Firecrawl vs Bunny.net
AI-native web scraping + crawling API — LLM-ready data extraction
vs. Ridiculously affordable CDN + video streaming + edge compute
Pricing tiers
Firecrawl
Free
500 credits one-time. 2 concurrent requests. For exploration.
Free
Self-Hosted (OSS)
AGPL-3.0 licensed. Run on your own infra.
$0 base (usage-based)
Hobby
$19/month ($16 annual). 3,000 credits/month. 5 concurrent.
$19/mo
Standard
$99/month ($83 annual). 100,000 credits. 50 concurrent. Most popular.
$99/mo
Growth
$399/month ($333 annual). 500,000 credits. 100 concurrent.
$399/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Dedicated support + SLA, bulk discounts, zero-data retention, SSO, advanced security.
Custom
Bunny.net
CDN Volume — 1-2 PB
$0.002/GB at 1-2 PB volume.
$0/mo
CDN Volume — First 500 TB
$0.005/GB Volume Network (10 PoPs) for high-volume.
$0/mo
CDN Standard — EU/NA
$0.01/GB. 119 PoPs Standard Network in Europe + North America.
$0/mo
CDN Standard — Asia + Oceania
$0.03/GB.
$0/mo
CDN Standard — South America
$0.045/GB.
$0/mo
CDN Standard — ME/Africa
$0.06/GB.
$0/mo
Monthly Minimum
Minimum $1/month.
$1/mo
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free on Firecrawl vs volume-1pb-2pb on Bunny.net.
| Metric | Firecrawl | Bunny.net |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Firecrawl · 16 features
- Batch Scrape — Scrape many URLs in parallel.
- Crawl — Crawl an entire site following links. Returns all pages.
- Custom Headers/Cookies — Scrape behind login via headers.
- Deep Research (beta) — AI agent that autonomously researches a query across many sites.
- Extract (AI) — Structured extraction with a JSON schema → Firecrawl runs LLM for you.
- JavaScript Rendering — Headless browser handles SPAs, React/Vue sites.
- LLM-Ready Markdown — Cleaned + normalized Markdown optimized for LLM ingestion.
- Map — Fast — returns all URLs on a site without fetching content.
- MCP Server — Official MCP for Claude / Cursor / Agents.
- Open Source (AGPL) — Self-host the entire stack via Docker.
- PDF Parsing — Extract text from PDFs.
- Residential Proxies — Bypass anti-bot + geoblocks (paid).
- Scrape — Single URL → clean markdown/JSON/HTML.
- Screenshots — Visual screenshot alongside content.
- Search (beta) — Google-like search API returning results + content.
- Structured Output — Extract to JSON schema via LLM.
Bunny.net · 14 features
- Bunny CDN — Standard + Volume networks. 119 PoPs globally.
- Bunny Database — Edge-distributed key-value DB.
- Bunny DNS — Free anycast DNS.
- Bunny Optimizer — On-the-fly image + video optimization.
- Bunny Shield (WAF + DDoS) — DDoS protection + WAF + bot defense.
- Bunny Stream — Video hosting + transcoding + HLS delivery.
- Custom Hostname — Use yourdomain.com with CDN.
- Edge Scripting — JavaScript at the edge (like CF Workers).
- Edge Storage — Object storage replicated across regions.
- Free Let's Encrypt SSL — Auto cert issuance/renewal.
- Hot-linking Protection — Block unauthorized embeds.
- Instant Purge — Global invalidation.
- Magic Containers — Serverless containers at edge.
- Real-Time Analytics — Per-zone + per-country usage stats.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Firecrawl | Bunny.net |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | Firecrawl CLI | — |
| SDK | firecrawl-go, firecrawl-js, firecrawl-py | bunnycdn.js (community) |
| REST | Firecrawl REST API | Bunny.net API |
| MCP | Firecrawl MCP Server | — |
| OTHER | — | Bunny Dashboard, CDN HTTP base URL, Edge Scripting |
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