# URL Meta, free: Web scraping API

> Get meta tags of any URL, screenshot, or DNS records of any domain, with a simple API call.

URL Meta's Free plan for the web scraping API costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. URL Meta's docs list none of the 7 fields on our checklist: Screenshot, Markdown, HTML, Text and 3 more.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from URL Meta scores 29.7 out of 100. URL Meta ranks 139th of 143 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 2,645 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.999 per 1,000 pages or less. [See how many web scraping API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
[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/url-meta/free
- [Web scraping API: 140+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://urlmeta.org?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.urlmeta.org/meta`
- API key: with the plan, on https://urlmeta.org?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://urlmeta.org/docs/meta-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: URL Meta (https://urlmeta.org?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: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Screenshot API

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get meta tags of any URL, screenshot, or DNS records of any domain, with a simple API call.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 requests a month
- Enough for: 500 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 3.31 s

## The call

- You send: url
- Method: GET
- Path: /meta

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up for a free API key

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

status, page title, description, page image, site name, favicon, logo, Twitter URL

## URL Meta's plans (2)

- [URL Meta, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/url-meta/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [URL Meta, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/url-meta/9-monthly/llms.txt): $0.36 per 1,000, 0% complete

## URL Meta's calls (1)

- `GET /meta`: [URL Meta, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/url-meta/free/llms.txt)

## URL Meta's APIs (1)

- [URL Meta: web scraping API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/url-meta/free/llms.txt)

## URL Meta: web scraping API alternatives

- [UnSearch, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/unsearch/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete
- [ScrapeNest, $599 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/scrape/url, Scrape URL, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapenest/599-monthly-scale-post-v1-scrape-url-scrape-url-full/llms.txt): $0.359 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [ScrapeOps, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapeops/9-monthly/llms.txt): $0.36 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Atlas, $360 monthly, Business, POST /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/atlas/360-monthly-business-post-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.36 per 1,000, 29% complete, 1 hour
- [ZenRows, $29 monthly, Build B2, GET /v1/, Fetch a page](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/zenrows/29-monthly-build-b2-get-v1-fetch-a-page/llms.txt): $0.362 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://urlmeta.org?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://urlmeta.org/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://urlmeta.org/docs/auth?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://urlmeta.org/docs/meta-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing