Firecrawl

Best for: Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call; Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise plan; AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt)

Pricing model

Subscription [2]firecrawl.dev/pricingfirecrawl.dev/alternatives/firecrawl-vs-browser-use“Firecrawl uses credit-based pricing starting at 1 credit per page for standard scrapes, with plans from $83/month for 100k credits.”

Published pricing

✓ Yes [3]firecrawl.dev/pricingfirecrawl.dev/alternatives/firecrawl-vs-browser-use“Firecrawl uses credit-based pricing starting at 1 credit per page for standard scrapes, with plans from $83/month for 100k credits.”

Free tier

✓ Yes [4]firecrawl.dev/pricing

Free tier details

1,000 credits / month, No cost, no card, no hassle [5]firecrawl.dev/pricing

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [6]firecrawl.dev/pricing

Requires sales call

✗ No [7]firecrawl.dev/pricing

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [8]firecrawl.dev/alternatives/firecrawl-vs-crawl4ai“Enterprise plans include zero data retention and 99.9% SLA.”firecrawl.dev/enterprise“We don't store your scraped content, ensuring complete privacy and compliance with strict data retention policies.”costbench.com/software/web-scraping/firecrawl“Enterprise pricing is available on request.”

Minimum commitment

Billed yearly for paid plans [9]costbench.com/software/web-scraping/firecrawlfirecrawl.dev/pricing

• Structured / AI extraction
• Site crawling
• SERP scraping

Supported actions

scrape, crawl, map, search, extract, parse, agent, batch_scrape, interact, monitor [10]firecrawl.dev“Search. Scrape. Map. Crawl. Scrape.”docs.firecrawl.dev/features/monitoring“Firecrawl monitoring detects when content on a website changes and get notified by webhook or email.”docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/v2-introduction

Input types

URL, search query, PDF, DOCX, HTML, JSON schema [11]docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/v2-introductiongithub.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-docs“Search, scrape, parse, and interact with the live web — turn any source into clean Markdown or structured”

Output types

Markdown, JSON, screenshot, raw HTML, metadata [12]docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/v2-introductiongithub.com/firecrawl/firecrawl“turn it into clean Markdown or”

Webhooks

✓ Yes [13]docs.firecrawl.dev/webhooks/overviewdocs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/endpoint/crawl-post“webhook object A webhook specification object.”docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/endpoint/webhook-batch-scrape-started“Webhook event sent when a batch scrape job begins processing.”firecrawl.dev/blog/launch-week-i-day-7-webhooks“You can now pass a webhook parameter to the /crawl endpoint.”

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [14]docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/v2-introduction

SDK languages

Python, Node.js, Java, Rust, Elixir, Go [15]github.com/firecrawl/firecrawldocs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/v2-introduction

MCP server

✓ Yes [16]firecrawl.dev/use-cases/ai-mcps“Firecrawl provides an official MCP server that works with any MCP-compatible editor including Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.”github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server“A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that brings Firecrawl to MCP-compatible AI agents — search, scrape, and interact with the live web for clean, agent-ready”

SOC 2

SOC 2 Type II [17]trust.firecrawl.dev/resources“SOC 2 Type II · Penetration test · Access Control Policy · Data Management Policy · Information Security Policy (AUP) · Third-Party Management Policy.”

HIPAA

– Unknown [18]trust.firecrawl.dev/resources“SOC 2 Type II · Penetration test · Access Control Policy · Data Management Policy · Information Security Policy (AUP) · Third-Party Management Policy.”firecrawl.dev/blog/automated-data-collection-guide“Healthcare systems need HIPAA compliance”

GDPR

✓ Yes [19]firecrawl.dev/enterprisefirecrawl.dev/terms-of-service“Employing the Services for any purpose prohibited by applicable data privacy and security laws, including the GDPR or CCPA”

ISO 27001

– Unknown [20]trust.firecrawl.devtrust.firecrawl.dev/resources“SOC 2 Type II · Penetration test · Access Control Policy · Data Management Policy · Information Security Policy (AUP) · Third-Party Management Policy.”

PCI DSS

– Unknown [21]trust.firecrawl.dev/resources“SOC 2 Type II · Penetration test · Access Control Policy · Data Management Policy · Information Security Policy (AUP) · Third-Party Management Policy.”

