Firecrawl

Firecrawl

Enterprise web scraping and extraction API

Overview

Firecrawl.cloud offers a web scraping and crawling service for enterprises and large-scale projects. It provides an API with endpoints for scraping, crawling, and data extraction, including features like caching and scheduled syncs to maintain fresh, clean data. The product targets LLM engineers by delivering fast, reliable data processing suitable for feeding large language models. Revenue comes from subscription plans and scrape credits used per API request, with a Scale plan designed to scrape millions of pages. Firecrawl integrates with existing tools and workflows to fit into customers' tech stacks, emphasizes transparency and collaboration, and aims to deliver robust, continuous data updates for diverse clients ranging from startups to large enterprises.

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About Firecrawl

Simplify's Rating
Why Firecrawl is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$14.5M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2022

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • August 19, 2025 Series A funding supports hiring across engineering, sales, and AI.
  • Firecrawl posted 16-25 open roles in 2026, signaling active expansion.
  • v2.3.0 added YouTube, ODT, RTF, and faster DOCX parsing on September 19, 2025.

What critics are saying

  • Bright Data, Apify, Nimble, and Crawl4AI all target Firecrawl’s core buyer in 2026.
  • Open-source and cheaper alternatives compress pricing power and force constant product speed.
  • If scraping reliability slips, enterprise customers switch quickly and Firecrawl becomes a commodity.

What makes Firecrawl unique

  • Firecrawl’s August 19, 2025 v2 shipped semantic crawling and 10x faster scraping.
  • Its API turns websites into LLM-ready markdown, JSON, screenshots, and search results.
  • Series A backers include Nexus, Shopify’s Tobias Lütke, Zapier, and Y Combinator.

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Funding

Total Funding

$14.5M

Meets

Industry Average

Funded Over

1 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Series A funding typically happens when a startup has a product and some customers, and now needs funding to scale. This money is usually used to grow the team, expand marketing, and improve the product. Venture capital firms are frequently the main investors here.
Series A Funding Comparison
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Industry standards

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Parental Leave

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Pet Insurance

Sabbatical Leave

Company News

Firecrawl
Jul 23rd, 2026
We just raised our Series A and shipped /v2

How we got here. What we're building. Why the web's knowledge should be on tap for AI.

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