# hihat, free: Web scraping API

> Read any public web page as clean, LLM-ready Markdown. URL to markdown web scraper: fetches the page, strips navigation, ads, scripts, cookie banners and boilerplate, keeps the main content with headings, lists, links and tables.

hihat's Free plan for the web scraping API costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. We check each provider's docs for 7 fields. hihat's docs list 1: Markdown.
hihat limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from hihat scores 38.2 out of 100. hihat ranks 159th of 173 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 2,948 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 or less per 1,000 pages. [See the best free web scraping API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
[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/hihat/free
- [Web scraping API: best scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://paid-md.hihat.workers.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://paid-md.hihat.workers.dev/md`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://paid-md.hihat.workers.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#/paths/~1md
- Sold by: hihat (https://nordata.hihat.workers.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- Markdown: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Read any public web page as clean, LLM-ready Markdown. URL to markdown web scraper: fetches the page, strips navigation, ads, scripts, cookie banners and boilerplate, keeps the main content with headings, lists, links and tables.

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.00083
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.58 s

## The call

- You send: url
- Method: GET
- Path: /md

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone, with no account or API key: 3 free calls an hour per IP address

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

URL, title, Markdown, input tokens, output tokens, percent saved

## hihat's plans (2)

- [hihat, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hihat/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [hihat, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /md](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hihat/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-md/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live

## hihat's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /md`: [hihat, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hihat/free/llms.txt)
- `POST /extract`: [hihat, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, POST /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hihat/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-extract/llms.txt)

## hihat's APIs (3)

- [hihat: web scraping API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hihat/free/llms.txt)
- [hihat: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, GET /regnskap](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/hihat/free-get-regnskap/llms.txt)
- [hihat: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, GET /mva](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/hihat/free-get-mva/llms.txt)
- [hihat: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, GET /roller](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/hihat/free-get-roller/llms.txt)
- [hihat: business verification API pricing, 2 plans, GET /firma](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/hihat/free-get-firma/llms.txt)
- [hihat: business verification API pricing, 2 plans, GET /lei](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/hihat/free-get-lei/llms.txt)

## hihat: 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
- [Genexxis, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/genexxis/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 14% 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://nordata.hihat.workers.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://nordata.hihat.workers.dev/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://nordata.hihat.workers.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://paid-md.hihat.workers.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://paid-md.hihat.workers.dev/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://paid-md.hihat.workers.dev/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://paid-md.hihat.workers.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing