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Firecrawl

API for searching the web, scraping pages and crawling sites, returning clean Markdown or structured data for AI applications. Offers SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server; plans are credit-based.

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Overview

Firecrawl exposes web data to applications and AI agents through an API. Its documentation lists search, scrape, map (discover URLs on a site), crawl (gather content across a site), an interact feature for clicking and filling forms on a scraped page, an autonomous agent, and a parse feature for converting files such as PDF and DOCX.

Outputs include Markdown, HTML, structured JSON and screenshots. Python and Node SDKs and a CLI are provided, and an MCP server connects it to AI tools. Documented integrations include LangChain, LlamaIndex and OpenAI.

Plans are measured in monthly credits and concurrent requests. The docs say users can self-host or contribute to the project but do not name a license on the page checked.

Pricing

Free plan available; paid plans from USD 16 per month, billed annually

Prices checked on October 24, 2026 from the vendor's official page. Vendors change prices; confirm before buying. How we check prices. Official pricing page (opens in a new tab)

Who it's for

Developers building AI applications or data pipelines that need web pages turned into clean Markdown or structured data through an API.

Key features

  • Scrape a URL to Markdown, HTML, JSON or screenshots
  • Crawl and map whole sites
  • Web search returning page content
  • Interact with pages by clicking and filling forms
  • Parse local files such as PDF and DOCX
  • Python and Node SDKs, CLI and MCP server

Pros and limitations

Pros

  • Free plan available
  • Several SDKs plus an MCP server
  • Annual billing is discounted versus monthly on paid plans

Limitations

  • Free plan: 1,000 credits per month and 2 concurrent requests
  • Concurrency and credits are capped per plan
  • Pricing page does not state a currency code (only a $ sign)

Integrations

  • LangChain
  • LlamaIndex
  • OpenAI
  • ChatGPT and Claude.ai connectors

Use cases

  • Feeding web content to LLM applications
  • Building site-wide content datasets
  • Giving agents live web access

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How this page was researched

This page is based on desk research of the vendor's public pages and documentation. SIDAN Stack has not tested this product hands-on. How we research. Last verified: October 24, 2026.

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