Firecrawl Pricing Calculator (2026): Stop Paying for Unused Monthly Credits
Firecrawl bills a monthly credit plan whatever you use. Slide to the pages your agent really scrapes to see the plan cost, the credits left unused, and the cost per page you actually used, next to switch402's flat $0.008 per page.
68% less, saving $13.00 a month against the cheapest paid Firecrawl plan for this volume.
Break-even for this request type: switch402 costs less up to 2,374 pages a month. Firecrawl's Free plan is $0 for 1,000 credits a month (about 1,000 basic pages) if it meets your needs.
| Firecrawl plan | Price | Included credits |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $19.00/mo | 5,000 |
| Standard | $99.00/mo | 100,000 |
| Growth | $399.00/mo | 500,000 |
| Scale | $749.00/mo | 1,000,000 |
Paid plans add pay-as-you-go credits in $5 steps; credits on Hobby, Standard and Growth do not roll over. Source: firecrawl.dev/pricing, checked Oct 28, 2026. Monthly billing prices. switch402: $0.008 USDC on Base per successful call, from its live API quote.
- No signup or API key
Your agent pays per call over x402.
- No monthly commitment
Nothing to cancel, no unused credits.
- Pay only for successful calls
Charged only after a provider returns content; errors are never charged.
- Automatic failover
If a provider fails, the call goes to the next healthy one.
If every provider fails you get a 502 and are not charged.
Migrate in a few lines
Live: POST https://api.switch402.com/v1/scrape with {"url": "..."} returns the page as markdown. $0.008 USDC on Base per call over x402, charged only on success.
# Unpaid request: returns HTTP 402 with the x402 payment requirements
curl -i -X POST https://api.switch402.com/v1/scrape \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-H 'user-agent: my-agent/1.0' \
-d '{"url":"https://example.com"}'
# Pay $0.008 USDC on Base with any x402 client and retry (see the other tabs).FAQ
- Is switch402 live?
- Yes. POST https://api.switch402.com/v1/scrape with {"url": "..."} returns the page as markdown for $0.008 USDC on Base per call, paid over x402 and charged only on success.
- Where do the Firecrawl numbers come from?
- Firecrawl's public pricing page (firecrawl.dev/pricing), checked Oct 28, 2026: plan prices, included credits, $5 pay-as-you-go steps and per-feature credit costs.
- When is a Firecrawl plan the better deal?
- Above the break-even shown in the calculator, a monthly plan may cost less per page. Under 1,000 basic pages a month, Firecrawl's Free plan costs $0 if it meets your needs.
- What does switch402 route today?
- Web scraping only: one endpoint in front of multiple verified x402 scrape providers, with automatic failover. Web search is coming.