Firecrawl Pricing 2026: Plans, Free Tiers & Real Costs
Firecrawl is the scraping layer behind a lot of MCP agents: Free covers 500 searches or 1,000 pages a month, and its official MCP server ships as a separate open-source repo.
Verified against: firecrawl.devgithub.com as of 2026-11-03
- Pricing: Free plan · $16/mo (Hobby, billed yearly)
- Verification: Research-only pass over official sources, last checked 2026-11-03. Sources: firecrawl.dev, github.com
Firecrawl pricing details
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes |
| Paid plans from | $16/mo (Hobby, billed yearly) |
| Billed monthly | Hobby $16/mo · Standard $83/mo · Growth $333/mo · Scale $599/mo (all billed yearly) |
| Billed annually | All published tiers are quoted per month billed annually; the page shows Hobby saving $38, Standard $198, Growth $798, Scale $1,798 against monthly |
| Billing notes | Free $0 needs no card and gives 500 searches or 1,000 pages scraped a month with 2 concurrent requests and low rate limits. Hobby $16/mo (billed yearly) gives 2,500 searches or 5,000 pages and 5 concurrent requests; Standard $83/mo gives 50,000 searches or 100,000 pages at 25 concurrent; Growth $333/mo gives 250,000 searches or 500,000 pages at 50 concurrent; Scale $599/mo gives 1,000,000 credits at 100 concurrent. Extra credits are sold in bundles - $5 buys 1,000 credits on Hobby and 2,000 on Standard - so the per-page cost falls as the plan rises. |
| Last verified | 2026-11-03 |
How Firecrawl compares to other Developer Tools tools
Our index tracks 8 developer tools tools. Firecrawl sits at no numeric rating (research-only entry), with all published tiers are quoted per month billed annually; the page shows hobby saving $38, standard $198, growth $798, scale $1,798 against monthly. Here are the 6 closest alternatives we hold pricing and scoring evidence for.
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Composio runs a managed MCP gateway over 1,500+ app toolkits: the Hobby tier is $0 with 100,000 tool calls and 50,000 triggers a month, and Pro is $29/mo with $29 of usage credit that does not roll over. - Petdex — research-only entry · Free plan · Custom/quote
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Frequently asked questions about Firecrawl
How much does Firecrawl cost?
Free plan available; paid plans from $16/mo (Hobby, billed yearly); hobby $16/mo · Standard $83/mo · Growth $333/mo · Scale $599/mo (all billed yearly); all published tiers are quoted per month billed annually; the page shows Hobby saving $38, Standard $198, Growth $798, Scale $1,798 against monthly. Billing detail: Free $0 needs no card and gives 500 searches or 1,000 pages scraped a month with 2 concurrent requests and low rate limits. Hobby $16/mo (billed yearly) gives 2,500 searches or 5,000 pages and 5 concurrent requests; Standard $83/mo gives 50,000 searches or 100,000 pages at 25 concurrent; Growth $333/mo gives 250,000 searches or 500,000 pages at 50 concurrent; Scale $599/mo gives 1,000,000 credits at 100 concurrent. Extra credits are sold in bundles - $5 buys 1,000 credits on Hobby and 2,000 on Standard - so the per-page cost falls as the plan rises. Figures verified 2026-11-03.
Does Firecrawl have a free plan?
Yes. Firecrawl has a free tier; paid plans start at $16/mo (Hobby, billed yearly).
How was Firecrawl verified?
Research-only pass over official sources, last checked 2026-11-03. Sources: firecrawl.dev, github.com.
What are the alternatives to Firecrawl?
We track Apify, Composio, Pipedream as the closest alternatives in our Developer Tools index.