# fetcher.cloud, free daily tier, GET /extract: Web scraping API

> Clean content extraction — returns a page's main article as Markdown + text with metadata, headings, links, and reading time. Boilerplate stripped. Built for RAG / agent ingestion.

fetcher.cloud's web scraping API on its Free daily tier plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. fetcher.cloud's docs list 2 of the 7 key fields we check: Markdown, Links.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from fetcher.cloud scores 39.8 out of 100. fetcher.cloud ranks 104th of 106 providers.
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/fetcher-cloud/free-daily-tier-get-extract
- [Web scraping API: 100+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://fetcher.cloud?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.fetcher.cloud/extract`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://api.fetcher.cloud/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: fetcher.cloud (https://fetcher.cloud?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 29%
- Markdown: ✓
- Links: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Clean content extraction — returns a page's main article as Markdown + text with metadata, headings, links, and reading time. Boilerplate stripped. Built for RAG / agent ingestion.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 30 requests a day
- Enough for: 30 calls a day

## Rate limit

- Per day: 30
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.40 s

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: mode
- Method: GET
- Path: /extract

## About the plan

- Plan: Free daily tier
- Who can get it: anyone, the free daily tier is gated per caller

## The 7 fields the plan's answer can hold

title, author, Markdown, text, headings, links, reading time

## fetcher.cloud's plans (2)

- [fetcher.cloud, free daily tier, GET /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fetcher-cloud/free-daily-tier-get-extract/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete
- [fetcher.cloud, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), GET /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fetcher-cloud/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-get-extract/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 29% complete

## fetcher.cloud's calls (2)

- `GET /extract`: [fetcher.cloud, free daily tier, GET /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fetcher-cloud/free-daily-tier-get-extract/llms.txt)
- `GET /render`: [fetcher.cloud, free daily tier, GET /render](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fetcher-cloud/free-daily-tier-get-render/llms.txt)

## fetcher.cloud's APIs (1)

- [fetcher.cloud: web scraping API pricing, 2 plans, GET /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fetcher-cloud/free-daily-tier-get-extract/llms.txt)

## fetcher.cloud: web scraping API alternatives

- [WebScraping.AI, top-up from $20, Pay as you go, GET /text, Get Page Text, residential proxy, JS rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webscraping-ai/top-up-from-20-pay-as-you-go-get-text-get-page-text-residential-proxy-js-rendering/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [APIFreaks, $10 monthly, Monthly 80,000 credits, POST /scraping, Web Scraper API, JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/10-monthly-monthly-80000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Linkup, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /v1/fetch, Fetch, pro](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkup/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-fetch-fetch-pro/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Firecrawl, top-up from $5, Pay-as-you-go on Hobby](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/firecrawl/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-on-hobby/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, 2 days
- [Crawlbyte, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlbyte/top-up/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 14% complete

## 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://api.fetcher.cloud/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.fetcher.cloud/pricing.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://fetcher.cloud?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://fetcher.cloud/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing