> Markdown copy of https://perq.sh/blog/free-web-scraping-apis-compared (Free web scraping APIs for AI agents, compared | Perq), generated 2026-11-07. Index of every page for agents: https://perq.sh/llms.txt. Search API and MCP server: https://perq.sh/agents. > ZenRows and Scrapfly joined Perq today. Here is how their free allowances compare with ScrapingBee, ScraperAPI and Firecrawl, using each vendor's own pricing page. [Home](https://perq.sh/) › [Blog](https://perq.sh/blog) # Free web scraping APIs for AI agents, compared By Perq team ([Avatar 8](https://perq.sh/about)) · Nov 7, 2026 · comparison · web scraping · agents · free tiers Offer details below are pulled from our dataset when the page is built, so they match the directory. Latest verification of offers in this post: Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET. Two scraping APIs went public on Perq today: ZenRows and Scrapfly. Agents that read the web need some way to fetch pages that block plain HTTP clients, and most of these services let you start without a card. The real difference is whether the allowance comes back every month or is a one-time pot. We checked each figure on the vendor’s pricing page. | Vendor | Offer (vendor wording) | Eligibility | Verified | Links | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [ZenRows](https://perq.sh/offers/zenrows-free) | [Free plan: $0/mo, 5,000 credits/month, no card](https://perq.sh/offers/zenrows-free) | Anyone | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | [source ↗](https://www.zenrows.com/pricing) · [claim ↗](https://www.zenrows.com/pricing) | | [Scrapfly](https://perq.sh/offers/scrapfly-free) | [1,000 free API credits on signup (no card, no time limit)](https://perq.sh/offers/scrapfly-free) | Anyone | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | [source ↗](https://scrapfly.io/pricing) · [claim ↗](https://scrapfly.io/pricing) | | [ScrapingBee](https://perq.sh/offers/scrapingbee-free-credits) | [1,000 free API credits](https://perq.sh/offers/scrapingbee-free-credits) | Anyone; no credit card required | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | [source ↗](https://www.scrapingbee.com/pricing/) · [claim ↗](https://www.scrapingbee.com/pricing/) | | [ScraperAPI](https://perq.sh/offers/scraperapi-trial) | [7-day trial with 5,000 API credits](https://perq.sh/offers/scraperapi-trial) | Anyone (new accounts) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | [source ↗](https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing/) · [claim ↗](https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing/) | | [Firecrawl](https://perq.sh/offers/firecrawl-free) | [1,000 credits/month free](https://perq.sh/offers/firecrawl-free) | Anyone; no card | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | [source ↗](https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing) · [claim ↗](https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing) | ## Monthly allowance or one-time credits - **ZenRows:** 5,000 credits a month on the Free plan, with no card. Credits refresh monthly and don’t roll over, and the free plan allows 5 concurrent requests. - **Firecrawl:** 1,000 credits a month, no card. - **Scrapfly:** 1,000 credits once, at signup, with no card and no time limit. One credit pool covers all of Scrapfly’s products. - **ScrapingBee:** 1,000 API credits once, no card required. - **ScraperAPI:** 5,000 API credits, but only for a 7-day trial. No card required. ## Which one to start with - **A small agent that fetches pages every day:** the monthly allowances (ZenRows and Firecrawl) keep working after the first week, so you won’t run dry mid-project. - **A quick prototype or a smoke test:** Scrapfly and ScrapingBee give you a fixed pot with no deadline, which is enough to try a pipeline end to end. - **A short, heavy test:** ScraperAPI’s trial has the biggest pot, but it ends after 7 days. Credits are not the same unit across vendors, and a request can cost more than one credit depending on the options you use. Check each vendor’s credit table for the pages you actually need to fetch. Perq pack [Browser agents pack](https://perq.sh/packs/browser-agents-pack) Free plans and signup credits for cloud browsers and browser-automation APIs that AI agents use to open pages, click, fill forms and scrape. 