Firecrawl
Web scraping service that converts websites to clean markdown for AI and RAG pipelines
Why choose Firecrawl
Firecrawl is an AI-ready web scraping and crawling service that converts any website into clean markdown or structured data for LLMs and AI agents. It handles JavaScript rendering, dynamic content, authentication, and rate limiting automatically, delivering clean formatted content ready for RAG pipelines and agent knowledge bases.
- Clean markdown output for AI
- Handles complex JS-heavy sites
- Great for building knowledge bases
- Simple API
Where it falls short
- Page limits on free tier
- Some sites block crawling
- Not for real-time scraping needs
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Pricing overview
Free tier with 500 pages/month. Hobby plan at $16/month. Scale plan at $83/month.
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The verdict
Firecrawl is a solid choice for ai developers who need clean markdown output for ai. At freemium, it delivers good value. Main caveat: page limits on free tier. Compare with alternatives before committing.