# WebExtract, free, GET /v1/markdown: Web scraping API

> Markdown only: fetch a public web page (robots.txt respected) and return clean Markdown plus title/word count. Cheaper than /v1/extract when you do not need structured product/table JSON.

WebExtract's Free plan for the web scraping API costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. We check each provider's docs for 7 fields. WebExtract's docs list 1: Markdown.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from WebExtract scores 50.3 out of 100. WebExtract ranks 132nd of 173 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 2,948 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 or less per 1,000 pages. [See the best free web scraping API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
[LinkPreview's $25 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/25-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages. LinkPreview's web scraping API costs nothing beyond the plan price. [Spider Cloud's Pay as you go plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/top-up-from-1-pay-as-you-go-post-scrape-scrape/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 pages a month: $1.00.
[Scrappey](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v1-direct-request/llms.txt), [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) 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/webextract/free-get-v1-markdown
- [Web scraping API: best scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://webextract.dev/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.webextract.dev/v1/markdown`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://api.webextract.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#/paths/~1v1~1markdown
- Sold by: WebExtract (https://webextract.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- Markdown: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Extract

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Markdown only: fetch a public web page (robots.txt respected) and return clean Markdown plus title/word count. Cheaper than /v1/extract when you do not need structured product/table JSON.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must not use the Service to: collect personal data (names, emails, phone numbers, profiles, etc.) about individuals, or build profiles of people, access content you have no right to access, or violate a website's terms or applicable law (including copyright and data-protection law), overload, attack or probe websites or the Service, or attempt to circumvent rate limits, the free tier or payment, resell raw access to the Service as a competing API without our written permission. You are responsible for how you use the output and for having the rights to use it.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 20 requests a day
- Enough for: 20 calls a day

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: X-Billing header, free
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/markdown

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone, with no account or API key, 20 calls a day per IP address

## The 11 fields the plan's answer can hold

URL, final URL, fetched at, content source, title, Markdown, markdown truncated, word count, warnings, hint, charged

## WebExtract's plans (6)

- [WebExtract, free, GET /v1/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webextract/free-get-v1-markdown/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [WebExtract, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /v1/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webextract/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-markdown/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [WebExtract, $1 pack, 200 credits, GET /v1/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webextract/1-pack-200-credits-get-v1-markdown/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [WebExtract, $5 pack, 1,000 credits, GET /v1/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webextract/5-pack-1000-credits-get-v1-markdown/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [WebExtract, $20 pack, 5,000 credits, GET /v1/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webextract/20-pack-5000-credits-get-v1-markdown/llms.txt): $1.60 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [WebExtract, $50 pack, 15,000 credits, GET /v1/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webextract/50-pack-15000-credits-get-v1-markdown/llms.txt): $1.333 per 1,000, 14% complete, live

## WebExtract's calls (4)

- `GET /v1/extract`: [WebExtract, free, GET /v1/extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webextract/free-get-v1-extract/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/markdown`: [WebExtract, free, GET /v1/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webextract/free-get-v1-markdown/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/render/extract`: [WebExtract, free, GET /v1/render/extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webextract/free-get-v1-render-extract/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/render/markdown`: [WebExtract, free, GET /v1/render/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webextract/free-get-v1-render-markdown/llms.txt)

## WebExtract's APIs (1)

- [WebExtract: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, GET /v1/markdown](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webextract/free-get-v1-markdown/llms.txt)

## WebExtract: web scraping API alternatives

- [WebScrapingAPI, $599 monthly, Pro, GET /v2, GET Request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webscrapingapi/599-monthly-pro-get-v2-get-request/llms.txt): $1.331 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Ujeebu, $999 monthly, Business, POST /markdown, Markdown Generation, residential proxy, without JS](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/ujeebu/999-monthly-business-post-markdown-markdown-generation-residential-proxy-without-js/llms.txt): $1.332 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [AlterLab, $2,000 pack, Deposit $2,000, POST /api/v1/scrape, Scrape a web page, Protected](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/alterlab/2000-pack-deposit-2000-post-api-v1-scrape-scrape-a-web-page-protected/llms.txt): $1.333 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Searlo, $199.99 pack, Pro, POST /scrape, Scrape, live fetch, rendered](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/searlo/199-99-pack-pro-post-scrape-scrape-live-fetch-rendered/llms.txt): $1.333 per 1,000, 71% 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 2026-11-09.

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