Every free web scraping tier that clears our bar in 2026: 17 offers meet the criteria and 5 offers are demoted with a named reason. Recorded changes and a published ranking method. We could not confirm today's terms for 7 of them: on 4 the page we cite did not answer, and on 3 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why.
300 free screenshots / month. Take screenshots from any url. Fast, free & scalable. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-10-25, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
A browser extension (Google Chrome, MS Edge) for data extraction from web pages CSV or Excel. The free plan gives you 500 pages/month.
Headless browser API for automation, scraping, AI agent web access, image/pdf generation, and more. Free plan with 1k requests per month.
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).
Simple Web Scraping API with built-in parsing, Chrome rendering, and proxies. Two thousand free API calls per month.
Web scraping API — 1,000 credits/month (500 searches or 1,000 pages scraped), 2 concurrent requests, no credit card required
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.
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/).
A screenshot API based on Aws Lambda and Chrome. Handles full page, captures timing, and viewport dimensions.
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 — effective between 2026-07-02 and 2026-07-23: The free tier now offers 25 requests per day, down from 50. Source ↗
Web scraping API with proxy rotation and CAPTCHA handling. Free plan: 1,000 API credits/month, 5 concurrent connections. No credit card required
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 2026-11-07, 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.
Screenshot API for developers. Clean, production-ready screenshots from any URL in one request. Free plan includes 200 screenshots per month, forever.
Browser automation and page rendering. Free Tier offers up to 500 pages/day. Free Tier since 2017.
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.
Trigger your webhook after each operation. The free plan includes 100 cloud scrape credits. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-10-25, we reached a domain root that states nothing about the terms we hold, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
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 2026-11-13, 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 2026-10-14, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
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 2026-10-24, we found the same terms as an earlier read we had declined to record, 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 2026-10-14, 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. | not published read not reconciled · 2026-10-25 |
2026-10-25 / 2026-10-02 |
| 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 | 2026-11-07 |
| BrowserCat | Free | Headless browser API for automation, scraping, AI agent web access, image/pdf generation, and more. Free plan with 1k re... | stable | 2026-11-10 / 2026-10-20 |
| Geekflare API | Free | Geekflare API lets you scrape websites into Markdown, take screenshots, perform TLS scans and DNS lookups, test load tim... | stable | 2026-11-11 |
| WebScraping.AI | Free | Simple Web Scraping API with built-in parsing, Chrome rendering, and proxies. Two thousand free API calls per month. | stable | 2026-11-11 |
| Firecrawl | Free | Web scraping API — 1,000 credits/month (500 searches or 1,000 pages scraped), 2 concurrent requests, no credit card requ... | watch effective between 2026-04-28 and 2026-05-07 |
2026-11-12 |
| Zenscrape | Free | Web scraping API with headless browsers, residentials IPs, and straightforward pricing. One thousand free API calls/mont... | stable | 2026-11-07 |
| wrapapi.com | Free | Turn any website into a parameterized API. 30k API calls per month. | stable | 2026-11-07 |
| ScrapingAnt | Free | Headless Chrome scraping API and free checked proxies service. Javascript rendering, premium rotating proxies, CAPTCHA a... | stable | 2026-11-10 |
| ApiFlash | Free | A screenshot API based on Aws Lambda and Chrome. Handles full page, captures timing, and viewport dimensions. | stable | 2026-11-03 |
| microlink.io | Free | It turns any website into data such as metatags normalization, beauty link previews, scraping capabilities, or screensho... | watch effective between 2026-07-02 and 2026-07-23 |
2026-10-31 |
| ScraperAPI | Free | Web scraping API with proxy rotation and CAPTCHA handling. Free plan: 1,000 API credits/month, 5 concurrent connections.... | stable | 2026-11-12 |
| SnapAPI | Free | Screenshot, video recording, PDF generation, and web data extraction API. Free plan includes 200 screenshots/month. | not published page unreadable · 2026-11-07 |
2026-09-02 / 2026-08-31 · tried 2026-11-07, no read |
| 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... | stable | 2026-11-10 / 2026-09-27 |
| Screenshot Scout | Free | Screenshot API for developers. Clean, production-ready screenshots from any URL in one request. Free plan includes 200 s... | stable | 2026-11-03 |
| PhantomJsCloud | Free | Browser automation and page rendering. Free Tier offers up to 500 pages/day. Free Tier since 2017. | stable | 2026-10-24 |
| 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 | 2026-10-24 |
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 17 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.
17 offers meet our criteria for this category. Of those, 13 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, 2 a recorded narrowing, and we publish no durability signal for 2. 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, where the listing is gated, or where a narrowing in our records cites no source or no archived copy of the vendor's page has confirmed it. We do not rank these by how much you get, because the limits are not comparable without reading each vendor's page.