Firecrawl vs Perplexity

FeatureFirecrawlPerplexity
CategoryData ToolsAI Search
PricingFree (open-source) + CloudFree + Pro $20/mo
GitHub Stars20,000—
PlatformsLinux, macOS, Docker, WebWeb, iOS, Android
Features
  • ✓ Web scraping
  • ✓ Markdown conversion
  • ✓ Crawling
  • ✓ JavaScript rendering
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ Real-time search
  • ✓ Citations
  • ✓ Follow-up questions
  • ✓ File upload
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ Collections
Tags
scrapingwebmarkdownopen-source
searchresearchcitationswebapi