# WebSearchAPI.ai, free: Web scraping API

> Use a resilient web scraping API to extract clean, AI-ready content from difficult URLs with browser rendering, layered fallbacks, precise selectors, and structured output.

WebSearchAPI.ai'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: Text.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from WebSearchAPI.ai scores 54.3 out of 100. WebSearchAPI.ai ranks 64th of 77 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 1,913 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 per 1,000 pages or less.
[PhantomJsCloud's $10 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/phantomjscloud/10-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan 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 up front 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/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/websearchapi-ai/free
- [Web scraping API: 70+ providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://websearchapi.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.websearchapi.ai/scrape`
- API key: with the plan, on https://websearchapi.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://websearchapi.ai/docs/scraper-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: WebSearchAPI.ai (https://websearchapi.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-01

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- Text: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search API · Screenshot a page · Call a plugin

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Use a resilient web scraping API to extract clean, AI-ready content from difficult URLs with browser rendering, layered fallbacks, precise selectors, and structured output.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Our API is provided under a non-exclusive, non-transferable license. Usage must comply with our documentation and call volume limits. [...] Users must not use our API to generate outputs that violate intellectual property rights, distribute malware, or attempt unauthorized access.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 2,000 credits a month
- Enough for: 2,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 3.71 s

## The call

- You send: url, method "no-browser", engine "direct", Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: returnFormat, retain_images, timeout, proxy, setCookie, locale, dnt, httpMethod, headers, body, includeHeaders
- Method: POST
- Path: /scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

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

page title, URL, page content, token count, status code, response headers

## WebSearchAPI.ai's plans (3)

- [WebSearchAPI.ai, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/websearchapi-ai/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete
- [WebSearchAPI.ai, $189 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/websearchapi-ai/189-monthly/llms.txt): $3.78 per 1,000, 14% complete
- [WebSearchAPI.ai, $1,250 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/websearchapi-ai/1250-monthly/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 14% complete

## WebSearchAPI.ai's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /scrape`: [WebSearchAPI.ai, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/websearchapi-ai/free/llms.txt)

## WebSearchAPI.ai's APIs (2)

- [WebSearchAPI.ai: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/websearchapi-ai/free/llms.txt)
- [WebSearchAPI.ai: web search API pricing, 3 plans, POST /ai-search, Search API](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/websearchapi-ai/free-free-post-ai-search-search-api/llms.txt)
- [WebSearchAPI.ai: web search API pricing, 3 plans, POST /ai-search, Search API, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/websearchapi-ai/free-free-post-ai-search-search-api-full/llms.txt)

## WebSearchAPI.ai: web scraping API alternatives

- [Firecrawl, top-up from $5, Pay-as-you-go on Standard](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/firecrawl/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-on-standard/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 86% complete, 2 days
- [Valyu, top-up from $10, Pay-as-you-go, POST /v1/contents, Contents, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/valyu/top-up-from-10-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-contents-contents-full/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 57% complete, 7 days
- [Anakin, $300 monthly, Build your plan, $300 a month, POST /v1/url-scraper/scrape, Scrape URL (Inline), full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/anakin/300-monthly-build-your-plan-300-a-month-post-v1-url-scraper-scrape-scrape-url-inline-full/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 29% complete, 24 hours
- [x402serps, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/x402serps/20-pack/llms.txt): $2.50 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 2026-11-01.

- https://api.websearchapi.ai/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://websearchapi.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://websearchapi.ai/docs/scraper-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://websearchapi.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://websearchapi.ai/terms-of-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://websearchapi.ai/web-scraping-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing