Web search and scraping

Firecrawl: pricing, API and MCP for AI agents

by Firecrawl · www.firecrawl.dev

Checked 2026-10-17 on Firecrawl's own pages. Anything we could not confirm says “not verified”.

What is Firecrawl? Web scraping, crawling and search API that returns LLM-ready markdown or JSON. Credit-based plans with a monthly free allowance; the core is open source under AGPL-3.0.

How an agent uses it: The Firecrawl MCP server (MIT) gives an agent scrape, crawl, search and extract tools.

Best for: Turning web pages and whole sites into clean markdown or structured data for an agent, with an open-source core.

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Pricing

Free tier
Free: 1,000 credits/month (about 500 searches or 1,000 pages), no card [source, checked 2026-10-17]
Entry paid price
Hobby $19/month billed monthly ($16 billed annually): 5,000 credits [source, checked 2026-10-17]
What you pay for (meter)
Credits: search results and pages scraped draw on one balance [source]
Data retention
not verified

List prices in USD as shown on the vendor page on the checked date; taxes, carrier and third-party fees can apply. Follow the source link before you buy.

For agents

API and SDKsScrape, crawl, map, search and extract endpoints [source]
MCP serverOfficial MCP server (MIT) [source]
Open sourceAGPL-3.0 [source]
Compliancenot verified

“not verified” means we did not find it on a vendor page; it may still exist. Send a correction with a source link through the submit form.

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Sources

Last checked 2026-10-17. The “Visit” button is an affiliate link (disclosure); source links above go to the vendor's own pages. Data: agent-tools.json · agent-tools.csv (CC BY 4.0). Canonical: https://evalsreview.com/agent-tools/firecrawl