Firecrawl alternative for single-page Markdown: render-bolt
Clean Markdown from any page for LLMs, plus screenshots and PDFs from the same key, at a lower price per page.
Price for the same volume
| Service | Plan | Per 1,000 | Per month | Included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| render-bolt Starter | Starter | $0.60 | $15 | 25,000 renders |
| render-bolt Growth | Growth | $0.39 | $39 | 100,000 renders |
| Firecrawl Hobby | Hobby | $3.80 | $19 | 5,000 pages |
| Firecrawl Standard | Standard | $0.99 | $99 | 100,000 pages |
From Firecrawl's public pages, checked October 2026: www.firecrawl.dev, www.datacamp.com.
What both do
- Real browser rendering, so JavaScript-heavy pages work
- Main content as Markdown or HTML, without menus and ads
- Page metadata such as title, description and language
- Screenshots
Where Firecrawl is stronger
- Crawling whole sites and mapping all URLs of a domain
- Structured JSON extraction with a schema or prompt
- Page actions such as clicking and waiting before scraping
Choose Firecrawl if you need to crawl entire sites or extract structured JSON with an LLM.
Where render-bolt fits
- 25,000 pages for $15 a month, or 100,000 for $39
- PDF generation and full screenshot controls on the same plan
- Ad blocking and cookie banner removal before extraction
Choose render-bolt if you already know which pages you need and want their content, cheaply, one call per page.
Switching
Send the same page with these options. Every endpoint accepts POST with JSON or GET with query parameters.
| You want | render-bolt option |
|---|---|
| Full-page screenshot | full_page: true |
| Capture one element | selector: "#pricing" |
| Retina / 2x | device_scale_factor: 2 |
| Block ads | block_ads: true |
| Hide cookie banners | block_cookie_banners: true |
| Dark mode | dark_mode: true |
| Wait for an element | wait_for_selector: ".loaded" |
| Extra delay | delay: 1500 |
| Viewport size | viewport: { width: 1440, height: 900 } |
| Return a link instead of the file | response_type: "url" |
| Page to Markdown | POST /v1/extract { url } |
Questions
Is render-bolt a drop-in replacement for Firecrawl?
For screenshots, PDFs and page text, yes: the same requests map to the options in the table above. If you need to crawl entire sites or extract structured JSON with an LLM. Firecrawl is the better fit.
How much cheaper is it than Firecrawl?
render-bolt Starter costs $15 for 25,000 renders ($0.60 per 1,000). Firecrawl Hobby lists $19 for 5,000 pages ($3.80 per 1,000), checked October 2026.
Can I try it before paying?
Yes. The free plan has 100 renders a month with every feature and needs no card.