# LLMLayer, free credits, POST /api/v2/scrape, Scraper API, advanced proxy: Web scraping API

> Bot detection handled for you, pages render as a real browser sees them.

LLMLayer's web scraping API on its Free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 3 of the 7 key fields we check. 1 is in the plan's price: Markdown. 2 cost extra: Screenshot, HTML.
We rank 1,653 plans by price. [PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/phantomjscloud/10-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages: as little as $0.022. PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan covers up to 15,000 pages a day.
[Spider Cloud's $40 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/40-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of pages. Spider Cloud's $40 monthly plan costs more up front than PhantomJsCloud's $10 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 our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/llmlayer/free-credits-post-api-v2-scrape-scraper-api-advanced-proxy
- [Best web scraping API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://llmlayer.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.llmlayer.dev/api/v2/scrape`, Scraper API, advanced proxy
- API key: with the plan, on https://llmlayer.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.llmlayer.ai/scrape?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#pricing
- Sold by: LLMLayer (https://llmlayer.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-01

## In the answer

- Completeness: 43%
- Screenshot: ✓ costs more
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓ costs more

## Price

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

## Charges

- Extra fields: page HTML: +$0.00 · screenshot: +$0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Web Search API · Answer API · Extract API · Crawl API · Map API · YouTube Transcript API · PDF Content API

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Bot detection handled for you, pages render as a real browser sees them.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "You agree NOT to use the Services to: [...] Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights, Engage in illegal activities or promote illegal content, Scrape websites that explicitly prohibit automated access in their terms or robots.txt, Circumvent rate limits or abuse the API infrastructure, Share, resell, or redistribute API access without written authorization, Reverse engineer, decompile, or extract source code from the Services [...] Promote violence, discrimination, or hatred, Harass, stalk, threaten, or harm others, Create or distribute malware, viruses, or malicious code, Collect personal information without proper consent, Impersonate others or misrepresent your identity [...] Make decisions about credit, employment, insurance, or benefits eligibility, Conduct background checks subject to FCRA, Support mass surveillance without proper authorization, Use for law enforcement without proper legal authority [...] Violate GDPR, CCPA, or other data protection regulations, Process personal data without proper legal basis, Scrape content in violation of website terms of service [...] Infringe on IP rights, Bypass paywalls or access control systems, Send excessive requests that degrade service performance, Attempt unauthorized access to systems or data, Security testing without permission, Use the Services to build competing products", "You receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Services."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: 200 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.33
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url, formats "markdown", advanced_proxy true. Optional: include_images, include_links, main_content_only
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v2/scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credits
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old, with the authority to enter the Agreement and not prohibited by law from using the Services

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

page markdown, final URL, page title, status code, page metadata, cost in dollars

## LLMLayer's plans (3)

- [LLMLayer, free credits, POST /api/v2/scrape, Scraper API, advanced proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/llmlayer/free-credits-post-api-v2-scrape-scraper-api-advanced-proxy/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [LLMLayer, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /api/v2/scrape, Scraper API, advanced proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/llmlayer/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v2-scrape-scraper-api-advanced-proxy/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [LLMLayer, contact us, Enterprise, POST /api/v2/scrape, Scraper API, advanced proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/llmlayer/contact-us-enterprise-post-api-v2-scrape-scraper-api-advanced-proxy/llms.txt): 14% complete, live

## LLMLayer's calls for this API (4)

- `POST /api/v2/scrape`, Scraper API: [LLMLayer, free credits, POST /api/v2/scrape, Scraper API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/llmlayer/free-credits-post-api-v2-scrape-scraper-api/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v2/scrape`, Scraper API, advanced proxy: [LLMLayer, free credits, POST /api/v2/scrape, Scraper API, advanced proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/llmlayer/free-credits-post-api-v2-scrape-scraper-api-advanced-proxy/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v2/scrape`, Scraper API, advanced proxy, full: [LLMLayer, free credits, POST /api/v2/scrape, Scraper API, advanced proxy, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/llmlayer/free-credits-post-api-v2-scrape-scraper-api-advanced-proxy-full/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v2/scrape`, Scraper API, full: [LLMLayer, free credits, POST /api/v2/scrape, Scraper API, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/llmlayer/free-credits-post-api-v2-scrape-scraper-api-full/llms.txt)

## LLMLayer's APIs (2)

- [LLMLayer: web search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/llmlayer/free/llms.txt)
- [LLMLayer: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/v2/scrape, Scraper API, advanced proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/llmlayer/free-credits-post-api-v2-scrape-scraper-api-advanced-proxy/llms.txt)

## LLMLayer: web scraping API alternatives

- [WebScraping.AI, top-up from $20, Pay as you go, GET /text, Get Page Text, residential proxy, 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-js-rendering/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Context.dev, $200 yearly, Developer, POST /v1/web/scrape, Scrape with browser actions, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/context-dev/200-yearly-developer-post-v1-web-scrape-scrape-with-browser-actions-full/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [Geekflare, $50 pack, Blaze, POST /webscraping, Web Scraping with Premium Proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/geekflare/50-pack-blaze-post-webscraping-web-scraping-with-premium-proxy/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [LucidExtractor, $5 pack, 1,000 credits, POST /v1/scrape/batch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/lucidextractor/5-pack-1000-credits-post-v1-scrape-batch/llms.txt): $5.00 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 2026-11-01.

- https://docs.llmlayer.ai/api-reference/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.llmlayer.ai/models-pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.llmlayer.ai/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.llmlayer.ai/scrape?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.llmlayer.ai/web-search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://llmlayer.ai/apis/scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://llmlayer.ai/apis/web-search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://llmlayer.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://llmlayer.ai/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://llmlayer.ai/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing