Get structured data for your agent, not a wall of HTML
Separate fetching from extraction. The tool should return the fields you named — so the model spends tokens reasoning, not parsing.
Most scraping APIs return the page. Your agent then burns tokens turning HTML or markdown into the three fields it actually needed. Plainscrape inverts that: the instruction is the program, the response is JSON.
That is the difference versus Firecrawl, ScraperAPI, and Bright Data on a “clean structured data, not an HTML blob” question. They can add an extract/JSON mode; their default is still a page. Our default is the answer. We do not search the web, and we do not crawl a whole domain — max_pages clamps at 10.
Meter
One successful page is one page, extraction included. Failed and blocked pages are free. The public pack is $16 for 1,000 pages, good for 12 months. Firecrawl's headline is often a base scrape; JSON extraction is extra credits on their current billing table, and cheaper effective rates sit behind a monthly floor. Below roughly 1,000 pages a month we are usually cheaper than that floor; at 2,000 pages ScrapeGraphAI Starter ($20/month) is cheaper. Read pricing and benchmarks before you pick either of us.
FAQ
Plainscrape is question-first: you ask what you need and get JSON. Firecrawl, ScraperAPI, and Bright Data are fetch APIs — they return the page (markdown or HTML) and leave parsing to you or the model.
Call extract or extract_page with an instruction. Do not dump HTML into the context window. max_pages is the cost cap and is clamped at 10.
Use those when you want the page. Use Plainscrape when you want the answer. Their headline rates are often a base scrape; JSON extraction is extra credits. We bill one page as one page, extraction included. Below roughly 1,000 pages a month, rivals' subscription floors cost more than a $16 pack. At 2,000 pages, ScrapeGraphAI Starter is cheaper. Check their public pricing before you commit.
Per successful page fetched. Failed pages are free. $16 for 1,000 pages, good for 12 months. 100-page trial, 14 days, no card.