FastAF vs Firecrawl
Short answer: choose Firecrawl to crawl or map whole sites into LLM-ready markdown, interact with pages or monitor changes. Choose FastAF for structured JSON from specific sources (Google, Maps, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Zillow, YouTube, LinkedIn/X) plus single-page scraping, with no subscription and x402 pay-per-call.
At a glance
| FastAF | Firecrawl | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | One-time packs, no subscription: $10 = 20,000 credits … $799 = 3,000,000 credits; valid 12 months. Google search = 5 credits ($2.50→$1.33 per 1,000 by pack). x402 Google search: $0.003 (promo through November 9, 2026 inclusive, then $0.005) in USDC, independent of prepaid credits (llms.txt) | Free 1,000 credits/month; Hobby $19/month ($16 annual) 5,000; Standard $99 ($83) 100,000; Growth $399 ($333) 500,000; Scale $749 ($599) 1,000,000. Scrape 1 credit/page, Search 2 credits/10 results (firecrawl.dev/pricing, 2026-10-25) |
| Signup | Optional (not needed for x402) | Account/key; keyless rate-limited free tier for agents (agents page) |
| Pay-per-call | Yes (x402 + prepaid credits) | Paid plans can enable pay-as-you-go credit top-ups in $5 increments |
| x402 / USDC | Yes, all 16 endpoints | Not found in pricing page, docs llms.txt or agent onboarding (2026-10-25) – not found |
| MCP | Hosted, 16 tools, key for tool calls | Yes, with keyless access, sign-in or API key (MCP docs) |
| Failed requests | Never charged; blocked/empty pages = 502, free | No-result scrape not charged; 403/404 pages cost 1 credit (pricing) |
| Crawl / map whole site | Not offered | Yes |
When to choose Firecrawl
- Whole-site crawl, map, interact (browser) or monitoring.
- Steady monthly volume of page scraping into markdown.
When to choose FastAF
- You need parsed data, not pages: Google verticals, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Zillow, YouTube transcripts, LinkedIn/X profiles. See /apis/.
- Agents that pay by themselves via x402, no account.
- Error pages are never billed; credits valid 12 months.
FAQ
Does Firecrawl support x402? We found no x402 mention in its official pricing or docs on 2026-10-25. Price of a page scrape? Firecrawl 1 credit/page on plans. FastAF: x402 quote for a default /scrape call is $0.005 (live 402, 2026-10-25); credit cost on packs varies by options (see docs). Can FastAF crawl a whole site? No, it scrapes one URL per call.
More on the FastAF blog.
Sources (all read 2026-10-25)
FastAF: https://fastaf.co/llms.txt, https://api.fastaf.co/.well-known/x402, https://api.fastaf.co/openapi.json, live unpaid GETs to https://api.fastaf.co/x402/v1/<endpoint> (HTTP 402, captured 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC).
SerpApi: https://serpapi.com/pricing ; https://serpapi.com/mcp
Exa: https://exa.ai/pricing ; https://exa.ai/docs/llms.txt ; https://exa.ai/docs/integrations/payments/x402/quickstart.md ; https://exa.ai/llms.txt
Tavily: https://www.tavily.com/pricing ; https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-credits ; https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/machine-payments/x402.md ; https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/keyless.md ; https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/mcp
Firecrawl: https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing ; https://docs.firecrawl.dev/mcp-server ; https://www.firecrawl.dev/agents ; https://docs.firecrawl.dev/llms.txt