# Scrappy, free: Web scraping API

> Export websites to markdown format

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

## 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: Validate Lead Email · Bulk Validate Emails · Create Job · Search the Web · Discover Sources (AI) · Create Session

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Export websites to markdown format

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may NOT use Scrappy to: Violate any applicable law, regulation, or legal obligation, including but not limited to computer fraud, data protection, privacy, intellectual property, and anti-spam laws, Scrape websites in violation of their terms of service, robots.txt directives, or other published access restrictions, Collect personal data without a valid legal basis as required under applicable data protection law (e.g., consent, legitimate interest), Overwhelm, disrupt, or damage target websites through excessive, aggressive, or unreasonable request volumes, Access any account, system, or data without authorization. You may only sign in to, or automate, an account that is yours or that its holder has authorized you to use, and you must have the right to automate it, Use the Service's browser, proxy, or CAPTCHA-solving features to gain access that you are not authorized to have, or to defeat a security measure protecting data you have no right to access, Engage in or facilitate spam, phishing, harassment, stalking, identity theft, or any form of fraud, Collect data about individuals for the purpose of surveillance, discrimination, or profiling in violation of applicable law, Resell, redistribute, or sublicense scraped data in violation of applicable law or third-party rights, Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your identity, Use the Service in any manner that could expose Scrappy to legal liability, regulatory action, or reputational harm

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 20 calls, once

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling

## The call

- You send: name, url. Optional: exportType, maxPages, followExternal, useSitemap
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/markdown-exports

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credits
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 3 fields the plan's answer can hold

page URL, page title, page content

## Scrappy's plans (4)

- [Scrappy, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappy/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete
- [Scrappy, $9 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappy/9-pack/llms.txt): $90.00 per 1,000, 14% complete
- [Scrappy, $29 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappy/29-pack/llms.txt): $72.50 per 1,000, 14% complete
- [Scrappy, $79 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappy/79-pack/llms.txt): $65.833 per 1,000, 14% complete

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

- `POST /api/markdown-exports`: [Scrappy, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappy/free/llms.txt)

## Scrappy's APIs (3)

- [Scrappy: SERP API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scrappy/free/llms.txt)
- [Scrappy: email verification API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/scrappy/free/llms.txt)
- [Scrappy: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappy/free/llms.txt)

## Scrappy: web scraping API alternatives

- [1Lookup, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/1lookup/99-monthly/llms.txt): $49.50 per 1,000, 29% complete
- [Suprsonic, $99 monthly, Max, POST /v1/scrape, Scrape, thorough](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/suprsonic/99-monthly-max-post-v1-scrape-scrape-thorough/llms.txt): $61.875 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Thunderbit, $29 monthly, Starter, POST /distill, Distill Single Page, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/29-monthly-starter-post-distill-distill-single-page-full/llms.txt): $62.833 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Urlbox, $519 monthly, Business (8,000 renders a month), POST /v1/render/sync](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/urlbox/519-monthly-business-8000-renders-a-month-post-v1-render-sync/llms.txt): $64.875 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [Browshot, $2 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browshot/2-pack/llms.txt): $66.667 per 1,000, 14% complete

## 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://scrappy.gg/docs/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrappy.gg/docs/api/all?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrappy.gg/docs/api/markdown-exports?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrappy.gg/docs/guides/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrappy.gg/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://scrappy.gg/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing