What is Firecrawl?
Firecrawl is positioned for AI and data teams that need clean web content for LLMs, search indexes, and extraction workflows. Instead of only returning raw HTML, it emphasizes markdown and structured outputs that are easier to chunk and embed. Typical flows include scraping a single URL, crawling a site from a seed, mapping URLs, and using extract-style endpoints that turn pages into schema-shaped JSON with a prompt.
Pricing is usually credit or request based across Hobby and higher tiers, with free credits for getting started. Crawl depth, JS rendering, and extract features can change how quickly you burn quota, so budget the mode you will run in production. Firecrawl is a better fit than a pure unblock API when your bottleneck is turning websites into model-ready text. If you only need SERP JSON or no-code robots, look at SerpAPI or Browse AI instead. Always re-verify live limits on firecrawl.dev.
Who Firecrawl is for
Best for
- +RAG corpora and LLM context ingestion from public sites
- +Teams that want markdown / structured JSON first-class
- +Crawl jobs where clean extract matters more than raw HTML
Skip if
- -You need Playwright session control (see Browserbase)
- -You only need Google SERP JSON (see SerpAPI)
- -You want classic credit-multiplier unblock APIs only
Firecrawl pricing
Credit plans from firecrawl.dev public pricing. Scrape/Crawl vs JSON extract have different credit costs.
Subscriptions
Fixed monthly plans with included credits or requests
Free
Free tier- 1,000 credits
- 2 concurrent
Scrape/Crawl 1 credit/page · JSON extract +4
Hobby
$16/mo if billed yearly
- 5,000 credits
- 5 concurrent
Scrape/Crawl 1 · JSON +4 · Enhanced +4
Standard
$83/mo if billed yearly
- 100,000 credits
- 50 concurrent
Growth
$333/mo if billed yearly
- 500,000 credits
- 100 concurrent
Scale
$599/mo if billed yearly
- 1,000,000 credits
- 150 concurrent
1M credits · . Credit rollover on Scale/Enterprise
Pricing snapshot · re-verify on the vendor site before committing volume.
Features & capabilities
Values from public docs and pricing pages. n/a means not verified yet, not a “no”.
Limitations
JSON extract adds credits. Webhook support not verified here. No invented success-rate claims.
See Firecrawl in action
Product walkthrough or tutorial video so you can judge the workflow before you start a pilot.
FAQ
Is Firecrawl good for RAG?
Yes - markdown and structured JSON outputs are positioned for LLM/RAG pipelines. There is also a Firecrawl RAG-oriented listing on ScraperDB for that framing.
How do credits work?
Public docs list Scrape/Crawl at 1 credit per page and JSON extract at +4 credits. Verify current rates on firecrawl.dev/pricing.
What type of tool is Firecrawl?
Firecrawl is listed as a AI crawler. Crawlers optimized for clean markdown and structured extracts - built for AI and RAG pipelines, not classic unblock APIs alone.
Is there a free plan or trial?
A free plan is indicated: Free plan: 1000 credits per month (public pricing).
How much does Firecrawl cost?
Public paid plans start at from $19 on our snapshot. Billing units differ by vendor (credits, searches, browser hours).
Does ScraperDB invent success rates?
No. We publish sourced pricing and capability signals and mark unknowns instead of inventing benchmarks.
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