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Firecrawl vs ZenRows

Firecrawl Firecrawl API is cheaper at two of the three volumes. 100,000 pages: ZenRows Fetch (Universal Scraper API) is $251/mo on Growth G1, Firecrawl Firecrawl API is $399/mo on Growth; 500,000 pages: Firecrawl Firecrawl API is $399/mo on Growth, ZenRows Fetch (Universal Scraper API) is $749/mo on Scale S2; 2 million pages: Firecrawl Firecrawl API is $1,749/mo on Scale, ZenRows Fetch (Universal Scraper API) is $1,999/mo on Scale S4. All prices are for 20% JavaScript, medium bot protection, US targets, 40 concurrent requests, monthly billing.

Pricing checked Nov 14, 2026 · 0.1.0 · cost wins Firecrawl 2 – ZenRows 1

MetricFirecrawl Firecrawl API

Scraping API · Credits

ZenRows Fetch (Universal Scraper API)

Scraping API · Credits

Cost for the same workload
100,000 pagesper month

$399

Growth · $3.99 per 1K pages

$251

Growth G1 · $2.51 per 1K pages

Cheaper at this volume

500,000 pagesper month

$399

Growth · $0.798 per 1K pages

Cheaper at this volume

$749

Scale S2 · $1.50 per 1K pages

2 million pagesper month

$1,749

Scale · $0.8745 per 1K pages

Cheaper at this volume

$1,999

Scale S4 · $0.9995 per 1K pages

BillingCreditsCredits
Capabilities
JavaScript renderingYesYes
Country targetingYesYes
Premium proxyYesYes
ScreenshotYesYes
Cookie persistenceYesNot documented
Json outputYesNot documented
Sticky sessionNot documentedYes
Limits
max queued jobs
  • 50,000 jobs · free
  • 50,000 jobs · hobby
  • 50,000 jobs · standard
  • 100,000 jobs · growth
  • 200,000 jobs · scale
  • 200,000 jobs · enterprise
Not documented
requests per minute
  • 10 requests · free
  • 100 requests · hobby
  • 500 requests · standard
  • 5,000 requests · growth
  • 10,000 requests · scale
Not documented
session durationNot documented
  • 600 seconds
max response sizeNot documented
  • 5 MB · build-b1
  • 20 MB · scale-s1
Things to know
Billing notes
  • One credit per scraped page. JSON extraction adds 4 credits/page; PDF parsing adds 1 per PDF page; Zero Data Retention adds 1; question, query, highlights, audio and video formats add 4 each; PII redaction adds 4; the prompt-injection check adds 4 (or 5 when the scrape fails after the check).
  • Enhanced proxy is free (+0 credits); basic and enhanced requests both cost 1 credit.
  • Search costs 2 credits per 10 results (rounded up) plus scrape costs for results that are scraped. Map costs 1 credit per call. Interact costs 2-7 credits per browser minute with a one-minute minimum. Agent has 5 free runs per day, then dynamic pricing.
  • A scrape that returns no document costs 0 credits. A 403 or 404 returned as a document costs 1 credit. Threat protection adds 2 credits per scanned URL.
  • Plan credits reset monthly and do not roll over, except annual Scale (1 month) and annual Enterprise (2 months). Purchased credits stay until used and expire if the subscription is cancelled.
  • Pay-as-you-go needs a paid plan. Credits are bought in $5 increments and a user-set monthly cap applies; the temporary overage buffer is headroom, not kept credits.
  • X/Twitter URLs use the Grok API and cost 30 credits for a typical request (34 with JSON). LinkedIn URLs are served by third-party providers at their credit cost.
  • Location sets an appropriate proxy if one is available and emulates the country's language and timezone; it is not a guarantee that every country has an exit IP.
  • Formerly "Universal Scraper API"; per-plan dollar-per-1K pricing from earlier years is obsolete.
  • Annual billing grants the full year's credits up front as one balance.
  • Country targeting requires premium proxies, so a geotargeted request costs at least 10 credits.
  • No metered overage; up to 10 top-up packs per billing period, usually pricier per credit than the plan. Unused top-up credits roll over once; unused plan credits expire at every renewal.
  • The "Pay as you go (agent storefront)" plan is sold at agents.zenrows.com to AI agents, which pay by card or USDC without a Zenrows account (an agent can also send its human a checkout link). It covers Fetch and Extract only; Batch, Browser Sessions and the CLI need a zenrows.com plan. No concurrency limit is published for it.
  • Site Not Found (RESP007) errors are also billed according to the error-code docs.

“Not documented” means the provider's pages don't say, not that the capability is missing. Estimates use list prices and exclude promotions and taxes; the provider's checkout is authoritative.

Cheapest at each volume

  • 100k: ZenRows Fetch (Universal Scraper API) — $251/mo on Growth G1
  • 500k: Firecrawl Firecrawl API — $399/mo on Growth
  • 2M: Firecrawl Firecrawl API — $1,749/mo on Scale

Switch to ZenRows when…

  • It documents sticky session, which the other does not.

Stay with Firecrawl when…

  • It is cheaper for this workload: $399/month versus $749/month.
  • It documents cookie persistence, which the other does not.
  • It documents json output, which the other does not.

Firecrawl vs ZenRows FAQ

Is Firecrawl cheaper than ZenRows?

It depends on volume. 100,000 pages: $399/mo on Growth vs $251/mo on Growth G1; 500,000 pages: $399/mo on Growth vs $749/mo on Scale S2; 2 million pages: $1,749/mo on Scale vs $1,999/mo on Scale S4. Prices are list prices for 20% JavaScript, medium bot protection, US targets, 40 concurrent requests, monthly billing, checked Nov 14, 2026.

What is the difference between Firecrawl and ZenRows?

Firecrawl bills by credits; ZenRows bills by credits. The capability and limit tables above list the documented differences; billing notes list the add-ons that change the headline price.

Which is better for JavaScript-heavy pages?

For Firecrawl Firecrawl API, JavaScript rendering is documented as supported. For ZenRows Fetch (Universal Scraper API), JavaScript rendering is documented as supported. The cheaper option at your volume is in the cost table above.

Can I switch from Firecrawl to ZenRows?

The APIs are not drop-in replacements: endpoints, parameters and billing units differ. Check each product's docs before switching; this page compares published prices and documented capabilities, not migration effort.

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