# Scraping Robot, free, POST /: Web scraping API

> Scrape websites into JSON with ease! No more blocks, proxy management, or browser scaling.

Scraping Robot's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 1 of the 7 key fields we check: HTML.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from Scraping Robot scores 67.3 out of 100. Scraping Robot ranks 28th of 77 providers.
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/scraping-robot/free-post
- [Web scraping API: the best of 70+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://scrapingrobot.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.scrapingrobot.com/`
- API key: with the plan, on https://scrapingrobot.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://scrapingrobot.readme.io/reference/post_?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: Scraping Robot (https://scrapingrobot.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-10-31

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- HTML: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Create a task using GET-request

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Scrape websites into JSON with ease! No more blocks, proxy management, or browser scaling.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may only request that Scraping Robot provide you access to publicly-available Data that you have the right yourself to copy and access. [...] You will use any Data in accordance with all applicable laws and any applicable terms imposed by the owner of that Data. You will not copy, use, process, publish, modify, import, export, sell, distribute, or re-distribute Data unless you have obtained the appropriate permissions from the owner and/or creator of the Data and you are otherwise in compliance with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to, laws regarding copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights. [...] You may only use the Services to access Data from publicly-accessible websites that do not require any user login or password.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5,000 credits
- Enough for: 5,000 calls
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1.67
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 2.92 s

## The call

- You send: url, module "HtmlRequestScraper" or "HtmlChromeScraper". Optional: params.render, params.proxyCountry, params.mobile, params.screenshot, params.customHeaders, params.scrapeXpath, params.scrapeSelector, params.waitUntil, params.waitForSeconds, params.waitForSelector, params.scrollDown, params.clickOnElement, params.formSelector, params.submitSelector, params.query, params.noScripts, params.noImages, params.noFonts, params.noCss, params.requestType, params.contentType, postBody
- Method: POST
- Path: /

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone 18 or older, or an emancipated minor or one with a parent's or legal guardian's consent, who accepts the Terms of Service

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

page HTML, selector data, selector used, status, status code, response date

## Scraping Robot's plans (3)

- [Scraping Robot, free, POST /](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraping-robot/free-post/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Scraping Robot, top-up, Business, POST /](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraping-robot/top-up-business-post/llms.txt): $1.80 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Scraping Robot, contact us, Enterprise, POST /](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraping-robot/contact-us-enterprise-post/llms.txt): 14% complete, live

## Scraping Robot's calls (2)

- `GET /`: [Scraping Robot, free, GET /](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraping-robot/free-get/llms.txt)
- `POST /`: [Scraping Robot, free, POST /](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraping-robot/free-post/llms.txt)

## Scraping Robot's APIs (1)

- [Scraping Robot: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans, POST /](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraping-robot/free-post/llms.txt)

## Scraping Robot: web scraping API alternatives

- [Context.dev, $90 monthly, Pro, POST /v1/web/scrape, Scrape with browser actions](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/context-dev/90-monthly-pro-post-v1-web-scrape-scrape-with-browser-actions/llms.txt): $1.80 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [LucidExtractor, $900 pack, 500,000 credits, POST /v1/scrape/batch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/lucidextractor/900-pack-500000-credits-post-v1-scrape-batch/llms.txt): $1.80 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Rayobyte, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/rayobyte/top-up/llms.txt): $1.80 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Domscout, $9 monthly, Pro, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/domscout/9-monthly-pro-post-scrape/llms.txt): $1.80 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 2026-10-31.

- https://scrapingrobot.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrapingrobot.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrapingrobot.com/terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrapingrobot.readme.io/reference/authentication?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrapingrobot.readme.io/reference/post_?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrapingrobot.readme.io/reference/timeout-settings?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing