# Apidog vs firecrawl

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Apidog

| Attribute | Apidog | firecrawl |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 71.8 (73% (medium)) | 61.3 (62% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 191,380 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A collaborative API development platform that consolidates design, testing, mocking, and documentation workflows with built-in AI assistance and team collaboration. It is indexed under API Development Tools.","source":"https://apidog.com/help/plans-and-pricing/plans-introduction/","question":"What is Apidog?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Apidog offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $9 per user per month. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://apidog.com/help/plans-and-pricing/invoice-required-before-payment/","question":"Is Apidog free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Apidog. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://apidog.com/help/plans-and-pricing/plans-introduction/","question":"What platforms does Apidog support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Apidog, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://apidog.com/help/plans-and-pricing/plans-introduction/","question":"Can Apidog be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 21 integrations for Apidog, including Postman, OpenAPI, Swagger, Insomnia, JMeter, apiDoc, RAML and I/O Doc, plus 13 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://apidog.com/help/plans-and-pricing/plans-introduction/","question":"What does Apidog integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Apidog. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Apidog not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://apidog.com/help/plans-and-pricing/plans-introduction/","question":"What security certifications does Apidog have?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Apidog is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://apidog.com/help/plans-and-pricing/plans-introduction/","question":"Where is Apidog available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Firecrawl extracts clean, structured web content in various formats, automatically handles JavaScript rendering and dynamic page structures, and supports use cases from research and data extraction to competitive intelligence and content monitoring. It is indexed under API Development Tools.","source":"https://firecrawl.dev","question":"What is firecrawl?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"firecrawl is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the AGPL-3.0 licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at £445 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://firecrawl.dev","question":"Is firecrawl free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"firecrawl supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://firecrawl.dev","question":"What platforms does firecrawl support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. firecrawl can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://firecrawl.dev","question":"Can firecrawl be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 6 integrations for firecrawl, including MCP, Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex and OpenCode. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://firecrawl.dev","question":"What does firecrawl integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for firecrawl. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as firecrawl not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://firecrawl.dev","question":"What security certifications does firecrawl have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. firecrawl is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl","question":"Is firecrawl open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"firecrawl is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://firecrawl.dev","question":"Where is firecrawl available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A comprehensive API development platform that combines a REST client, test automation, mock servers, and interactive documentation generation. Includes AI-powered features to auto-generate test cases, improve documentation completeness, and guide API design standards. | An API service that enables AI agents to search, scrape, and interact with web pages, returning clean structured data in multiple formats with automatic JavaScript rendering and complex content handling. |
| features.capabilities | `{"api_docs":true,"mock_server":true,"rest_client":true,"grpc_support":true,"collaboration":true,"ci_integration":true,"openapi_import":true,"graphql_support":true,"automated_testing":true}` | `{"api_docs":true,"rest_client":true,"collaboration":true,"pricing_model":"pay_per_page_api","ci_integration":true,"automated_testing":true,"architecture_model":"managed_cloud_api","web_scraping_to_markdown_or_json":true,"mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"pdf_and_multimodal_image_ocr_parsing":true,"zero_data_retention_privacy_guarantees":true,"javascript_rendering_for_spa_web_scraping":true,"strict_json_schema_forcing_and_validation":true,"tabular_layout_preservation_for_complex_tables":true}` |
| integrations.count | 20 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Postman"},{"name":"OpenAPI"},{"name":"Swagger"},{"name":"Insomnia"},{"name":"JMeter"},{"name":"apiDoc"},{"name":"RAML"},{"name":"I/O Doc"},{"name":"Google Discovery"},{"name":"SoapUI"},{"name":"Hoppscotch"},{"name":"WSDL"},{"name":"WADL"},{"name":"Markdown"},{"name":"Git"},{"name":"CI/CD"},{"name":"OpenAI","native":true},{"name":"Anthropic","native":true},{"name":"Gemini","native":true},{"name":"cursor","native":true},{"name":"windsurf","native":true},{"name":"GitHub Enterprise Cloud","native":true,"category":"vcs"},{"name":"Okta","native":true,"category":"identity"},{"name":"IntelliJ IDEA","native":true,"category":"development"},{"name":"MCP","native":true,"category":"framework"}]` | `[{"name":"MCP"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Windsurf"},{"name":"Claude Code"},{"name":"Codex"},{"name":"OpenCode"}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | AGPL-3.