Scramjet vs
Firecrawl
Firecrawl scrapes one page beautifully. Scramjet scrapes, deduplicates, AI-enriches, and delivers — in one pipeline.
TL;DR
Firecrawl is a YC-backed developer tool that turns web pages into clean markdown or structured data. Excellent DX and fast-growing. Scramjet is a composable pipeline engine — fetch, transform, AI enrich, and output in one declarative YAML file. Free conversion tools, $19/mo for automation.
| Feature | Scramjet | Firecrawl |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free + $19/mo | $16/mo (500 credits) |
| Free tier | Unlimited conversions | 500 credits |
| Page scraping | Scraper + browser rendering | Best-in-class (JS rendering, clean markdown) |
| Post-scrape processing | Dedup, filter, AI, sort, aggregate | Extract endpoint only |
| AI enrichment | 6 LLM providers, custom prompts | Extract structured data (LLM) |
| Scheduling | Cron pipelines | No native scheduling |
| Multiple sources | RSS + scraper + API + Reddit + Bluesky | Web pages only |
| Output destinations | JSON, webhook, Slack, R2 | API response only |
| Crawling | Single page or URL list | Full site crawl + sitemap |
| SDK/API quality | REST + MCP + YAML | Excellent SDK (Python, Node, Go) |
Why switch to Scramjet
- + Composable — scrape is just step one; add dedup, AI, filters, outputs
- + Multiple sources — RSS, APIs, Reddit, Bluesky, not just web pages
- + Scheduling — run pipelines on cron, not just one-shot API calls
- + Multiple outputs — webhook, Slack, R2, not just API responses
- + Free conversion tools — no credits needed for basic conversions
- + MCP server — AI agents can deploy and manage pipelines
Where Firecrawl is better
- ~ Best-in-class page scraping — handles JS-heavy sites perfectly
- ~ Full site crawling with sitemap discovery
- ~ Clean markdown output ideal for RAG/LLM contexts
- ~ Excellent SDK support (Python, Node, Go, Rust)
- ~ Map endpoint for discovering all URLs on a domain