# Firecrawl pricing and fit for marketers

Page: https://betterapps.site/tools/firecrawl
Site: Better Apps, run by Kerry Morrison of BetterStory
Status: Not yet reviewed by Kerry. Checked facts only.
Price checked: November 5, 2026


> A web data API that scrapes, crawls, and searches sites and returns clean data for AI.

## Short answer

Firecrawl pricing: Free plan with 1,000 credits per month. Paid from $19 per month. Firecrawl has a free plan. The Hobby plan, the cheapest paid plan with a list price, costs $19 a month for any team size, since it is a flat price. Prices checked November 5, 2026 on the vendor's pricing page.

## What is Firecrawl?

Firecrawl is a web data API for AI systems. It turns websites into clean data such as markdown, HTML, screenshots, or structured JSON. Its main functions are search, scrape, crawl, map, and interact. Interact lets an AI click, type, and move through pages. It handles pages that render with JavaScript and can parse PDFs and DOCX files. Developers use it through a REST API, SDKs, a CLI, or an MCP server. The core project is open source on GitHub, and the hosted version adds proxies and rendering. It targets AI developers building agents, research tools, and lead enrichment.

## Who is Firecrawl for?

### Who should use Firecrawl?

- Developers and technical marketers who feed web data to AI agents
- Teams that need competitor pages or content pulled at scale
- Users of Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf who want an MCP server for web access

### Who should skip Firecrawl?

- Non-technical users who want a point-and-click tool, since it is built as an API
- Buyers who need SEO metrics such as keyword volume or backlinks

## How much does Firecrawl cost?

| Plan | Price | Billing basis | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Not stated by the vendor | 1,000 credits per month. No card required. |
| Hobby | $19 per month, or $16 per month billed annually | Not stated by the vendor | 5,000 credits per month. |
| Standard | $99 per month, or $83 per month billed annually | Not stated by the vendor | 100,000 credits per month. |
| Growth | $399 per month, or $333 per month billed annually | Not stated by the vendor | 500,000 credits per month. Scale ($749 monthly) and Enterprise plans also exist. |

Source: https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing. Checked November 5, 2026.

## How much does Firecrawl cost for a team?

List price on monthly billing, multiplied by team size.

| Plan | Priced per | 1 person | 3 people | 5 people | 10 people |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hobby | plan | $19 | $19 | $19 | $19 |
| Standard | plan | $99 | $99 | $99 | $99 |
| Growth | plan | $399 | $399 | $399 | $399 |

## How has the price of Firecrawl changed?

| Checked | Headline price | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| November 5, 2026 | Free plan with 1,000 credits per month. Paid from $19 per month | https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing |

## What does Firecrawl work with?

Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex, Python SDK, Node.js SDK, Go SDK, REST API.

## Questions and answers

### Does Firecrawl have a free plan?

Yes. The free plan gives 1,000 credits per month, 2 concurrent requests, and low rate limits. It needs no card.

### How do credits work?

Scrape, Crawl, and Map cost 1 credit per page. Search costs 2 credits per 10 results. Interact costs 2 credits per browser minute.

### Is Firecrawl open source?

The core project is on GitHub under the firecrawl organization. The hosted version adds proprietary infrastructure for proxies and rendering.

### Who is Firecrawl for?

The site names AI developers and companies that build agents, research tools, chat assistants, and lead enrichment flows.

### How much does Firecrawl cost?

Free plan with 1,000 credits per month. Paid from $19 per month. Checked November 5, 2026 against the vendor's pricing page.

### What does Firecrawl integrate with?

Firecrawl lists these integrations: Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex, Python SDK, Node.js SDK, Go SDK, REST API. Checked November 5, 2026 against the vendor's pages.

## Sources

- https://www.firecrawl.dev/
- https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing

## How was this page made?

Facts come from the vendor pages listed under Sources and were gathered with AI help. Anything unconfirmed is marked. Method: https://betterapps.site/methodology