Firecrawl vs Scrapfly

Firecrawl
www.firecrawl.dev
72%
Success
5.4s
Speed
$2.7
Cost
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Firecrawl
vs
Scrapfly
Scrapfly
scrapfly.io
98%
Success
17.8s
Speed
$3.14
Cost
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Side-by-side comparison of Firecrawl and Scrapfly using the latest benchmark data for success rate, speed, cost, and features.

Pros & Cons of Firecrawl

Pros
  • Scrape websites data in LLM-ready format.
  • Ability to crawl entire websites using one API call.
  • Control the headless browser actions after a certain process.
  • Python and NodeJS SDKs.
  • Low pricing entry point at $19.
  • Integrations for no-code tools: n8n, Zapier, Make, and Dfyn.
Cons
  • Plan to credits are considered expensive compared to other services.
  • Blocked requests are charged.
  • Credits do not roll over to the next month/year.
  • No pay-per-use plan offered.
  • No support for webhook callbacks.

Pros & Cons of Scrapfly

Pros
  • Exceptional and fair scraper blocking bypass.
  • Below average pricing for most targets.
  • Javascript rendering with custom javascript evaluation.
  • Full browser control through Javascript Scenarios.
  • Python, Scrapy and Typescript SDKs for easy integration.
  • Detailed web dashboard for reviewing scraping performance.
  • Multi-project support with dedicated environments and quotas.
  • Feature rich with many unique features
  • Low entry point at $30.
  • Web UI player for testing and experimenting.
Cons
  • Credits do not carry over month-to-month.
  • No annual plans are available.
  • Above average pricing for some targets in favor of higher success rate and reliability.

Benchmark Comparison

Success rate per target from the latest benchmark run. Higher is better; the winning value is highlighted in green.

Target Firecrawl success Scrapfly success
all average 72.1% 97.9%
amazon.com 91.7% 98.9%
booking.com 91.8% 97.8%
etsy.com 99.7% 100.0%
indeed.com 66.6% 97.1%
instagram.com - 99.0%
linkedin.com - 97.4%
realtor.com 72.0% 90.7%
stockx.com 94.6% 99.0%
twitter.com 74.4% 97.7%
walmart.com 85.3% 99.8%
zillow.com 92.7% 99.7%
Data range Sep 11 - Sep 25

Feature Comparison

Feature Firecrawl Scrapfly
Capterra ratingCapterra rating —
★ 4.9
(237)
Browser control Yes Yes, up to 160s
Custom JS evaluation Yes Yes, up to 160s
Geolocation 26 countries 50+ countries
Integrations Python, Javascript Python, Typescript
Javascreipt rendering Yes, enabled by default -
Proxy support Datacenter default, Residential (stealth) optional Datacenter default, Residential optional
Screenshots Yes, with a fullpage option and customizable viewport Yes, full page and individual elements
Sessions No Yes, persistent IP & cookies
Webhook support No Yes

Pricing Comparison

Firecrawl
Plan Price Credits Concurrency
Enterprise — ∞ ∞
Growth 333 500,000 100
Hobby 16 3,000 5
Standard 83 100,000 50
Scrapfly
Plan Price Credits Concurrency
Discovery 30 200,000 5
Pro 100 1,000,000 20
Startup 250 2,500,000 50
Enterprise 500 5,500,000 100
Custom — — ∞

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