# UnblockingAPI, free: Web scraping API

> Send a public URL. We handle browser rendering, country-level routing, retries and response delivery - then return clean HTML, status codes and metadata.

UnblockingAPI's web scraping API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. UnblockingAPI's docs list 1 of the 7 key fields we check: HTML.
We haven't run UnblockingAPI through [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 2,323 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 per 1,000 pages or less.
[GuGuData's CNY 83 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/gugudata/cny-83-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages. GuGuData's CNY 83 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many pages as GuGuData's rate limit allows.
[80legs's $29 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/80legs/29-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of pages. 80legs's $29 monthly plan costs more up front than GuGuData's CNY 83 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 the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/unblockingapi/free
- [Web scraping API: 100+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://unblockingapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.unblockingapi.com/unblock`
- API key: with the plan, on https://unblockingapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://unblockingapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: UnblockingAPI (https://unblockingapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## 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: Google Search | Organic results · Bing · Ahrefs - Website Authority Checker

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Send a public URL. We handle browser rendering, country-level routing, retries and response delivery - then return clean HTML, status codes and metadata.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You are responsible for determining whether you have the right to access, collect, store, process, use or share any data fetched through UnblockingAPI. [...] You may not use the service for unauthorized access, private or logged-in content without permission, personal data harvesting, spam, fraud, malware, abusive traffic or any prohibited use described in our Acceptable Use Policy. [...] Acceptable Use Policy: "You may not use UnblockingAPI to access, collect, copy or process data in a way that violates applicable law, third-party rights, website terms, privacy rules or this policy. [...] You may not use UnblockingAPI to harvest, collect or enrich personal data in a way that violates applicable data protection laws or privacy rights. [...] You may not use UnblockingAPI to copy, store, reproduce, redistribute or commercially exploit content in violation of copyright, database rights, contractual rights, confidentiality obligations, privacy rights or other applicable rights."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 credits
- Enough for: 500 calls

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 25
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: render, location, wait_for, wait_min_ms, wait_state, scroll_steps, settle_ms, wait_rules, detect_ms, max_age
- Method: GET
- Path: /unblock

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who creates an account and accepts the Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy, account verification may be required for production access or high-volume workloads

## The 19 fields the plan's answer can hold

job ID, page URL, status, HTTP response code, response time, wait timed out, readiness status, readiness reason, readiness waited time, readiness scroll steps, verification vendor, verification status, verification waited time, render, render reason, location, response format, cached, page HTML

## UnblockingAPI's plans (7)

- [UnblockingAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/unblockingapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [UnblockingAPI, €10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/unblockingapi/10-pack/llms.txt): $1.125 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [UnblockingAPI, €50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/unblockingapi/50-pack/llms.txt): $1.072 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [UnblockingAPI, €100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/unblockingapi/100-pack/llms.txt): $1.023 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [UnblockingAPI, €250 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/unblockingapi/250-pack/llms.txt): $0.979 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [UnblockingAPI, €500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/unblockingapi/500-pack/llms.txt): $0.938 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [UnblockingAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/unblockingapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 14% complete, live

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

- `GET /unblock`: [UnblockingAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/unblockingapi/free/llms.txt)

## UnblockingAPI's APIs (3)

- [UnblockingAPI: domain authority API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/unblockingapi/free/llms.txt)
- [UnblockingAPI: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, GET /unblock, Bing](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/unblockingapi/free-get-unblock-bing/llms.txt)
- [UnblockingAPI: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, GET /unblock, Google Search | Organic results](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/unblockingapi/free-get-unblock-google-search-organic-results/llms.txt)
- [UnblockingAPI: web scraping API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/unblockingapi/free/llms.txt)

## UnblockingAPI: web scraping API alternatives

- [ScraperAPI, $975 monthly, Professional, GET /, Sync API with screenshot](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/975-monthly-professional-get-sync-api-with-screenshot/llms.txt): $0.929 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [ZenRows, $749 monthly, Scale S2, GET /v1/, Fetch a page, premium proxies](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/749-monthly-scale-s2-get-v1-fetch-a-page-premium-proxies/llms.txt): $0.936 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Scrappey, top-up from €100, Pay As You Go, €100+ top-up, POST /api/v1, Browser request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/top-up-from-100-pay-as-you-go-100-top-up-post-api-v1-browser-request/llms.txt): $0.938 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $7,000 monthly, Global Starter, GET /scrape, Web Scraping API, premium proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapingdog/7000-monthly-global-starter-get-scrape-web-scraping-api-premium-proxy/llms.txt): $0.946 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 2026-11-06.

- https://unblockingapi.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://unblockingapi.com/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://unblockingapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://unblockingapi.com/faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://unblockingapi.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://unblockingapi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://unblockingapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://unblockingapi.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing