ScrapingBee vs Firecrawl on price
Across 16 workloads (10,000 to 1,000,000 successful pages a month, four kinds of page), ScrapingBee is cheaper in 11, Firecrawl in 4, and they cost the same in 1. By page kind: plain HTML, ScrapingBee at every volume; JavaScript rendering, ScrapingBee at every volume; premium proxies, ScrapingBee at most volumes; JavaScript + premium proxies, Firecrawl at most volumes.
What one page costs in credits
| Page kind | ScrapingBee | Firecrawl |
|---|---|---|
| Plain HTML | 1 credit | 1 credit |
| JavaScript rendering | 5 credits | 1 credit |
| Premium proxies | 10 credits | 1 credit |
| JavaScript + premium proxies | 25 credits | 1 credit |
Plain HTML
| Pages a month | ScrapingBee | Firecrawl | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $49 Freelance | $99 Standard | $4.90 vs $9.90 |
| 50,000 | $49 Freelance | $99 Standard | $0.98 vs $1.98 |
| 250,000 | $49 Freelance | $399 Growth | $0.20 vs $1.60 |
| 1,000,000 | $99 Startup | $749 Scale | $0.10 vs $0.75 |
JavaScript rendering
| Pages a month | ScrapingBee | Firecrawl | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $49 Freelance | $99 Standard | $4.90 vs $9.90 |
| 50,000 | $49 Freelance | $99 Standard | $0.98 vs $1.98 |
| 250,000 | $249 Business | $399 Growth | $1.00 vs $1.60 |
| 1,000,000 | $599 Business + | $749 Scale | $0.60 vs $0.75 |
Premium proxies
| Pages a month | ScrapingBee | Firecrawl | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $49 Freelance | $99 Standard | $4.90 vs $9.90 |
| 50,000 | $99 Startup | $99 Standard | $1.98 vs $1.98 |
| 250,000 | $249 Business | $399 Growth | $1.00 vs $1.60 |
| 1,000,000 | $999 Enterprise 14 | $749 Scale | $1.00 vs $0.75 |
JavaScript + premium proxies
| Pages a month | ScrapingBee | Firecrawl | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $49 Freelance | $99 Standard | $4.90 vs $9.90 |
| 50,000 | $249 Business | $99 Standard | $4.98 vs $1.98 |
| 250,000 | $599 Business + | $399 Growth | $2.40 vs $1.60 |
| 1,000,000 | $2,399 Enterprise 41 | $749 Scale | $2.40 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 5 times a plain page on ScrapingBee; on Firecrawl it costs the same as a plain page. A protected page (JavaScript and premium proxies) costs 25 times a plain page on ScrapingBee; on Firecrawl it costs the same as a plain page.
- The gap is widest at 1,000,000 protected pages (JavaScript and premium proxies) a month: Firecrawl costs $749, 69% less than ScrapingBee at $2,399.
- Per 1,000 plain pages, the price falls with volume: ScrapingBee from $4.90 at 10,000 pages to $0.10 at 1,000,000; Firecrawl from $9.90 at 10,000 pages to $0.75 at 1,000,000.
- The cheapest way in is $49 a month (Freelance) on ScrapingBee and $19 a month (Hobby) on Firecrawl.
- Billed yearly, at 250,000 plain pages a month: ScrapingBee lists no yearly price; Firecrawl drops from $399 to $333 a month (17% off).
Worth knowing
- ScrapingBee: JavaScript rendering is on by default; plain pages need render_js=false.
- 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 .