Comparison

Octivas vs Firecrawl

Both platforms let you scrape, crawl, and search the web through an API. The difference is in pricing transparency, credit simplicity, and support that scales with you rather than just your invoice.

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Pricing

More credits, simpler pricing

Octivas gives you more credits at every tier, with a pricing model that's easy to predict and no surprises on your bill.

Plan	Octivas	Firecrawl	Takeaway
Free	$0/mo 1,000/month Recurring, every month	$0 500 total One-time, not recurring	2x the credits, and they renew every month
Hobby	$19/mo 4,000/month $0.00475/credit	$19/mo 3,000/month $0.00633/credit	Same price, 33% more credits — lower cost per credit
Standard	$89/mo 100,000/month $0.00089/credit	$99/mo 100,000/month $0.00099/credit	$10/mo cheaper for the same credits, plus simpler pricing (see below)
Growth / Scale	Custom Custom Talk to an expert	$333–$599/mo 500k–1M/month Fixed tiers only	Octivas builds a plan around your actual usage

Free: 2x the credits, and they renew every month

Hobby: Same price, 33% more credits — lower cost per credit

Standard: $10/mo cheaper for the same credits, plus simpler pricing (see below)

Growth / Scale: Octivas builds a plan around your actual usage

1 credit = 1 request. Always.

Octivas has one rule: every successful API request costs 1 credit, regardless of whether you scrape, crawl, or search.

Firecrawl uses variable credit pricing. Search costs 2 credits, browser actions cost 2 credits per minute, and agent calls have separate dynamic pricing. That makes forecasting your bill harder as your usage grows.

Example: 1,000 search queries

Octivas

1,000

credits used

Firecrawl

2,000

credits used

Credit cost per operation

Operation	Octivas	Firecrawl
Scrape a page	1 credit	1 credit
Crawl a page	1 credit	1 credit
Web search (per query)	1 credit	2 credits / 10 results
Failed requests	Not charged	Not charged*

* Firecrawl's FIRE-1 agent requests are always billed, even on failure.

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Features

Feature-by-feature comparison

Both APIs cover the core scraping use cases. The differences are in pricing, support, and how each platform handles edge cases.

Feature	Octivas	Firecrawl
Single-page scraping
Website crawling
Web search with full-page content
Markdown output
Structured JSON extraction
Screenshot capture
JavaScript rendering
Anti-bot bypass
Geo-targeting (195+ countries)Limited country support
Python SDK
Node.js SDK
Simple credit system (1 credit = 1 request)Variable credit costs by operation
Recurring free tierFirecrawl free credits are one-time
Expert support on every planFirecrawl: priority support on Growth+ only
Open-source

Developer experience

Same task, similar code

Both APIs are developer-friendly. The migration path is straightforward — just swap the endpoint and auth header.

Octivas

Python

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.octivas.com/api/v1/scrape",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={"url": "https://example.com", "formats": ["markdown"]}
)

print(response.json()["markdown"])

Firecrawl

Python

from firecrawl import FirecrawlApp

app = FirecrawlApp(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

result = app.scrape_url(
    "https://example.com",
    params={"formats": ["markdown"]}
)

print(result["markdown"])

Octivas uses a standard REST API — no SDK required. Works with requests, fetch, or curl out of the box.

Why teams switch to Octivas

Predictable bills

1 credit = 1 request, every time. No variable costs for search, browser actions, or agent calls. You know what you'll pay before you scale.

More generous free tier

1,000 credits per month, recurring. Firecrawl gives you 500 credits once. That's 24x more free credits in your first year.

Expert support for everyone

Talk to a real person about your use case on any plan — including Free. No need to upgrade to Growth ($333/mo) just to get priority support.

Lower cost per credit

Same $19/mo Hobby price, but Octivas gives you 4,000 credits vs Firecrawl's 3,000. On Standard, you save $10/mo. The gap widens when you factor in search queries costing 2x on Firecrawl.

No SDK lock-in

Octivas is a standard REST API. Use any HTTP client in any language. SDKs are available for Python and Node.js, but they're optional.

Custom plans for growth

Growing past Standard? We'll build a plan around your actual usage instead of forcing you into fixed $333 or $599 tiers.

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