# Firecrawl vs Apify

One page or a whole crawl.

Firecrawl turns a URL into Markdown in one call. Apify runs scrapers on its own platform. Compare what each costs and returns.

One Firecrawl read on 5 November 2026. Nothing was run on Apify, and its TaskFuel price is an estimate.

Provider in the worked example: Firecrawl and Apify.

Price shown for this route: 1.26¢ per page.

## Compare Firecrawl and Apify.

TaskFuel includes Firecrawl, and Apify is being added. Direct pricing is listed for both, and the Apify TaskFuel row shows an estimated price. We publish this comparison and sell access through TaskFuel.

Prices dated 5 November 2026.

| Option | Price and billing | Strength | Good to know | Available through TaskFuel |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Firecrawl (Direct provider account) | $19 / month. Monthly provider credits, billed monthly. Hobby: 5,000 credits a month. A basic scrape is 1 credit a page, and JSON format adds 4 credits. | Firecrawl’s own SDKs and credit plans. | You manage a separate Firecrawl account and API key. JSON format adds 4 credits a page. | No |
| Apify (Direct provider account) | $19 / month. Monthly plan plus pay-per-usage compute. Starter: $19 of platform usage, then $0.20 per compute unit. Website Content Crawler: about $0.5 to $5 per 1,000 pages with a headless browser. | Run Apify’s Actors, such as Website Content Crawler, on its platform. | You manage a separate Apify account and API key, and pay for compute as it runs. | No |
| Firecrawl (Through TaskFuel) | $0.0126 / page. Per call from your TaskFuel balance. Single public URL; the tool selects its output settings. | One URL as Markdown in one call. It needs no Firecrawl account or API key, only your TaskFuel balance. Our read returned 31 headings and 110 links. | One page per call. The tool picks its own output settings, and the Markdown keeps images and links. | Yes |
| Apify (Through TaskFuel) | About $0.0005 to $0.005 / page (estimated). Estimated per-page price. Estimated from the $0.5 to $5 per 1,000 pages Apify lists for a headless browser. Not a charge we have made. | Website Content Crawler would crawl a site and return text, Markdown or HTML. | Being added to the catalog. The price is estimated from Apify’s published range and no charge was made. | Testing |

- [Firecrawl: provider reference](https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing). Checked 2026-11-05.
- [Apify: provider reference](https://apify.com/pricing). Checked 2026-11-05.
- [Firecrawl: provider reference](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/introduction). Checked 2026-11-05.
- [Apify: provider reference](https://apify.com/apify/website-content-crawler). Checked 2026-11-05.


## What it can do

### Firecrawl scrape

One public URL as Markdown. Our test returned a JavaScript page of about 4,200 words with 31 headings and 110 links.

Price: $0.0126 / page.

### Apify Website Content Crawler

Crawls a site and returns text, Markdown or HTML. Priced as an estimate and not run.

Price: About $0.0005 to $0.005 / page (estimated).


## A real example

Tested on 2026-11-05 through Firecrawl.

We read Apify’s Website Content Crawler page with Firecrawl through TaskFuel. The response was Markdown with the page title, 31 headings, 110 links and the page’s own pricing lines.

Your agent asked: Read the Apify Website Content Crawler page as Markdown

Returned in this test:

- Title: Website Content Crawler · Apify
- Size: About 4,200 words, 31 headings and 110 links
- Pricing lines: $0.5 to $5 per 1,000 pages with a headless browser, $0.2 per 1,000 with raw HTTP
- Source: Apify Website Content Crawler page

Charged in this test: $0.0126.

One public page, one read. Apify itself was not run.


## Try the API request

Use your TaskFuel API key as TASKFUEL_API_KEY in your terminal or server. Keep it out of browser code.

### 1. Check the price

This request checks the price without paying. This is the exact request of the Firecrawl read.

```sh
curl --fail-with-body https://app.taskfuel.ai/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TASKFUEL_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary @- <<'TASKFUEL_REQUEST'
{
  "url": "https://stableenrich.dev/api/firecrawl/scrape",
  "method": "POST",
  "body": {
    "url": "https://apify.com/apify/website-content-crawler"
  },
  "dryRun": true
}
TASKFUEL_REQUEST
```

### 2. Run the request

Review amount_usd in the quote. To pay and run, change dryRun to false and add maxAmountUsd with that approved amount inside the same JSON object. Keep the inputs unchanged; this limit applies to one call.

### 3. Read the result

The response holds url, title and content. The content field is the page as Markdown, with links and image references.



[Setup and API reference](https://taskfuel.ai/docs/) · [Job polling and timeout recovery](https://app.taskfuel.ai/using.md)


## Connect your agent

Read the [setup guide](https://taskfuel.ai/docs/setup/) and choose the connection your agent supports.

Use one TaskFuel account and prepaid balance. Inspect the provider and request quote before a paid call, then review the returned response and recorded charge.



## When to use it

### Turn a URL into Markdown.

Your agent sends a public URL and reads back the page text with its headings and links.

### Pull the figures from a pricing page.

In our test the Markdown carried Apify’s own per-page prices, so an agent could read them without opening a browser.

### Pair a page read with a platform.

Your agent reads single pages through TaskFuel, and Apify is being added for whole-site crawls.




## Questions

### Do I need a Firecrawl or Apify account?

No. Firecrawl is available through TaskFuel and Apify is being added to the catalog. Your agent pays from your TaskFuel balance for what the catalog offers.

### How do Firecrawl and Apify differ?

Firecrawl is an API: one URL in, Markdown out. Apify runs scrapers called Actors on its platform, such as Website Content Crawler, which crawls sites and returns text, Markdown or HTML.

### What does Firecrawl vs Apify cost?

Our Firecrawl read cost $0.0126 on 5 November 2026. Firecrawl’s Hobby plan is $19 a month with 5,000 credits. Apify’s Starter plan is $19 a month with $19 of platform usage, and its crawler lists about $0.5 to $5 per 1,000 pages with a headless browser.

### Is Apify available through TaskFuel?

Apify is being added to the catalog, and the price shown here is an estimate. Search the catalog for Apify to see whether it has arrived.

### Can Firecrawl crawl a whole site?

The Firecrawl tool on TaskFuel reads one URL per call. For whole-site crawls, Apify’s Website Content Crawler is the tool built for it.

### Which one returns Markdown?

Both can. Firecrawl returned Markdown in our test. Apify’s Website Content Crawler lists a Markdown output that you switch on.

## Related tool guides

- [Compare Firecrawl and Jina side by side](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/firecrawl-vs-jina/)
- [Compare Firecrawl alternatives for webpage extraction](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/firecrawl-alternative/)
- [Compare Apify alternatives for profile scraping](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/apify-alternative/)
- [Read a page after finding it](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/extract-webpage/)
- [Compare ScraperAPI alternatives for JavaScript pages](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/scraperapi-alternative/)


## Reference

- [Read this guide on the website](https://taskfuel.ai/tools/firecrawl-vs-apify/).
- [Browse providers and capabilities](https://taskfuel.ai/catalog/).
- [Pricing](https://taskfuel.ai/pricing/).
- [Agent instructions](https://taskfuel.ai/llms.txt).