# Spidra, free, POST /scrape, Start a scrape: Web scraping API

> Scrape reads 1 to 3 pages in a real browser and returns them as Markdown, or extracts the data you describe.

Spidra's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 2 of the 7 key fields we check: Screenshot, Markdown.
We rank 1,540 plans by price. [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 to start 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 our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape-start-a-scrape
- [Best web scraping API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://spidra.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.spidra.io/api/scrape`, Start a scrape
- API key: with the plan, on https://spidra.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.spidra.io/api-reference/scraping/scrape?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: Spidra (https://spidra.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-01

## In the answer

- Completeness: 29%
- Screenshot: ✓
- Markdown: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Extra fields: extracted data, input tokens, output tokens, total tokens: +$0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Batch scrape · Crawl · Map · Search · Parse · Run a template

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Scrape reads 1 to 3 pages in a real browser and returns them as Markdown, or extracts the data you describe.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You retain ownership of data you scrape using our Service, but you grant us a limited license to process and store this data as necessary to provide the Service. You are responsible for ensuring you have the right to scrape and use any content obtained through our Service. [...] You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree NOT to: Scrape websites that prohibit automated access in their terms of service [...] Use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose [...] Violate any applicable laws or regulations [...] Infringe on intellectual property rights of others [...] Transmit viruses, malware, or other harmful code [...] Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems [...] Interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers [...] Use the Service to collect personal information without consent [...] Scrape content that violates privacy rights or is confidential [...] Use the Service for commercial purposes without proper authorization [...] Create fake or fraudulent accounts on third-party websites to facilitate data extraction [...] Use stolen credentials or authentication cookies belonging to accounts you do not own or have explicit authorization to use [...] Circumvent website access controls in a manner that violates applicable law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) or similar legislation [...] You may not use the Service to scrape, collect, or process: Content that is illegal, harmful, or violates third-party rights [...] Personal data without proper consent or legal basis [...] Copyrighted material without permission [...] Content that promotes violence, discrimination, or hate speech [...] Adult content or material inappropriate for minors [...] Financial or sensitive personal information [...] Content that violates website terms of service

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 300 credits
- Enough for: 300 results, once

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Concurrent: 10
- Batch: 3

## Speed

- Answer: by polling
- Median: 14.42 s

## The call

- You send: urls[].url. Optional: output, urls[].actions, scrapeMode, useProxy, proxyCountry, cookies, screenshot, fullPageScreenshot, extractContentOnly
- Method: POST
- Path: /scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

result markdown, page URL, page title, page markdown, page read succeeded, structured data, screenshot URL, run time

## Spidra's plans (8)

- [Spidra, free, POST /scrape, Start a scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape-start-a-scrape/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Spidra, $5 pack, 500 credit top-up, POST /scrape, Start a scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/5-pack-500-credit-top-up-post-scrape-start-a-scrape/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Spidra, $10 pack, 1,200 credit top-up, POST /scrape, Start a scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/10-pack-1200-credit-top-up-post-scrape-start-a-scrape/llms.txt): $8.333 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Spidra, $35 pack, 5,000 credit top-up, POST /scrape, Start a scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/35-pack-5000-credit-top-up-post-scrape-start-a-scrape/llms.txt): $7.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Spidra, $19 monthly, Starter, POST /scrape, Start a scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/19-monthly-starter-post-scrape-start-a-scrape/llms.txt): $3.80 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Spidra, $79 monthly, Builder, POST /scrape, Start a scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/79-monthly-builder-post-scrape-start-a-scrape/llms.txt): $3.16 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Spidra, $249 monthly, Pro, POST /scrape, Start a scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/249-monthly-pro-post-scrape-start-a-scrape/llms.txt): $1.992 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Spidra, contact us, Enterprise, POST /scrape, Start a scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/contact-us-enterprise-post-scrape-start-a-scrape/llms.txt): 29% complete, live

## Spidra's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /scrape`, Start a scrape: [Spidra, free, POST /scrape, Start a scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape-start-a-scrape/llms.txt)
- `POST /scrape`, Start a scrape, full: [Spidra, free, POST /scrape, Start a scrape, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape-start-a-scrape-full/llms.txt)

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- [Spidra: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/spidra/free/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: Amazon product API pricing, 8 plans, POST /batch/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-product-apis/spidra/free-post-batch-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: Amazon product API pricing, 8 plans, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-product-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: Amazon search API pricing, 8 plans, POST /batch/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-search-apis/spidra/free-post-batch-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: Amazon search API pricing, 8 plans, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-search-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: eBay product API pricing, 8 plans, POST /batch/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-product-apis/spidra/free-post-batch-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: eBay product API pricing, 8 plans, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-product-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: eBay search API pricing, 8 plans, POST /batch/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/spidra/free-post-batch-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: eBay search API pricing, 8 plans, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 8 plans, POST /batch/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/spidra/free-post-batch-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 8 plans, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 8 plans, POST /batch/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/spidra/free-post-batch-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 8 plans, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 8 plans, POST /batch/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/spidra/free-post-batch-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 8 plans, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 8 plans, POST /batch/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/spidra/free-post-batch-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 8 plans, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: YouTube channel API pricing, 8 plans, POST /batch/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/spidra/free-post-batch-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: YouTube channel API pricing, 8 plans, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: YouTube channel video API pricing, 8 plans, POST /batch/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/spidra/free-post-batch-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: YouTube channel video API pricing, 8 plans, POST /scrape](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: web search API pricing, 8 plans, POST /search, Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/spidra/free-post-search-search/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: web search API pricing, 8 plans, POST /search, Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/spidra/free-post-search-search-full/llms.txt)
- [Spidra: web scraping API pricing, 8 plans, POST /scrape, Start a scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spidra/free-post-scrape-start-a-scrape/llms.txt)

## Spidra: web scraping API alternatives

- [Ujeebu, $299 monthly, Pro, POST /markdown, Markdown Generation, residential proxy, without JS](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/ujeebu/299-monthly-pro-post-markdown-markdown-generation-residential-proxy-without-js/llms.txt): $1.993 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Scavio, $4,788 yearly, Growth, yearly, POST /api/v1/extract/batch, Batch Extract URLs](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scavio/4788-yearly-growth-yearly-post-api-v1-extract-batch-batch-extract-urls/llms.txt): $1.995 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ZenRows, $999 monthly, Scale S3, GET /v1/, Fetch a page, JavaScript rendering and premium proxies](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/999-monthly-scale-s3-get-v1-fetch-a-page-javascript-rendering-and-premium-proxies/llms.txt): $1.998 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Scrapestack, $79.99 monthly, Professional, GET /scrape, Scrape with premium_proxy=1](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapestack/79-99-monthly-professional-get-scrape-scrape-with-premium-proxy-1/llms.txt): $1.9998 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 2026-11-01.

- https://docs.spidra.io/api-reference/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.spidra.io/api-reference/scraping/scrape?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.spidra.io/api-reference/scraping/scrape-status?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.spidra.io/billing/how-credits-work?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.spidra.io/billing/plans?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.spidra.io/billing/top-ups?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://docs.spidra.io/scrape?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://spidra.io/linkedin-profile-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://spidra.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://spidra.io/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing