InferaWeb vs Firecrawl
Firecrawl turns websites into markdown with scrape, crawl, map and search endpoints. InferaWeb covers search, extract and crawl too, with more free usage and cheaper search.
| InferaWeb | Firecrawl | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 5,000 searches + 2,000 extracts / month, renews monthly, no card | 1,000 credits / month, no card |
| Paid from | Pay as you go ($0/mo) or Pro $19/mo | Hobby $16/mo (annual) = 5,000 credits |
| ≈ per 1,000 searches | $1 (pay as you go) · ~$0.19 on Pro | ~$6.40 (Hobby) · ~$1.66 (Standard) |
| Web search | ||
| Extract a page to clean text | markdown, HTML, JSON, screenshots | |
| Crawl a website | crawl + map | |
| Research (search + read results) | Agent, dynamic pricing |
Why people pick InferaWeb
- 5,000 free searches plus 2,000 free page extracts a month.
- Search at $1 per 1,000 vs about $6.40 on Firecrawl's Hobby plan.
- Pages that answer with an error aren't billed as extracts.
- Research returns every source read in full as one cited document.
Where Firecrawl shines
- Rich output formats: markdown, HTML, structured JSON, screenshots.
- Map a site's URLs before crawling.
- Strong open-source community.
The short version
Firecrawl shines for structured scraping (JSON extraction, screenshots). If you mostly need search, clean page text and crawls for an AI app, InferaWeb gives you more free usage and cheaper searches.
Questions
Is InferaWeb a good Firecrawl alternative?
Yes for search, page extraction and crawling: more free usage each month and $1 per 1,000 searches after that.
Is Firecrawl free?
Firecrawl's free plan includes 1,000 credits a month without a card (as of October 2026). A page scrape uses 1 credit; search uses 2 credits per 10 results.
How much does InferaWeb cost compared with Firecrawl?
InferaWeb is free for 5,000 searches, 2,000 page extracts, 500 crawled pages and 200 research requests every month; past that it's $1 per 1,000 searches pay-as-you-go, or Pro at $19/month for 100,000 searches. Firecrawl's Hobby plan is $16/month billed annually for 5,000 credits, and Standard is $83/month for 100,000 credits.
Firecrawl facts from their own pages, checked October 17, 2026: Firecrawl pricing, Firecrawl docs. Prices and plans change — check Firecrawl's site for the latest. Firecrawl is a trademark of its owner; InferaWeb isn't affiliated with it.