Firecrawl
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Web-data API for scraping, crawling and search with Markdown or structured outputs; AGPL core and additional hosted capabilities. No lifecycle review is recorded for this listing. Its inclusion in the directory does not confirm current availability; check the vendor before relying on it.
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Decision notes
Official-document research
Based on the cited documentation. We did not use the product, purchase a plan, or run quality, speed or reliability tests in this review.
Consider it for
- Developers who can manage website permissions and API budgets
Choose another approach if
- Assuming unlimited extraction, universal commercial rights or a production-ready default local stack
Pricing and conditions
Documented terms
USD: Free 1,000 credits/month; Hobby 5,000 for USD19 billed monthly or USD16/month equivalent billed annually. Applicable tax is extra by location; regional checkout totals are unconfirmed. Scrape/crawl/map are 1 credit/page, search 2/10 results and interact 2/browser-minute; advanced formats add credits. Paid plans auto-top up in USD5 increments; a monthly cap or 0 disables/limits it, blank means no cap, and manual purchases are outside that cap. Hobby monthly credits do not roll over; purchased credits expire on cancellation. Returned 403/404 pages cost a credit, unlike no-result requests. Self-hosted hardware/providers cost separately.
Pricing source read:
Pricing or terms sourceCode, model and service licensing
Core code is AGPL-3.0; distribution has source obligations and modified network-facing versions must offer Corresponding Source under §13. SDKs/some UI have separate MIT licenses that need directory-level review. Hosted ToS §5.d.1 requires express commercial authorization; §8.d grants a broad, irrevocable, sublicensable license to submitted user content/feedback that survives termination. This does not clear scraped third-party content; provider-specific terms also apply. Privacy describes caching/indexing and PII retention until written deletion requests, with US storage. An express universal no-training promise was not confirmed; ZDR is only listed for Enterprise approved uses.
Basis and limits of the recorded score
The existing 4.5 editorial score is retained without its original scoring worksheet. This document review did not re-score or measure performance.
Overview
Firecrawl exposes scraping, crawling, mapping and search to applications and agents. Outputs can include Markdown or structured fields, depending on endpoint and configuration. Target pages, authentication, blocking and content rights constrain what can be collected; the vendor's speed and coverage claims were not measured here.
Its AGPL core and hosted service have different capabilities. The self-hosting guide's default stack omits Fire-engine: screenshots/page actions require that separate service, while Agent/Browser/interact need cloud or separately verified external components. The documented quickstart is for trusted evaluation and lacks production authentication, TLS and durable storage. Self-hosting still contacts target sites and optional AI/proxy providers.
Sources
The factual claims in this review were read from the pages below. Each date is when an editor last opened the source, not when the product changed.
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor pricing page Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
Pros / Cons
Pros
- Documented scraping/search API
- Self-hostable core with deployment limits stated
Cons
- Cloud features are not all in the default local stack
- Multiple credit meters and automatic paid top-ups
Who it's for
Permitted website ingestion
Agent retrieval and structured extraction
Bottom line
Choose a deployment and calculate endpoint/add-on usage first; paid access and an open core do not grant rights to every website's data.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Firecrawl currently available?
No lifecycle review is recorded for this listing. Its inclusion in the directory does not confirm current availability; check the vendor before relying on it.
What is Firecrawl?
Firecrawl is a Agents & Developer Tooling tool developed by Firecrawl. Web-data API for scraping, crawling and search with Markdown or structured outputs; AGPL core and additional hosted capabilities.
What costs and terms should I check for Firecrawl?
USD: Free 1,000 credits/month; Hobby 5,000 for USD19 billed monthly or USD16/month equivalent billed annually. Applicable tax is extra by location; regional checkout totals are unconfirmed. Scrape/crawl/map are 1 credit/page, search 2/10 results and interact 2/browser-minute; advanced formats add credits. Paid plans auto-top up in USD5 increments; a monthly cap or 0 disables/limits it, blank means no cap, and manual purchases are outside that cap. Hobby monthly credits do not roll over; purchased credits expire on cancellation. Returned 403/404 pages cost a credit, unlike no-result requests. Self-hosted hardware/providers cost separately.
Is Firecrawl open source?
Core code is AGPL-3.0; distribution has source obligations and modified network-facing versions must offer Corresponding Source under §13. SDKs/some UI have separate MIT licenses that need directory-level review. Hosted ToS §5.d.1 requires express commercial authorization; §8.d grants a broad, irrevocable, sublicensable license to submitted user content/feedback that survives termination. This does not clear scraped third-party content; provider-specific terms also apply. Privacy describes caching/indexing and PII retention until written deletion requests, with US storage. An express universal no-training promise was not confirmed; ZDR is only listed for Enterprise approved uses.
What are the best alternatives to Firecrawl?
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Basic Info
- Pricing
- Freemium
USD: Free 1,000 credits/month; Hobby 5,000 for USD19 billed monthly or USD16/month equivalent billed annually. Applicable tax is extra by location; regional checkout totals are unconfirmed. Scrape/crawl/map are 1 credit/page, search 2/10 results and interact 2/browser-minute; advanced formats add credits. Paid plans auto-top up in USD5 increments; a monthly cap or 0 disables/limits it, blank means no cap, and manual purchases are outside that cap. Hobby monthly credits do not roll over; purchased credits expire on cancellation. Returned 403/404 pages cost a credit, unlike no-result requests. Self-hosted hardware/providers cost separately.
- Editorial score
- ★ 4.5 / 5 How we score
- Platforms
- APILibrary
- Last verified
- 2026-10-12
