fastcrw/free-free-post-v1-search-search/llms.txt)
- [fastCRW: web search API pricing, 14 plans, POST /v1/search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/fastcrw/free-free-post-v1-search-search-full/llms.txt)

## fastCRW: web scraping API alternatives

- [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
- [Irmu, $90 monthly, Standard, GET /crawl, Standard fetch + JavaScript](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/irmu/90-monthly-standard-get-crawl-standard-fetch-javascript/llms.txt): $0.45 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ZenRows, $749 monthly, Scale S2, GET /v1/, Fetch a page, JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/749-monthly-scale-s2-get-v1-fetch-a-page-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $0.468 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [ScrapingBee, $5,799 monthly, Enterprise 120, GET /api/v1/, HTML API, premium proxy without JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapingbee/5799-monthly-enterprise-120-get-api-v1-html-api-premium-proxy-without-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $0.483 per 1,000, 43% 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://docs.fastcrw.com/credit-costs
- https://docs.fastcrw.com/openapi.json
- https://docs.fastcrw.com/rate-limits
- https://docs.fastcrw.com/scraping
- https://fastcrw.com
- https://fastcrw.com/pricing
- https://fastcrw.com/pricing.md
- https://fastcrw.com/terms