BrowserCat vs Firecrawl
BrowserCat
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firecrawl.devSide by side
| Figure | BrowserCat | Firecrawl |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $50/mo | $16/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 7 |
| Spec score · Headless Browser APIs | 8.5 (#6) | 8.6 (#5) |
| Deployment | cloud | cloud, self hosted |
| Integrations | BrowserCat supports Playwright, Puppeteer and CDP-based clients, with examples and language support including JavaScript, Python, Java, .NET, Ruby, PHP, Go and Rust. | Listed integrations include ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Lovable, n8n, LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, Zapier, Make, and Dify. |
| Key features | Single endpoint and API key for connecting to managed browser backends · Routing based on capability, latency, and availability, with automatic failover · Playwright, Puppeteer, and CDP client support · Managed cloud browser execution · Configurable browser instances and launch options · Third-party proxy support · Usage dashboard with alerts, usage caps, and logs · Browser automation for scraping, CI testing, PDF/image generation, and page monitoring | Scrapes pages into Markdown and structured data · Searches the web and returns content from results · Crawls sites using sitemap discovery and recursive link traversal · Supports JavaScript-rendered pages and dynamic content · Routes requests through proxies and supports proxy location selection · Supports browser interaction using natural-language prompts or code · Offers batch scraping of multiple URLs · Provides API, SDKs, CLI, and MCP integration paths |
| Product | BrowserCat provides one API endpoint for managed cloud browsers and routes each session to a browser backend. | Firecrawl is a web data API for searching, scraping, and interacting with the web, returning clean Markdown and structured data for LLMs, agents, and AI software. |
| Security | Browser sessions are isolated from one another, and temporary data including downloads, cache, cookies and local storage is purged when a session ends. | Firecrawl accepts vulnerability reports through its Bugcrowd program and says good-faith research under the program rules is covered by safe harbor. |
| Support | The Hobby plan includes basic email support, Business includes priority email support, and Enterprise lists dedicated support. | Paid plans list basic support for Hobby, standard support for Standard, and priority support for Growth and Scale; Enterprise includes dedicated support and an SLA. |
| Support | email, docs | community, docs |
Plans
BrowserCat
- HobbyFree
- Business$50 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Starter credit pack$20, paid once
- Growth credit pack$87.50, paid once
- Scale credit pack$300, paid once
- HobbyFree
Firecrawl
- FreeFree
- Hobby$16 a month
- Standard$83 a month
- Growth$333 a month
- Scale$599 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Free PlanFree
In their own words
BrowserCat
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