Firecrawl vs ScrapeGraphAI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Firecrawl grades higher than ScrapeGraphAI: 2.6 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Firecrawl grades higher on value for money, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan and features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Firecrawl
Web search, scrape and crawl API that returns LLM-ready data
ScrapeGraphAI
Credit-based API to scrape, extract, search and crawl the web
Which one is for you
Pick Firecrawl if
- Fits if you feed web pages into an LLM and want Markdown back
- Works for people happy to self-host the open-source core
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 1,000 credits, 2 concurrent requests and low rate limits
- Watch out: JSON, Question and Highlight formats add 4 credits a page
- Watch out: Agent, Browser and the managed dashboards are Cloud only, not in the open-source version
- Pricey if you scale: $83 for 100,000 credits and $333 for 500,000, and pay-as-you-go is for paid plans only
Pick ScrapeGraphAI if
- Fits if you want one API for scraping and AI extraction and can code
- Works for small tests, since packs of credits never expire
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 500 credits is one time and does not come back each month
- Watch out: credit use varies by endpoint and stealth option, so cost per request is not fixed
- Watch out: the Starter limit is 100 requests a minute, 3 concurrent crawls and 5 monitors
- Skip it if you want integrations: none are listed
- Watch out: the Yearly toggle showed the same prices as Monthly when read
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAFirecrawlGood | 2.0GPAScrapeGraphAIFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B$16 a month on yearly billing for 5,000 credits, inside the cheapest quarter of this category ($19). Standard jumps to $83 for 100,000. | CStarter is $20 a month for 10,000 credits, a hair above the $19 cheaper-quarter start for data APIs. Packs run $5 for 1,000 credits and never expire. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan with 1,000 credits a month and no card, but only 2 concurrent requests and low rate limits. | CA free plan of 500 credits, one time only; they do not renew. No card is mentioned, but it is a trial grant, not a free tier. |
| Features | BSearch, scrape, crawl, map and interact, with SDKs and an open-source core. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core scraping job. | BScrape, extract, search, crawl, monitors and fetch options in one API. The listing names no gap in the core job. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It is a developer API, with keys and code to set up. | DNo store rating on record. It is an API: you write the calls and manage credits. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, but it plugs into LangChain, Claude, ChatGPT and Ollama and has SDKs. | CWeb API only, with no integrations or SDKs listed on the pages we read. |
| Best for | turning web pages into clean text for AI apps | AI scraping API billed in credits |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Firecrawl and ScrapeGraphAI. How we grade
Price against what you get
Firecrawl starts at $16 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. ScrapeGraphAI starts at $20 a month and scores 2.0.
Firecrawl scores higher and starts $4 a month lower. Of the other SERP and SEO data APIs on the chart, none scores higher than Firecrawl for less, and 9 score higher than ScrapeGraphAI for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Firecrawl is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Firecrawl also covers AI agents and sERP API.
At a glance
| Firecrawl | ScrapeGraphAI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $16 per month for 5,000 credits, billed annually ($19 billed monthly) | $20 per month for 10,000 credits |
| Free plan | 1,000 credits a month, no card needed, 2 concurrent requests and low rate limits. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | Free plan with 500 API credits, one-time |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Firecrawl | ScrapeGraphAI, Inc. |
| Price read from | firecrawl.dev | scrapegraphai.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Firecrawl
- Per-page cost rises with format: JSON, Question and Highlight formats add 4 credits per page on Scrape and Crawl.
- The docs say Agent, Browser, managed dashboards, enhanced proxy paths and enterprise controls are Cloud-only.
- Pay-as-you-go (credits added in $5 steps up to a monthly limit you set) is for paid plans only.
- A page that returns an error status such as 403 or 404 still costs 1 credit.
ScrapeGraphAI
- The Free plan is a one-time 500-credit grant, not a monthly allowance.
- Credit use varies by endpoint and by the stealth option, so the monthly cost depends on the mix of requests.
- Credit packs are $5 for 1,000, $40 for 10,000 and $150 for 50,000; they never expire and stack on a subscription.
- The pricing page has a Yearly toggle, but it showed the same prices as Monthly when read.
Key features
Firecrawl
- Search with page content
- Searches the web and returns full page content from the results, not only links. Costs 2 credits per 10 results.
- Scrape to Markdown or JSON
- Turns a URL into Markdown, structured JSON, screenshots or other formats. A basic scrape costs 1 credit per page.
- Crawl and map
- Crawl follows a site page by page at 1 credit per page. Map lists a site's URLs for 1 credit per call.
- Interact
- Scrapes a page, then clicks, fills forms or navigates it from AI prompts or code, at 2 credits per browser minute.
- Open-source core
- The core scrape, crawl, map and search APIs can be self-hosted with Docker Compose, per the docs.
- SDKs and shared credits
- Python, Node.js, cURL and CLI examples are shown. One credit balance is shared across all endpoints.
ScrapeGraphAI
- Scrape
- Converts a URL to markdown, HTML, a screenshot or branding analysis, costing 1 credit for markdown, 2 for a screenshot and 25 for branding.
- Extract
- Pulls structured data from a page using a natural-language prompt, at a base cost of 5 credits.
- Search and crawl
- Search costs 2 credits per result, or 5 with a prompt. Crawl costs 2 credits to start plus the per-page scrape cost.
- Monitors
- Watches a page for changes and notifies a webhook, costing 5 extra credits when a change is detected.
- Fetch options
- Render mode (auto, fast or JS) does not change the cost; the stealth toggle for anti-bot bypass adds 5 credits.
Plans
Firecrawl
Free$0
1,000 credits a month (500 searches or 1,000 pages scraped), 2 concurrent requests.
Hobby$16
per month for 5,000 credits, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)
5 concurrent requests, basic support, and extra credits at 1,000 per $5.
Standard$83
per month for 100,000 credits, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
25 concurrent requests, standard support, extra credits at 2,000 per $5.
Growth$333
per month for 500,000 credits, billed annually ($399 billed monthly)
50 concurrent requests, priority support, extra credits at 2,500 per $5.
Scale$599
per month for 1,000,000 credits, billed annually ($749 billed monthly)
100 concurrent requests, priority support, extra credits at 5,000 per $5.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom credits and concurrency, dedicated support and SLA, SSO, zero-data retention.
ScrapeGraphAI
Free$0
500 API credits, one time (they do not renew), 10 requests per minute, 1 monitor and 1 concurrent crawl.
Starter$20
per month for 10,000 credits, billed monthly
100 requests per minute, 5 monitors and 3 concurrent crawls.
Growth$100
per month for 100,000 credits, billed monthly
500 requests per minute, 25 monitors, 15 concurrent crawls and basic proxy rotation.
Pro$500
per month for 750,000 credits, billed monthly
5,000 requests per minute, 100 monitors, 50 concurrent crawls, advanced proxy rotation and priority support.
EnterpriseCustom
Ad-hoc credits, custom rate limits, dedicated support and an SLA, arranged through sales.
Ways to pay less
Firecrawl
- Annual discount
Annual billing saves about 2 months
Annual prices are lower than monthly (Standard $83 against $99 a month); the homepage banner says 2 months free when billed annually.
ScrapeGraphAI
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Firecrawl or ScrapeGraphAI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Firecrawl is cheaper to start with: $16 a month, against $20 a month for ScrapeGraphAI. Firecrawl starts at $16 per month for 5,000 credits, billed annually ($19 billed monthly), and ScrapeGraphAI starts at $20 per month for 10,000 credits.
Which has a free plan, Firecrawl or ScrapeGraphAI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Firecrawl has a free plan. ScrapeGraphAI does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.