# PageBolt, free: Web scraping API

> The web-capture API that records narrated walkthroughs. One key, no infrastructure.

PageBolt's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 1 of the 7 key fields we check: Markdown.
We haven't run PageBolt through [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) yet.
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/pagebolt/free
- [Web scraping API: 70+ providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://pagebolt.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://pagebolt.dev/api/v1/extract`
- API key: with the plan, on https://pagebolt.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://pagebolt.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#extract
- Sold by: PageBolt (https://pagebolt.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- Markdown: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Screenshot API · PDF API · OG Image API · Sequence API · Video API · Observe · Inspect · Audit · ARIA · Diff

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The web-capture API that records narrated walkthroughs. One key, no infrastructure.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "Outputs generated by the Service (screenshots, PDFs, images) belong to you, subject to your compliance with these Terms. However, you are responsible for ensuring that the source content you provide to the Service does not infringe on third-party rights.", "You agree not to use the Service for any illegal, harmful, or unauthorized purpose. Specifically, you must not:" "Use the Service to capture, generate, or distribute illegal content, including but not limited to content that violates copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights", "Use the Service to scrape or harvest private data from websites without proper authorization", "Attempt to overload, disrupt, or harm our infrastructure, including but not limited to denial-of-service attacks, excessive automated requests, or attempts to bypass rate limits", "Use the Service to access or capture content that requires authentication without proper authorization", "Use the Service to generate content that is defamatory, harassing, discriminatory, or violates any applicable laws", [...] "Resell or redistribute the Service without our express written permission"

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 requests a month
- Enough for: 100 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: width, waitUntil, waitForSelector, cookies, headers, authorization, userAgent, blockBanners, blockAds, blockTrackers
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/extract

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old or with the legal capacity to enter into contracts in their jurisdiction

## The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

page URL, title, page markdown, word count, excerpt, author, site name, language, duration

## PageBolt's plans (6)

- [PageBolt, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/pagebolt/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [PageBolt, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/pagebolt/top-up/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [PageBolt, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/pagebolt/9-monthly/llms.txt): $18.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [PageBolt, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/pagebolt/29-monthly/llms.txt): $5.80 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [PageBolt, $79 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/pagebolt/79-monthly/llms.txt): $3.16 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [PageBolt, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/pagebolt/199-monthly/llms.txt): $1.99 per 1,000, 14% complete, live

## PageBolt's calls (1)

- `POST /v1/extract`: [PageBolt, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/pagebolt/free/llms.txt)

## PageBolt's APIs (1)

- [PageBolt: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/pagebolt/free/llms.txt)

## PageBolt: web scraping API alternatives

- [Spidra, $249 monthly, Pro, POST /scrape, Start a scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/249-monthly-pro-post-scrape-start-a-scrape/llms.txt): $1.992 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Ujeebu, $299 monthly, Pro, POST /markdown, Markdown Generation, residential proxy, without JS](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/ujeebu/299-monthly-pro-post-markdown-markdown-generation-residential-proxy-without-js/llms.txt): $1.993 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Scavio, $4,788 yearly, Growth, yearly, POST /api/v1/extract/batch, Batch Extract URLs](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scavio/4788-yearly-growth-yearly-post-api-v1-extract-batch-batch-extract-urls/llms.txt): $1.995 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ZenRows, $999 monthly, Scale S3, GET /v1/, Fetch a page, JavaScript rendering and premium proxies](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/999-monthly-scale-s3-get-v1-fetch-a-page-javascript-rendering-and-premium-proxies/llms.txt): $1.998 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 2026-11-04.

- https://pagebolt.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://pagebolt.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://pagebolt.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://pagebolt.dev/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://pagebolt.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing