Firecrawl vs Scrapingbee

Here's an in-depth comparison of Firecrawl and Scrapingbee web scraping services in web scraping speed, cost, success rate and feature set using the latest web scraping benchmark data for Mar 21 - Mar 27.

We'll start taking a look at the pros and cons summary of both Firecrawl and Scrapingbee web scraping services. Then we'll move on to the benchmark comparison table for the most popular web scraping targets covered by Scrapeway benchmarks. Finally, we'll compare the feature set and pricing of both services.

Pros

Firecrawl

Scrapingbee

Cons

Firecrawl

Scrapingbee

Benchmark Comparison

Next, it's the comparison table for the latest benchmarks of Firecrawl and Scrapingbee web scraping services for the most popular web scraping targets covered by Scrapeway benchmarks.

Firecrawl
Scrapingbee
64.5%
success
32.3%
97.7%
success
48.5%
97.1%
success
16.4%
58.6%
success
21.2%
98.7%
success
33.6%
0%
success
40.3%
0%
success
0%
28.8%
success
0%
99.3%
success
0%
0%
success
0%
94.3%
success
0%
99.9%
success
0%

Feature Comparison

Firecrawl and Scrapingbee feature comparison table and overview.

Feature Firecrawl Scrapingbee
Browser control
Yes
Yes, up to 40s
Custom JS evaluation
Yes
Yes, up to 40s
Geolocation
26 countries
Most countries
Integrations
Python, Javascript
Python, NodeJS
Javascreipt rendering
Yes, enabled by default
Yes, at extra cost
Proxy support
Datacenter default, Residential (stealth) optional
Datacenter default, Residential & "Stealth" optional
Screenshots
Yes, with a fullpage option and customizable viewport
Yes, full page and individual elements
Sessions
No
Yes, persistent IP for 5min
Webhook support
No
No

Pricing Comparison

Firecrawl and Scrapingbee pricing comparison table and overview.

Firecrawl

Scrapingbee

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