Firecrawl vs Defapi vs Apify vs Olostep

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Firecrawl
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Competitor 1
DDefapi
Competitor 2
Apify
Competitor 3
Olostep
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Firecrawl
firecrawl.dev
Firecrawl is a web data API that gives AI agents and applications clean content from the live web.
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Competitor DDefapi
defapi.org
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Competitor Apify
apify.com
Apify is a web scraping and automation platform built around a marketplace of ready-to-run programs called Actors.
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Competitor Olostep
olostep.com
Olostep is a web data API for AI agents and developers.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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2.4Kvisits/mo
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27.5Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 42.6%
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▲ 13.3%
6-month growth
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-86.2%
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+269.4%
Global rank web
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#4,650,820
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#1,046,647
Avg. last 3 months
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4.8K
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21.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
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36%
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42%
Pages / visit
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1.4
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2.0
Visit duration
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7s
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56s
Traffic sources
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● Referral 51% · ● Direct 49%
FirecrawlDefapiApifyOlostep
06.9K13.8K20.6K27.5KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KOlostep · 8.8KOlostep · 7.7KOlostep · 7.4KOlostep · 11.2KOlostep · 15.6KOlostep · 13.2KOlostep · 24.3KOlostep · 27.5K1K10K100KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KOlostep · 8.8KOlostep · 7.7KOlostep · 7.4KOlostep · 11.2KOlostep · 15.6KOlostep · 13.2KOlostep · 24.3KOlostep · 27.5KDec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$16per month · free tier available
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$19per month · free tier available
$9per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
Plans
Free FreeHobby $16/moStandard $83/moGrowth $333/mo+2 more
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $1/$6/per requestClaude Sonnet 4.6 $1.5/$7.5/per requestClaude Opus 4.6 $2.5/$12.5/per requestSora 2 Stable $0.175+/per request+2 more
Free FreeStarter $19/moScale $199/moBusiness $999/mo+1 more
Free FreeStarter $9/moStandard $99/moScale $399/mo+4 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
Web pagesText
ImagesTextAudio
Web pagesText
Web pagesText
Output
TextData
AudioImagesText
Data
TextData
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Web Scraping
Development & CodeAI API
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeAI Lead GenerationAI Web Scraping
Development & CodeAI Developer ToolsAI Web Scraping
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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APIs
Web scraping
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Webscraping
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Website crawling
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Web search
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Website to JSON
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API integrations
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API management
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Events monitoring
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Instagram scraping
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Lead generation
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Maps data scraping
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Markdown conversion
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Social media scraping
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Website interaction
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Website monitoring
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API security
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Agents
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Developer tools
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Monitoring
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Process automation
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