# Meter, free, Hobby, POST /api/jobs/execute: Web scraping API

> Turn any website into a live datafeed. You describe it in plain English. We scrape it, detect changes, and ping your webhook only when something actually moved.

Meter's web scraping API on its Hobby plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. Meter's docs list none of the 7 fields on our checklist: Screenshot, Markdown, HTML, Text and 3 more.
You get as many calls as you like.
We haven't run Meter 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/meter/free-hobby-post-api-jobs-execute
- [Web scraping API: 110+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://meter.sh/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.meter.sh/api/jobs/execute`
- API key: with the plan, on https://meter.sh/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.meter.sh/api-reference/rest/jobs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#execute-job-synchronous
- Sold by: Meter (https://meter.sh?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: Generate strategy: 10 strategies in a rolling 30 days

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Turn any website into a live datafeed. You describe it in plain English. We scrape it, detect changes, and ping your webhook only when something actually moved.

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: no limit

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: strategy_id, url. Optional: parameters
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/jobs/execute

## About the plan

- Plan: Hobby
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

extracted items, item count, job ID, job status, strategy ID, URL, scrape error, started at, completed at, created at

## Meter's plans (3)

- [Meter, free, Hobby, POST /api/jobs/execute](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/meter/free-hobby-post-api-jobs-execute/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [Meter, $29 monthly, Pro, POST /api/jobs/execute](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/meter/29-monthly-pro-post-api-jobs-execute/llms.txt): no limit, 0% complete, live
- [Meter, contact us, Enterprise, POST /api/jobs/execute](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/meter/contact-us-enterprise-post-api-jobs-execute/llms.txt): 0% complete, live

## Meter's calls (2)

- `POST /api/jobs`: [Meter, free, Hobby, POST /api/jobs](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/meter/free-hobby-post-api-jobs/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/jobs/execute`: [Meter, free, Hobby, POST /api/jobs/execute](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/meter/free-hobby-post-api-jobs-execute/llms.txt)

## Meter's APIs (1)

- [Meter: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/jobs/execute](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/meter/free-hobby-post-api-jobs-execute/llms.txt)

## Meter: 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
- [Webcrawl, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webcrawl/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% 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://docs.meter.sh/api-reference/rest/account?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.meter.sh/api-reference/rest/jobs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.meter.sh/api-reference/rest/overview?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.meter.sh/api-reference/rest/schedules?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.meter.sh/api-reference/rest/strategies?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.meter.sh/authentication?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.meter.sh/concepts/jobs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://meter.sh/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#pricing
- https://meter.sh/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing