# WebLens, free, POST /free/fetch: Web scraping API

> Fetch any webpage (content truncated to 2000 chars). Rate limited to 10/hour. No payment required.

WebLens's Free plan for the web scraping API costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. WebLens's docs list 1 of the 7 fields on our checklist: Text.
WebLens limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), this plan scores 60.9 out of 100. WebLens ranks 90th of 150 providers.
We rank 2,679 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.9999 or less per 1,000 pages. This plan and 13 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 pages of the 2,679 plans. [See the best free web scraping API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.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), [Scrappey](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v1-direct-request/llms.txt) and [ScraperAPI](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/299-monthly-business-get-sync-api/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/weblens/free-post-free-fetch
- [Web scraping API: best scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://api.weblens.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.weblens.dev/free/fetch`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://api.weblens.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#tag/free/POST/free/fetch
- Sold by: WebLens (https://api.weblens.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- Text: ✓

## Score

- Overall score: 60.9
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 27
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 0
- Performance score: 61

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Fetch any webpage (content truncated to 2000 chars). Rate limited to 10/hour. No payment required.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Use the service lawfully. You are responsible for what you do with the content you retrieve, including copyright, database rights, the target site's terms, and data-protection law for any personal data in it. For that data, you are the controller. Do not use the service to attack, overload or gain unauthorised access to any system. Do not bypass access controls or paywalls, collect credentials, or send spam.

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.0028
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.41 s

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: timeout
- Method: POST
- Path: /free/fetch

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone, with no account, API key or payment, 10 requests an hour

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

URL, page title, page content, truncated, fetched at, request ID

## WebLens's plans (2)

- [WebLens, free, POST /free/fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/weblens/free-post-free-fetch/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete
- [WebLens, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), POST /fetch/basic](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/weblens/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-fetch-basic/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 14% complete

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

- `POST /free/fetch`: [WebLens, free, POST /free/fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/weblens/free-post-free-fetch/llms.txt)
- `GET /r/{url}`: [WebLens, free, GET /r/{url}](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/weblens/free-get-r-url/llms.txt)
- `POST /fetch/basic`: [WebLens, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), POST /fetch/basic](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/weblens/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-fetch-basic/llms.txt)
- `POST /fetch/pro`: [WebLens, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), POST /fetch/pro](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/weblens/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-fetch-pro/llms.txt)
- `POST /contents`: [WebLens, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), POST /contents](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/weblens/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-post-contents/llms.txt)

## WebLens's APIs (5)

- [WebLens: web scraping API pricing, 2 plans, POST /free/fetch](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/weblens/free-post-free-fetch/llms.txt)
- [WebLens: Hacker News search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/weblens/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [WebLens: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/weblens/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [WebLens: tech stack API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-technology-apis/weblens/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [WebLens: domain WHOIS API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/weblens/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## WebLens: web scraping API alternatives

- [WebScraping.AI, free, GET /text, Get Page Text, datacenter proxy, JS rendering](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webscraping-ai/free-get-text-get-page-text-datacenter-proxy-js-rendering/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [Scrappey, free, POST /api/v1, Browser request](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/free-post-api-v1-browser-request/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [ScraperAPI, free plan, GET /, Sync API with screenshot](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/free-plan-get-sync-api-with-screenshot/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [APIFreaks, free, One-Off 10,000 credits, POST /scraping, Web Scraper API](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/free-one-off-10000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [GuGuData, CNY 83 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/gugudata/cny-83-monthly/llms.txt): $0.00096 per 1,000, 14% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-08.

- https://api.weblens.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.weblens.dev/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.weblens.dev/discovery?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.weblens.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.weblens.dev/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.weblens.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.weblens.dev/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.weblens.dev/refunds?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://api.weblens.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing