FirecrawlvsDust

Full side-by-side comparison — features, pricing, platforms, and which one wins in 2026.

Firecrawl

Data & ETL

Turn websites into LLM-ready markdown or structured data

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Dust

AI Agent Frameworks

Platform for building and deploying AI assistants

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FeatureFirecrawlDust
CategoryData & ETLAI Agent Frameworks
PricingFree (open-source) + CloudFree + Pro $29/mo
GitHub Stars
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20k
3k
PlatformsLinux, macOS, Docker, WebWeb
Key Features
  • ✓ Web scraping
  • ✓ Markdown conversion
  • ✓ Crawling
  • ✓ JavaScript rendering
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ Data connections
  • ✓ Custom assistants
  • ✓ Team collaboration
  • ✓ Workflow builder
  • ✓ Enterprise
Pros
  • + LLM-optimized output
  • + Handles JavaScript sites
  • + Clean markdown conversion
  • + API + self-hosted options
  • + Fast crawling
  • + Team-focused design
  • + Data connectors
  • + Enterprise security
  • + Custom assistants
  • + Clean interface
Cons
  • − Cloud pricing per page
  • − Self-hosted needs resources
  • − Some sites block crawlers
  • − Rate limiting on free tier
  • − Enterprise pricing
  • − Limited free tier
  • − Less flexible than frameworks
  • − Smaller community
Tags
scrapingwebmarkdownopen-source
assistantsenterpriseworkflowscollaboration

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