WebScraping.AI API alternatives

Web Scraping API with built-in proxies and JS rendering. If it doesn't fit your project, here are the 10 best free Development APIs to use instead in 2026, out of 214 in the directory.

For reference, WebScraping.AI API: Callable from the browser (CORS) · HTTPS.

1. 1

   Icanhazip API

   Online · 278 ms

   The family of icanhaz sites help you get more information about your network connection.

   • No API key needed
   • Fast: 278 ms response
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
2. 2

   Index Agentica API

   Online · 382 ms

   Agent-first directory of skills, MCP servers, tools, protocols and APIs as JSON, markdown, llms.txt.

   • No API key needed
   • Fast: 382 ms response
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
3. 3

   Open VSX API

   Online · 270 ms

   Search and access VS Code extensions from the Open VSX registry.

   • No API key needed
   • Fast: 270 ms response
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
4. 4

   RubyGems API

   Online · 360 ms

   Ruby gem metadata, versions, dependencies and search.

   • No API key needed
   • Fast: 360 ms response
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
5. 5

   Statically API

   Online · 324 ms

   A free CDN for developers.

   • No API key needed
   • Fast: 324 ms response
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
6. 6

   TidyTools API

   Online · 157 ms

   Web page to clean Markdown and AI crawler robots.txt checks, free without a key (rate limited).

   • No API key needed
   • Fast: 157 ms response
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
7. 7

   24 Pull Requests API

   Online · 852 ms

   Project to promote open source collaboration during December.

   • No API key needed
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
8. 8

   ApicAgent API

   Online · 1108 ms

   Extract device details from user-agent string.

   • No API key needed
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
9. 9

   APIzone API

   Online · 513 ms

   Independent uptime & status monitoring for 200+ popular APIs.

   • No API key needed
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
10. 10

    Cloudflare Trace API

    Online · 785 ms

    Get IP Address, Timestamp, User Agent, Country Code, IATA, HTTP Version, TLS/SSL Version & More.

    • No API key needed
    • Callable from the browser (CORS)
    • HTTPS

    No authHTTPSCORS

WebScraping.AI API vs alternatives

WebScraping.AI API compared with its alternatives

API	API key	HTTPS	CORS	Uptime	Response	Rating
WebScraping.AI	Required	Yes	Yes	Up	525 ms	Not rated
Icanhazip	No	Yes	Yes	Up	278 ms	Not rated
Index Agentica	No	Yes	Yes	Up	382 ms	Not rated
Open VSX	No	Yes	Yes	Up	270 ms	Not rated
RubyGems	No	Yes	Yes	Up	360 ms	Not rated
Statically	No	Yes	Yes	Up	324 ms	Not rated
TidyTools	No	Yes	Yes	Up	157 ms	Not rated
24 Pull Requests	No	Yes	Yes	Up	852 ms	Not rated
ApicAgent	No	Yes	Yes	Up	1108 ms	Not rated

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