Tavily vs Firecrawl pricing
For 10,000 searches a month in each one's default search type, Tavily costs $78 (Project) and Firecrawl search $94 (Hobby). Tavily is cheaper at 1,000 to 10,000 searches a month, Firecrawl at 50,000 to 1,000,000. Free: Tavily, 1,000 credits a month, no card needed (1,000 searches a month); Firecrawl, 1,000 credits a month, no card needed (500 searches a month).
Cheapest for 10,000 searches a month: Tavily at $78 ($7.80 per 1,000). Most expensive: Firecrawl search at $94.
Each one's cheapest published way to run that many searches in a month, in its default search type, before VAT and free credits.
Which is cheaper at my volume?
| Searches a month | Tavily | Firecrawl |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $8 $8.00 per 1,000 | $19 $19.00 per 1,000 |
| 5,000 | $38 $7.60 per 1,000 | $44 $8.80 per 1,000 |
| 10,000 | $78 $7.80 per 1,000 | $94 $9.40 per 1,000 |
| 50,000 | $316 $6.32 per 1,000 | $99 $1.98 per 1,000 |
| 100,000 | $500 $5.00 per 1,000 | $349 $3.49 per 1,000 |
| 500,000 | $3,700 $7.40 per 1,000 | $749 $1.50 per 1,000 |
| 1,000,000 | $7,700 $7.70 per 1,000 | $1,749 $1.75 per 1,000 |
Default search type, cheapest published option a month; bold marks the cheaper. "Custom" means more than the largest published plan.
How do they compare?
What is one search?
- Tavily: One search request of up to 20 results: 1 credit for a basic, fast or ultra-fast search, 2 for an advanced one.
- Firecrawl: Each 10 results, rounded up, cost 2 credits from the plan it shares with scraping: 11 results cost 4.
Search types and prices
- Tavily: Basic, fast or ultra-fast search, 1 credit: $5.00 to $8.00 per 1,000; Advanced search, 2 credits: $10.00 to $16.00 per 1,000.
- Firecrawl: Search, up to 10 results: 2 credits, $1.50 to $7.60 per 1,000 with a plan used in full; Scraping each result: 1 credit a page more.
What does a search return?
- Tavily: Up to 20 results, each with snippets from the page; optionally each page's cleaned content and an LLM-written answer. Cleaned page content on request (include_raw_content); Tavily prices a search by its depth alone.
- Firecrawl: Search results, with each result optionally scraped into page content. Scraping each result adds 1 credit a page: 12 credits for 10 results with their content.
Free allowance
- Tavily: 1,000 credits a month, no card needed (1,000 searches a month).
- Firecrawl: 1,000 credits a month, no card needed (500 searches a month).
Tavily or Firecrawl: quick answers
Is Tavily cheaper than Firecrawl?
Tavily is cheaper at 1,000 to 10,000 searches a month, Firecrawl at 50,000 to 1,000,000, in each one's default search type: 1,000, $8 against $19; 5,000, $38 against $44; 10,000, $78 against $94; 50,000, $316 against $99; 100,000, $500 against $349; 500,000, $3,700 against $749; 1,000,000, $7,700 against $1,749.
What do 10,000 searches a month cost on Tavily and Firecrawl?
Tavily: $78, $7.80 per 1,000 (Project: $30 a month with 4,000 searches, then $8.00 per 1,000). Firecrawl search: $94, $9.40 per 1,000 (Hobby: $19 a month with 2,500 searches, then $10.00 per 1,000).
Which has the bigger free tier, Tavily or Firecrawl?
Tavily, counted in searches. Tavily: 1,000 credits a month, no card needed (1,000 searches a month). Firecrawl: 1,000 credits a month, no card needed (500 searches a month).
Do Tavily and Firecrawl return page content?
Tavily: Up to 20 results, each with snippets from the page; optionally each page's cleaned content and an LLM-written answer. Cleaned page content on request (include_raw_content); Tavily prices a search by its depth alone. Firecrawl: Search results, with each result optionally scraped into page content. Scraping each result adds 1 credit a page: 12 credits for 10 results with their content.
One at a time: Tavily pricing and Firecrawl credits. Leaving one? See Tavily alternatives. Every search API at your volume: web search APIs for LLMs.
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