# FreeQ, pay as you go: Web scraping API

> Fetch a URL and convert its main content to clean, LLM-ready Markdown (strips nav/ads/sidebars).

FreeQ's x402 pay per call plan for the web scraping API costs $2.00 per 1,000 pages. We check each provider's docs for 7 fields: Screenshot, Markdown, HTML, Text and 3 more. FreeQ's docs list none of the 7.
We haven't run FreeQ through [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) yet.
We rank 2,948 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 or less per 1,000 pages. This plan costs less per 1,000 pages than 47% of the 2,948 plans.
[LinkPreview's $25 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/25-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages. LinkPreview's web scraping API costs nothing beyond the plan price. [Spider Cloud's Pay as you go plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/top-up-from-1-pay-as-you-go-post-scrape-scrape/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 pages a month: $1.00.
[Scrappey](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v1-direct-request/llms.txt), [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) and [APIFreaks](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/100-monthly-monthly-1500000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/freeq/pay-as-you-go
- [Web scraping API: best scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://x402.freeq.one/tools?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://x402.freeq.one/tools/markdown`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://x402.freeq.one/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#/paths/~1tools~1markdown
- Sold by: FreeQ (https://freeq.one?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

- $ per 1,000 pages: $2.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: Fetch a URL and convert its main content to clean, LLM-ready Markdown (strips nav/ads/sidebars).

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: options.output_format, options.css_selector, options.max_length, options.include_links, options.include_images
- Method: POST
- Path: /tools/markdown

## About the plan

- Plan: x402 pay per call
- Who can get it: anyone with a wallet paying each call in USDC on Base (x402), no account or API key

## The 2 fields the plan's answer can hold

content, format

## FreeQ's plans (1)

- [FreeQ, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/freeq/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live

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

- `POST /tools/markdown`: [FreeQ, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/freeq/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## FreeQ's APIs (11)

- [FreeQ: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/freeq/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [FreeQ: tech stack API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-technology-apis/freeq/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [FreeQ: domain authority API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/freeq/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [FreeQ: email finder API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/freeq/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [FreeQ: job postings API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/freeq/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [FreeQ: people enrichment API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/person-enrichment-apis/freeq/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [FreeQ: ranked keywords API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/freeq/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [FreeQ: related keywords API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/related-keywords-apis/freeq/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [FreeQ: web scraping API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/freeq/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [FreeQ: keyword research API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/freeq/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [FreeQ: SERP API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/freeq/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## FreeQ: web scraping API alternatives

- [WebScraping.AI, top-up from $20, Pay as you go, GET /text, Get Page Text, residential 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-residential-proxy-no-js-rendering/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [APIFreaks, $500 monthly, Monthly 10,000,000 credits, POST /scraping, Web Scraper API, JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/500-monthly-monthly-10000000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [AlterLab, top-up from $10, Deposit $10, POST /api/v1/scrape, Scrape a web page, Protected](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/alterlab/top-up-from-10-deposit-10-post-api-v1-scrape-scrape-a-web-page-protected/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [FetchFox, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /api/visit](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fetchfox/top-up/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 71% 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 2026-11-09.

- https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402/discovery/resources?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://x402.freeq.one/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://x402.freeq.one/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://x402.freeq.one/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://x402.freeq.one/tools?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing