Firecrawl vs ScrapingBee

Firecrawl
www.firecrawl.dev
72%
Success
5.4s
Speed
$2.7
Cost
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Firecrawl
vs
ScrapingBee
ScrapingBee
www.scrapingbee.com
33%
Success
2.8s
Speed
$1.51
Cost
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Side-by-side comparison of Firecrawl and ScrapingBee 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 ScrapingBee

Pros
  • Python and NodeJS SDKs.
  • Detailed web dashboard for tracking scraping performance.
  • Web UI player for testing and experimenting.
  • Big feature set and extended headless browser support.
Cons
  • Poor entry point of $49.
  • Credits are often charged for blocked requests.
  • Credits do not carry over month-to-month.
  • Some targets are not supported or cost well above industry average (see benchmarks).

Benchmark Comparison

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

Target Firecrawl success ScrapingBee success
all average 72.1% 33.2%
amazon.com 91.7% 28.6%
booking.com 91.8% 17.8%
etsy.com 99.7% 28.8%
indeed.com 66.6% 26.4%
instagram.com - 27.6%
linkedin.com - -
realtor.com 72.0% -
stockx.com 94.6% -
twitter.com 74.4% -
walmart.com 85.3% -
zillow.com 92.7% -
Data range Sep 11 - Sep 25

Feature Comparison

Feature Firecrawl ScrapingBee
Capterra ratingCapterra rating —
★ 4.9
(137)
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
Plan Price Credits Concurrency
Enterprise — ∞ ∞
Growth 333 500,000 100
Hobby 16 3,000 5
Standard 83 100,000 50
ScrapingBee
Plan Price Credits Concurrency
Hobby 19 75,000 25
Freelance 49 250,000 50
Startup 99 1,000,000 100
Business 249 3,000,000 200

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