# Olostep, free: Web scraping API

> Scrape a url with provided configuration and get content.

Olostep's web scraping API on its Trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 5 of the 7 key fields we check: Screenshot, Markdown, HTML, Text, Links.
The cheapest of the 473 plans we rank by price is [Scrapestack, $199.99 monthly, Business, GET /scrape, Scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapestack/199-99-monthly-business-get-scrape-scrape/llms.txt), at $0.067 per 1,000 pages.
[ScraperAPI](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/475-monthly-scaling-get-sync-api/llms.txt), [Scrapestack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapestack/79-99-monthly-professional-get-scrape-scrape/llms.txt) and [HasData](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hasdata/249-monthly-growth-3m-post-scrape-web-web-scraping-api/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/olostep/free
- [Best web scraping API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.olostep.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.olostep.com/v1/scrapes`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.olostep.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.olostep.com/api-reference/scrapes/create
- Sold by: Olostep (https://www.olostep.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-28

## In the answer

- Completeness: 71%
- Screenshot: ✓
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓
- Text: ✓
- Links: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Create Batch · Create Crawl · Create Map · Create Answer · Create Search

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Scrape a url with provided configuration and get content.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You will use the Services only in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and only for the use cases you have disclosed to us (if applicable). [...] The following are prohibited activities under this Agreement: Use the Services for any commercial purposes except as expressly authorized by Olostep, Reproduce any portion of the Services in any form or by any means, except as expressly permitted in this Agreement, Modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based on the Services in any manner, Use the Services for any unlawful activities or in violation of any laws, regulations, or contractual provisions, Use the Services to promote violence, degradation, subjugation, discrimination or hatred against individuals or groups, Access another's account without permission, Decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to obtain the source code of the Services, Use the Services for debt collection purposes, Use the Services for hard background check purposes, Use the Services to determine eligibility for a government license, Use the Services for any purpose prohibited by applicable data privacy and security laws, including the GDPR or CCPA, Use our Services to benefit any government agency operating as an intelligence agency whose purpose is to collect and analyze data on people, Use the Services for any evidentiary purpose related to law enforcement or criminal prosecution without proper authorization, Use or resell Services in connection with any purpose covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Scrape websites that explicitly prohibit automated access in their terms of service or robots.txt files, Overload or attempt to disrupt target websites or our infrastructure

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 credits
- Enough for: 500 calls

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url_to_scrape. Optional: wait_before_scraping, formats, remove_css_selectors, actions, country, transformer, remove_images, remove_class_names, parser, llm_extract, links_on_page, screen_size, screenshot, metadata, max_age, storage
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/scrapes

## About the plan

- Plan: Trial
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old (or the legal age of majority), or 13 or older with a parent's or guardian's permission

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

scrape ID, created at, metadata, URL, page HTML, page markdown, page text, screenshot URL, hosted HTML URL, hosted markdown URL, hosted text URL, page links, status code, page title, credits consumed, cost in dollars

## Olostep's plans (8)

- [Olostep, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/olostep/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Olostep, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/olostep/20-pack/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Olostep, $200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/olostep/200-pack/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Olostep, $1,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/olostep/1000-pack/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Olostep, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/olostep/9-monthly/llms.txt): $1.80 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Olostep, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/olostep/99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.495 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Olostep, $399 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/olostep/399-monthly/llms.txt): $0.399 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Olostep, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/olostep/contact-us/llms.txt): 71% complete, live

## Olostep's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/scrapes`: [Olostep, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/olostep/free/llms.txt)

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## Olostep: web scraping API alternatives

- [StealthASF, €35 pack, 100k credit pack, POST /v1/scrape, Plain request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stealthasf/35-pack-100k-credit-pack-post-v1-scrape-plain-request/llms.txt): $0.394 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ZenRows, $999 monthly, Scale S3, GET /v1/, Fetch a page, JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/999-monthly-scale-s3-get-v1-fetch-a-page-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Decodo, $1,499 monthly, $1,499, POST /v1/scrape, 3,747,500 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/decodo/1499-monthly-1499-post-v1-scrape-3747500-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [HasData, $249 monthly, Growth 3M, POST /scrape/web, Web Scraping API, residential proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hasdata/249-monthly-growth-3m-post-scrape-web-web-scraping-api-residential-proxy/llms.txt): $0.415 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 2026-10-28.

- https://docs.olostep.com/api-reference/scrapes/create
- https://docs.olostep.com/features/scrapes
- https://www.olostep.com/apis/company-data-api
- https://www.olostep.com/pricing
- https://www.olostep.com/terms