# Quercle, free, POST /v1/raw_fetch: Web scraping API

> Fetch a URL and return raw markdown or HTML.

Quercle's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 2 of the 7 key fields we check: Markdown, HTML.
We haven't run Quercle through [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) yet.
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/quercle/free-post-v1-raw-fetch
- [Web scraping API: the best of 70+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://quercle.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.quercle.dev/v1/raw_fetch`
- API key: with the plan, on https://quercle.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://quercle.dev/docs/api/raw-fetch?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: Quercle (https://quercle.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 29%
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Extra fields: unsafe content flag: +$0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search · Raw Search · Fetch · Extract

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Fetch a URL and return raw markdown or HTML.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You retain ownership of any content you process through our Service. We do not claim any intellectual property rights over the content you fetch or search results you generate. You agree not to use the Service to: Violate any laws or regulations, Collect personal information without consent, Engage in any activity that could harm, disable, or impair our servers, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any systems, Use the Service for spam, phishing, or malicious purposes, Redistribute or resell the Service without authorization, Circumvent rate limits or usage restrictions

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 credits
- Enough for: 50 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: format, use_safeguard
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/raw_fetch

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old or with parental consent

## The 2 fields the plan's answer can hold

page markdown, page HTML

## Quercle's plans (4)

- [Quercle, free, POST /v1/raw_fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/quercle/free-post-v1-raw-fetch/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Quercle, $5 pack, Starter, POST /v1/raw_fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/quercle/5-pack-starter-post-v1-raw-fetch/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Quercle, $19 pack, Pro, POST /v1/raw_fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/quercle/19-pack-pro-post-v1-raw-fetch/llms.txt): $0.95 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Quercle, $350 pack, Scale, POST /v1/raw_fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/quercle/350-pack-scale-post-v1-raw-fetch/llms.txt): $0.875 per 1,000, 29% complete, live

## Quercle's calls for this API (3)

- `POST /v1/extract`: [Quercle, free, POST /v1/extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/quercle/free-post-v1-extract/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/fetch`: [Quercle, free, POST /v1/fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/quercle/free-post-v1-fetch/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/raw_fetch`: [Quercle, free, POST /v1/raw_fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/quercle/free-post-v1-raw-fetch/llms.txt)

## Quercle's APIs (2)

- [Quercle: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/raw_fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/quercle/free-post-v1-raw-fetch/llms.txt)
- [Quercle: web search API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/raw_search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/quercle/free-post-v1-raw-search/llms.txt)
- [Quercle: web search API pricing, 4 plans, POST /v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/quercle/free-post-v1-search/llms.txt)

## Quercle: web scraping API alternatives

- [Scrapingdog, $50,000 yearly, Enterprise Plus, GET /scrape, Web Scraping API, premium proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapingdog/50000-yearly-enterprise-plus-get-scrape-web-scraping-api-premium-proxy/llms.txt): $0.868 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Browserless, $35 monthly, Prototyping, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/35-monthly-prototyping-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api/llms.txt): $0.875 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Irmu, $350 pack, Bulk Pack, GET /crawl, Standard fetch + JavaScript](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/irmu/350-pack-bulk-pack-get-crawl-standard-fetch-javascript/llms.txt): $0.875 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [FineData, $399 monthly, Team L, POST /api/v1/scrape, Scrape URL, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/finedata/399-monthly-team-l-post-api-v1-scrape-scrape-url-full/llms.txt): $0.878 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 2026-11-05.

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