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Firecrawl vs Octoparse

Firecrawl is an AI extraction API, while Octoparse is a No-code. Firecrawl fits best for: Developers building LLM/RAG apps or agents who want clean markdown or JSON from any URL with minimal setup. Octoparse fits best for: Business users who need recurring, template-driven scraping without code and prefer a visual desktop tool.

FirecrawlOctoparse
TypeAI extraction APINo-code
Starting price$19/mo$69/mo
Free tier1,000 credits/month, 2 concurrent requests, no credit cardFree forever: 10 tasks, local runs only, 1 device, up to 50K rows exported/month
Pricing modelcreditssubscription tiers by task count and cloud concurrency
AI extraction
Structured JSON
JS rendering
Proxies / anti-bot
API
No-code UI
Open source
MCP server
Best forDevelopers building LLM/RAG apps or agents who want clean markdown or JSON from any URL with minimal setup.Business users who need recurring, template-driven scraping without code and prefer a visual desktop tool.
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Why choose Firecrawl

  • Scrape, crawl, map and search endpoints
  • Clean markdown output for LLMs
  • LLM-based JSON extraction with a schema or prompt
  • Agent endpoint (preview) and browser interact sessions

Watch out for

  • JSON extraction costs 5x a plain scrape (1 + 4 credits)
  • No pay-as-you-go on the free plan
  • Self-hosted version lacks some cloud-only features

Why choose Octoparse

  • Visual point-and-click workflow designer (Windows/Mac app)
  • Large library of prebuilt templates
  • Cloud extraction with scheduling
  • IP rotation and CAPTCHA solving on paid plans

Watch out for

  • Desktop app has a learning curve for complex sites
  • Cloud runs and proxies require paid plans
  • Not an LLM-first tool; limited schema-based AI extraction
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