The #1 Firecrawl Alternative

Stop Overpaying for Web Scraping.

BlazeCrawl turns any website into LLM-ready markdown. Pay-per-use. Credits never expire. Zero data retention by default. Not just for enterprise.

# Scrape any page in one call
curl -X POST https://api.blazecrawl.dev/v1/scrape \
-H "Authorization: Bearer bc_live_xxx" \
-d '{"url": "https://example.com", "format": "markdown"}'
8 API Endpoints
3 SDKs + CLI + MCP
< 500ms avg response
100% open source

Why Developers Are Switching

A direct, honest comparison. No spin. Just facts.

FeatureBlazeCrawlFirecrawl
API endpoints8 (incl. Agent)7
SDKsPython, Node.js, CLI, MCPPython, Node.js
Free tier500 credits, 2 concurrent500 credits, 2 concurrent
AI AgentIncluded in Growth+Preview only
Browser renderingIncludedIncluded
Batch scrapingIncludedIncluded
Self-hostableYesYes
Framework integrationsLangChain + LlamaIndexLangChain + LlamaIndex
Zero data retentionDefault for allEnterprise only ($$$)

Everything You Need to Scrape the Web

Eight APIs. One key. Zero nonsense.

Scrape

Single URL to clean markdown, HTML, or text. JS rendering, anti-bot bypass, screenshots, and PDF export included.

Crawl

BFS crawl with configurable depth and page limits. Fully async with job polling and real-time progress.

Map

Discover every URL on a site via sitemap parsing and deep link extraction. Build your crawl plan first.

Extract

AI-powered structured data extraction with JSON schema. Powered by Claude. Define your shape, get perfect data.

Search

Web search plus full page content in a single call. Get search results with scraped markdown, not just links.

Interact

Click, type, scroll, and wait on pages before scraping. Handle auth flows, cookie banners, and dynamic content.

Batch

Scrape up to 100 URLs in one request. Webhook callbacks on completion. Parallelized for maximum throughput.

Agent

Autonomous AI web research agent. Give it a prompt and a schema, get structured data back. Handles multi-step browsing.

Integrate in Minutes

SDKs for every major language. Or just use cURL.

Python SDK
from blazecrawl import BlazeCrawl
client = BlazeCrawl(api_key="bc_live_xxx")

# Scrape a page
result = client.scrape("https://example.com")
print(result["data"]["markdown"])

# AI-powered extraction
data = client.extract("https://example.com", schema={"title": "string", "price": "number"})
print(data["data"]["extracted"])
Node.js SDK
import { BlazeCrawl } from 'blazecrawl';
const client = new BlazeCrawl({ apiKey: 'bc_live_xxx' });

// Scrape a page
const result = await client.scrape('https://example.com');
console.log(result.data.markdown);

// AI-powered extraction
const data = await client.extract('https://example.com', {
  schema: { title: 'string', price: 'number' }
});
console.log(data.data.extracted);
cURL
curl -X POST https://api.blazecrawl.dev/v1/scrape \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer bc_live_xxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "format": "markdown"
  }'

# Response:
# {
#   "success": true,
#   "data": {
#     "markdown": "# Example Domain\n\n...",
#     "metadata": { "title": "Example Domain", "statusCode": 200 }
#   }
# }

Simple, Honest Pricing

All tiers: credits roll over, zero data retention, full API access.

Free

$0forever
  • 500 credits/mo
  • 2 concurrent
  • Scrape, Crawl, Map
  • Credits never expire
  • Zero data retention
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Standard

$83/mo
  • 100,000 credits/mo
  • 50 concurrent
  • + Batch, Interact
  • Credits never expire
  • Zero data retention
Get Standard

Growth

$333/mo
  • 500,000 credits/mo
  • 100 concurrent
  • + Agent
  • Credits never expire
  • Zero data retention
Get Growth

Enterprise

Custom
  • Unlimited credits
  • 500 concurrent
  • + SSO, SLA, Zero-retention
  • Credits never expire
  • Zero data retention
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Firecrawl charges $83/mo for 100K credits with expiring credits. We match that at $83/mo for 100K credits with credits that never expire and more APIs included. Same price. More value.

Built Different

100% Open Source

MIT License. Read every line. Fork it. Own it.

Zero Data Retention

Your scrapes, your data, deleted after delivery.

99.9% Uptime SLA

Even on the free tier. We put it in writing.

SOC 2 Compliant

Enterprise-ready from day one. No upgrade required.

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