Firecrawl Alternative — Web + Video Data in One API | Supadata

Firecrawl is excellent for web-only scraping. Choose Supadata when your AI app also needs what's said in YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook videos, with one API key and one bill.
✔️ Scrape, map and crawl websites to clean Markdown
✔️ Video transcripts and video analysis on the same key
✔️ Drop-in migration: same three endpoints, Markdown out
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Both APIs turn web pages into LLM-ready Markdown. The difference is scope: Firecrawl goes deeper on the web (structured JSON extraction, browser actions, larger free tier), while Supadata covers the web and video platforms. Comparison as of October 2026, based on each vendor’s public pricing and docs:
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Both charge 1 credit per scraped page, so the cost per 1,000 pages comes down to the plan. Monthly prices as of October 2026:
For web pages alone, Firecrawl is cheaper. Supadata credits also cover video transcripts and video analysis, so if you’d otherwise pay for Firecrawl plus a transcription service, one Supadata plan can cost less. See Supadata pricing.
Supadata’s web endpoints map one to one to Firecrawl’s: scrape → /v1/web/scrape, map → /v1/web/map, crawl → /v1/web/crawl. Both return Markdown, so most migrations only change the client call and the API key.
See the Web Scraping API for map and crawl examples, or the web scraping docs for every parameter.
Is Supadata cheaper than Firecrawl?
Not for web-only scraping at high volume: Firecrawl costs less per page on its larger plans and has a bigger free tier. Supadata is the better deal when you also need video transcripts or video analysis, because both run on one plan and one API key.
Can I migrate from Firecrawl to Supadata?
Yes. Firecrawl scrape, map and crawl calls map one to one to Supadata /v1/web/scrape, /v1/web/map and /v1/web/crawl. Both return Markdown, so most migrations only change the client call and the API key.
Does Supadata support structured JSON extraction from web pages?
Not from web pages today; the web endpoints return Markdown, metadata and links. Structured JSON extraction is available for videos through /v1/extract. If you need schema-based extraction from web pages, Firecrawl is the better fit.
Can Firecrawl get YouTube transcripts?
Firecrawl can return the audio of a YouTube video, but not a transcript, so you need a separate speech-to-text step. Supadata returns the transcript of YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X and Facebook videos directly, with AI transcription when a video has no captions.
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