# Thunderbit, free, POST /batch/distill: Web scraping API

> Submit up to 100 URLs per job for asynchronous Markdown extraction. Poll status, cancel running jobs, and retrieve results when each batch completes.

Thunderbit'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: Markdown.
We rank 950 plans by price. [PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/phantomjscloud/10-monthly/llms.txt) 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](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/475-monthly-scaling-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/thunderbit/free-post-batch-distill
- [Best web scraping API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://thunderbit.com/api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://openapi.thunderbit.com/openapi/v1/batch/distill`
- API key: with the plan, on https://thunderbit.com/api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://thunderbit.com/docs/api-reference/endpoints/batch-distill
- Sold by: Thunderbit (https://thunderbit.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- Markdown: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Distill Single Page · Extract Structured Data · Batch Extract · Search and Distill

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Submit up to 100 URLs per job for asynchronous Markdown extraction. Poll status, cancel running jobs, and retrieve results when each batch completes.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: When using the Scraping Services, you agree to the following: (a) Third-Party Service Compliance. You are solely responsible for ensuring that your use of the Scraping Services complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and the terms of service of Third-Party Services. [...] (d) Personal Data. You must not use the Scraping Services to collect personal data unless you have a lawful basis for such collection and processing. [...] (e) Authentication and Access. You shall not use the Scraping Services to access content protected by authentication systems unless you have valid, authorized access to such content. [...] (f) Intellectual Property. You are responsible for ensuring that your use of scraped data respects the intellectual property rights of third parties. [...] When using the API or SDK, you agree to the following: (a) You shall not exceed the rate limits or usage quotas applicable to your Account. (b) You shall not share API keys or SDK credentials with unauthorized parties. [...] (e) You shall not use the API or SDK to build services that compete directly with the Services.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 600 credits
- Enough for: 600 results

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Concurrent: 2
- Batch: 100

## Speed

- Answer: by polling or webhook

## The call

- You send: urls, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: timeout, countryCode, renderMode, include, webhook.url, webhook.secret
- Method: POST
- Path: /batch/distill

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with a Thunderbit account who is at least 18 years old, or of the age of majority in their jurisdiction if greater

## The 4 fields the plan's answer can hold

Markdown, page URL, job ID, result status

## Thunderbit's plans (11)

- [Thunderbit, free, POST /batch/distill](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/free-post-batch-distill/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Thunderbit, $29 monthly, Starter, POST /batch/distill](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/29-monthly-starter-post-batch-distill/llms.txt): $4.833 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Thunderbit, $72 monthly, Pro, POST /batch/distill](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/72-monthly-pro-post-batch-distill/llms.txt): $1.20 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Thunderbit, $120 monthly, Pro, POST /batch/distill](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/120-monthly-pro-post-batch-distill/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Thunderbit, $240 monthly, Pro, POST /batch/distill](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/240-monthly-pro-post-batch-distill/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Thunderbit, $480 monthly, Pro, POST /batch/distill](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/480-monthly-pro-post-batch-distill/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Thunderbit, $192 yearly, Starter, POST /batch/distill](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/192-yearly-starter-post-batch-distill/llms.txt): $3.20 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Thunderbit, $480 yearly, Pro, POST /batch/distill](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/480-yearly-pro-post-batch-distill/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Thunderbit, $840 yearly, Pro, POST /batch/distill](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/840-yearly-pro-post-batch-distill/llms.txt): $0.70 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Thunderbit, $1,560 yearly, Pro, POST /batch/distill](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/1560-yearly-pro-post-batch-distill/llms.txt): $0.65 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Thunderbit, $3,000 yearly, Pro, POST /batch/distill](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/3000-yearly-pro-post-batch-distill/llms.txt): $0.625 per 1,000, 14% complete, live

## Thunderbit's calls for this API (3)

- `POST /batch/distill`: [Thunderbit, free, POST /batch/distill](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/free-post-batch-distill/llms.txt)
- `POST /distill`, Distill Single Page: [Thunderbit, free, POST /distill, Distill Single Page](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/free-post-distill-distill-single-page/llms.txt)
- `POST /distill`, Distill Single Page, full: [Thunderbit, free, POST /distill, Distill Single Page, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/free-post-distill-distill-single-page-full/llms.txt)

## Thunderbit's APIs (2)

- [Thunderbit: web scraping API pricing, 11 plans, POST /batch/distill](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/thunderbit/free-post-batch-distill/llms.txt)
- [Thunderbit: web search API pricing, 11 plans, POST /search, Search and Distill](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/thunderbit/free-post-search-search-and-distill/llms.txt)
- [Thunderbit: web search API pricing, 11 plans, POST /search, Search and Distill, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/thunderbit/free-post-search-search-and-distill-full/llms.txt)

## Thunderbit: web scraping API alternatives

- [Scrapingdog, $220,000 yearly, Titan Pro, GET /scrape, Web Scraping API, premium proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapingdog/220000-yearly-titan-pro-get-scrape-web-scraping-api-premium-proxy/llms.txt): $0.619 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Browserless, $300 yearly, Prototyping, POST /smart-scrape, Smart Scrape API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/browserless/300-yearly-prototyping-post-smart-scrape-smart-scrape-api/llms.txt): $0.625 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Search1API, $499 pack, Pay as you go, $499 (+60% bonus), POST /crawl](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/search1api/499-pack-pay-as-you-go-499-60-bonus-post-crawl/llms.txt): $0.625 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Scrapeless, $10,788 yearly, Enterprise Plus, yearly, POST /api/v2/unlocker/request, JS Render](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapeless/10788-yearly-enterprise-plus-yearly-post-api-v2-unlocker-request-js-render/llms.txt): $0.63 per 1,000, 86% 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 2026-10-29.

- https://thunderbit.com/api-pricing
- https://thunderbit.com/docs/api-reference/endpoints/batch-distill
- https://thunderbit.com/docs/api-reference/endpoints/batch-distill-status
- https://thunderbit.com/docs/api-reference/overview
- https://thunderbit.com/docs/guides/batch-lifecycle
- https://thunderbit.com/docs/guides/faq
- https://thunderbit.com/docs/guides/rate-limits
- https://thunderbit.com/docs/guides/units
- https://thunderbit.com/docs/llms.txt
- https://thunderbit.com/terms