Every free web scraping tier that clears our bar in 2026: 20 offers meet the criteria and 3 offers are demoted with a named reason. Recorded changes and a published ranking method. We could not confirm today's terms for 8 of them: on 4 the page we cite did not answer, and on 4 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why.
300 free screenshots / month. Take screenshots from any url. Fast, free & scalable.
It turns any website into data such as metatags normalization, beauty link previews, scraping capabilities, or screenshots as a service. 25 requests per day, every day free. Note — discovered 2026-08-28: The free tier now offers 25 requests per day, down from 50. Source ↗
Real-time search engine scraping API. Returns structured JSON results for Google, YouTube, Bing, Baidu, Walmart, and many other engines. Free plan: 250 searches/month, 50 requests/hour throughput limit. Month-to-month, cancel anytime. See [serpapi.com/pricing](https://serpapi.com/pricing).
Extracting and monitoring data on the web. 1k credits per month for free, equals 1k concurrent requests. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-18, we could read no amount, tier or rate on the page, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Web scraping and automation platform. The Free plan is $0 with $5 of prepaid usage a month to spend in Apify Store or on your own Actors, at $0.2 per compute unit, with up to 16 GB of Actor RAM and community support; no credit card is required. Starter is $19/month with $19 of usage a month. The Creator plan, for developers who run their own Actors, costs $1/month paid six months in advance, adds a one-time $500 of usage for those six months, and limits access to Apify Store Actors.
Headless Chrome scraping API and free checked proxies service. Javascript rendering, premium rotating proxies, CAPTCHA avoidance. Free plan: 10,000 API credits per month (renews monthly), unlimited parallel requests, all core scraping features, no credit card required. See [scrapingant.com](https://scrapingant.com/). Best for unlimited usage needs.
Screenshot API for developers. Clean, production-ready screenshots from any URL in one request. Free plan includes 200 screenshots per month, forever.
Simple Web Scraping API with built-in parsing, Chrome rendering, and proxies. Two thousand free API calls per month.
Web scraping API with proxy rotation and CAPTCHA handling. Free plan: 1,000 API credits/month, 5 concurrent connections. No credit card required
Headless browser API for automation, scraping, AI agent web access, image/pdf generation, and more. Free plan with 1k requests per month.
Screenshot, video recording, PDF generation, and web data extraction API. Free plan includes 200 screenshots/month. We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-09-24, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
MCP-native web data provider — 5,000 requests/month free in Rapid mode. Two MCP tools: search_engine (search results) and scrape_as_markdown (web page fetching). Handles JS-rendered pages and CAPTCHAs. First MCP-native web data provider with a free tier.
Web scraping API with headless browsers, residentials IPs, and straightforward pricing. One thousand free API calls/month and extra credits for students and non-profits. Best for students. When we read the page we cite for this offer on 2026-08-29, we refused the change we considered recording because it named no figure that had moved, and we have read it again since, on 2026-09-22, without confirming the terms above, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Trigger your webhook after each operation. The free plan includes 100 cloud scrape credits.
A screenshot API based on Aws Lambda and Chrome. Handles full page, captures timing, and viewport dimensions.
Geekflare API lets you scrape websites into Markdown, take screenshots, perform TLS scans and DNS lookups, test load times, and more. The free plan offers 500 API credits per month (e.g., 500 DNS lookups, 250 web scrapes, or 100 screenshots). See [credit mapping](https://docs.geekflare.com/api/api-credit-mapping).
Web scraping API — 1,000 credits/month (500 searches or 1,000 pages scraped), 2 concurrent requests, no credit card required
Browser automation and page rendering. Free Tier offers up to 500 pages/day. Free Tier since 2017.
A browser extension (Google Chrome, MS Edge) for data extraction from web pages CSV or Excel. The free plan gives you 500 pages/month.
