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Pick up to three. Scores are curated estimates on a 0–10 scale. Lock-in: higher = worse.
| Dimension | Firecrawl | Exa |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.3 | 8.3 |
| Capability fit | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Price / performance | 8.0 | 8.2 |
| Latency / reliability | 8.4 | 8.4 |
| Developer & agent DX | 9.4 | 9.2 |
| Privacy / data retention | 7.2 | 7.5 |
| Lock-in risk (higher = worse) | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Maturity / track record | 7.8 | 8.0 |
| Pricing | Crawl/scrape to clean markdown/JSON for LLMs; API credits; agent/sandbox features expanding. | Neural/embeddings-oriented web search API; usage-based; great for research agents. |