Billing

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Overview

Firecrawl uses a credit-based billing system. Every API call you make consumes credits, and the number of credits consumed depends on the endpoint and options you use. You get a monthly credit allotment based on your plan, and can purchase additional credits via auto-recharge packs if you need more. For current plan pricing, visit the Firecrawl pricing page.

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Credits

Credits are the unit of usage in Firecrawl. Each plan includes a monthly credit allotment that resets at the start of each billing cycle. Different API endpoints consume different amounts of credits.

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Credit costs per endpoint

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Additional credit costs for scrape options

Certain scrape options add credits on top of the base cost per page: These modifiers stack. For example, scraping a page with both JSON format and Enhanced Mode costs 1 + 4 + 4 = 9 credits per page. These same modifiers apply to the Crawl and Search endpoints since they use scrape internally for each page.

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Tracking your usage

You can monitor your credit usage in two ways:

• Dashboard: View your current and historical usage at firecrawl.dev/app
• API: Use the Credit Usage and Credit Usage Historical endpoints to programmatically check your usage

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Plans

Firecrawl offers subscription-based monthly plans. There is no pure pay-as-you-go option, but auto-recharge (described below) provides flexible scaling on top of your base plan.

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Available plans

All paid plans are available with monthly or yearly billing. Yearly billing offers a discount compared to paying month-to-month. For current pricing on each plan, visit the pricing page.

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Concurrent browsers

Concurrent browsers represent how many web pages Firecrawl can process for you simultaneously. Your plan determines this limit. If you exceed it, additional jobs wait in a queue until a slot opens. See Rate Limits for full details on concurrency and API rate limits.

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Auto-Recharge

If you occasionally need more credits than your plan includes, you can enable auto-recharge from the dashboard. When your remaining credits drop below a configurable threshold, Firecrawl automatically purchases an additional credit pack and adds it to your balance.

• Auto-recharge packs are available on all paid plans
• Pack sizes and prices vary by plan (visible on the pricing page)
• You can configure the recharge threshold and toggle auto-recharge on or off at any time

Auto-recharge is best for handling occasional spikes in usage. If you find yourself consistently exceeding your plan’s allotment, upgrading to a higher plan will give you better value per credit.

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Billing Cycle

• Monthly plans: Credits reset on your monthly renewal date
• Yearly plans: You are billed annually, but credits still reset each month on your virtual monthly renewal date
• Unused credits do not roll over — your allotment resets to the plan amount at the start of each billing period

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Upgrading and Downgrading

• Upgrades take effect immediately. You are billed a prorated amount for the remainder of the current billing period, and your credit allotment and limits update right away.
• Downgrades are scheduled to take effect at your next renewal date. You keep your current plan’s credits and limits until then.

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What Happens When You Run Out of Credits

If you exhaust your credit allotment and do not have auto-recharge enabled, API requests that consume credits will return an HTTP 402 (Payment Required) error. To resume usage, you can:

1. Enable auto-recharge to automatically purchase more credits
2. Upgrade to a higher plan
3. Wait for your credits to reset at the next billing cycle

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Free Plan

The Free plan provides a one-time allotment of 500 credits with no credit card required. These credits do not renew — once they are used up, you will need to upgrade to a paid plan to continue using Firecrawl. The Free plan also has lower rate limits and concurrency compared to paid plans (see Rate Limits).

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FAQs