# Parsera, free, Starter, POST /v1/extractor/extract_markdown: Web scraping API

> Get clean markdown from a URL

Parsera's web scraping API on its Starter plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 1 of the 7 key fields we check: Markdown.
We haven't run Parsera 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/parsera/free-starter-post-v1-extractor-extract-markdown
- [Web scraping API: 70+ providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://parsera.org?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.parsera.org/v1/extractor/extract_markdown`
- API key: with the plan, on https://parsera.org?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://parsera.org/docs/api/extractor?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#extract_markdown
- Sold by: Parsera (https://parsera.org?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
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: extract · Start Extraction · Run Asynchronous · Run Synchronous · parse

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get clean markdown from a URL

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree to use the Services only for the purposes that are permitted by the Terms and any applicable laws, regulations or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions. [...] You will not, nor will you authorize or encourage any third party to: use the Services to upload, transmit or otherwise distribute any content that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, abusive, fraudulent, obscene, contains viruses, or is otherwise objectionable as reasonably determined by Company

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: proxy_country, cookies
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/extractor/extract_markdown

## About the plan

- Plan: Starter
- Who can get it: anyone

## The only field the plan's answer can hold

page markdown

## Parsera's plans (6)

- [Parsera, free, Starter, POST /v1/extractor/extract_markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/parsera/free-starter-post-v1-extractor-extract-markdown/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Parsera, $10 pack, Pay-as-you-go credits, POST /v1/extractor/extract_markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/parsera/10-pack-pay-as-you-go-credits-post-v1-extractor-extract-markdown/llms.txt): 14% complete, live
- [Parsera, $29 monthly, Professional, POST /v1/extractor/extract_markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/parsera/29-monthly-professional-post-v1-extractor-extract-markdown/llms.txt): 14% complete, live
- [Parsera, $59 monthly, Start Up, POST /v1/extractor/extract_markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/parsera/59-monthly-start-up-post-v1-extractor-extract-markdown/llms.txt): 14% complete, live
- [Parsera, $169 monthly, Business, POST /v1/extractor/extract_markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/parsera/169-monthly-business-post-v1-extractor-extract-markdown/llms.txt): 14% complete, live
- [Parsera, contact us, Enterprise, POST /v1/extractor/extract_markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/parsera/contact-us-enterprise-post-v1-extractor-extract-markdown/llms.txt): 14% complete, live

## Parsera's calls (3)

- `POST /v1/extractor/extract`: [Parsera, free, Starter, POST /v1/extractor/extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/parsera/free-starter-post-v1-extractor-extract/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/extractor/extract_markdown`: [Parsera, free, Starter, POST /v1/extractor/extract_markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/parsera/free-starter-post-v1-extractor-extract-markdown/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/agent/extract`: [Parsera, free, Starter, POST /v1/agent/extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/parsera/free-starter-post-v1-agent-extract/llms.txt)

## Parsera's APIs (1)

- [Parsera: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v1/extractor/extract_markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/parsera/free-starter-post-v1-extractor-extract-markdown/llms.txt)

## Parsera: 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
- [AlterLab, free, POST /api/v1/scrape, Scrape a web page, Dynamic](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/alterlab/free-post-api-v1-scrape-scrape-a-web-page-dynamic/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [Nimble, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/nimble/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 57% 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://parsera.org?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://parsera.org/docs/api/changelog-march-2026?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://parsera.org/docs/api/extractor?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://parsera.org/terms-of-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing