Firecrawl CLI gives agents the complete web data toolkit for scraping, searching, and browsing. Try it now →
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companies of all sizes
companies of all sizes
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Why Firecrawl
See why teams choose
Firecrawl over Zyte.
When comparing Firecrawl vs Zyte, the difference comes down to output quality, a unified developer experience, and pricing that scales.
apple.com
Endpoint
Scrape
Status
Success
Started
Mar 16, 2026
2:51 PM
Formats
Markdown
JSON
Clean, reliable data for AI pipelines
Turn any URL into clean, structured data that your AI agents and apps can use.
See use casesScrape
Search
Crawl
Agent
Browse
The complete web data toolkit
Scrape, search, browse, crawl, and extract - all with a single API.
View docsPages scraped
Last 7 days
1.2M
Mar 12
48,200 credits
03/0903/1203/16
Predictable pricing that scales
One credit per scrape, no variable rates based on site complexity.
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Benchmarks
Firecrawl leads on extraction quality.
And so much more.
Coverage
0%
success rate
Quality
0.000
F1 score for accuracy
Recall
0.000
content recall rate
Speed
0ms
P95 latency
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Firecrawl vs. Zyte
Firecrawl is purpose-built for
AI agents and developers.
The best Zyte alternative returns LLM-ready markdown by default, searches and scrapes the web in one call, and scales on flat per-page pricing.
Firecrawl
Real-time web data
Live content the moment you need it
Real-time web data
JS / React rendering
Live browser rendering on every plan, no extra cost
Built-in headless browser; charged at higher browser-rendering tier
Batch processing
Scrape thousands of URLs in a single async job
Batch via Scrapy Cloud spider jobs
Cloud browser sandbox
Managed browser sessions with CDP access, Playwright, and Live View
No standalone browser sandbox; browser used only within scraping requests
LLM-ready markdown by default
Clean markdown and structured JSON on every request
pageContent returns structured JSON fields; no markdown output
Predictable credit-based pricing
From $83/mo for 100k credits; 1 credit per standard scrape
5 site-complexity tiers, HTTP vs browser rates, plus commitment levels
Search + scrape in one call
Web search with full page content in a single request
SERP extraction available, but no integrated search + content scraping
Open source + self-hostable
AGPL-3.0 with 90K+ GitHub stars; self-host anywhere
Scrapy framework is open source; Zyte API itself is proprietary SaaS
URL discovery / site mapping
Map endpoint discovers all URLs on a site in one call
No URL discovery endpoint; requires manual URL lists or Scrapy spiders
MCP server for AI agents
Official MCP server for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code
MCP bundled in Web Scraping Copilot (VS Code only); no standalone API MCP
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Customer Testimonials
“Firecrawl allows our customers to pull the web information they need directly in our product.”
Andrew Gardner
Sr. Engineer
“If your agent or LLM needs web content, Firecrawl delivers the best-formatted results.”
Zhen Li
Staff AI Engineer
“What makes Firecrawl essential is how it turns messy web data into clean, AI-ready content.”
Steven Tey
Founder & CEO
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FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Firecrawl returns clean markdown with headings, links, and tables preserved, plus structured JSON on every request. Zyte's pageContent extraction returns structured JSON fields (headline, body text, breadcrumbs), but does not output markdown. For RAG and LLM workflows, structured markdown reduces token waste and improves retrieval accuracy.
Firecrawl uses flat credit-based pricing starting at 1 credit per page, with plans from $83/month for 100k credits. Zyte prices per request across 5 site-complexity tiers, with separate rates for HTTP and browser-rendered requests, and discounts tied to monthly commitment levels. This means Zyte costs depend on which sites you scrape and how - you need their cost calculator to estimate a project.
Yes. Firecrawl is fully open source under AGPL-3.0 with 90K+ GitHub stars and can be deployed on your own infrastructure. Zyte maintains the open-source Scrapy framework (60K+ stars), but Zyte API - the core scraping service - is proprietary SaaS with no self-hosting option.
Most developers are productive with Firecrawl in minutes. One API key gets you scrape, search, crawl, map, and browse. Zyte has a capable API, but choosing between Zyte API, Scrapy Cloud, and Zyte Data - plus understanding 5 pricing tiers and browser vs HTTP rates - adds decision overhead before you write your first request.
Firecrawl is optimized for sub-second response times and real-time agent workflows. In independent benchmarks using 1,000 URLs, Firecrawl achieved a 96% coverage rate with a 0.638 F1 accuracy score. Zyte claims sub-100ms response times for HTTP requests and has strong unblocking performance - Proxyway ranked it highly for speed. Both platforms deliver competitive raw performance.
Yes. Firecrawl's Search endpoint performs a web search and returns full page content in a single request - ideal for RAG pipelines and research agents. Zyte supports SERP extraction for structured search results, but combining search with full page content scraping requires separate API calls and configuration.
Firecrawl is purpose-built for AI data workflows. It returns structured markdown ready for chunking and embedding, with search, crawl, and scrape unified in one API. Zyte is a powerful enterprise scraping platform with AI-powered extraction for structured data types like products and articles, but its output is oriented toward JSON schemas rather than LLM-ready document formats.
Replace Zyte API calls with Firecrawl's /scrape endpoint to get clean markdown instead of raw HTML or JSON extracts. If you use Scrapy Cloud for crawling, Firecrawl's /crawl endpoint handles recursive scraping with a single API call - no spider code needed. Firecrawl offers SDKs for Python, Node.js, Go, Rust, and Java. Most teams complete the migration in under a day.
Yes. Firecrawl is SOC 2 Type II compliant with GDPR compliance and DPA available. Enterprise plans include zero data retention and 99.9% SLA. You can self-host for air-gapped environments or use the managed cloud. Over 500,000 developers and 80,000+ companies use Firecrawl.
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