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Simplescraper pricing and alternatives: web scraping API, POST /smart-extract

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14% complete: 1 of the 7 key fields we checkSee the 7 fields
$0.00per 1,000 pagesWe rank 1,253 plans by price. PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan costs the least 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 covers any number of pages. Spider Cloud's $40 monthly plan costs more to start than PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan.WebScraping.AI, ScraperAPI and Scrappey are the best web scraping API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free one of Simplescraper's 4 plans
Call: POST /smart-extract one of Simplescraper's 2 calls for this API
API: Web scraping API one of Simplescraper's 2 APIs

About this item

  • Live. Simplescraper fetches the web page you ask for when you call the API.
  • 1 of the 7 key fields we check. Screenshot.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits.
  • One call. You send url and schema to POST /smart-extract. You set the Content-Type header to "application/json". You can also send recipeId. The call returns the answer when the provider is quick. When the provider is slow, the call returns a job. You fetch the answer once the job is done.
  • Who can get it: with conditions. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Simplescraper: web scraping API alternatives

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 pages. Each plan in the table gives live data.

This planSimplescraper, free, POST /smart-extractWebScraping.AI, free, GET /text, Get Page Text, datacenter proxy, JS renderingScrappey, free, POST /api/v1, Browser requestScraperAPI, free plan, GET /, Sync API with screenshotScrappa, free
$ per 1,000 pages$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness14%29%86%57%71%
Billingfreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0
Enough fornot published400 calls a month150 calls100 calls a month500 calls a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone not located in a country subject to a U.S. government embargo and not listed on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted partiesanyone 18 or olderanyone acting in the course of a trade, business, craft, or profession and at least 18 (its terms: "The Service is offered and made available solely for business, commercial, professional, or organizational purposes.")anyoneanyone 18 or over

Every web scraping API provider we score, ranked

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.

  1. simplescraper.io
  2. simplescraper.io/docs/api-guide
  3. simplescraper.io/docs/credits
  4. simplescraper.io/docs/data-retention
  5. simplescraper.io/docs/faq
  6. simplescraper.io/docs/smart-data-extract
  7. simplescraper.io/docs/terms-and-conditions
  8. simplescraper.io/pricing

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Screenshot
  • Markdown, not in the answer
  • HTML, not in the answer
  • Text, not in the answer
  • Summary, not in the answer
  • Links, not in the answer
  • Images, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 pages$0.00
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: Extract API v1 · Screenshot API · Google Search API · Run recipe API
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchTell the AI what data you want — it finds and extracts it for you.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou agree not to use the Service for any purposes that are illegal or promote illegal activities. This includes, but is not limited to, actions that: Violate any applicable laws or regulations. Encourage or facilitate any form of unlawful behaviour. Infringe upon the rights of others, including intellectual property rights and privacy rights. [...] You agree not to use the Service to: Commit or facilitate any illegal activities. Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity. Engage in any activity that could result in legal action against you or SimpleScraper. [...] It is your responsibility to ensure your use of the Service adheres to all relevant laws and regulations.
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits
Rate limit
Concurrentno limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call or by polling
The call
You sendurl, schema, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: recipeId
MethodPOST
Path/smart-extract
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone not located in a country subject to a U.S. government embargo and not listed on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties
The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

extraction ID, results ID, URL, status, date scraped, extracted data, CSS selectors, screenshot URL

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