# switch402, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), POST /v1/metadata: Web scraping API

> Reads a page's title, description, canonical URL, language, social (OpenGraph and Twitter) tags and JSON-LD structured data.

switch402's Pay per call (x402) plan for the web scraping API costs $1.00 per 1,000 pages. switch402's docs list none of the 7 fields on our checklist: Screenshot, Markdown, HTML, Text and 3 more.
We haven't run switch402 through [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 2,645 plans we rank by price cost $1.999 per 1,000 pages or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 pages than 63% of the 2,645 plans.
[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/switch402/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-v1-metadata
- [Web scraping API: 140+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://switch402.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.switch402.com/v1/metadata`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://switch402.com/url-metadata-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: switch402 (https://switch402.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

- $ per 1,000 pages: $1.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Reads a page's title, description, canonical URL, language, social (OpenGraph and Twitter) tags and JSON-LD structured data.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Do not use switch402 for anything illegal. Do not use it to fetch, scrape or copy content from sites you do not have the right to access or use, to get around logins, paywalls or other access controls, or to overload or attack any site. You are responsible for what you request and how you use the results.

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/metadata

## About the plan

- Plan: Pay per call (x402)
- Who can get it: anyone, with no account or API key, paying each call in USDC on Base over x402

## The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

URL, final URL, page title, description, canonical URL, language, OpenGraph tags, Twitter tags, JSON-LD blocks, invalid JSON-LD count, truncated, response time

## switch402's plans (5)

- [switch402, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), POST /v1/metadata](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-v1-metadata/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [switch402, $5 pack, POST /v1/metadata](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/5-pack-post-v1-metadata/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [switch402, $10 pack, Monthly plan, POST /v1/metadata](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/10-pack-monthly-plan-post-v1-metadata/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [switch402, $20 pack, POST /v1/metadata](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/20-pack-post-v1-metadata/llms.txt): $0.952 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [switch402, $50 pack, POST /v1/metadata](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/50-pack-post-v1-metadata/llms.txt): $0.909 per 1,000, 0% complete, live

## switch402's calls for this API (5)

- `POST /v1/metadata`: [switch402, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), POST /v1/metadata](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-v1-metadata/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/pdf`: [switch402, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), POST /v1/pdf](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-v1-pdf/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/scrape`: [switch402, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/scrape/lite`: [switch402, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), POST /v1/scrape/lite](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-v1-scrape-lite/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/map`: [switch402, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), POST /v1/map](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-v1-map/llms.txt)

## switch402's APIs (2)

- [switch402: web search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [switch402: web scraping API pricing, 5 plans, POST /v1/metadata](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/switch402/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-v1-metadata/llms.txt)

## switch402: web scraping API alternatives

- [WebScraping.AI, top-up from $20, Pay as you go, GET /text, Get Page Text, datacenter proxy, JS rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webscraping-ai/top-up-from-20-pay-as-you-go-get-text-get-page-text-datacenter-proxy-js-rendering/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [APIFreaks, $20 pack, One-Off 80,000 credits, POST /scraping, Web Scraper API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/20-pack-one-off-80000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Scrappa, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappa/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 71% complete, live
- [Linkup, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /v1/fetch, Fetch, standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkup/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-fetch-fetch-standard/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 43% 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://api.switch402.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.switch402.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://switch402.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://switch402.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://switch402.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://switch402.com/url-metadata-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing