Crawlbase vs Firecrawl on price
Across 16 workloads (10,000 to 1,000,000 successful pages a month, four kinds of page), Crawlbase is cheaper in 8, Firecrawl in 0, and they cost the same in 8. Crawlbase is cheaper at most volumes for every kind of page.
What one page costs in credits
| Page kind | Crawlbase | Firecrawl |
|---|---|---|
| Plain HTML | 1 credit | 1 credit |
| JavaScript rendering | 2 credits | 1 credit |
| Premium proxies | 1 credit | 1 credit |
| JavaScript + premium proxies | 2 credits | 1 credit |
Plain HTML
| Pages a month | Crawlbase | Firecrawl | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $99 Starter | $99 Standard | $9.90 vs $9.90 |
| 50,000 | $99 Starter | $99 Standard | $1.98 vs $1.98 |
| 250,000 | $199 Scale 500K | $399 Growth | $0.80 vs $1.60 |
| 1,000,000 | $349 Scale 1M | $749 Scale | $0.35 vs $0.75 |
JavaScript rendering
| Pages a month | Crawlbase | Firecrawl | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $99 Starter | $99 Standard | $9.90 vs $9.90 |
| 50,000 | $99 Starter | $99 Standard | $1.98 vs $1.98 |
| 250,000 | $199 Scale 500K | $399 Growth | $0.80 vs $1.60 |
| 1,000,000 | $599 Growth | $749 Scale | $0.60 vs $0.75 |
Premium proxies
| Pages a month | Crawlbase | Firecrawl | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $99 Starter | $99 Standard | $9.90 vs $9.90 |
| 50,000 | $99 Starter | $99 Standard | $1.98 vs $1.98 |
| 250,000 | $199 Scale 500K | $399 Growth | $0.80 vs $1.60 |
| 1,000,000 | $349 Scale 1M | $749 Scale | $0.35 vs $0.75 |
JavaScript + premium proxies
| Pages a month | Crawlbase | Firecrawl | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $99 Starter | $99 Standard | $9.90 vs $9.90 |
| 50,000 | $99 Starter | $99 Standard | $1.98 vs $1.98 |
| 250,000 | $199 Scale 500K | $399 Growth | $0.80 vs $1.60 |
| 1,000,000 | $599 Growth | $749 Scale | $0.60 vs $0.75 |
Cheapest published plan a month with monthly billing; bold marks the cheaper. "Custom" means the volume needs more than the largest published plan.
What the numbers say
- A page that needs JavaScript rendering costs 2 times a plain page on Crawlbase; on Firecrawl it costs the same as a plain page. A protected page (JavaScript and premium proxies) costs 2 times a plain page on Crawlbase; on Firecrawl it costs the same as a plain page.
- The gap is widest at 1,000,000 plain HTML pages a month: Crawlbase costs $349, 53% less than Firecrawl at $749.
- Per 1,000 plain pages, the price falls with volume: Crawlbase from $9.90 at 10,000 pages to $0.35 at 1,000,000; Firecrawl from $9.90 at 10,000 pages to $0.75 at 1,000,000.
- The cheapest way in is $99 a month (Starter) on Crawlbase and $19 a month (Hobby) on Firecrawl.
- Billed yearly, at 250,000 plain pages a month: Crawlbase drops from $199 to $182.42 a month (8% off); Firecrawl drops from $399 to $333 a month (17% off).
Worth knowing
- Crawlbase: Proxies are included; difficult sites multiply credits by up to 20×.
- Firecrawl: 1 credit per page; Firecrawl lists no JavaScript or proxy surcharge.
Price your own volume on all 10 APIs, or compare every API's credit multipliers.
Prices checked against each platform's own pricing page on .