# StealthASF, free, POST /v1/scrape, Protected (stealth) request: Web scraping API

> One request. We get past Cloudflare, DataDome, Akamai, PerimeterX, Kasada and more, render JavaScript, rotate residential IPs and even find the hidden API for you. Clean JSON back.

StealthASF's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. It returns 1 of the 7 key fields we check: HTML.
The cheapest of the 473 plans we rank by price is [Scrapestack, $199.99 monthly, Business, GET /scrape, Scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapestack/199-99-monthly-business-get-scrape-scrape/llms.txt), at $0.067 per 1,000 pages.
[ScraperAPI](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/475-monthly-scaling-get-sync-api/llms.txt), [Scrapestack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapestack/79-99-monthly-professional-get-scrape-scrape/llms.txt) and [HasData](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/hasdata/249-monthly-growth-3m-post-scrape-web-web-scraping-api/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stealthasf/free-post-v1-scrape-protected-stealth-request
- [Best web scraping API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://stealthasf.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://stealthasf.com/v1/scrape`, Protected (stealth) request
- API key: with the plan, on https://stealthasf.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://stealthasf.com/docs
- Sold by: StealthASF (https://stealthasf.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-28

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- HTML: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Plain request · JavaScript rendering · Ultra request

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: One request. We get past Cloudflare, DataDome, Akamai, PerimeterX, Kasada and more, render JavaScript, rotate residential IPs and even find the hidden API for you. Clean JSON back.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You are responsible for what you collect and how you use it, including compliance with data protection, copyright, database and computer-misuse laws and with any obligations you have towards the websites you access. You must not use the Service to: collect personal data without a lawful basis, or build profiles of private individuals, access content behind a login, paywall or other access control you are not authorised to use, or use other people's credentials, overload, disrupt or attack any system, including denial-of-service, vulnerability scanning or exploitation, send spam, distribute malware, commit fraud or infringe intellectual property rights, access our own infrastructure or internal networks, or resell the Service without our written consent.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 200 credits
- Enough for: 8 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 2
- Concurrent: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url, engine "stealth", content-type header "application/json". Optional: country, extract, steps, randomize, repeat, repeat_gap_ms
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone, one free account per person or company

## The 13 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, job ID, engine used, status code, page HTML, extracted data, step records, discovered API, bytes transferred, proxy transfer in MB, processing time in ms, credits charged, credits balance

## StealthASF's plans (7)

- [StealthASF, free, POST /v1/scrape, Protected (stealth) request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stealthasf/free-post-v1-scrape-protected-stealth-request/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [StealthASF, €11 pack, 25k credit pack, POST /v1/scrape, Protected (stealth) request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stealthasf/11-pack-25k-credit-pack-post-v1-scrape-protected-stealth-request/llms.txt): $12.378 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [StealthASF, €35 pack, 100k credit pack, POST /v1/scrape, Protected (stealth) request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stealthasf/35-pack-100k-credit-pack-post-v1-scrape-protected-stealth-request/llms.txt): $9.846 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [StealthASF, €135 pack, 500k credit pack, POST /v1/scrape, Protected (stealth) request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stealthasf/135-pack-500k-credit-pack-post-v1-scrape-protected-stealth-request/llms.txt): $7.596 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [StealthASF, $17 monthly, Hobby, POST /v1/scrape, Protected (stealth) request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stealthasf/17-monthly-hobby-post-v1-scrape-protected-stealth-request/llms.txt): $6.071 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [StealthASF, $49 monthly, Pro, POST /v1/scrape, Protected (stealth) request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stealthasf/49-monthly-pro-post-v1-scrape-protected-stealth-request/llms.txt): $4.90 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [StealthASF, $169 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/scrape, Protected (stealth) request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stealthasf/169-monthly-scale-post-v1-scrape-protected-stealth-request/llms.txt): $4.225 per 1,000, 14% complete, live

## StealthASF's calls (4)

- `POST /v1/scrape`, JavaScript rendering: [StealthASF, free, POST /v1/scrape, JavaScript rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stealthasf/free-post-v1-scrape-javascript-rendering/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/scrape`, Plain request: [StealthASF, free, POST /v1/scrape, Plain request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stealthasf/free-post-v1-scrape-plain-request/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/scrape`, Protected (stealth) request: [StealthASF, free, POST /v1/scrape, Protected (stealth) request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stealthasf/free-post-v1-scrape-protected-stealth-request/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/scrape`, Ultra request: [StealthASF, free, POST /v1/scrape, Ultra request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stealthasf/free-post-v1-scrape-ultra-request/llms.txt)

## StealthASF's APIs (1)

- [StealthASF: web scraping API pricing, 7 plans, POST /v1/scrape, Protected (stealth) request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/stealthasf/free-post-v1-scrape-protected-stealth-request/llms.txt)

## StealthASF: web scraping API alternatives

- [WebScraping.AI, $249 monthly, Startup, GET /text, Get Page Text, stealth proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webscraping-ai/249-monthly-startup-get-text-get-page-text-stealth-proxy/llms.txt): $4.15 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [ScrapingAnt, $249 monthly, Business, GET /v2/extended, Extended JSON: Headless browser (no JS rendering, return_page_source parameter is true) + premium (residential) proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapingant/249-monthly-business-get-v2-extended-extended-json-headless-browser-no-js-rendering-return-page-source-parameter-is-true-premium-residential-proxy/llms.txt): $4.15 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [ZenRows, $19 monthly, Build B1, GET /v1/, Fetch a page, premium proxies](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/19-monthly-build-b1-get-v1-fetch-a-page-premium-proxies/llms.txt): $4.222 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Irmu, $350 pack, Bulk Pack, GET /crawl, Premium fetch + JavaScript](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/irmu/350-pack-bulk-pack-get-crawl-premium-fetch-javascript/llms.txt): $4.375 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 2026-10-28.

- https://stealthasf.com
- https://stealthasf.com/docs
- https://stealthasf.com/pricing
- https://stealthasf.com/terms