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Firecrawl vs Jina

Turn a web page into text.

Firecrawl and Jina both turn a URL into text an agent can read. They differ in what comes back and what it costs.

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Compare Firecrawl and Jina.

TaskFuel includes Firecrawl and a keyless web reader that does the same job as Jina Reader. Direct accounts are shown for reference. We publish this comparison and sell access through TaskFuel.

Prices checked 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 monthly credit plans.A separate Firecrawl account and API key to manage. JSON output costs 4 more credits a page.No
JinaDirect provider accountProvider referenceTokens by content lengthDirect provider key; keyless use is rate limitedReader without a key: 20 requests a minute. With a key: higher limits, charged in tokens by content length.Prepend r.jina.ai to a URL and get Markdown back, with or without a key.Using a key means managing a separate Jina account. Without one, requests are limited to 20 a minute.No
FirecrawlThrough TaskFuel$0.0126 / pagePer call from your TaskFuel balanceSingle public URL; the tool selects its output settings.The article as Markdown with its links kept. Our read had 56 headings and 2,954 links.The whole page comes back, menus and footer links included: about 25,700 words for one article.Yes
Keyless readerThrough TaskFuel$0.005 / pagePer call from your TaskFuel balanceKeyless reader, one public URL as text.A page as plain text for under half the price of the Firecrawl read. It needs no account or API key, only your TaskFuel balance.Text only, with no Markdown headings or links. Our output began with the site menu and ended with footer links.Yes

Firecrawl vs Jina: what your agent gets.

One Wikipedia article, one read per tool, on 5 November 2026. Jina itself is not in the catalog, so nothing was run on it.

  • Firecrawl scrape

    Firecrawl turns one public URL into Markdown. Our read of the Lisbon article returned about 25,700 words, 56 headings and 2,954 links.

    $0.0126 / page
  • Keyless web reader

    One public URL as plain text, with a title and publish time. Our read returned about 17,200 words and no links.

    $0.005 / page

Article read, tested.

We asked two readers for the Wikipedia article about Lisbon, one call each. Both returned the article text, including its population figure. Firecrawl returned Markdown with links, and the keyless reader returned plain text.

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Charged $0.0176

Your agent asked

Read the Wikipedia article about Lisbon and pull out the key facts
Data from
Firecrawl and a keyless web reader

What came back

Firecrawl
Markdown, about 25,700 words, 56 headings and 2,954 links. It opens with Capital and largest city of Portugal
Keyless reader
Plain text, about 17,200 words and no links. It starts with the site menu and ends with footer links
In both
The 2025 population figure from the article
Per page
Firecrawl $0.0126, keyless reader $0.005

One public article, one read per tool.

Try it in your next task.

Sign in to TaskFuel and connect your existing agent. Ask it to read an article as text and show the price before it makes the paid call.

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See the price

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Review the response

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When to use it.

Reading an article

Read an article as text.

Your agent sends an article URL and reads back its text, from the opening line to the population table.

Following links

Follow links from the page.

Firecrawl returned the article as Markdown with 2,954 links, so an agent can follow them to other pages.

Reading many pages

Pay less for plain text.

In our test the text-only read cost under half of the Markdown read.

Good Questions.

Do I need a Firecrawl or Jina account?

No. For the readers on TaskFuel, your agent pays from your TaskFuel balance. Jina itself is not in the catalog, which has Firecrawl and a keyless web reader.

How do Firecrawl and Jina differ?

Both turn a URL into text for an agent. Jina Reader works by putting r.jina.ai in front of the URL and returns Markdown, with or without a key. Firecrawl is an API with its own account and credit plans.

What does Firecrawl vs Jina cost?

Our Firecrawl read cost $0.0126 and the keyless reader $0.005 on 5 November 2026. Firecrawl’s direct Hobby plan costs $19 a month for 5,000 credits. Jina charges tokens by content length when you use a key.

Is Jina available through TaskFuel?

Jina is not in the catalog. The catalog has Firecrawl and a keyless web reader for the same job.

Which reader keeps links?

In our test Firecrawl kept 2,954 links in its Markdown. The keyless reader returned plain text with no links.

Does the keyless reader remove the site menu?

Not in our test. Its text began with the site menu and ended with footer links.

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