aedex vs Firecrawl
web scraping / extraction · features, pricing & which is better
Firecrawl is a focused, high-quality scraping-and-extraction API. It is the right pick if scraping a site into LLM-ready markdown is the whole job. aedex is broader: it routes to scraping tools alongside weather, finance, search, people data, and more from a single balance and a single agent surface.
side by side
| feature | aedex | Firecrawl |
|---|---|---|
| Core model | Multi-category tool router | Scraping + extraction API |
| Scope | Many tool categories | Web scraping focus |
| Pricing | Per result | Credit/subscription based |
| One balance | Across all categories | Scraping credits |
| Agent surfaces | Skill · MCP · CLI | API · SDK · MCP |
| Reliability routing | Yes | Single pipeline |
Where aedex wins
- ✓One balance and one integration across scraping plus weather, finance, search, and people data — no second vendor.
- ✓Reliability-weighted routing can pick between scraping providers by live success rate.
- ✓Per-result billing across every category, not scraping-only credits.
Where Firecrawl is stronger
- ·Deeper, purpose-built scraping pipeline with polished markdown/extract output.
- ·Mature SDKs and larger scraping-specific community.
verdict
Use Firecrawl when scraping is the entire job and you want best-in-class extraction. Use aedex when your agent needs scraping as one of several data sources behind one balance and one meter.
frequently asked
Is aedex a good Firecrawl alternative?+
If you need scraping plus other data tools behind one balance, yes. aedex routes to scraping providers alongside other categories and bills per result. If scraping into markdown is your only need, Firecrawl is more specialized.
Does aedex do web scraping?+
Yes — scraping is one routed category (e.g. via Apify/Browserbase-style providers) discoverable through the same skill, MCP, and CLI as every other tool. Reliability routing can choose the best-performing scraper per call.
Firecrawl vs aedex pricing?+
Firecrawl uses credit/subscription credits scoped to scraping. aedex bills per result across all tool categories from one prepaid balance, and failed runs are free.
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