Simple HTTP proxy API for scraping. Scrape anonymously without having to worry about restrictions, blocks, or captchas. First 100 successful scrapes per month free including javascript rendering (more available if you contact support). We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-09-10, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Capture 100 snapshots/month, png, gif and jpg, including full-length captures, not only home page. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
API for generating thumbnails of websites. Free 1,000 requests/month. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
| Vendor | Free Tier | Key Limits | Durability | Read / catalogue date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| screenshotbase.com | Free | 300 free screenshots / month. Take screenshots from any url. Fast, free & scalable. | stable | 2026-09-20 |
| microlink.io | Free | It turns any website into data such as metatags normalization, beauty link previews, scraping capabilities, or screensho... | watch discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown |
2026-09-17 |
| SerpApi | Free | Real-time search engine scraping API. Returns structured JSON results for Google, YouTube, Bing, Baidu, Walmart, and man... | stable | 2026-09-26 |
| Browse AI | Free | Extracting and monitoring data on the web. 1k credits per month for free, equals 1k concurrent requests. | not published change not established · 2026-09-18 |
2026-09-18 / 2026-07-30 |
| Apify | Free | Web scraping and automation platform. The Free plan is $0 with $5 of prepaid usage a month to spend in Apify Store or on... read found the page different · 2026-09-13 |
stable | 2026-09-13 |
| ScrapingAnt | Free | Headless Chrome scraping API and free checked proxies service. Javascript rendering, premium rotating proxies, CAPTCHA a... | stable | 2026-09-25 |
| Screenshot Scout | Free | Screenshot API for developers. Clean, production-ready screenshots from any URL in one request. Free plan includes 200 s... | stable | 2026-09-18 |
| WebScraping.AI | Free | Simple Web Scraping API with built-in parsing, Chrome rendering, and proxies. Two thousand free API calls per month. | stable | 2026-09-26 |
| ScraperAPI | Free | Web scraping API with proxy rotation and CAPTCHA handling. Free plan: 1,000 API credits/month, 5 concurrent connections.... read found the page different · 2026-09-26 |
stable | 2026-09-26 / 2026-07-29 |
| BrowserCat | Free | Headless browser API for automation, scraping, AI agent web access, image/pdf generation, and more. Free plan with 1k re... | stable | 2026-09-26 |
| SnapAPI | Free | Screenshot, video recording, PDF generation, and web data extraction API. Free plan includes 200 screenshots/month. | not published page unreadable · 2026-09-24 |
2026-09-02 / 2026-08-31 · tried 2026-09-24, no read |
| Bright Data MCP Server | Free | MCP-native web data provider — 5,000 requests/month free in Rapid mode. Two MCP tools: search_engine (search results) an... | stable | 2026-09-16 |
| Zenscrape | Free | Web scraping API with headless browsers, residentials IPs, and straightforward pricing. One thousand free API calls/mont... | not published no difference measured · 2026-08-29 |
2026-09-22 / 2026-08-02 |
| Simplescraper | Free | Trigger your webhook after each operation. The free plan includes 100 cloud scrape credits. | stable | 2026-09-14 / 2026-08-02 |
| ApiFlash | Free | A screenshot API based on Aws Lambda and Chrome. Handles full page, captures timing, and viewport dimensions. | stable | 2026-09-18 |
| wrapapi.com | Free | Turn any website into a parameterized API. 30k API calls per month. | stable | 2026-08-02 |
| Geekflare API | Free | Geekflare API lets you scrape websites into Markdown, take screenshots, perform TLS scans and DNS lookups, test load tim... | stable | 2026-09-26 |
| Firecrawl | Free | Web scraping API — 1,000 credits/month (500 searches or 1,000 pages scraped), 2 concurrent requests, no credit card requ... | — | 2026-09-13 |
| PhantomJsCloud | Free | Browser automation and page rendering. Free Tier offers up to 500 pages/day. Free Tier since 2017. | stable | 2026-09-18 |
| Data Miner | Free | A browser extension (Google Chrome, MS Edge) for data extraction from web pages CSV or Excel. The free plan gives you 50... | stable | 2026-08-03 |
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 20 free web scraping offers that clear our bar, each listed with the terms we publish and the date we last read them. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
20 offers meet our criteria for this category. Of those, 15 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, 1 a recorded narrowing, and we publish no durability signal for 4. The Durability column below says which offer is in which group, and links the dated record behind every change. We withhold the class where the pricing page does not resolve or states no amount, tier or rate we can read, where we refused the last read, or where the listing is gated. We do not rank these by how much you get, because the limits are not comparable without reading each vendor's page.
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