# SpecStream, free: Web scraping API

> Send up to 20 URLs in one call and get the main text of each, without its menus, footers, and ads.

SpecStream's Free plan for the web scraping API costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. SpecStream's docs list 1 of the 7 fields on our checklist: Text.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from SpecStream scores 68.9 out of 100. SpecStream ranks 42nd of 143 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 2,645 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.999 per 1,000 pages or less. [See how many web scraping API plans are free.](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.
[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 [APIFreaks](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/100-monthly-monthly-1500000-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/specstream/free
- [Web scraping API: 140+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://specstream.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.specstream.ai/v1/extract`
- API key: with the plan, on https://specstream.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://specstream.ai/docs/extract-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: SpecStream (https://specstream.ai?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: result
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search API · Search API batch · Deep Search

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Send up to 20 URLs in one call and get the main text of each, without its menus, footers, and ads.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use and export the results available to your account, subject to applicable law and any rights in the underlying sources. [...] Use SpecStream only for lawful purposes and within the permissions you hold. Do not use it for harassment, stalking, discrimination, fraud, unlawful surveillance, credential theft, or unauthorized access. Do not seek private information by bypassing access controls or use the service to make unlawful decisions about people. Do not interfere with the service, evade spending or access limits, abuse free grants, or submit malicious material. [...] Do not use SpecStream or any result as a factor in deciding a person’s eligibility for credit, insurance, employment, housing, tenancy, education, government benefits, or any other purpose those laws cover, and do not use it to screen tenants or employees.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $10
- Enough for: 12,500 results, once
- Expires: 30 days

## Rate limit

- Batch: 20

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.71 s

## The call

- You send: urls, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: format, Idempotency-Key header
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/extract

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old and able to enter into a contract, once per eligible verified billing account

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

URL, read status, page title, published date, read source, capture time, page text, request ID, response time, cost in dollars

## SpecStream's plans (9)

- [SpecStream, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/specstream/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [SpecStream, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/specstream/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [SpecStream, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/specstream/19-monthly/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [SpecStream, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/specstream/99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [SpecStream, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/specstream/499-monthly/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [SpecStream, $228 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/specstream/228-yearly/llms.txt): $0.667 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [SpecStream, $1,188 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/specstream/1188-yearly/llms.txt): $0.667 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [SpecStream, $5,988 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/specstream/5988-yearly/llms.txt): $0.667 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [SpecStream, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/specstream/contact-us/llms.txt): 14% complete, live

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

- `POST /v1/extract`: [SpecStream, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/specstream/free/llms.txt)

## SpecStream's APIs (2)

- [SpecStream: web scraping API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/specstream/free/llms.txt)
- [SpecStream: web search API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/specstream/free/llms.txt)

## SpecStream: web scraping API alternatives

- [APIFreaks, $100 pack, One-Off 600,000 credits, POST /scraping, Web Scraper API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/100-pack-one-off-600000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api/llms.txt): $0.667 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [AnyCrawler, $5 monthly, Agent Lite, POST /v1/crawl/page, Fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anycrawler/5-monthly-agent-lite-post-v1-crawl-page-fetch/llms.txt): $0.667 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Irmu, $200 monthly, Pro, GET /crawl, Premium fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/irmu/200-monthly-pro-get-crawl-premium-fetch/llms.txt): $0.667 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Automatio, $18 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/automatio/18-monthly/llms.txt): $0.667 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 2026-11-07.

- https://specstream.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://specstream.ai/agents.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://specstream.ai/docs/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://specstream.ai/docs/extract-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://specstream.ai/extract-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://specstream.ai/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://specstream.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://specstream.ai/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing