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Comparison

firecrawl vs Sensible

No clear leader: Sensible (64.7) and firecrawl (63.5) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

firecrawl full profile →Sensible full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
firecrawl64
Sensible65
Score
Vioscale score
firecrawl64 / 100medium · 69%updating
Sensible65 / 100medium · 55%updating
Pricing
Free tier
firecrawl✓
Sensible✓
Model
firecrawlfreemium
Sensiblefreemium
Price level
firecrawllow
Sensiblehigh
Starting price
firecrawl–
Sensible$449
Transparent
firecrawl✓
Sensible✓
Integrations
Count
firecrawl6
Sensible6
Security
Disclosure policy
firecrawl–
Sensible✓
Gdpr
firecrawl–
Sensible✓
Hipaa
firecrawl–
Sensible✓
Soc2
firecrawl✓
Sensible✓
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
firecrawl0
Sensible–
Github stars
firecrawl172,732
Sensible–
Activity
Commits last 30d
firecrawl100
Sensible–
Release
Cadence days
firecrawl15
Sensible–
History
firecrawl20 items
Sensible–
License
Spdx
firecrawlAGPL-3.0
Sensible–
Language
Primary
firecrawlTypeScript
Sensible–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
firecrawl8 items
Sensible–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ai data extraction agents. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Architecture model
firecrawlManaged cloud API
SensibleManaged cloud API
PDF and multimodal image OCR parsing
firecrawl✓
Sensible✓
Web scraping to markdown or json
firecrawl✓
Sensible✗
Tabular layout preservation for complex tables
firecrawl✓
Sensible✓
Strict json schema forcing and validation
firecrawl✓
Sensible✓
Fine tuned document layout analysis models
firecrawl-
Sensible✓
Native chunking and vectorization for rag
firecrawl-
Sensible✗
Javascript rendering for spa web scraping
firecrawl✓
Sensible✗
Human in the loop hitl confidence review queue
firecrawl-
Sensible✓
Zero data retention privacy guarantees
firecrawl✓
Sensible✗
SOC2 type ii
firecrawl-
Sensible✓
Mit or apache permissive oss license
firecrawl-
Sensible✓
Pricing model
firecrawlPay per page API
SensibleFlat monthly saas

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

firecrawl

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.

Independently observed

Sensible

A document extraction platform that uses AI alongside deterministic, rule-based methods to reliably convert messy documents into structured JSON. Provides prebuilt configurations for common document types, a configuration editor for custom workflows, and optional managed services for complex extraction pipelines.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

firecrawl

from $445/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier with 1,000 credits/month. Paid plans from Hobby to Enterprise with annual billing. Credits consumed per request: Scrape/Crawl/Map/Monitor = 1 credit/page; Search = 2 credits/10 results; Interact = 2 credits/browser minute.

  • FreeFree
    • Scrape 1,000 pages
    • 2 concurrent requests
    • Low rate limits
  • Hobby5,000 credits/month, billed annually (saves £28)
    • Scrape 5,000 pages
    • 5 concurrent requests
    • Basic support
  • Standard100,000 credits/month, billed annually (saves £147)
    • Scrape 100,000 pages
    • 50 concurrent requests
    • Standard support
  • Growth500,000 credits/month, billed annually (saves £593)
    • Scrape 500,000 pages
    • 100 concurrent requests
    • Priority support
  • Scale£445/month, billed annually (saves £1,337)
    • Scrape 1,000,000 pages
    • 150 concurrent requests
    • Priority support
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Scrape unlimited pages
    • Custom concurrent requests
    • Dedicated support & SLA
    • Bulk discounts
    • Zero-data retention
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Sensible

from $449/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From $449/month. 14-day free trial. Pay-per-document overage pricing ($0.57 and $0.53 per document depending on plan). Free tier: 150 documents/month.

  • Growth$449/month (or $449 billed annually with 10% discount)
    • Unlimited document layouts
    • Automatic & selective OCR
    • Computer-vision table detection
    • Onboarding support
    • SOC 2 Type II
    • +3 more
  • Scale$1,349/month (or $1,349 billed annually with 10% discount)
    • Everything in Growth, plus:
    • Higher API throughput
    • Priority technical support
    • Human review queue
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Scale, plus:
    • Dedicated customer success manager
    • Custom SLA
    • Security reviews
    • HIPAA compliance
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
firecrawl✓
Sensible✓
CLI
firecrawl✓
Sensible✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
firecrawl✓
Sensible✓
Self-hosted
firecrawl✓
Sensible✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

firecrawl

7 total
  • MCP
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Windsurf
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • OpenCode
Independently observed

Sensible

6 total
  • Airtable
  • Zapier
  • QuickBooks
  • Google Sheets
  • Slack
  • Salesforce
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.