Firecrawl alternatives

For 100,000 JavaScript-rendered pages a month, Firecrawl costs $99 a month, tied for cheapest with ScrapingBee, ZenRows, Scrape.do and Crawlbase. Across 16 workloads (10,000 to 1,000,000 pages, four kinds of page), Scrape.do, Oxylabs Web Scraper API and Bright Data Web Unlocker each beat it in 12, ScrapingBee in 11, ZenRows in 10.

Worth knowing about Firecrawl: 1 credit per page; Firecrawl lists no JavaScript or proxy surcharge.

API	100,000 JS pages	Against Firecrawl, a year	Cheaper in
Firecrawl Standard	$99	–	–
ScrapingBee Startup	$99	Same	11 of 16
ZenRows Launch L2	$99	Same	10 of 16
Scrape.do Pro	$99	Same	12 of 15
Crawlbase Starter	$99	Same	8 of 16
Scrapfly Pro	$100	+$12	6 of 11
Oxylabs Web Scraper API Starter	$130	+$372	12 of 16
ScraperAPI Startup	$149	+$600	8 of 15
Bright Data Web Unlocker Pay as you go	$150	+$612	12 of 16
ScrapingAnt Business	$249	+$1,800	8 of 12

Cheapest published plan a month with monthly billing; a minus sign means cheaper than Firecrawl. "Cheaper in" counts the 16 workloads (four volumes × plain, JavaScript, premium-proxy and combined pages) where both publish a price.

What the numbers say

The cheapest alternative at 250,000 pages a month, by kind of page: plain HTML, Scrape.do at $29 (Firecrawl: $399); JavaScript rendering, Scrape.do at $99 (Firecrawl: $399); premium proxies, Crawlbase at $199 (Firecrawl: $399); JavaScript and premium proxies, Crawlbase at $199 (Firecrawl: $399).
Firecrawl's smallest plan is $19 a month (Hobby); only Bright Data Web Unlocker starts lower, with no monthly minimum.

All 10 APIs at 100,000 JavaScript-rendered pages a month

ScrapingBee$99/moStartup: 500,000 credits (5 per page). $0.99 per 1,000 pages.
ZenRows$99/moLaunch L2: 500,000 credits (5 per page). $0.99 per 1,000 pages.
Firecrawl$99/moStandard: 100,000 credits (1 per page). $0.99 per 1,000 pages.
Scrape.do$99/moPro: 500,000 credits (5 per page). $0.99 per 1,000 pages.
Crawlbase$99/moStarter: 200,000 credits (2 per page). $0.99 per 1,000 pages.
Scrapfly$100/moPro: 600,000 credits (6 per page). $1.00 per 1,000 pages.
Oxylabs Web Scraper API$130/moStarter: $1.30 per 1,000 pages.
ScraperAPI$149/moStartup: 1,000,000 credits (10 per page). $1.49 per 1,000 pages.
Bright Data Web Unlocker$150/moPay as you go: $1.50 per 1,000 pages.
ScrapingAnt$249/moBusiness: 1,000,000 credits (10 per page). $2.49 per 1,000 pages.

Price your own volume and page type, or see every API's credit multipliers.

Prices checked against each platform's own pricing page on 5 October 2026.