Firecrawl vs Apify: API Comparison

Overview

Choose between a focused crawl and extraction API or a programmable platform for Actors, schedules, storage, and specialized workflows.

Firecrawl

Scrape, crawl, map, search, extraction, parsing, and agent-oriented public web workflows.

1,000 credits each month on the free plan, with no card required

Apify

Programmable Actors, browser automation, crawlers, schedules, APIs, and structured Store solutions.

$5 of platform usage each month; compute units cost $0.20

Pricing Comparison

Watch out for: Firecrawl meters pages, search, and browser time. Apify costs can combine compute, storage, proxies, transfer, and Actor-specific charges.

Pricing	Firecrawl	Apify
Free Tier	1,000 credits each month on the free plan, with no card required	$5 of platform usage each month; compute units cost $0.20
Paid Plans	$16/month billed yearly for 5,000 pages on Hobby	$29/month Starter plan plus usage, with $29 of spend included
Enterprise	Custom plan with support, SLA, security, and volume terms	Custom scalable plan with SLA and dedicated support options
How usage is billed	Credits vary by page, search, browser minute, interaction, and advanced output.	Compute-unit and Actor costs vary with memory, duration, storage, proxy, transfer, and retries.

Feature Comparison

Feature	Firecrawl	Apify
Free Tier	Included	Included
API Access	Included	Included
Bulk Operations	Included	Included
Real-time Data	Included	Included
MCP/AI Integration	Included	Included

Which is Better?

Choose Firecrawl if you need

Teams turning pages or documents into Markdown or structured context.
Scrape, crawl, map, search, extraction, parsing, and agent-oriented public web workflows.

Choose Apify if you need

Teams building reusable, scheduled, or specialized data-collection programs.
Programmable Actors, browser automation, crawlers, schedules, APIs, and structured Store solutions.