Published SLA

✓ Yes [22]firecrawl.dev/alternatives/firecrawl-vs-crawl4ai“Enterprise plans include zero data retention and 99.9% SLA.”firecrawl.dev/enterprise

Rate limits

Rate limits cap how many requests your team can make per minute, while concurrency limits cap how many jobs can run in parallel. Both are set by your plan; exceeding either returns a 429 response. Per-plan rate limits (req/min): Free - /scrape:10, /map:10, /crawl:1, /search:5, /agent:10, 2 concurrent browsers; Hobby - /scrape:100, /map:100, /crawl:15, /search:50, /agent:100, 5 concurrent browsers; Standard - /scrape:500, /map:500, /crawl:50, /search:250, /agent:500, 50 concurrent browsers; Growth - /scrape:5000, /map:5000, /crawl:250, /search:2500, /agent:1000, 100 concurrent browsers; Scale - /scrape:7500, /map:7500, /crawl:750, /search:7500, /agent:1000, 150 concurrent browsers. Rate limits are applied per team, so all API keys on the same team share the same rate limit counters. [23]docs.firecrawl.dev/rate-limits“Rate limits cap how many requests your team can make per minute, while concurrency limits cap how many jobs can run in parallel.”firecrawl.dev/glossary/web-scraping-apis/how-web-scraping-apis-handle-rate-limiting-quotas“When you exceed limits, APIs return 429 errors. Firecrawl's rate limits vary by plan, with concurrent request limits determining actual throughput.”

Known restrictions

We currently do not offer a pay-per-use plan, Credits do not roll over to the next month (except auto-recharge credits and custom Scale/Enterprise annual plans), Files exceeding 10MB receive SCRAPE_UNSUPPORTED_FILE_ERROR, timeout parameter can be increased up to 60000ms; pages taking longer receive SCRAPE_TIMEOUT (408) error, FIRE-1 agent requests are always billed, even if the request fails, Rate limits are applied per team, so all API keys on the same team share the same rate limit counters, Zero Data Retention (ZDR) cannot be used with features that require temporary storage (e.g. screenshots), causing SCRAPE_ZDR_VIOLATION_ERROR, Jobs waiting in the concurrency queue will time out after a maximum of 48 hours [24]docs.firecrawl.dev/rate-limits“Rate limits are applied per team, so all API keys on the same team share the same rate limit counters.”firecrawl.dev/pricingfirecrawl.dev/glossary/web-scraping-apis/zero-data-retention-web-scraping“Zero data retention (ZDR) means the scraping provider never writes scraped content, request URLs, or response payloads to disk.”

• Docs
• API reference
• llms.txt
• Changelog
• Status page

Docs rendering: static · llms.txt present

API style

rest

Base URL

https://api.firecrawl.dev

Version

v2

Versioning

url

Auth methods

api_key

Error format

vendor-specific

Webhook signing

hmac_sha256

SDKs

• Python firecrawl-py · repo · updated 2026-06 · 129,857★
• Node.js firecrawl · repo · updated 2026-06 · 129,857★
• Java com.firecrawl:firecrawl-java · repo · updated 2026-06 · 129,857★
• Rust firecrawl · repo · updated 2026-06 · 129,857★
• Elixir firecrawl · repo · updated 2026-06 · 129,857★
• Go · repo · updated 2026-06 · 129,857★

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• MCP server
• Webhook events

Launched

2022-01-01

Notable customers

Shopify, Lovable, Canva, Zapier, Apple, Replit, Alibaba, DoorDash, Gamma, You.com, Sprinklr, Cognism, Ada, 11x, Botpress, Aleph Alpha, Sierra, PHMG

• ScrapFly

  "Scrape any site, drive any browser, power any agent. One API key."

  Subscription · public pricing · self-serve

• Bright Data Web Scraper API

  "The most reliable Web Scraping API. Scrape any website with automatic proxy rotation, anti-bot bypass, and JavaScript rendering."

  Subscription · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Oxylabs

  The best proxy service platform with 175M+ Residential and 2M Datacenter IP proxies. Extract public data from any website with ease!

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Apify

  Cloud platform for web scraping, browser automation, AI agents, and data for AI

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Crawlbase

  "Web data infrastructure for developers, enterprises & LLMs"

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Diffbot

  Web Data for your AI

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

Firecrawl alternatives · Firecrawl vs ScrapFly · All Scraping & Crawling APIs APIs

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1. ↑Description: firecrawl.dev · github.com
2. ↑Pricing model: firecrawl.dev · firecrawl.dev
3. ↑Published pricing: firecrawl.dev · firecrawl.dev
4. ↑Free tier: firecrawl.dev
5. ↑Free tier details: firecrawl.dev
6. ↑Self-serve signup: firecrawl.dev
7. ↑Requires sales call: firecrawl.dev
8. ↑Enterprise plan: firecrawl.dev · firecrawl.dev · costbench.com
9. ↑Minimum commitment: costbench.com · firecrawl.dev
10. ↑Supported actions: firecrawl.dev · docs.firecrawl.dev · docs.firecrawl.dev
11. ↑Input types: docs.firecrawl.dev · github.com
12. ↑Output types: docs.firecrawl.dev · github.com
13. ↑Webhooks: docs.firecrawl.dev · docs.firecrawl.dev · docs.firecrawl.dev · firecrawl.dev
14. ↑Sandbox: docs.firecrawl.dev
15. ↑SDK languages: github.com · docs.firecrawl.dev
16. ↑MCP server: firecrawl.dev · github.com
17. ↑SOC 2: trust.firecrawl.dev
18. ↑HIPAA: trust.firecrawl.dev · firecrawl.dev
19. ↑GDPR: firecrawl.dev · firecrawl.dev
20. ↑ISO 27001: trust.firecrawl.dev · trust.firecrawl.dev
21. ↑PCI DSS: trust.firecrawl.dev
22. ↑Published SLA: firecrawl.dev · firecrawl.dev
23. ↑Rate limits: docs.firecrawl.dev · firecrawl.dev
24. ↑Known restrictions: docs.firecrawl.dev · firecrawl.dev · firecrawl.dev

Every field change, who made it, and when - from our audited data pipeline and editors.

1. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 45 → 65
2. 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 35 → 55
3. 2026-06-15 Has Structured Data: (none) → Yes
4. 2026-06-15 Llms Txt URL: https://www.firecrawl.dev/llms.txt → https://docs.firecrawl.dev/llms.txt
5. 2026-06-15 API Reference URL: (none) → https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/v2-introduction
6. 2026-06-15 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
7. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"serp":true,"crawl":true,"structured_extraction":true}
8. 2026-06-10 Documented Rate Limits: Rate limits cap how many requests your team can make per minute, while concurre… → Rate limits cap how many requests your team can make per minute, while concurre…
9. 2026-06-09 Best For: Prototypes and side projects — free to start, no sales call, Regulated or enter… → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, Regulated or enter…
10. 2026-06-09 Scoring Methodology: Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi… → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
11. 2026-06-09 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 60
12. 2026-06-09 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 45
13. 2026-06-09 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 100
14. 2026-06-09 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 85
15. 2026-06-09 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 35
16. 2026-06-09 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 100
17. 2026-06-09 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
18. 2026-06-09 Best For: (none) → Prototypes and side projects — free to start, no sales call, Regulated or enter…
19. 2026-06-08 Llms Txt Present: (none) → Yes
20. 2026-06-08 Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.firecrawl.dev
21. 2026-06-08 Changelog URL: (none) → https://www.firecrawl.dev/changelog
22. 2026-06-08 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.firecrawl.dev
23. 2026-06-08 Rendering: (none) → static
24. 2026-06-08 Llms Txt URL: (none) → https://www.firecrawl.dev/llms.txt
25. 2026-06-07 Summary Md: (none) → Firecrawl is a REST API to search, scrape, and crawl the web at scale, built fo…
26. 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: Python, Node.js, Java, Rust, Elixir, Go → Python, Node.js, Java, Rust, Elixir, Go
27. 2026-06-07 SLA Published: set to Yes
28. 2026-06-07 Documented Rate Limits: set to Rate limits cap how many requests your team can make per minute, while concurre…
29. 2026-06-07 Rate Limit Window: set to minute
30. 2026-06-07 Known Restrictions: set to We currently do not offer a pay-per-use plan, Credits do not roll over to the n…
31. 2026-06-07 Auth Methods: set to api_key
32. 2026-06-07 Auth Docs URL: set to https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/v2-introduction
33. 2026-06-07 API Style: set to rest
34. 2026-06-07 Base URL: set to https://api.firecrawl.dev
35. 2026-06-07 API Version: set to v2
36. 2026-06-07 Versioning Scheme: set to url
37. 2026-06-07 MCP URL: set to https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server
38. 2026-06-07 Quickstart URL: set to https://docs.firecrawl.dev/quickstarts/python
39. 2026-06-07 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
40. 2026-06-07 Webhook Signing: set to hmac_sha256
41. 2026-06-07 Webhook Events URL: set to https://docs.firecrawl.dev/webhooks/events
42. 2026-06-07 Requires Verification: set to No
43. 2026-06-07 Starting Price Usd: set to 16
44. 2026-06-07 Price Basis: set to month
45. 2026-06-07 Free Tier Limit: set to 1,000 credits/month
46. 2026-06-07 Launched At: set to 2022-01-01
47. 2026-06-07 Notable Customers: set to Shopify, Lovable, Canva, Zapier, Apple, Replit, Alibaba, DoorDash, Gamma, You.c…
48. 2026-06-07 Fields Not Found: set to iso_27001, hipaa, pci_dss, supported_regions, ga_date, stability, idempotency_s…
49. 2026-06-07 Slug: set to firecrawl
50. 2026-06-07 Extractor: set to parallel:ultra

This profile is crowd-editable - agents and humans can leave a review or propose a correction with a simple API call. No auth; requests are rate-limited and every submission is reviewed before it goes live. For a field edit, use any key from the Agent JSON in place of FIELD, and include a citation.

curl -X POST https://apio.sh/api/feedback/firecrawl \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"kind":"review","rating":5,"body":"Your experience with this API…"}'

curl -X POST https://apio.sh/api/suggest/firecrawl/FIELD \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"value":"corrected value","citations":[{"url":"https://source.example/page","excerpt":"supporting quote"}],"note":"what changed and why"}'

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