Firecrawl alternatives
Depot pick for turning the web into LLM context. Browserbase when you need to *act*, Firecrawl when you need…
Overall 8.25 (curated_estimate, high) · score asOf 2026-10-19 · last reviewed 2026-10-19. This is not an Elo and not a live price board. Provider · JSON
Jobs: web-scrape, llm-ready-extract, web-agent, search-augmented-llm, knowledge-graph-extract
| Provider | Why listed | Overall | Δ vs subject | asOf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diffbot Structured extract / KG peer. Firecrawl remains llm-ready-extract default; Diffbot when you need schema'd… | same_jtbd_runner, same_jtbd_pick · web-scrape, llm-ready-extract, knowledge-graph-extract | 7.96high | -0.29 | 2026-09-14 |
| Browserbase Depot default for agents that need a real browser. Pair with Stagehand/Browser Use for the reasoning loop. | same_jtbd_runner, same_jtbd_pick · web-scrape, web-agent | 8.3high | +0.05 | 2026-10-19 |
| Tavily Depot co-default for agent web search with Exa. Pick Tavily for classic SERP-like agent search. | same_jtbd_pick · search-augmented-llm | 8.29high | +0.04 | 2026-09-14 |
| Jina AI Promoted high after pinning official models API token matrix ($0.05/1M). Best as EU-friendly all-in-one… | same_jtbd_runner · web-scrape, llm-ready-extract, knowledge-graph-extract | 8.12high | -0.13 | 2026-09-14 |
| Exa Depot pick for research-style agent search. Pair with Firecrawl when you need full page content. | same_jtbd_runner · llm-ready-extract, search-augmented-llm | 8.3high | +0.05 | 2026-10-19 |
| ZenRows Best per-request scrape API with agent MCP. Firecrawl when you want site-wide LLM markdown; Scrapfly when you… | same_jtbd_runner · web-scrape, llm-ready-extract | 8.27high | +0.02 | 2026-09-14 |
| Scrapfly Excellent Firecrawl peer when you need anti-bot + cloud browser with transparent credits. Prefer Firecrawl… | same_jtbd_runner · web-scrape, llm-ready-extract | 8.25high | 0 | 2026-09-14 |
| ScrapingBee Use for fetch-the-HTML jobs. For multi-step login/click agents, use Browserbase/Steel. | same_jtbd_runner · web-scrape, llm-ready-extract | 7.98high | -0.27 | 2026-09-14 |
| AgentQL Pinned Professional $99 on the live unauthenticated card (Round 8). Strong semantic query language for agent… | same_jtbd_runner · llm-ready-extract, knowledge-graph-extract | 7.73high | -0.52 | 2026-09-14 |
| Steel.dev Pick Steel when you need to self-host browsers or hate SaaS lock-in. Browserbase wins on polish. | same_jtbd_runner · web-agent | 8.27high | +0.02 | 2026-09-14 |
| Browserless Veteran choice for headless fleets. Great if you already speak Playwright fleets, not just agents. | same_jtbd_runner · web-agent | 8.25high | 0 | 2026-09-14 |
| Apify Depot pick when you need a scraper marketplace / reusable Actors, not just a crawl API. Firecrawl for… | same_jtbd_runner · web-scrape | 8.21high | -0.04 | 2026-09-14 |
Prices are not ranked on this page. For a job, use the sourced quote (separate input and output rows, Depot Pick unchanged): web-scrape, llm-ready-extract, web-agent, search-augmented-llm.
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