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E2B vs Firecrawl

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E2B compared with Firecrawl
DetailE2BFirecrawl
What it doesThe AI Agent Cloud Web data API to search, scrape, and interact with the web at scale
StageEstablished Growing
FoundedNot given 2022
Based inNot given Not given
Pricing modelfreemium freemium
PricingHobby tier free with $100 usage credit; Pro plan $150/month plus usage costs; Enterprise custom pricing. Billed by the second for compute. Not given
Key features
  • Isolated microVM per agent session
  • Code execution and terminal access
  • Network ingress and egress control
  • Persistent filesystem and bucket storage
  • Pause, resume, snapshot, and fork sandboxes
  • Metrics, logs, and signed webhooks
  • Secrets vault for secure credentials
  • Desktop environment for computer use agents
  • Managed E2B Cloud or bring-your-own-cloud deployment
  • Boot sandboxes from snapshots at container speed
  • Search
  • Scrape
  • Interact
  • JavaScript rendering
  • Document parsing
  • Structured data extraction
  • Web crawling
  • MCP integration
What makes it different
  • Snapshots boot in milliseconds enabling instant-on isolated machines
  • Purpose-built for agents unlike tools designed for human developers
  • Open-source Apache-2.0 runtime with self-hosting capability
  • Support for any LLM and agent framework
  • Proven at scale: 1B+ sandboxes and 94 of Fortune 100
  • 96% coverage on benchmark versus 79% for Puppeteer and 75% for cURL
  • 93% fewer input tokens for LLM models by removing navs, footers, and ads
  • Open source with 188K GitHub stars and transparent development
  • One-command setup for AI agents through CLI and MCP
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)76 no change since last check80 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)2933
Citation Flow (Majestic)4953
Referring domains (Majestic)28087386

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