16 offers · 9 signup credits and 7 free tiers, no application needed [See the pack →](https://perq.sh/packs/browser-agents-pack) ## Also public today Six more offers came out of embargo today. Subscribers got them yesterday. They cover a free-forever database, a backend platform, faster CI runners, monthly Google developer credits for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, a free fine-tuning promo, and realtime messaging: | Vendor | Offer (vendor wording) | Eligibility | Verified | Links | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [MongoDB](https://perq.sh/offers/mongodb-atlas-free) | [M0 Free forever: 512 MB storage, 32 MB sort memory, up to 100 ops/sec](https://perq.sh/offers/mongodb-atlas-free) | Anyone | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | [source ↗](https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas/pricing) · [claim ↗](https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas/register) | | [Convex](https://perq.sh/offers/convex-free) | [Free plan: $0/month with built-in resources (1M function calls and 20 GB-hours action compute included)](https://perq.sh/offers/convex-free) | Anyone (personal projects and prototypes; 1-6 developers) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | [source ↗](https://www.convex.dev/pricing) · [claim ↗](https://www.convex.dev/pricing) | | [Blacksmith](https://perq.sh/offers/blacksmith-free) | [3,000 free GitHub Actions runner minutes per month](https://perq.sh/offers/blacksmith-free) | Anyone (no credit card required to try) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | [source ↗](https://www.blacksmith.sh/pricing) · [claim ↗](https://www.blacksmith.sh/pricing) | | [Google](https://perq.sh/offers/google-developer-program-credits) | [$10 GenAI and Cloud monthly credit with Google AI Pro; expanded credits $10/user/mo (Pro) or $40/user/mo (Ultra)](https://perq.sh/offers/google-developer-program-credits) | Google Developer Program members who link a Google AI Pro or Ultra plan | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | [source ↗](https://developers.google.com/program/plans-and-pricing) · [claim ↗](https://developers.google.com/program) | | [Fireworks AI](https://perq.sh/offers/fireworks-muse-glimmer-free) | [Muse Glimmer 30B SFT free through November 30 (UI + Serverless Training API)](https://perq.sh/offers/fireworks-muse-glimmer-free) | Anyone (no credit card required) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | [source ↗](https://fireworks.ai/pricing) · [claim ↗](https://fireworks.ai/pricing) | | [Ably](https://perq.sh/offers/ably-free) | [Free plan: $0/month, up to 500 MAUs](https://perq.sh/offers/ably-free) | Anyone | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | [source ↗](https://ably.com/pricing) · [claim ↗](https://ably.com/pricing) | Two of them have a catch. The Fireworks Muse Glimmer promo is free only through November 30. The Google Developer Program credits need a paid Google AI Pro or Ultra plan linked to your account, so they are a subscriber benefit, not a free signup. Want new offers a day before they show up on the site? [Join early access](https://perq.sh/newsletter). ## All offers mentioned in this post | Vendor | Offer | Category | Type | Eligibility | Source | Last verified | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [ZenRows](https://perq.sh/offers/zenrows-free) | [Free plan: $0/mo, 5,000 credits/month, no card](https://perq.sh/offers/zenrows-free) | [Agents & automation](https://perq.sh/category/agents-automation) | [free tier](https://perq.sh/type/free-tier) | Anyone | [zenrows.com ↗](https://www.zenrows.com/pricing) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | | [Scrapfly](https://perq.sh/offers/scrapfly-free) | [1,000 free API credits on signup (no card, no time limit)](https://perq.sh/offers/scrapfly-free) | [Agents & automation](https://perq.sh/category/agents-automation) | [signup credit](https://perq.sh/type/signup-credit) | Anyone | [scrapfly.io ↗](https://scrapfly.io/pricing) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | | [ScrapingBee](https://perq.sh/offers/scrapingbee-free-credits) | [1,000 