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Firecrawl vs Apify

FirecrawlApify

Bottom line: Firecrawl for developers building RAG and AI features; Apify for developers and technical data teams.

FirecrawlFirecrawl

Turn websites into clean, LLM-ready data with a simple API.

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ApifyApify

Cloud platform for web scraping and browser automation at scale

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PricingFreemiumFreemium
CategoryAutomationAutomation
Tags
web-scrapingcrawlingopen-sourcedeveloper-toolsrag
web-scrapingbrowser-automationdeveloper-toolsdata-extractionproxies
Best for
  • Developers building RAG and AI features
  • Teams needing reliable web data ingestion
  • Projects requiring JS-rendered scraping
  • Developers and technical data teams
  • High-volume or complex scraping
  • Teams needing managed proxies at scale
Pros
  • Clean, LLM-ready output in markdown or JSON
  • Open-source AGPL core with self-hosting
  • Handles JS rendering and anti-bot challenges
  • Simple API with SDKs and framework integrations
  • Free credit allotment to start
  • Large marketplace of prebuilt Actors
  • Powerful for custom, code-based scrapers
  • Managed proxies and anti-blocking tools
  • Scheduling, storage, and datasets built in
  • Robust API and JS/Python SDKs
Cons
  • Credit-based cost scales with crawl volume
  • Managed anti-bot and stealth features are cloud-only
  • Self-hosting requires technical setup and maintenance
  • AGPL license has copyleft implications for some
  • Not aimed at non-developers
  • Usage-based credit + proxy billing is hard to forecast
  • Store Actors add their own separate pricing
  • Steeper learning curve than no-code tools
  • No self-hosted/on-prem option
  • Costs can climb at high volume

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