# Scrapa, free: Web scraping API

> Hand us a list of URLs and stop holding a connection open.

Scrapa's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. Scrapa's docs list 5 of the 7 key fields we check. 4 are in the plan's price: Markdown, HTML, Text, Links. 1 costs extra: Screenshot.
We haven't run Scrapa through [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 2,323 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 per 1,000 pages or less.
[GuGuData's CNY 83 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 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 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/scrapa/free
- [Web scraping API: 100+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://scrapa.app/en/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.scrapa.app/v1/batches`
- API key: with the plan, on https://scrapa.app/en/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.scrapa.app/en/guides/batch?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: Scrapa (https://scrapa.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 71%
- Screenshot: ✓ costs more
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓
- Text: ✓
- Links: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Extra fields: extracted data: +$0.00 · screenshot, PDF: +$0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Scrape a page · List a site's URLs · Search the web · Start a browser session

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Hand us a list of URLs and stop holding a connection open.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: The acceptable-use policy is part of these terms. In short: do not point this API at what the policy forbids, do not use it to collect personal data you have no basis to hold, do not resell raw proxy bandwidth, and do not try to reach anything on our network other than the API itself.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits a month
- Enough for: 1,000 results a month
- Expires: at the end of the billing month, plan credits do not roll over

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 25

## Speed

- Answer: by polling or webhook

## The call

- You send: urls. Optional: engine, escalate, retry, formats, onlyMainContent, includeTags, excludeTags, expect, extract.schema, extract.prompt, proxy.pool, proxy.server, proxy.country, proxy.state, proxy.city, browser.waitUntil, browser.waitForSelector, browser.waitMs, browser.viewport.width, browser.viewport.height, browser.fullPage, browser.actions[].type, browser.actions[].milliseconds, browser.actions[].selector, browser.actions[].all, browser.actions[].text, browser.actions[].key, browser.actions[].direction, browser.actions[].fullPage, browser.actions[].script, headers, timeoutMs, maxAge, webhook.url, webhook.events
- Method: POST
- Path: /batches

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with an account

## The 27 fields the plan's answer can hold

URL, final URL, HTTP status, engine used, proxy pool, bytes, cached, cached at, page markdown, page HTML, page text, page links, raw file, page title, page description, language, canonical URL, site name, Open Graph title, Open Graph description, Open Graph image, content type, needs JavaScript, truncated, credits used, credits remaining, request ID

## Scrapa's plans (6)

- [Scrapa, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapa/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Scrapa, $19 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapa/19-pack/llms.txt): $0.95 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Scrapa, $79 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapa/79-pack/llms.txt): $0.79 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Scrapa, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapa/19-monthly/llms.txt): $0.38 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Scrapa, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapa/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.327 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Scrapa, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapa/99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.247 per 1,000, 71% complete, live

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

- `POST /batches`: [Scrapa, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapa/free/llms.txt)

## Scrapa's APIs (4)

- [Scrapa: image search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/scrapa/free/llms.txt)
- [Scrapa: news API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrapa/free/llms.txt)
- [Scrapa: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapa/free/llms.txt)
- [Scrapa: web search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/scrapa/free/llms.txt)

## Scrapa: web scraping API alternatives

- [HasData, $590 yearly, Startup, POST /scrape/web, Web Scraping API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hasdata/590-yearly-startup-post-scrape-web-web-scraping-api/llms.txt): $0.246 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $220,000 yearly, Titan Pro, GET /scrape, Web Scraping API, premium proxy without JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapingdog/220000-yearly-titan-pro-get-scrape-web-scraping-api-premium-proxy-without-javascript-rendering/llms.txt): $0.248 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [AlterLab, $100 pack, Deposit $100, POST /api/v1/scrape, Scrape a web page, Standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/alterlab/100-pack-deposit-100-post-api-v1-scrape-scrape-a-web-page-standard/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Geonode, $62.50 monthly, Per-request plans, 250,000 requests, POST /v1/extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/geonode/62-50-monthly-per-request-plans-250000-requests-post-v1-extract/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 29% 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://api.scrapa.app/v1/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.scrapa.app/en/guides/batch?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.scrapa.app/en/guides/credits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrapa.app/en?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrapa.app/en/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrapa.app/en/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing