Olostep vs. Firecrawl
Olostep is a fully managed extraction pipeline with residential proxies and self-healing parsers included by default. Firecrawl is an open-source-first crawling API focused on markdown conversion — structured extraction costs extra.
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Which one is right for you?
Choose Olostep
Choose Olostep when you need all-inclusive pricing — residential proxies, anti-bot bypass, and structured JSON extraction are built in at no extra cost. Olostep bills only for successful requests and ships pre-built self-healing parsers for popular sites like Google, Amazon, and Reddit out of the box.
Choose Firecrawl
Choose Firecrawl if you want a large open-source ecosystem, self-hosting flexibility, or deep integrations with LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, and AI coding tools like Cursor. It supports Python, Node.js, Go, Rust, and a CLI.
Why Olostep
Clean web data,
at any scale.
Residential Proxies by Default
Every Olostep request routes through managed residential IPs with browser fingerprinting — no configuration required, no separate billing line.
Learn moreSelf-Healing Parsers
Pre-built parsers for Google, Amazon, Reddit, Instagram and more adapt automatically when page layouts change, without re-prompting an LLM on every request.
Learn moreAll-Inclusive Pricing
Structured extraction, crawling, and stealth are all included in the base plan. No hidden add-ons. You pay only for successful requests.
Learn moreKey differences
Olostep vs. Firecrawl
| Feature | Olostep | Firecrawl |
|---|---|---|
| Structured Extraction Cost | Included in base plan | Separate $89/mo add-on subscription required |
| Residential Proxies | Included and active on every request | Not documented — datacenter IPs by default |
| Credit Rollover | Credits valid for 6 months on credit packs | Monthly credits do not roll over |
| Pricing Model | Per successful request only | Per page regardless of outcome; FIRE-1 agent requests always billed |
Use cases & benchmarks
Convert complex, protected webpages into clean markdown or strict JSON schemas optimised for retrieval-augmented generation pipelines.
Extract data from sites behind Cloudflare, Datadome, and advanced CAPTCHA systems using built-in residential stealth — no proxy setup required.
Define a JSON schema once and let self-healing parsers extract the exact fields from any page, even when the layout changes.
Process up to 10,000 URLs concurrently with predictable per-request pricing and no credit expiry surprises.
Full comparison
Every feature, side by side.
A complete overview of Olostep vs. Firecrawl.
| Feature | Olostep | Firecrawl | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Structured Extraction | Included in every plan | Separate $89/mo token-based subscription on top of standard plan | With Olostep you know the full cost upfront. With Firecrawl, structured extraction via /extract is a separate billing line that many teams discover late. |
| Stealth & Proxies | Managed residential IPs + fingerprinting on every request | Closed-source 'fire-engine'; residential proxies not documented | Olostep uses residential proxy networks and browser fingerprinting by default to bypass strict anti-bot protections like Cloudflare and Datadome. |
| Dynamic Rendering | Full JS rendering — click, scroll, fill forms, wait for selectors | JS rendering with browser actions supported via sandbox (billed at 2 credits/min) | Both support browser automation. Olostep includes it in the base plan; Firecrawl's browser sandbox is metered separately. |
| Self-Hosting | Fully managed — no infrastructure to run | Open-source repo available but README states it is 'not fully ready for self-hosted deployment yet' | Firecrawl's anti-bot engine (fire-engine) is closed-source and excluded from the AGPL-3.0 repo, which limits what self-hosted deployments can actually do. |
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Co-founder & CEO, Aurium
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Co-founder & CEO, Openmart
Olostep has become the default Web Layer infrastructure for our company.
Co-founder & CEO, Gumloop
Olostep works like a charm! And your customer service is exceptional.
Co-founder, Merchkit
Olostep lets us turn any website into an API. Great product, great people.
Co-founder & CTO, CivilGrid
I highly recommend Olostep, great product!
Co-founder & CEO, Aurium
Olostep is the best!!! We automated entire data pipelines with just a prompt.
Co-founder & CEO, Openmart
Olostep has become the default Web Layer infrastructure for our company.
Co-founder & CEO, Gumloop
Olostep works like a charm! And your customer service is exceptional.
Co-founder, Merchkit
Olostep lets us turn any website into an API. Great product, great people.
Co-founder & CTO, CivilGrid
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Co-founder & CEO, Gedd.it
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Co-founder & CEO, Podqi
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Co-founder, Zecento
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Founder, Foundbase
Reliable and cost-effective API for working with data. Congrats on the cool product.
Co-founder & CEO, Gedd.it
We verify coupon codes at scale. Love Olostep. It works on any e-commerce.
Co-founder & CEO, Podqi
Olostep is the best API to search, extract, and structure data from the Web. Happy to be customers.
Co-founder, Zecento
We use /batches combined with parsers and it's magical how we can get structured data deterministically at large scale.
Growth, PlotsEvents
Olostep allowed us to search and structure events data across the Web.
Founder, Foundbase
Reliable and cost-effective API for working with data. Congrats on the cool product.
Co-founder & CEO, Gedd.it
We verify coupon codes at scale. Love Olostep. It works on any e-commerce.
Co-founder & CEO, Podqi
Olostep is the best API to search, extract, and structure data from the Web. Happy to be customers.
Co-founder, Zecento
We use /batches combined with parsers and it's magical how we can get structured data deterministically at large scale.
Growth, PlotsEvents
Olostep allowed us to search and structure events data across the Web.
Founder, Foundbase
Reliable and cost-effective API for working with data. Congrats on the cool product.
Co-founder & CEO, Gedd.it
We verify coupon codes at scale. Love Olostep. It works on any e-commerce.
Co-founder & CEO, Podqi
Olostep is the best API to search, extract, and structure data from the Web. Happy to be customers.
Co-founder, Zecento
We use /batches combined with parsers and it's magical how we can get structured data deterministically at large scale.
Growth, PlotsEvents
Olostep allowed us to search and structure events data across the Web.
Founder, Foundbase
Reliable and cost-effective API for working with data. Congrats on the cool product.
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