free API credits](https://perq.sh/offers/scrapingbee-free-credits) | [Agents & automation](https://perq.sh/category/agents-automation) | [signup credit](https://perq.sh/type/signup-credit) | Anyone; no credit card required | [scrapingbee.com ↗](https://www.scrapingbee.com/pricing/) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | | [ScraperAPI](https://perq.sh/offers/scraperapi-trial) | [7-day trial with 5,000 API credits](https://perq.sh/offers/scraperapi-trial) | [Agents & automation](https://perq.sh/category/agents-automation) | [signup credit](https://perq.sh/type/signup-credit) | Anyone (new accounts) | [scraperapi.com ↗](https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing/) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | | [Firecrawl](https://perq.sh/offers/firecrawl-free) | [1,000 credits/month free](https://perq.sh/offers/firecrawl-free) | [Agents & automation](https://perq.sh/category/agents-automation) | [free tier](https://perq.sh/type/free-tier) | Anyone; no card | [firecrawl.dev ↗](https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | | [MongoDB](https://perq.sh/offers/mongodb-atlas-free) | [M0 Free forever: 512 MB storage, 32 MB sort memory, up to 100 ops/sec](https://perq.sh/offers/mongodb-atlas-free) | [Databases & backend](https://perq.sh/category/database-backend) | [free tier](https://perq.sh/type/free-tier) | Anyone | [mongodb.com ↗](https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas/pricing) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | | [Convex](https://perq.sh/offers/convex-free) | [Free plan: $0/month with built-in resources (1M function calls and 20 GB-hours action compute included)](https://perq.sh/offers/convex-free) | [Databases & backend](https://perq.sh/category/database-backend) | [free tier](https://perq.sh/type/free-tier) | Anyone (personal projects and prototypes; 1-6 developers) | [convex.dev ↗](https://www.convex.dev/pricing) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | | [Blacksmith](https://perq.sh/offers/blacksmith-free) | [3,000 free GitHub Actions runner minutes per month](https://perq.sh/offers/blacksmith-free) | [Developer tools](https://perq.sh/category/dev-tools) | [free tier](https://perq.sh/type/free-tier) | Anyone (no credit card required to try) | [blacksmith.sh ↗](https://www.blacksmith.sh/pricing) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | | [Google](https://perq.sh/offers/google-developer-program-credits) | [$10 GenAI and Cloud monthly credit with Google AI Pro; expanded credits $10/user/mo (Pro) or $40/user/mo (Ultra)](https://perq.sh/offers/google-developer-program-credits) | [LLM APIs](https://perq.sh/category/llm-api) | [startup program](https://perq.sh/type/startup-program) | Google Developer Program members who link a Google AI Pro or Ultra plan | [developers.google.com ↗](https://developers.google.com/program/plans-and-pricing) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | | [Fireworks AI](https://perq.sh/offers/fireworks-muse-glimmer-free) | [Muse Glimmer 30B SFT free through November 30 (UI + Serverless Training API)](https://perq.sh/offers/fireworks-muse-glimmer-free) | [LLM APIs](https://perq.sh/category/llm-api) | [free tier](https://perq.sh/type/free-tier) | Anyone (no credit card required) | [fireworks.ai ↗](https://fireworks.ai/pricing) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | | [Ably](https://perq.sh/offers/ably-free) | [Free plan: $0/month, up to 500 MAUs](https://perq.sh/offers/ably-free) | [Developer tools](https://perq.sh/category/dev-tools) | [free tier](https://perq.sh/type/free-tier) | Anyone | [ably.com ↗](https://ably.com/pricing) | Nov 7, 2026, 6:12 AM ET | No offers match these filters. ## More from the blog - [New on Perq today: five free AI coding tools go public (Nov 6, 2026)](https://perq.sh/blog/new-on-perq-nov-6-2026) - [Free AI coding agent plans: what each one actually gives you](https://perq.sh/blog/free-ai-coding-agent-plans) - [New on Perq today: 13 offers for voice, search, inference and open source (Nov 4, 2026)](https://perq.sh/blog/new-on-perq-nov-4-2026) --- Published by Avatar 8 (Avatar 8 LLC), ops@avatar33.com. 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