Geekflare vs Firecrawl

Both turn the web into LLM-ready data. See how Geekflare outperforms Firecrawl on pricing, API breadth, reliability, and track record.

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Geekflare

Firecrawl

Founded

2015

2022

Entry plan

$19/mo — 10K credits

$19/mo — 5K credits

Higher plan

$349/mo - 1M credits

$749/mo - 1M credits

BootstrappedSince 2015
13APIs, One Key
53% LessAt 1M Credits/mo

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At a glance

The facts, side by side.

Everything here comes from Firecrawl's own pricing and documentation.

Fact	Geekflare	Firecrawl
Founded	2015	2022
Funding	Bootstrapped (no investor pressure)	VC-funded
Free tier	500 credits/mo, no card required	1,000 credits/mo, no card required
Entry plan	$19/mo — 10K credits	$19/mo — 5K credits
Mid-tier plan	$69/mo — 100K credits	$99/mo — 100K credits
Higher plan	$349/mo - 1M credits	$749/mo - 1M credits
What's included	scraping, search, screenshots, PDFs, SEO audits, DNS, TLS, port scans, etc.	Scrape, crawl, search, extract, map — web data only
Output formats	Markdown, HTML, JSON — LLM/RAG ready	Markdown, HTML, JSON — LLM/RAG ready
Open source	No	Yes

Pricing and specs reflect publicly listed plans. If Firecrawl has changed theirs and we have not caught up, tell us and we will correct the page.

Cost at your volume

What it costs once you are past the entry plan.

Compare the cost of web scraping on Geekflare and Firecrawl.

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Workload	Geekflare	Firecrawl
Scraping	$0.35 / 1K requests	$0.75 / 1K requests
Scraping + Premium Proxy	$1.75 / 1K requests	$3.75 / 1K requests

Based on each provider's ~1M-credit plan (Geekflare Business $349/mo, Firecrawl $749/mo).

Feature by feature

What each one actually supports.

Where a capability exists but costs extra or works differently, we say so.

Capability	Geekflare	Firecrawl
Scraping
Markdown, HTML & JSON output	Supported	Supported
Headless browser (JS rendering)	Supported	Supported
Anti-bot & CAPTCHA bypass at base rate	Supported	Not supported
Full-site crawling	Not supported	Supported
AI Extraction
Schema-based data extraction	Supported	Supported
Web search with grounded answer	Supported	Not supported
Markdown for RAG / LLM context	Supported	Supported
Product data	Supported	Not supported
Integrations
REST API	Supported	Supported
MCP server	Supported	Supported
No-code (Zapier, Make)	Supported	Supported

Why teams switch

Three reasons, and one against.

Costs Less

1M credits cost just $349 vs. $749 on Firecrawl. Need occasional usage? Buy one-time credits, no subscription required.

Bootstrapped

No investors to satisfy means no pressure to inflate prices or chase growth metrics. We price for the long run, not the next raise.

10+ Years of Experience

Geekflare has been building web infrastructure since 2015, long before AI-ready data became a category.

To be fair to Firecrawl

Firecrawl is open source with a large community built around LLM agent tooling. If you specifically need an open-source to self-host, it's a good pick. Geekflare takes a different approach: a fully managed, all-in-one API platform backed by over a decade of production experience.

In production

Teams that made the switch.

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“Found Geekflare API to get markdown from URL for my AI agents. It is fast and cheaper and works on almost every website.”

Ram DasiArchitect, PA Consulting

“After trying many scraping services, I selected Geekflare to scrape public directories. Mainly for two reasons - it is cheaper and fast.”

Vishu SharmaCTO

“Documentation was easy to follow. We were scraping dynamic pages within hours. Very reliable service.”

Marco SilvaAnalytics Engineer

Good to know

Before you switch.

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Yes. Geekflare's Web Scraping API returns Markdown, HTML, and JSON for AI and LLM workflows at a significantly lower cost. Beyond web scraping, the same plan also includes access to APIs like SEO audits, DNS lookup, and other developer tools.

Geekflare is cheaper across every pricing tier. For example, 1M monthly credits cost $349 on Geekflare versus $749 on Firecrawl, and that Geekflare price already includes anti-bot bypass, while Firecrawl needs its separate 5-credit stealth tier to reliably access protected sites. Geekflare also offers one-time credit packs, so you can pay as you go without a subscription commitment.

Yes. Geekflare bundles AI & scraping APIs with performance/SEO tools (Lighthouse, broken link checker, site load time) and network/security tools (DNS, TLS/SSL, port scanner).

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