# RankSpot, free: Web scraping API

> Fetches one public URL and returns its main content as markdown.

RankSpot's Free plan for the web scraping API costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. We check each provider's docs for 7 fields. RankSpot's docs list 1: Markdown.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from RankSpot scores 59.1 out of 100. RankSpot ranks 115th of 222 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 3,229 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 or less per 1,000 pages. [776 web scraping API plans on our price sheet are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) [HirePulse's free plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hirepulse/free-daily-calls/llms.txt) scores highest of the free plans in our benchmark, at 78.1 out of 100.
[LinkPreview's $25 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/25-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages. LinkPreview's web scraping API costs nothing beyond the plan price. [Gapup's pay-as-you-go plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/gapup/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 pages a month: $1.00.
[Scrape.land's $19 monthly plan (/v1/batch)](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrape-land/19-monthly-pool-post-v1-batch/llms.txt) covers any number of pages, and costs less up front than LinkPreview's $25 monthly plan.
[Scrape.land](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrape-land/19-monthly-pool-post-v1-fetch/llms.txt), [FourA](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/foura/249-monthly-business-post-api-single-single-request/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/rankspot/free
- [Best web scraping API in 2026: 220+ scrapers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.rankspot.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.rankspot.ai/v1/workspaces/{workspaceId}/research/fetch`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.rankspot.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.rankspot.ai/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#/Research/ResearchController_fetch
- Sold by: RankSpot (https://www.rankspot.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## 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: Search Google · Find who to email about a page · Find a person's email on a domain · Generate an article for an action · Submit a page for indexing · Pitch a page

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Fetches one public URL and returns its main content as markdown.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: The Services may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us. [...] You agree not to: [...] Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us. [...] Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. [...] Use the Services as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Services and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: 250 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.44 s

## The call

- You send: workspaceId, url
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/workspaces/{workspaceId}/research/fetch

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: users who are at least 18 years old

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

page markdown

## RankSpot's plans (2)

- [RankSpot, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rankspot/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [RankSpot, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rankspot/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live

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

- `POST /v1/workspaces/{workspaceId}/research/fetch`: [RankSpot, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rankspot/free/llms.txt)

## RankSpot's APIs (3)

- [RankSpot SERP API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/rankspot/free/llms.txt)
- [RankSpot Email finder API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/rankspot/free/llms.txt)
- [RankSpot Web scraping API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rankspot/free/llms.txt)

## RankSpot: web scraping API alternatives

[RankSpot alternatives: every web scraping API provider ranked](https://datacircle.dev/rankspot-alternatives.txt)

We list RankSpot's cheapest paid plan first. Next we list other providers' plans closest to RankSpot in price per 1,000 pages. Each plan in the list gives live data.

- [RankSpot, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rankspot/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [APIFreaks, $1,000 pack, One-Off 10,000,000 credits, POST /scraping, Web Scraper API, JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/1000-pack-one-off-10000000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [AlterLab, top-up from $10, Deposit $10, POST /api/v1/scrape, Scrape a web page, Dynamic](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/alterlab/top-up-from-10-deposit-10-post-api-v1-scrape-scrape-a-web-page-dynamic/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [Crawlbase, pay as you go, next 10K requests a month, GET /, from the 501st call a month](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawlbase/pay-as-you-go-next-10k-requests-a-month-get-from-the-501st-call-a-month/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [LucidExtractor, $20 pack, 5,000 credits, POST /v1/scrape/batch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/lucidextractor/20-pack-5000-credits-post-v1-scrape-batch/llms.txt): $4.00 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 2026-11-10.

- https://api.rankspot.ai/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.rankspot.ai/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://rankspot.ai/docs/api-reference/research/fetch-a-page-as-text.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.rankspot.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.rankspot.ai/pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.rankspot.ai/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.rankspot.ai/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing