# JsonLink, free, POST /api/markdown: Web scraping API

> Web data API for developers and AI agents

JsonLink's Free plan for the web scraping API costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. JsonLink's docs list 1 of the 7 fields on our checklist: Markdown.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from JsonLink scores 74.0 out of 100. JsonLink ranks 29th of 143 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 2,645 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.999 per 1,000 pages or less. [See how many web scraping API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
[LinkPreview's $8 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/8-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages. LinkPreview's web scraping API costs nothing beyond the plan price.
[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), [Scrappey](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v1-direct-request/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/jsonlink/free-post-api-markdown
- [Web scraping API: 140+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://jsonlink.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://jsonlink.io/api/markdown`
- API key: with the plan, on https://jsonlink.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://jsonlink.io/docs/markdown?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: JsonLink (https://jsonlink.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- Markdown: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Extract metadata · Screenshot · Links · Images

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Web data API for developers and AI agents

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use the Service only for lawful purposes. You agree not to: use it to access pages that require a login, bypass paywalls or access controls, or collect data you are not allowed to collect, infringe intellectual property, privacy or other rights, or violate the terms of the websites you process where those terms bind you, collect sensitive personal data, or use results for spam, harassment, fraud or surveillance, overload, attack or probe the Service, or try to circumvent rate limits, credit limits or security measures, resell or offer the Service as a competing API without our written permission. You are responsible for how you use the data you obtain through the Service. [...] You keep all rights to the URLs you submit and the results you receive.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits a month
- Enough for: 100 calls a month
- Expires: unused credits do not roll over, the balance resets at the start of every billing period

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.017
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.66 s

## The call

- You send: url, Content-Type header "application/json"
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/markdown

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone aged 16 or over and old enough to enter into a contract where they live, one free account per person or organization

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

page URL, page title, language, word count, page markdown

## JsonLink's plans (7)

- [JsonLink, free, POST /api/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/jsonlink/free-post-api-markdown/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [JsonLink, $15 monthly, Hobbie, POST /api/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/jsonlink/15-monthly-hobbie-post-api-markdown/llms.txt): $0.30 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [JsonLink, $49 monthly, Growth, POST /api/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/jsonlink/49-monthly-growth-post-api-markdown/llms.txt): $0.245 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [JsonLink, $99 monthly, Scale, POST /api/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/jsonlink/99-monthly-scale-post-api-markdown/llms.txt): $0.198 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [JsonLink, $150 yearly, Hobbie (yearly), POST /api/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/jsonlink/150-yearly-hobbie-yearly-post-api-markdown/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [JsonLink, $490 yearly, Growth (yearly), POST /api/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/jsonlink/490-yearly-growth-yearly-post-api-markdown/llms.txt): $0.204 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [JsonLink, $990 yearly, Scale (yearly), POST /api/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/jsonlink/990-yearly-scale-yearly-post-api-markdown/llms.txt): $0.165 per 1,000, 14% complete, live

## JsonLink's calls (2)

- `GET /api/extract`: [JsonLink, free, GET /api/extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/jsonlink/free-get-api-extract/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/markdown`: [JsonLink, free, POST /api/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/jsonlink/free-post-api-markdown/llms.txt)

## JsonLink's APIs (1)

- [JsonLink: web scraping API pricing, 7 plans, POST /api/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/jsonlink/free-post-api-markdown/llms.txt)

## JsonLink: web scraping API alternatives

- [MeshArc, $990 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/mesharc/990-yearly/llms.txt): $0.165 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [ZenRows, $990 yearly, Launch L2, billed yearly, GET /v1/, Fetch a page](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/990-yearly-launch-l2-billed-yearly-get-v1-fetch-a-page/llms.txt): $0.165 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Semust, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/semust/top-up/llms.txt): $0.165 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ScrapingAnt, $249 monthly, Business, GET /v2/extended, Extended JSON: Headless browser, return_page_source, datacenter proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapingant/249-monthly-business-get-v2-extended-extended-json-headless-browser-return-page-source-datacenter-proxy/llms.txt): $0.166 per 1,000, 29% 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 2026-11-07.

- https://jsonlink.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://jsonlink.io/docs/credits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://jsonlink.io/docs/errors?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://jsonlink.io/docs/markdown?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://jsonlink.io/docs/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://jsonlink.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://jsonlink.io/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://jsonlink.io/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing