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light estimateLast updated 2026-08-20

Firecrawl vs ScraperAPI

Firecrawl vs ScraperAPI for scraping & browser. Success: 69% vs 68.95% — edge Firecrawl Computed from public benchmarks with dated sources; updated 2026-08-20.

Head to head
Firecrawl compared with ScraperAPI per decision axis
AxisFirecrawlScraperAPIEdge
Price$0.83 per 1000 requests$0.149 per 1000 requests*—
Success69%68.95%Firecrawl
LLM-ready✓——
browser✓——

* token-/credit-priced — the headline understates real per-unit cost, so no price edge is awarded.

Strengths & caveats
FirecrawlStrongest LLM-ready output (direct markdown/JSON with schema extraction), cheap per page ($0.00083/page on Standard) and 69% success in Scrapeway's August 2026 test — better than ScrapingBee (48%) in that same test. Lower reliability on heavily protected sites than the unblocking specialists; Stealth Mode and /extract can cost up to ~5 credits per request, sharply raising the effective price (the pricing page lists only the 1 credit/page base rate, so the stealth multiplier is not vendor-confirmed).ScraperAPILow base rate (~$0.149/1000 credits on Startup) with a simple proxy+rendering API and a generous free tier (1000 credits/month). Lowest independent success rate of the tested set on protected sites (68.95% at Proxyway 2025); credits add up fast (JS 5-10x, anti-bot +10, Google 25, LinkedIn 30) so price is not comparable; barely any LLM-ready output.
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