Firecrawl Pricing 2026: Plans, Credits, and Cost Planning
Firecrawl uses a credit-based model. Scrape and crawl cost 1 credit per page; map costs 1 credit per request (up to 100,000 links). Free tier: 500 credits one-time. Paid plans: Hobby $16/mo (3k credits), Standard $83/mo (100k), Growth $333/mo (500k), Scale $599/mo (1M).
2026 Pricing Tiers
| Plan | Credits | Price | Extra Credits | Concurrent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 500 (one-time) | $0 | — | 2 |
| Hobby | 3,000/mo | $16/mo (yr) | $9/1k | 5 |
| Standard | 100,000/mo | $83/mo (yr) | $47/35k | 50 |
| Growth | 500,000/mo | $333/mo (yr) | $177/175k | 100 |
| Scale | 1,000,000/mo | $599/mo (yr) | — | 150 |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | — | Custom |
Monthly billing costs more. Annual billing includes the stated savings.
Credit Consumption by Feature
| Feature | Credits |
|---|---|
| Scrape | 1/page |
| Crawl | 1/page |
| Map | 1/request (regardless of links) |
| Search | 2/10 results |
| Browser | 2/browser minute |
| Agent | 5 daily runs free; dynamic pricing |
Scrape and crawl are the main consumers. Map is efficient: one request can return thousands of URLs for 1 credit.
Cost Planning Formula
effective_credits ≈ pages_scraped + pages_crawled + map_requests + (search_results ÷ 5) + (browser_minutes × 2)
Add 10–25% buffer for retries and instability.
Example: 50,000 pages/month, 12% retry overhead → budget ~56,000 credits. Standard plan (100k) fits; Hobby (3k) does not.
Where Teams Burn Credits
- Unscoped crawls — Crawl entire domains instead of mapping first
- Redundant rescrapes — Reprocess unchanged pages on short schedules
- Extraction on low-value pages — Run schema extraction on every page
- Unbounded retries — Retry failures indefinitely without caps
Use /map to scope URLs. Cache content hashes to skip unchanged pages. Apply extraction only to high-value paths.
Free Tier Strategy
- 500 credits: test extraction quality, schema design, proof of concept
- Not for production planning; validate with a controlled paid pilot first
Overage and Auto-Recharge
Extra credits via auto-recharge packs (e.g. Hobby: $9/1k). Credits in packs roll over. Monthly plan credits do not.
Compare with Alternatives
For under ~500k pages/month, Firecrawl credit pricing is often competitive. For millions of lightweight pages or heavy anti-bot needs, Apify compute units may scale better. See Firecrawl vs Apify for a detailed comparison.
Run a 7-day pilot on your target domains. Track credits per successful record to forecast real cost.
Estimate from pages scraped + crawled + map requests. Add 10–25% buffer. Track credits per valid record in a pilot.
Unscoped crawls, rescraping unchanged pages, and extraction on low-value pages are the main sources.
No. Use it for validation only. Production planning should use a paid pilot with your real domain mix.
Monthly plan credits do not roll over. Auto-recharge pack credits do. Scale/Enterprise annual plans grant upfront credits.
Usually no. Exceptions: FIRE-1 agent requests are billed even on failure. Contact support if you see unexpected charges.