# Microlink, free endpoint, no API key, GET /, Text: Web scraping API

> Readable plain text from any page or document, without the markup.

Microlink's web scraping API on its "Free endpoint, no API key" plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 1 of the 7 key fields we check: Text.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from Microlink scores 64.8 out of 100. Microlink ranks 38th of 77 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 2,089 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.
[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 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 the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/microlink/free-endpoint-no-api-key-get-text
- [Web scraping API: the best of 70+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://microlink.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.microlink.io/`, Text
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://microlink.io/docs/guides/content-conversion/url-to-text?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: Microlink (https://microlink.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- Text: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Repeat free: 24 hours
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Screenshot · PDF · Metadata · Logo · Insights · Markdown · HTML · Function · Media · File Conversion · Embed

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Readable plain text from any page or document, without the markup.

## Data

- Freshness: 24 hours
- Keep data: until the license ends: "Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession"
- Use data: Permission is granted to temporarily use microlink.io for personal, commercial, or non-commercial usage. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not: Make an unfair use of the service. Attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on Microlink. Remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials. [...] This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by Microlink at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5 requests a day
- Enough for: 5 calls a day
- Expires: when the daily quota resets

## Rate limit

- Per day: 5
- Concurrent: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url, data.text.attr "text". Optional: data.text.selector, meta, embed, ttl, staleTtl, force, cacheKey, prerender, javascript, adblock, animations, colorScheme, mediaType, device, viewport, headers, proxy, proxy.location, proxy.url, click, scroll, scripts, styles, modules, function, waitForSelector, waitForTimeout, waitUntil, timeout, retry, filter
- Method: GET
- Path: /

## About the plan

- Plan: Free endpoint, no API key
- Who can get it: anyone, no account

## The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

status, page text, page title, page description, author, publisher, publication date, language, page URL, page image, logo, video, audio, HTTP status code, response headers, redirects

## Microlink's plans (9)

- [Microlink, free endpoint, no API key, GET /, Text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/microlink/free-endpoint-no-api-key-get-text/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, 24 hours
- [Microlink, free, GET /, Text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/microlink/free-get-text/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, 24 hours
- [Microlink, €39 monthly, Pro · 46,000 requests / month, GET /, Text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/microlink/39-monthly-pro-46000-requests-month-get-text/llms.txt): $0.954 per 1,000, 14% complete, 24 hours
- [Microlink, €72 monthly, Pro · 84,000 requests / month, GET /, Text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/microlink/72-monthly-pro-84000-requests-month-get-text/llms.txt): $0.965 per 1,000, 14% complete, 24 hours
- [Microlink, €120 monthly, Pro · 140,000 requests / month, GET /, Text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/microlink/120-monthly-pro-140000-requests-month-get-text/llms.txt): $0.965 per 1,000, 14% complete, 24 hours
- [Microlink, €240 monthly, Pro · 280,000 requests / month, GET /, Text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/microlink/240-monthly-pro-280000-requests-month-get-text/llms.txt): $0.965 per 1,000, 14% complete, 24 hours
- [Microlink, €360 monthly, Pro · 420,000 requests / month, GET /, Text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/microlink/360-monthly-pro-420000-requests-month-get-text/llms.txt): $0.965 per 1,000, 14% complete, 24 hours
- [Microlink, contact us, Business, GET /, Text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/microlink/contact-us-business-get-text/llms.txt): 14% complete, 24 hours
- [Microlink, contact us, Enterprise, GET /, Text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/microlink/contact-us-enterprise-get-text/llms.txt): 14% complete, 24 hours

## Microlink's calls (3)

- `GET /`, HTML: [Microlink, free endpoint, no API key, GET /, HTML](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/microlink/free-endpoint-no-api-key-get-html/llms.txt)
- `GET /`, Markdown: [Microlink, free endpoint, no API key, GET /, Markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/microlink/free-endpoint-no-api-key-get-markdown/llms.txt)
- `GET /`, Text: [Microlink, free endpoint, no API key, GET /, Text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/microlink/free-endpoint-no-api-key-get-text/llms.txt)

## Microlink's APIs (1)

- [Microlink: web scraping API pricing, 9 plans, GET /, Text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/microlink/free-endpoint-no-api-key-get-text/llms.txt)

## Microlink: web scraping API alternatives

- [ScraperAPI, $475 monthly, Scaling, GET /, Sync API with screenshot](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/475-monthly-scaling-get-sync-api-with-screenshot/llms.txt): $0.95 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [Ujeebu, $119 monthly, Growth, POST /markdown, Markdown Generation, premium proxy, without JS](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/ujeebu/119-monthly-growth-post-markdown-markdown-generation-premium-proxy-without-js/llms.txt): $0.952 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Search1API, $19 pack, Pay as you go, $19 (+5% bonus), POST /crawl](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/search1api/19-pack-pay-as-you-go-19-5-bonus-post-crawl/llms.txt): $0.952 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $3,289 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/3289-yearly/llms.txt): $0.953 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 2026-10-29.

- https://microlink.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://microlink.io/docs/api/basics/endpoint?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://microlink.io/docs/api/basics/rate-limit?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://microlink.io/docs/api/parameters/ttl?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://microlink.io/docs/guides/content-conversion/url-to-text?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://microlink.io/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://microlink.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://microlink.io/skills/microlink-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://microlink.io/tos?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing