Firecrawl vs ScrapeGraphAI
Firecrawl and ScrapeGraphAI are both in the AI extraction API category. Firecrawl fits best for: Developers building LLM/RAG apps or agents who want clean markdown or JSON from any URL with minimal setup. ScrapeGraphAI fits best for: Developers who want prompt-based structured extraction with the option to self-host the open-source library.
| Firecrawl | ScrapeGraphAI | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | AI extraction API | AI extraction API |
| Starting price | $19/mo | $20/mo |
| Free tier | 1,000 credits/month, 2 concurrent requests, no credit card | 500 one-time credits, 10 req/min |
| Pricing model | credits | credits |
| AI extraction | ||
| Structured JSON | ||
| JS rendering | ||
| Proxies / anti-bot | ||
| API | ||
| No-code UI | ||
| Open source | ||
| MCP server | ||
| Best for | Developers building LLM/RAG apps or agents who want clean markdown or JSON from any URL with minimal setup. | Developers who want prompt-based structured extraction with the option to self-host the open-source library. |
| Visit Firecrawl | Visit ScrapeGraphAI |
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 ScrapeGraphAI
- Describe what you want in natural language, get JSON
- Open-source Python library (MIT) with graph-based pipelines
- Hosted API v2 with extract, crawl and search
- Official MCP server (mcp.scrapegraphai.com)
Watch out for
- Free credits are one-time, not monthly
- Extraction costs 5 credits per call
- Smaller company than Firecrawl/Apify; anti-bot depth less proven
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