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free for up to 4 users","features":["Full API client support","All core mocking and testing features","Unlimited test/collection runs","Basic documentation features with unlimited views","Real-time collaboration","Unlimited sprint branches/versions per project","SQL database operations","Scheduled import every 3 hours"],"minSeats":4,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For individuals or small teams starting with API collaboration and testing","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Basic","summary":"$9/user/month","features":["Unlimited team members per-seat pricing","90-day API change history","NoSQL database operations","Scheduled import every 30 minutes","Up to 20 team projects","Team activity feed","Unlimited API Comments"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":9,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For small teams and startups needing enhanced collaboration and team features","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Professional","summary":"$18/user/month","features":["Doc IP allowlist","180-day API change history","Team-level shared variables","Scheduled import every 10 minutes","Call APIs via self-hosted proxy","Scheduled import via runner","Priority email & training session support"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":18,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For growing teams requiring advanced collaboration and priority support","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"$27/user/month","features":["365-day API and test change history","Multiple documentation sites and sub-sites","Endpoint case and scenario coverage analytics","SAML SSO and SCIM provisioning","Organization-wide security and governance policies","Secret Scanner and Vault Secrets","Organization audit logs with CSV export","Custom project roles and granular permissions","Cloud and on-premises deployment options","7x24 priority support and security review"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":27,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For large organizations requiring enterprise security, identity governance, and tailored support","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise On-premises","summary":"Contact Sales","features":["Self-hosted Docker/Kubernetes deployment","Air-gapped deployment with zero external network dependency","Private API Hub & Private Cloud Mock Service","Enterprise SSO (LDAP, Okta, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML)"],"description":"For enterprises requiring self-hosted infrastructure with complete data sovereignty and air-gapped security","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $9/user/month. Free tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://apidog.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-18T15:54:35.493Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"unit":"seat","amount":9,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Scale","summary":"1 credit per page","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"page"},"kind":"metered","amount":1,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Enterprise plan supporting millions of pages with batch scraping, crawling, and scheduled syncs"}],"summary":"Usage-based: 1 credit per page for scraping/crawling/mapping/monitoring, 2 credits per 10 search results, 2 credits per browser minute for interact. Agent preview with 5 free daily runs. Advanced features cost additional credits.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://firecrawl.dev","retrievedAt":"2026-10-14T11:28:45.952Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"page","amount":1,"currency":"USD"}}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":9,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":1,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 15 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.11.0","date":"2026-06-19T15:09:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.10","date":"2026-05-15T17:34:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.9.0","date":"2026-04-10T16:36:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.8.0","date":"2026-02-03T17:12:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.7.0","date":"2025-12-05T17:40:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.6.0","date":"2025-11-14T16:13:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.5.0","date":"2025-10-30T04:02:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.4.0","date":"2025-10-13T15:09:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.3.0","date":"2025-09-19T19:01:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.2.0","date":"2025-09-12T14:59:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.1.0","date":"2025-08-29T17:22:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.0.1","date":"2025-08-26T17:18:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.0.0","date":"2025-08-19T15:27:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v1.15.0","date":"2025-07-18T14:34:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v1.14.0","date":"2025-07-04T16:37:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v1.13.0","date":"2025-06-27T15:19:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v1.12.0","date":"2025-06-20T15:49:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v1.11.0","date":"2025-06-13T15:03:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v1.10.0","date":"2025-06-03T19:37:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v1.9.0","date":"2025-05-16T18:04:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.9.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ffirecrawl%2Ffirecrawl%2Fapps%2Fgo-sdk&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (API Development Tools)

| Capability | Apidog | firecrawl |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| REST client | ✓ | ✓ |
| GraphQL support | ✓ | - |
| gRPC support | ✓ | - |
| **Design** |  |  |
| Mock servers | ✓ | - |
| **Testing** |  |  |
| Automated / contract testing | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Collaboration** |  |  |
| Team collaboration & sharing | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Docs** |  |  |
| Doc generation | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenAPI / spec import | ✓ | - |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| CI integration / CLI | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:18:16.255Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*