# ScreenshotBase, free: Web scraping API

> Send the address of a web page and get its content back as markdown, for LLM context, retrieval pipelines, search indexes or AI agents.

ScreenshotBase's Free plan for the web scraping API costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. ScreenshotBase's docs list 2 of the 7 fields on our checklist: Markdown, HTML.
We haven't run ScreenshotBase through [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 2,648 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.996 per 1,000 pages or less. [See the best free web scraping API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
[LinkPreview's $8 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/8-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages. LinkPreview's web scraping API costs nothing beyond the plan price. [Spider Cloud's Pay as you go plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/top-up-from-1-pay-as-you-go-post-scrape-scrape/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 pages a month: $1.00.
[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), [Scrappey](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v1-direct-request/llms.txt) and [ScraperAPI](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/299-monthly-business-get-sync-api/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotbase/free
- [Web scraping API: 140+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://screenshotbase.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.screenshotbase.com/v1/take`
- API key: with the plan, on https://screenshotbase.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://screenshotbase.com/docs/markdown?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: ScreenshotBase (https://screenshotbase.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 29%
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Render HTML

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Send the address of a web page and get its content back as markdown, for LLM context, retrieval pipelines, search indexes or AI agents.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to use the service to: Violate any laws or regulations, Infringe upon the rights of others, Distribute viruses or other harmful computer code, Collect or harvest any information from the service, Interfere with or disrupt the service or servers, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the service. [...] You may not resell or redistribute the service without express written permission from the Owner.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 300 requests a month
- Enough for: 300 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Concurrent: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url, format "markdown" or "html". Optional: markdown_main_content_only, response_type, upload, attachment_name, ip_country_code, viewport_width, viewport_height, viewport_device, viewport_mobile, viewport_has_touch, viewport_landscape, dark_mode, reduce_motion, media_type, block_trackers, block_requests, block_resources, block_cookie_banners, block_ads, block_chats, hide_selectors, styles, proxy, proxy_bypass_hosts, delay, timeout, navigation_timeout, wait_until, wait_for_selector, wait_for_selector_count, platform_profile, fail_if_content_contains, fail_if_content_missing, fail_if_request_failed, actions, scripts, scripts_wait_until, headers, headers_scope, cookies, authorization, user_agent, time_zone, locale, accept_language, geolocation_latitude, geolocation_longitude, geolocation_accuracy, bypass_csp, best_attempt, ignore_host_errors, diagnostics, async, webhook_url, external_identifier, Idempotency-Key header
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/take

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old

## The 7 fields the plan's answer can hold

page markdown, page HTML, page title, description, URL, status code, stored file URL

## ScreenshotBase's plans (8)

- [ScreenshotBase, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotbase/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [ScreenshotBase, $15 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotbase/15-monthly/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [ScreenshotBase, $59 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotbase/59-monthly/llms.txt): $2.95 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [ScreenshotBase, $210 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotbase/210-monthly/llms.txt): $2.80 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [ScreenshotBase, $144 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotbase/144-yearly/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [ScreenshotBase, $566.40 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotbase/566-40-yearly/llms.txt): $2.36 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [ScreenshotBase, $2,016 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotbase/2016-yearly/llms.txt): $2.24 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [ScreenshotBase, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotbase/contact-us/llms.txt): 29% complete, live

## ScreenshotBase's calls (1)

- `GET /v1/take`: [ScreenshotBase, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotbase/free/llms.txt)

## ScreenshotBase's APIs (1)

- [ScreenshotBase: web scraping API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/screenshotbase/free/llms.txt)

## ScreenshotBase: web scraping API alternatives

- [ScraperAPI, $3,229.20 yearly, Business, POST /jobs, Async API with premium proxies and JS rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/3229-20-yearly-business-post-jobs-async-api-with-premium-proxies-and-js-rendering/llms.txt): $2.243 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Ujeebu, $3,229.20 yearly, Pro, GET /scrape, Scrape, premium proxy, with JS](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/ujeebu/3229-20-yearly-pro-get-scrape-scrape-premium-proxy-with-js/llms.txt): $2.243 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Context.dev, $900 yearly, Pro, POST /v1/web/scrape, Scrape with browser actions, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/context-dev/900-yearly-pro-post-v1-web-scrape-scrape-with-browser-actions-full/llms.txt): $2.25 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [LurkAPI, $225 pack, Scale, GET /v1/web/residential](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/lurkapi/225-pack-scale-get-v1-web-residential/llms.txt): $2.25 per 1,000, 0% 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://screenshotbase.com/docs/async?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://screenshotbase.com/docs/markdown?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://screenshotbase.com/docs/openapi.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://screenshotbase.com/docs/rate-limit?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://screenshotbase.com/docs/status-codes?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://screenshotbase.com/docs/take?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://screenshotbase.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://screenshotbase.com/products/url-to-markdown-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://screenshotbase.com/terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing