Firecrawl vs OpenRouter

FeatureFirecrawlOpenRouter
CategoryData ToolsAI Development
PricingFree (open-source) + CloudPay-per-use (varies by model)
GitHub Stars20,000—
PlatformsLinux, macOS, Docker, WebWeb
Features
  • ✓ Web scraping
  • ✓ Markdown conversion
  • ✓ Crawling
  • ✓ JavaScript rendering
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ 200+ models
  • ✓ Unified API
  • ✓ Auto-fallback
  • ✓ Rate limiting
  • ✓ Usage tracking
  • ✓ OpenAI-compatible
Tags
scrapingwebmarkdownopen-source
apimulti-modelgatewayroutingpay-per-use