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

> Markdown, HTML, or screenshots from any URL — JavaScript rendered, boilerplate stripped, ready for your model in a single call.

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.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), LLMLayer's best plan scores 65.2 out of 100.
This plan is free. We rank 1,855 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 per 1,000 pages or less.
[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
- [Web scraping API: 70+ providers compared on price and data](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
- 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#formats
- 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: Markdown, HTML, or screenshots from any URL — JavaScript rendered, boilerplate stripped, ready for your model in a single call.

## 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: 1,000 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.33
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.22 s

## The call

- You send: url, formats "markdown". 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](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/llmlayer/free-credits-post-api-v2-scrape-scraper-api/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [LLMLayer, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /api/v2/scrape, Scraper API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/llmlayer/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v2-scrape-scraper-api/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [LLMLayer, contact us, Enterprise, POST /api/v2/scrape, Scraper API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/llmlayer/contact-us-enterprise-post-api-v2-scrape-scraper-api/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](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/llmlayer/free-credits-post-api-v2-scrape-scraper-api/llms.txt)

## LLMLayer: web scraping API alternatives

- [WebScraping.AI, top-up from $20, Pay as you go, GET /text, Get Page Text, datacenter proxy, JS rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webscraping-ai/top-up-from-20-pay-as-you-go-get-text-get-page-text-datacenter-proxy-js-rendering/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Scrappa, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappa/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Scrapeless, top-up, Basic, top-up, POST /api/v2/unlocker/request, JS Render](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapeless/top-up-basic-top-up-post-api-v2-unlocker-request-js-render/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [FetchFox, $10 monthly, Monthly subscription, POST /api/visit](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fetchfox/10-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 71% 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