Firecrawl
Web scraping and search API designed specifically for AI agents and applications.
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How the 7.4 was reached
- Quality of output6/10
Scrapeway ranks it #3 of 8 with a 69% success rate; 97% on JS-heavy sites but 0% on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. Source: scrapeway.com
- Ease of use9/10
Free account with 1,000 monthly credits and no card; pip install SDK; Python and Node SDKs; docs site. Source: firecrawl.dev
- Pricing value7/10
Free tier of 1,000 credits, Hobby $16/month and Standard $83/month published; usage credits are somewhat hard to predict. Source: firecrawl.dev
- API and integration quality8/10
Python, Node.js and cURL SDKs plus a CLI, with documented API at docs.firecrawl.dev. Source: firecrawl.dev
- Solves the problem it claims to solve7/10
Search, scrape and interact features deliver the claim; the benchmark shows 0% on major anti-bot social sites. Source: scrapeway.com
7.4/10 is the average of the five criterion scores above. The evidence comes from 3 different sources.Scores come from public evidence (the tool's own pages and documentation, and independent reviews); we do not test every tool hands-on. Scored 29 September 2026, on version 1 of our five-criteria scoring method.
Pricing
- 500 credits/month
- Basic scraping
- API access
- 10,000 credits/month
- Search functionality
- Markdown/JSON output
- 50,000 credits/month
- Batch processing
- Priority support
- Custom credit limits
- Dedicated support
- SLA guarantees
For the full list of what each plan includes, and current prices, see firecrawl.dev.
Key Features
- Web search with full content extraction
- Clean data output in Markdown and JSON
- Screenshot capture capabilities
- AI-optimized web scraping
- Batch processing and crawling
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Built specifically for AI use cases
- Clean, structured data output
- Open source option available
- Good developer experience with SDKs
- Handles JavaScript-heavy sites well
Cons
- Credit-based pricing can get expensive
- Limited customization on lower tiers
- Relatively new with smaller community
- Rate limiting on free tier
- No built-in data storage
Firecrawl excels at providing clean, AI-ready web data through a developer-friendly API. While pricing can scale up quickly for heavy usage, it's purpose-built for modern AI applications and delivers reliable results.
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