# ScreenshotAPI, free: Web scraping API

> Extract full HTML code from any webpage via ScreenshotAPI's scraper API.

ScreenshotAPI's web scraping API on its 7-Day Free Trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 4 of the 7 key fields we check: Markdown, HTML, Text, Images.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from ScreenshotAPI scores 52.7 out of 100. ScreenshotAPI ranks 67th of 77 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 1,913 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.
[Spider Cloud's $40 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/40-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of pages. Spider Cloud's $40 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/screenshotapi/free
- [Web scraping API: 70+ providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.screenshotapi.net/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://shot.screenshotapi.net/v3/screenshot`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.screenshotapi.net/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/renderScreenshot/scraping?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: ScreenshotAPI (https://www.screenshotapi.net?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 57%
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓
- Text: ✓
- Images: ✓

## Price

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

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Extract full HTML code from any webpage via ScreenshotAPI's scraper API.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: until the agreement ends
- Use data: "You are hereby permitted to receive, process, and display ScreenshotAPI.net API’s Data & Services to individual end-users of your application(s), provided such end users use ScreenshotAPI.net’s API Data & Services strictly for their own personal use", "You do not permit Your end users to store, distribute, or otherwise exploit ScreenshotAPI.net’s API Data & Services for any other purposes.", "You are permitted solely to use ScreenshotAPI.net’s API Data & Services for reference by Your end users. Except as expressly provided herein, under no circumstances whatsoever may You transfer or permit the transfer of ScreenshotAPI.net’s API Data & Services outside of your application(s).", "You shall not: reproduce, copy, modify, distribute, market, display, transfer, sublicense, assign, prepare derivative work(s) or adaptation(s) based on, sell, exchange, barter or transfer, rent, lease, loan, time-share, resell, or in any other manner exploit ScreenshotAPI.net’s API Data & Services or the ScreenshotAPI.net API, make access to ScreenshotAPI.net API’s Data & Services or the ScreenshotAPI.net API available to unauthorized parties, or otherwise post or distribute ScreenshotAPI.net’s API Data & Services in any public forum [...], use, store, or access any ScreenshotAPI.net’s API Data & Services, or the ScreenshotAPI.net API after the termination of this Agreement, use or permit others to use, market, distribute, or export ScreenshotAPI.net’s API Data & Services, or the ScreenshotAPI.net API, or use ScreenshotAPI.net API’s Data & Services or the ScreenshotAPI.net API in any manner or for any purpose that violates any law, regulation or right of any person."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 requests
- Enough for: 100 calls
- Expires: 7 days

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 5.52 s

## The call

- You send: url, one of extract_html "true", extract_text "true", extract_markdown "true" or get_image_urls "true". Optional: output, fresh, enable_caching, ttl, delay, wait_for_event, timeout, lazy_load, scroll_delay, selector, selector_to_click, click_recursion, remove_selector, proxy, headers, cookies, user_agent, accept_languages, enable_incognito, dark_mode, longitude, latitude, timezone, template_id, block_ads, block_tracking, no_cookie_banners, block_chat_widgets, block_js, block_stylesheets, block_images, block_media, block_font, block_text_track, block_xhr, block_fetch, block_event_source, block_web_socket, block_manifest, block_specific_requests
- Method: GET
- Path: /v3/screenshot

## About the plan

- Plan: 7-Day Free Trial
- Who can get it: anyone

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

page HTML, page text, page markdown, image URL

## ScreenshotAPI's plans (7)

- [ScreenshotAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [ScreenshotAPI, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotapi/9-monthly/llms.txt): $9.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [ScreenshotAPI, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotapi/29-monthly/llms.txt): $2.90 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [ScreenshotAPI, $175 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotapi/175-monthly/llms.txt): $1.75 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [ScreenshotAPI, $99 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotapi/99-yearly/llms.txt): $9.90 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [ScreenshotAPI, $299 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotapi/299-yearly/llms.txt): $2.99 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [ScreenshotAPI, $1,750 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotapi/1750-yearly/llms.txt): $1.75 per 1,000, 57% complete, live

## ScreenshotAPI's calls (1)

- `GET /v3/screenshot`: [ScreenshotAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotapi/free/llms.txt)

## ScreenshotAPI's APIs (1)

- [ScreenshotAPI: web scraping API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotapi/free/llms.txt)

## ScreenshotAPI: web scraping API alternatives

- [Browserless, $35 monthly, Prototyping, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/35-monthly-prototyping-post-scrape/llms.txt): $1.75 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Zenscrape, $349.99 monthly, Professional, GET /api/v1/get, Web Scraping API, JavaScript rendering and premium proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenscrape/349-99-monthly-professional-get-api-v1-get-web-scraping-api-javascript-rendering-and-premium-proxy/llms.txt): $1.75 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ScrapeNinja, $25 monthly, pro, POST /scrape-js](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapeninja/25-monthly-pro-post-scrape-js/llms.txt): $1.75 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Irmu, $350 pack, Bulk Pack, GET /crawl, Premium fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/irmu/350-pack-bulk-pack-get-crawl-premium-fetch/llms.txt): $1.75 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 2026-11-04.

- https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/errors?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/renderScreenshot?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/renderScreenshot/block-resources?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/renderScreenshot/cached-and-fresh-screenshot?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/renderScreenshot/element-screenshot?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/renderScreenshot/emulation?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/renderScreenshot/lazy-loading-and-delay?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/renderScreenshot/scraping?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.screenshotapi.net/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.screenshotapi.net/terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.screenshotapi.net/website-scraping?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing