# LinkPreview, free: Web scraping API

> Extract website preview data from any URL with a fast, reliable JSON API.

LinkPreview's web scraping API on its Free Plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. LinkPreview's docs list none of the 7 fields on our checklist: Screenshot, Markdown, HTML, Text and 3 more.
LinkPreview limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
We haven't run LinkPreview through [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 2,491 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 per 1,000 pages or less. [See how many web scraping API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
[GuGuData's CNY 83 (about $12) 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 (about $12) 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 (about $12) 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/linkpreview/free
- [Web scraping API: 110+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.linkpreview.net?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.linkpreview.net/`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.linkpreview.net?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.linkpreview.net?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: LinkPreview (https://www.linkpreview.net?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## 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: Extract website preview data from any URL with a fast, reliable JSON API.

## Data

- Freshness: 24 hours
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use our Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You are responsible for ensuring that your use of our Services complies with all applicable laws and regulations. You agree not to misuse our Services, for example, by interfering with them or accessing them using a method other than the interface and the instructions that we provide. [...] Any use or reliance on any Content or materials obtained by you through the Services is at your own risk. [...] We have the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate or suspend your access to our Services at any time, without notice or liability, for any reason, including if we believe that you have violated these Terms. Pricing page: Free Plan "Personal Use Only", Basic Plan "Personal Use Only", Pro Plan "Commercial Use", Enterprise Plan "Commercial Use".

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.017
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: fields, block_content
- Method: GET
- Path: /

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Plan
- Who can get it: personal use only

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

page title, page description, page image, page URL

## LinkPreview's plans (4)

- [LinkPreview, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, 24 hours
- [LinkPreview, $8 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/8-monthly/llms.txt): 0% complete, 24 hours
- [LinkPreview, $25 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/25-monthly/llms.txt): 0% complete, 24 hours
- [LinkPreview, $119 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/119-monthly/llms.txt): 0% complete, 24 hours

## LinkPreview's calls (1)

- `GET /`: [LinkPreview, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/free/llms.txt)

## LinkPreview's APIs (1)

- [LinkPreview: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/free/llms.txt)

## LinkPreview: 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
- [EnConvert, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/enconvert/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 71% complete, 1 hour

## 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://docs.linkpreview.net?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.linkpreview.net?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.linkpreview.net/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing