# Rendex, free: Web scraping API

> Turn a single URL into clean reader-mode content — Markdown, JSON, or article HTML — pulled from the fully-rendered page (so it works on JavaScript-heavy sites and SPAs that fetch-only readers miss).

Rendex's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. Rendex's docs list 1 of the 7 fields on our checklist: Text.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from Rendex scores 48.5 out of 100. Rendex ranks 106th of 116 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 2,491 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 per 1,000 pages or less. [See how many web scraping API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
[GuGuData's CNY 83 (about $12) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/gugudata/cny-83-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages. GuGuData's CNY 83 (about $12) monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many pages as GuGuData's rate limit allows.
[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 GuGuData's CNY 83 (about $12) 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/rendex/free
- [Web scraping API: 110+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://rendex.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.rendex.dev/v1/extract`
- API key: with the plan, on https://rendex.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://rendex.dev/docs/api-reference?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#post-v1extract
- Sold by: Rendex (https://rendex.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- Text: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: POST /v1/screenshot · GET /v1/screenshot · POST /v1/screenshot/json · POST /v1/screenshot/batch · POST /v1/render/link · POST /v1/artifact · POST /v1/watches · POST /v1/watches/:id/run

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Turn a single URL into clean reader-mode content — Markdown, JSON, or article HTML — pulled from the fully-rendered page (so it works on JavaScript-heavy sites and SPAs that fetch-only readers miss).

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must not use the Service to: Capture pages requiring authentication credentials you do not own or are not authorized to use. [...] Systematically scrape copyrighted content for redistribution or commercial resale without authorization. [...] Circumvent paywalls, access controls, or content protection mechanisms. [...] Share, resell, or sublicense your API keys to third parties. [...] You are solely responsible for ensuring you have the right to capture and use content from target URLs.

## Plan

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

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.05
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 7.37 s

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: extractFormat, waitUntil, timeout, device, blockCookieBanners, hideSelectors
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/extract

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

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

byline, content length, excerpt, extract format, load time, page content, page title, site name, URL

## Rendex's plans (9)

- [Rendex, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rendex/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Rendex, $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rendex/5-pack/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Rendex, $12 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rendex/12-monthly/llms.txt): $30.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Rendex, $69 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rendex/69-monthly/llms.txt): $6.90 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Rendex, $179 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rendex/179-monthly/llms.txt): $1.79 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Rendex, $120 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rendex/120-yearly/llms.txt): $25.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Rendex, $690 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rendex/690-yearly/llms.txt): $5.75 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Rendex, $1,790 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rendex/1790-yearly/llms.txt): $1.492 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Rendex, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rendex/contact-us/llms.txt): 14% complete, live

## Rendex's calls (1)

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

## Rendex's APIs (1)

- [Rendex: web scraping API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rendex/free/llms.txt)

## Rendex: web scraping API alternatives

- [HasData, $1,190 yearly, Basic, POST /scrape/web, Web Scraping API, JavaScript rendering and residential proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hasdata/1190-yearly-basic-post-scrape-web-web-scraping-api-javascript-rendering-and-residential-proxy/llms.txt): $1.488 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [ScraperAPI, $149 monthly, Startup, GET /, Sync API with screenshot](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/149-monthly-startup-get-sync-api-with-screenshot/llms.txt): $1.49 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [LucidExtractor, $149 monthly, Business, POST /v1/scrape/scrape, Single URL scraping](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/lucidextractor/149-monthly-business-post-v1-scrape-scrape/llms.txt): $1.49 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [WebScrapingAPI, $149 monthly, Advanced, GET /v2, GET Request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webscrapingapi/149-monthly-advanced-get-v2-get-request/llms.txt): $1.49 per 1,000, 14% 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 2026-11-06.

- https://rendex.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://rendex.dev/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://rendex.dev/docs/api-reference?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://rendex.dev/docs/mcp?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://rendex.dev/docs/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://rendex.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://rendex.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing