Firecrawl: quotas now cover search+scrape, pay-as-you-go paid-only
What happened
Between the Sep 3, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026 captures of Firecrawl's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: plan quotas (Free/Hobby/Standard/Growth/Scale) now read 'N searches or 2N pages scraped' (shared credit pool) instead of scrape-only; Enterprise's 'Scrape unlimited pages' line removed. extra-credit top-ups (renamed 'auto-reload' -> 'Pay-as-you-go') now explicitly 'Paid plans only' -- Free plan can no longer buy additional credits on demand. In detail: Extra-credit top-ups (renamed 'auto-reload' -> 'Pay-as-you-go') are now explicitly 'Paid plans only' -- Free plan customers can no longer buy additional credits on demand; Plan quotas now explicitly cover both search and scrape ('N searches or 2N pages scraped', shared credit pool) instead of scrape-only, on Free/Hobby/Standard/Growth/Scale; Enterprise's 'Scrape unlimited pages' line was also dropped. Pulse files it as a packaging change (add-on change, metric change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Nov 2, 2026) lists Hobby at $16, Standard at $83, Growth at $333 and Scale at $599.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Firecrawl. Firecrawl has been tracked since 2026-09-03.
In the same window Beautiful.ai and Apify also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Free Plan · Add-onRewordedauto-reloadPay-as-you-go
- Hobby, Standard, Growth · Pricing modelRemoved
BeforeEnterprise's 'Scrape unlimited pages' line
AfterNot listed
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Plan | Add-on | auto-reload | Pay-as-you-go | Reworded |
| Hobby, Standard, Growth | Pricing model | Enterprise's 'Scrape unlimited pages' line | Not listed | Removed |
Values as written on Firecrawl's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Firecrawl's pricing page (www.firecrawl.dev) from Sep 3, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "auto-reload" becomes "Pay-as-you-go".
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Firecrawl, pricing history
Full history- Nov 2, 2026packagingFirecrawl cuts Map cost to a flat 1 credit per call, not per page
- Sep 7, 2026packagingFirecrawl: quotas now cover search+scrape, pay-as-you-go paid-only · this change
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- Beautiful.aiSep 7Beautiful.ai tweaks Enterprise plan: subtext now reads "Billed annually
- ApifySep 7Apify slashes Starter plan price 34%, from $29 to $19/month
- ApifyAug 31Apify slashes Free plan's concurrent Actor runs from 25 to 5
- Beautiful.aiAug 24Beautiful.ai hikes Pro plan 20.8% to $14.50/month, billed annually
- ApifyJul 2Apify: Compute unit pricing cut across all plans + Actor RAM doubled
Questions about this change
Did Firecrawl raise prices in September 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Sep 3, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: add-on change, metric change.
What changed on Firecrawl's pricing page between Sep 3, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026?
Free Plan add-on: auto-reload → Pay-as-you-go, reworded; Hobby, Standard, Growth pricing model: Enterprise's 'Scrape unlimited pages' line → Not listed, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Sep 3, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Firecrawl change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Firecrawl in the 90 days before this one; Firecrawl has been tracked since 2026-09-03.