# SearchPipe, free: Web scraping API > Fetch readable text from URLs you already know — 1 to 20 public URLs in one call, with per-URL failure reporting and automatic refunds. SearchPipe's Free tier plan for the web scraping API costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. We check each provider's docs for 7 fields. SearchPipe's docs list 1: Text. In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from SearchPipe scores 47.3 out of 100. SearchPipe ranks 178th of 197 providers. This plan is free. We rank 3,129 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 or less per 1,000 pages. [See the best free web scraping API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) [LinkPreview's $25 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/25-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages. LinkPreview's web scraping API costs nothing beyond the plan price. [Gapup's pay-as-you-go plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/gapup/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 pages a month: $1.00. [Scrappey](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v1-direct-request/llms.txt), [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) and [APIFreaks](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/50-monthly-monthly-600000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in the Datacircle benchmark. - This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/searchpipe/free - [Web scraping API: best scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) - Get it: https://searchpipe.tech/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing - Request: `POST https://searchpipe.tech/v1/extract` - API key: with the plan, on https://searchpipe.tech/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing - Its API docs: https://searchpipe.tech/docs/extract?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing - Sold by: SearchPipe (https://searchpipe.tech?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing) - Checked: 2026-11-10 ## In the answer - Completeness: 14% - Text: ✓ ## Price - $ per 1,000 pages: $0.00 - Per: result - Billing: free ## Charges - Also pays for: from the same budget: Search API, fast · Search API, basic · Search API, advanced · Verify API ## Overage - Units cap: hard ## Not found - $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00 ## In their words - Their pitch: Fetch readable text from URLs you already know — 1 to 20 public URLs in one call, with per-URL failure reporting and automatic refunds. ## Data - Freshness: live - Keep data: no API terms - Use data: "You must not use the Service for any of the following: Any activity that violates applicable laws and regulations, Generating, distributing or assisting in the distribution of illegal, infringing, false, fraudulent, harassing, hateful or discriminatory content, Reverse engineering, crawling, stress testing the Service, or attempting to bypass usage limits, Transferring, renting or sharing your API keys with third parties, Any activity that may harm the normal operation of the Service or the rights of other users." ## Plan - Pay: $0 - You get: 1,000 credits a month - Enough for: 1,000 results a month - Expires: at the end of the calendar month (UTC) ## Rate limit - Per second: 1.67 (100 a minute) - Batch: 20 ## Speed - Answer: in the call - Median: 0.34 s ## The call - You send: urls - Method: POST - Path: /v1/extract ## About the plan - Plan: Free tier - Who can get it: anyone with a verified email address ## The 2 fields the plan's answer can hold URL, page text ## SearchPipe's plans (7) - [SearchPipe, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/searchpipe/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live - [SearchPipe, top-up from $1](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/searchpipe/top-up-from-1/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live - [SearchPipe, $40 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/searchpipe/40-pack/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live - [SearchPipe, $80 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/searchpipe/80-pack/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live - [SearchPipe, $10 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/searchpipe/10-monthly/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live - [SearchPipe, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/searchpipe/20-monthly/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live - [SearchPipe, $35 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/searchpipe/35-monthly/llms.txt): $3.50 per 1,000, 14% complete, live ## SearchPipe's calls for this API (1) - `POST /v1/extract`: [SearchPipe, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/searchpipe/free/llms.txt) ## SearchPipe's APIs (2) - [SearchPipe: web scraping API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/searchpipe/free/llms.txt) - [SearchPipe: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v1/search, Search API, advanced](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-api-advanced/llms.txt) - [SearchPipe: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v1/search, Search API, basic](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-api-basic/llms.txt) - [SearchPipe: web search API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v1/search, Search API, fast](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/searchpipe/free-tier-post-v1-search-search-api-fast/llms.txt) ## SearchPipe: web scraping API alternatives - [Geekflare, $69 monthly, Growth, POST /webscraping, Web Scraping with Premium Proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/geekflare/69-monthly-growth-post-webscraping-web-scraping-with-premium-proxy/llms.txt): $3.45 per 1,000, 43% complete, live - [ZenRows, $279 monthly, Growth G2, GET /v1/, Fetch a page, JavaScript rendering and premium proxies](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/279-monthly-growth-g2-get-v1-fetch-a-page-javascript-rendering-and-premium-proxies/llms.txt): $3.487 per 1,000, 43% complete, live - [FlyCrawl, $35 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/flycrawl/35-pack/llms.txt): $3.50 per 1,000, 43% complete, live - [Urlbox, $630 monthly, Lo-Fi (180,000 renders a month), POST /v1/render/async](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/urlbox/630-monthly-lo-fi-180000-renders-a-month-post-v1-render-async/llms.txt): $3.50 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 2026-11-10. - https://searchpipe.tech?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing - https://searchpipe.tech/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing - https://searchpipe.tech/docs/extract?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing - https://searchpipe.tech/faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing - https://searchpipe.tech/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing - https://searchpipe.tech/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing