# Hydrafetch, free, POST /v1/web/scrape: Web scraping API

> One URL in, clean data out, in the formats you ask for.

Hydrafetch's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. Hydrafetch's docs list 4 of the 7 key fields we check. 3 are in the plan's price: Markdown, HTML, Links. 1 costs extra: Summary.
We haven't run Hydrafetch through [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) yet.
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/hydrafetch/free-post-v1-web-scrape
- [Web scraping API: 100+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://hydrafetch.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.hydrafetch.com/v1/web/scrape`
- API key: with the plan, on https://hydrafetch.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.hydrafetch.com/endpoints/scrape?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: Hydrafetch (https://hydrafetch.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 57%
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓
- Summary: ✓ costs more
- Links: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Repeat free: never
- Extra fields: page summary: +$0.00 · page JSON: +$0.00 · brand record: +$0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Map · Crawl · Batch · Search · News · Extract · Brand · Styleguide · Logo as JSON · Screenshot · Images · Jobs search · Hiring changes

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: One URL in, clean data out, in the formats you ask for.

## Data

- Freshness: 2 days
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree to use the service lawfully and responsibly. In particular, you must not: direct the service at content you do not have the right to access or collect, or use it to circumvent access controls such as authentication or paywalls, collect personal data without a lawful basis, or use outputs in ways that violate privacy, data-protection, or other applicable laws, infringe third-party intellectual-property rights in your use of fetched content, use the service to harass, defraud, or harm others, or to distribute malware or unlawful content, resell raw access to the service without our written agreement, or attempt to probe, disrupt, or overload our systems.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 credits
- Enough for: 500 calls, once
- Expires: 30 days

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call or by polling

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: formats, jsonOptions.schema, jsonOptions.prompt, preferStructure, includeLinks, onlyMainContent, includeTags, excludeTags, removeBase64Images, blockAds, waitFor, timeout, location.country, location.languages, headers, maxAge, method, body, cacheOnly, storeInCache, async
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/web/scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with a work email

## The 28 fields the plan's answer can hold

URL, final URL, redirected, HTTP status, cached, warning, title, page type, word count, description, language, author, site name, published time, modified time, image, structure, extraction confidence, complete, blocked, credits used, credits remaining, freshness, page markdown, page HTML, raw HTML, page links, structured data

## Hydrafetch's plans (7)

- [Hydrafetch, free, POST /v1/web/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hydrafetch/free-post-v1-web-scrape/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, 2 days
- [Hydrafetch, $19 monthly, Build, POST /v1/web/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hydrafetch/19-monthly-build-post-v1-web-scrape/llms.txt): $1.267 per 1,000, 57% complete, 2 days
- [Hydrafetch, $49 monthly, Pilot, POST /v1/web/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hydrafetch/49-monthly-pilot-post-v1-web-scrape/llms.txt): $0.817 per 1,000, 57% complete, 2 days
- [Hydrafetch, $99 monthly, Ship, POST /v1/web/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hydrafetch/99-monthly-ship-post-v1-web-scrape/llms.txt): $0.495 per 1,000, 57% complete, 2 days
- [Hydrafetch, $219 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/web/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hydrafetch/219-monthly-scale-post-v1-web-scrape/llms.txt): $0.438 per 1,000, 57% complete, 2 days
- [Hydrafetch, $399 monthly, Fleet, POST /v1/web/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hydrafetch/399-monthly-fleet-post-v1-web-scrape/llms.txt): $0.399 per 1,000, 57% complete, 2 days
- [Hydrafetch, contact us, Enterprise, POST /v1/web/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hydrafetch/contact-us-enterprise-post-v1-web-scrape/llms.txt): 57% complete, 2 days

## Hydrafetch's calls for this API (3)

- `POST /v1/web/batch`: [Hydrafetch, free, POST /v1/web/batch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hydrafetch/free-post-v1-web-batch/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/web/extract`: [Hydrafetch, free, POST /v1/web/extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hydrafetch/free-post-v1-web-extract/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/web/scrape`: [Hydrafetch, free, POST /v1/web/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hydrafetch/free-post-v1-web-scrape/llms.txt)

## Hydrafetch's APIs (5)

- [Hydrafetch: job postings API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/hydrafetch/free/llms.txt)
- [Hydrafetch: news API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/hydrafetch/free/llms.txt)
- [Hydrafetch: web search API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/hydrafetch/free/llms.txt)
- [Hydrafetch: web scraping API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v1/web/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hydrafetch/free-post-v1-web-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Hydrafetch: company enrichment API pricing, 7 plans, GET /v1/web/brand](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/hydrafetch/free-get-v1-web-brand/llms.txt)
- [Hydrafetch: company enrichment API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v1/web/brand](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/hydrafetch/free-post-v1-web-brand/llms.txt)

## Hydrafetch: web scraping API alternatives

- [Olostep, $399 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/olostep/399-monthly/llms.txt): $0.399 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Atlas, $399 pack, 1M Boost, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/399-pack-1m-boost-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.399 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [Searlo, $799 pack, Enterprise, POST /scrape, Scrape, live fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/searlo/799-pack-enterprise-post-scrape-scrape-live-fetch/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [ZenRows, $999 monthly, Scale S3, GET /v1/, Fetch a page, JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/999-monthly-scale-s3-get-v1-fetch-a-page-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $0.40 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 2026-11-06.

- https://docs.hydrafetch.com/concepts/caching?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.hydrafetch.com/concepts/credits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.hydrafetch.com/concepts/formats?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.hydrafetch.com/endpoints/scrape?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://hydrafetch.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://hydrafetch.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://hydrafetch.com/pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://hydrafetch.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing