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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.

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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.
OptionPrice & billingChoose it forGood to knowAvailable through TaskFuel
FirecrawlDirect provider accountProvider reference$19 / monthMonthly provider credits, billed monthlyHobby: 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
ApifyDirect provider accountProvider reference$19 / monthMonthly plan plus pay-per-usage computeStarter: $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
FirecrawlThrough TaskFuel$0.0126 / pagePer call from your TaskFuel balanceSingle 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
ApifyThrough TaskFuelAbout $0.0005 to $0.005 / page (estimated)Estimated per-page priceEstimated 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 vs Apify: what your agent gets.

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

  • Firecrawl scrape

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

    $0.0126 / page
  • Apify Website Content Crawler

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

    About $0.0005 to $0.005 / page (estimated)

Page read, tested.

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.

TaskFuel test run ·

Charged $0.0126

Your agent asked

Read the Apify Website Content Crawler page as Markdown
Data from
Firecrawl

What came back

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

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

Try it in your next task.

Sign in to TaskFuel and connect your existing agent. Ask it to read a web page as Markdown and show the price before it makes the paid call.

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Name the task

Tell your agent what the output needs to contain.

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See the price

Your agent shows the provider and price before spending.

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Review the response

Check the output against your task. The call reports its cost and remaining balance.

When to use it.

Reading one page

Turn a URL into Markdown.

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

Reading a vendor page

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.

Using both

Pair a page read with a platform.

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

Good 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.

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