Firecrawl alternatives: web scraping and crawl APIs for AI agents
Updated Nov 6, 2026. Listed A to Z, not ranked. Prices change often: confirm with each provider.
Firecrawl turns websites into clean markdown or JSON for LLMs, billed in monthly credits. If you want a different billing model (for example paying per call in USDC with no account) or a different feature set, these are the scraping and crawling tools in our directory.
Firecrawl’s own published plans are first for reference. For a plan-by-plan comparison with Apify see Apify vs Firecrawl; for subscription vs pay-per-call markdown APIs see URL-to-markdown APIs compared.
Firecrawl’s published plans (for reference)
| Provider | Published pricing | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Firecrawl | Free 1,000 credits/mo; Hobby $19/mo ($16 yearly), 5,000; Standard $99 ($83), 100k; Growth $399 ($333), 500k; Scale $749 ($599), 1M | 1 credit per page scraped or crawled; Search 2 credits per 10 results; JSON format +4 credits per page |
Quoted from each provider’s official pricing page on Nov 6, 2026.
Scraping and crawl alternatives in our directory (10)
| Tool | What it does | How you pay | Published price | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| api2ls.com | Utility APIs for agents: headless browser rendering, page-to-markdown, SVG-to-PNG and JSON-to-Excel, paid per call over x402. | USDC per call (x402) | $0.01 per call (listing) (checked 2026-10-22) | Listing |
| Apify | Marketplace of ready-made scrapers and automation tools (Actors) for web data, usable from apps and AI agents. | USDC per call (x402) | From $1 (prepaid token, amount you choose) per call (listing) (checked 2026-10-27) | Listing · Pricing |
| Browserbase Payment Gateway | Browserbase's crypto gateway: rent headless browser sessions by the hour, or run web search and page fetch per request, paid over x402 or MPP with no API key. | USDC per call (x402) | $0.01–$0.06 per call (listing) (checked 2026-10-23) | Listing · Pricing |
| FastAF | Web scraping and search-results API for agents (Amazon, flights, patents, job boards and more). Use a free API key or pay per call over x402 with no account. | USDC per call (x402) | $0.005 per call (listing) (checked 2026-10-30) | Listing |
| Minifetch | Hosted web toolkit for search, scraping, extraction and SEO audits, paid per fetch. | USDC per call (x402) | $0.001–$0.004 per call (listing) (checked 2026-10-22) | Listing |
| Oassis | Web scraping, crawling, browser sessions and research for AI agents through one API and MCP server, with synchronous web tools and background tasks. | USDC per call (x402) | $0.002–$0.003 per call (listing) (checked 2026-10-28) | Listing |
| Orthogonal | One account for agents to use search, scraping and enrichment APIs through a unified API, MCP server or CLI, paying per call. | USDC per call (x402) | $0.002–$0.01 per call (listing) (checked 2026-10-22) | Listing |
| readfetch | Pay-per-call web reading for agents: page text, scrape, map, search and batch reads in USDC on Base, with a free probe first and a signed receipt on every paid response. | USDC per call (x402) | $0.005 per call (listing) (checked 2026-11-03) | Listing |
| Retriever AI (rtrvr.ai) | AI browser agent for Chrome and the cloud. Its agent API sells web page scraping per request over x402. | USDC per call (x402) | $0.05 per call (listing) (checked 2026-10-22) | Listing |
| ScrapeMole | Pay-per-call public web data for agents: YouTube search, videos, comments and transcripts, Google Trends, web and news search, SEC filings and more. Errors are not charged. | USDC per call (x402) | $0.002–$0.01 per call (listing) (checked 2026-10-28) | Listing |
Choosing an alternative
- Same job, pay per call: readfetch ($0.005), Minifetch ($0.001–$0.004) and Oassis ($0.002–$0.003) sell page reads and scrapes per request in USDC (listing prices).
- Ready-made scrapers: Apify’s store has Actors for specific sites, billed per result or usage; see Apify pricing.
- Full browser: when a page needs logins or clicks, use a cloud browser; see browser agents.
FAQ
- What is a good Firecrawl alternative?
- It depends on billing and features. Apify offers site-specific Actors on monthly plans; readfetch, Minifetch and Oassis sell scraping per call in USDC; Browserbase offers cloud browsers plus a Fetch API. We list them A to Z, not ranked.
- How much does Firecrawl cost?
- On firecrawl.dev/pricing (Nov 6, 2026): Free 1,000 credits a month, Hobby $19/month ($16 billed yearly), Standard $99 ($83), Growth $399 ($333), Scale $749 ($599).
Sources (read Nov 6, 2026): www.firecrawl.dev/pricing
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