# Lightpanda, free: Web scraping API

> Lightpanda Cloud provides an HTTP API to easily retrieve results from Lightpanda without the burden of writing and running a CDP script.

Lightpanda's web scraping API on its Explorer plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. Lightpanda's docs list 2 of the 7 key fields we check: Markdown, HTML.
We haven't run Lightpanda 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/lightpanda/free
- [Web scraping API: 100+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://lightpanda.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://euwest.cloud.lightpanda.io/api/fetch`
- API key: with the plan, on https://lightpanda.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://lightpanda.io/docs/reference/http-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: Lightpanda (https://lightpanda.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 29%
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Lightpanda Cloud provides an HTTP API to easily retrieve results from Lightpanda without the burden of writing and running a CDP script.

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10 execution hours a month

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: output_format, wait_ms, wait_event, raw, proxy_name, country
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/fetch

## About the plan

- Plan: Explorer
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 4 fields the plan's answer can hold

page markdown, page HTML, status code, response headers

## Lightpanda's plans (3)

- [Lightpanda, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/lightpanda/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Lightpanda, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/lightpanda/19-monthly/llms.txt): 29% complete, live
- [Lightpanda, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/lightpanda/contact-us/llms.txt): 29% complete, live

## Lightpanda's calls (1)

- `POST /api/fetch`: [Lightpanda, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/lightpanda/free/llms.txt)

## Lightpanda's APIs (1)

- [Lightpanda: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/lightpanda/free/llms.txt)

## Lightpanda: web scraping API alternatives

- [WebScraping.AI, free, GET /text, Get Page Text, datacenter proxy, JS rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webscraping-ai/free-get-text-get-page-text-datacenter-proxy-js-rendering/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Scrappey, free, POST /api/v1, Browser request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/free-post-api-v1-browser-request/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [ScraperAPI, free plan, GET /, Sync API with screenshot](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/free-plan-get-sync-api-with-screenshot/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [APIFreaks, free, One-Off 10,000 credits, POST /scraping, Web Scraper API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/free-one-off-10000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [FetchDelta, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fetchdelta/free/llms.txt): $0.00 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 2026-11-06.

- https://lightpanda.io/docs/cloud-offer/getting-started?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://lightpanda.io/docs/reference/http-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://lightpanda.io/docs/run-on-lightpanda-cloud/limits-and-billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://lightpanda.io/docs/usage/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://lightpanda.io/legal?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://lightpanda.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://lightpanda.io/privacy-policy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing