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Firecrawl

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The web data API to search and scrape with access to more sources through Alexandria.

Free tier available·All audiences·API available·Open source
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Key strengths

Industry-leading reliability (96% coverage on 1,000-URL benchmark)Token-efficient output (93% fewer input tokens)Blazingly fast (P95 latency of 3,387ms)Open sourceJavaScript rendering and smart waitMedia parsing (PDFs, DOCX)MCP integration for AI agentsWeb search, scrape, crawl, map, and interact capabilities
Free tier + paid plans · from $16 USD/mo
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Developer Docs & Integration

Firecrawl exposes a REST API covering five core capabilities:

CapabilityDescription
SearchQuery the web and retrieve structured results
ScrapeExtract clean content from a single URL
CrawlRecursively crawl a site and collect pages
MapDiscover and list all URLs on a domain
InteractPerform browser-level interactions on pages

Rendering & Parsing

  • Full JavaScript rendering with smart wait ensures dynamic content is captured
  • Media parsing handles PDFs and DOCX files out of the box

Integrations Firecrawl supports native integrations with: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Cursor, Windsurf, and MCP (Model Context Protocol) for AI agent pipelines.

Output Efficiency Responses are optimized for LLM consumption — producing 93% fewer input tokens compared to raw HTML, reducing both cost and latency in downstream model calls.

Open Source The codebase is publicly available on GitHub (180,000+ stars). Self-hosting is an option for teams with data residency or customization requirements.

Pricing & Credits All API usage is credit-based. Free tier: 1,000 credits/mo. Paid tiers range from 5,000 credits ($16/mo) to 1,000,000 credits ($599/mo), with enterprise custom plans available.