Firecrawl today
Starts at
$19/mo
- Contract
- Enterprise agreements with custom terms; self-serve plans monthly or annual
- Free plan
- 1,000 credits every month, refreshed monthly, no credit card required; 2 concurrent...
Cheaper than Firecrawl (2)
Compared by starting price, same currency.
| Alternative | Starts at | Against Firecrawl | States that Firecrawl doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 OlostepStarter, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$9/moStarter plan, starting price | $10 lessstarting price | Nothing extra found | Plans can be switched at any time, pro-rated | Free plan with 500 successful requests, no credit card required, low rate... |
 ThunderbitStarter, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$15/moStarter plan, starting price | $4 lessstarting price | No-code visual interface | Monthly or annual subscription, cancel anytime effective end of... | Free plan with 6 pages per month, max 30 credits per page, 3 max bulk URLs... |
Flat tiers (4)
Priced in tiers, where Firecrawl charges by use.
| Alternative | Starts at | Against Firecrawl | States that Firecrawl doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ApifyStarter, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$19/moStarter plan, starting price | Same pricestarting price | Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included | Cancel any time; subscription lasts until end of current billing cycle | Free plan with $5 of prepaid usage per month, no credit card required; once... |
 OctoparseStandard, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$83/moStandard plan, starting price | $64 morestarting price | Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included, No-code visual interface | Monthly, quarterly and annual billing options; cancel any time... | Free forever plan: 10 tasks, 1 device, local runs only, 50K rows of data... |
 Bright DataManaged Data Acquisition, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$1,500/moManaged Data Acquisition plan, starting price | $1,481 morestarting price | Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included | Not found | Free tier on Unlocker API, SERP API, Scraper APIs and Scraper Studio... |
 TinyFishread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.016/stepUsage price | Not comparable | Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included | No subscription or monthly minimum on self-serve; Enterprise is... | TinySearch and TinyFetch are free at any Wallet balance within rate limits... |
Other options (7)
No computed reason to switch, listed for completeness.
| Alternative | Starts at | Against Firecrawl | States that Firecrawl doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ScrapingBeeHobby, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$19/moHobby plan, starting price | Same pricestarting price | Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included | Subscription billing cycles that auto-renew; cancel anytime | Trial: 1,000 free API credits, no credit card required (one-time, no time limit stated) |
 ScrapeGraphAIStarter, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$20/moStarter plan, starting price | $1 morestarting price | Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included | Not found | 500 one-time API credits, 10 requests/min, 1 monitor, 1 concurrent crawl. |
 OxylabsStarter, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$30/moStarter plan, starting price | $11 morestarting price | Rotating proxies included, No-code visual interface | Not found | Time-limited: $5 welcome credits toward any product, free to start |
 ScrapflyDiscovery, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$30/moDiscovery plan, starting price | $11 morestarting price | Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included, HIPAA BAA | no minimum term or commitment period | One-off allowance: 1,000 credits on signup, no credit card, no time limit, every product... |
 Browse AIPersonal, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$48/moPersonal plan, starting price | $29 morestarting price | Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included, No-code visual interface | Credits reset at end of billing cycle; unused credits do not roll over | 50 credits per month, 2 domains, 3 users, no credit card; credits reset monthly |
 Web ScraperProject, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$50/mo yearlyProject plan, starting price | $31 morestarting price | Anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass, Rotating proxies included, No-code visual interface | Cancel any time; subscription stays active until end of current... | Trial: 7-day free trial, no credit card required |
 DiffbotStartup, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$299/moStartup plan, starting price | $280 morestarting price | Nothing extra found | no long-term contract, monthly subscription, cancel anytime | 10,000 credits per month across all four APIs, 5 requests / min, no credit... |
No price found, or contact sales (2)
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- Oxylabs AI Studiocontact the vendor
Questions
What is the cheapest alternative to Firecrawl?
Olostep, at $9/mo by starting price, $10 less than Firecrawl. Computed from each vendor's published prices.
Is there a free alternative to Firecrawl?
Yes. 9 AI web scraping tools have a free plan, including Olostep, Thunderbit, Apify, ScrapeGraphAI, Browse AI.
How this page is made
Alternatives come from Firecrawl's own category, AI web scraping tools. Prices come from each vendor's pricing page and are compared at the same volume where both can be computed, and by starting price where neither can. "States that Firecrawl doesn't" lists what we found on the other vendor's site and didn't find on Firecrawl's, which doesn't prove Firecrawl lacks it. How prices are read.