# Sila vs Firecrawl

Firecrawl is the broader product: search, interact, SDKs in four languages, an open-source repo and SOC 2 Type II. Sila is narrower: scrape and crawl with page signals, a flat credit model and sitemap and llms.txt aware crawls.

Facts checked 2026-11-05

## Choose Sila when

-   You want page signals (forms, integrations, JSON-LD, category) next to the markdown.
-   You want crawls that read sitemaps and llms-full.txt first and re-crawl only what changed.
-   You prefer 1 credit per static page and 5 per headless page, with failed fetches free.
-   You want a hosted MCP server and CLI that work with OAuth or an API key.

## Choose Firecrawl when

-   You need search, interact, parse or monitor endpoints.
-   You want official SDKs for Python, Node, Go or Rust.
-   You want to self-host from the open-source repo, or need SOC 2 Type II.
-   You need volume beyond Sila’s Scale plan: Firecrawl lists plans up to 1,000,000 credits.

## Facts side by side

| Attribute | Sila | Firecrawl |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free plan | 500 credits a month | 1,000 credits a month |
| Entry paid plan | Pro: $19 a month, 20,000 credits | Hobby: $19 a month, 5,000 credits |
| Largest listed plan | Scale: $99 a month, 200,000 credits | Scale: $749 a month, 1,000,000 credits |
| Cost per page | 1 credit static, 5 headless | 1 credit per basic page; structured JSON adds 4 |
| Failed requests | Not charged | A scrape with no result is free; error-status pages cost 1 credit |
| Endpoints | scrape, crawl, usage | search, scrape, crawl, map, parse, interact, monitor |
| Agent tooling | MCP (OAuth or API key), CLI, skills | MCP, CLI, skills |
| SDKs | None; REST API | Python, Node, Go, Rust |
| Open source and compliance | No open-source repo; no certification listed | Open-source repo; SOC 2 Type II |

Free plan

Sila500 credits a month

Firecrawl1,000 credits a month

Entry paid plan

SilaPro: $19 a month, 20,000 credits

FirecrawlHobby: $19 a month, 5,000 credits

Largest listed plan

SilaScale: $99 a month, 200,000 credits

FirecrawlScale: $749 a month, 1,000,000 credits

Cost per page

Sila1 credit static, 5 headless

Firecrawl1 credit per basic page; structured JSON adds 4

Failed requests

SilaNot charged

FirecrawlA scrape with no result is free; error-status pages cost 1 credit

Endpoints

Silascrape, crawl, usage

Firecrawlsearch, scrape, crawl, map, parse, interact, monitor

Agent tooling

SilaMCP (OAuth or API key), CLI, skills

FirecrawlMCP, CLI, skills

SDKs

SilaNone; REST API

FirecrawlPython, Node, Go, Rust

Open source and compliance

SilaNo open-source repo; no certification listed

FirecrawlOpen-source repo; SOC 2 Type II

## Sources, checked 2026-11-05

-   [firecrawl.dev/pricing](https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing)
-   [firecrawl.dev/llms.txt](https://www.firecrawl.dev/llms.txt)
-   [docs.firecrawl.dev/ai-onboarding](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/ai-onboarding)

## 500 free credits every month.

Create a key in under a minute and scrape your first page.

[Get API key](https://sila.sh/login)