{
  "comparison": "https://mcpscraper.dev/compare/firecrawl-vs-apify",
  "date": "2026-11-08 UTC",
  "trial": "Four first requests, two public inputs. Both operations requested Markdown only. Firecrawl used cache overrides and Apify used default fetch settings. URL comparison disregarded only a trailing slash. A pass requires the matching URL, visible main heading in Markdown and source passage. Response credit metadata does not establish settled charges.",
  "results": [
    {
      "provider": "firecrawl",
      "operation": "Scrape v2",
      "fixture": "cenco",
      "request": {
        "url": "https://www.cencoroofing.com/",
        "formats": [
          "markdown"
        ],
        "maxAge": 0,
        "storeInCache": false
      },
      "started_utc": "2026-11-08T17:26:45.957486+00:00",
      "source_heading": "Cenco Roofing: Denver Roofing Company for Roof Repair & Replacement",
      "provider_http_status": 200,
      "target_http_status": 200,
      "returned_url": "https://www.cencoroofing.com/",
      "title_metadata": "Denver Roofer for Roof Repair & Replacement | Cenco Roofing",
      "field_checks": {
        "url": true,
        "heading": true,
        "passage": true
      },
      "passed_all_required_fields": true,
      "reported_firecrawl_credits": 1,
      "settled_charge_verified": false
    },
    {
      "provider": "firecrawl",
      "operation": "Scrape v2",
      "fixture": "plausible",
      "request": {
        "url": "https://plausible.io/docs/",
        "formats": [
          "markdown"
        ],
        "maxAge": 0,
        "storeInCache": false
      },
      "started_utc": "2026-11-08T17:26:45.957848+00:00",
      "source_heading": "Plausible Analytics documentation",
      "provider_http_status": 200,
      "target_http_status": 200,
      "returned_url": "https://plausible.io/docs",
      "title_metadata": "Plausible Analytics documentation | Plausible docs",
      "field_checks": {
        "url": true,
        "heading": false,
        "passage": true
      },
      "passed_all_required_fields": false,
      "reported_firecrawl_credits": 1,
      "settled_charge_verified": false
    },
    {
      "provider": "apify",
      "operation": "Web Fetch HTTP",
      "fixture": "cenco",
      "request": {
        "url": "https://www.cencoroofing.com/",
        "formats": [
          "markdown"
        ]
      },
      "started_utc": "2026-11-08T17:26:45.957932+00:00",
      "source_heading": "Cenco Roofing: Denver Roofing Company for Roof Repair & Replacement",
      "provider_http_status": 200,
      "target_http_status": 200,
      "returned_url": "https://www.cencoroofing.com/",
      "title_metadata": "Denver Roofer for Roof Repair & Replacement | Cenco Roofing",
      "field_checks": {
        "url": true,
        "heading": true,
        "passage": true
      },
      "passed_all_required_fields": true,
      "reported_firecrawl_credits": null,
      "settled_charge_verified": false
    },
    {
      "provider": "apify",
      "operation": "Web Fetch HTTP",
      "fixture": "plausible",
      "request": {
        "url": "https://plausible.io/docs/",
        "formats": [
          "markdown"
        ]
      },
      "started_utc": "2026-11-08T17:26:45.958000+00:00",
      "source_heading": "Plausible Analytics documentation",
      "provider_http_status": 200,
      "target_http_status": 200,
      "returned_url": "https://plausible.io/docs",
      "title_metadata": "Plausible Analytics documentation | