# ScrapeWhale, free: Web scraping API

> Any public web page as clean, LLM-ready markdown — headings, lists, tables, links, and images preserved, nav, ads, and boilerplate removed.

ScrapeWhale's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. ScrapeWhale's docs list 1 of the 7 fields on our checklist: Markdown.
We haven't run ScrapeWhale through [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) yet.
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/scrapewhale/free
- [Web scraping API: 110+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://scrapewhale.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://scrapewhale.dev/api/v1/markdown/url`
- API key: with the plan, on https://scrapewhale.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://scrapewhale.dev/apis/url-to-markdown?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: ScrapeWhale (https://scrapewhale.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## 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: 44 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Any public web page as clean, LLM-ready markdown — headings, lists, tables, links, and images preserved, nav, ads, and boilerplate removed.

## Data

- Freshness: 24 hours
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10 credits
- Enough for: 10 calls

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/markdown/url

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up for an account, no credit card

## The 4 fields the plan's answer can hold

page title, page markdown, source URL, content length

## ScrapeWhale's plans (4)

- [ScrapeWhale, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, 24 hours
- [ScrapeWhale, $9.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapewhale/9-90-pack/llms.txt): $9.90 per 1,000, 14% complete, 24 hours
- [ScrapeWhale, $19.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapewhale/19-90-pack/llms.txt): $9.046 per 1,000, 14% complete, 24 hours
- [ScrapeWhale, $49.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapewhale/49-90-pack/llms.txt): $8.317 per 1,000, 14% complete, 24 hours

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

- `GET /api/v1/markdown/url`: [ScrapeWhale, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)

## ScrapeWhale's APIs (19)

- [ScrapeWhale: domain authority API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Facebook Ad Library API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Facebook page API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-page-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Google Ads Transparency API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ad-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Google AI Overview scraper API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-overview-scraper-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: SERP API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, GET /api/v1/maps/place](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/scrapewhale/free-get-api-v1-maps-place/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, GET /api/v1/brand](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/scrapewhale/free-get-api-v1-brand/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Local business search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: domain WHOIS API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: TikTok Shop product API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-shop-product-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: X profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)

## ScrapeWhale: web scraping API alternatives

- [APIFreaks, $100 yearly, Yearly 80,000 credits a month, POST /scraping, Web Scraper API, JavaScript rendering with CAPTCHA solving](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/100-yearly-yearly-80000-credits-a-month-post-scraping-web-scraper-api-javascript-rendering-with-captcha-solving/llms.txt): $8.333 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Spidra, $10 pack, 1,200 credit top-up, POST /scrape, Start a scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/10-pack-1200-credit-top-up-post-scrape-start-a-scrape/llms.txt): $8.333 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Search1API, $99 pack, Pay as you go, $99 (+20% bonus), POST /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/search1api/99-pack-pay-as-you-go-99-20-bonus-post-extract/llms.txt): $8.333 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [Crawleo, $200 yearly, Developer, yearly, GET /headful-browser](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crawleo/200-yearly-developer-yearly-get-headful-browser/llms.txt): $8.333 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 2026-11-07.

- https://scrapewhale.dev/apis?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/apis/linkedin-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/apis/url-to-markdown?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing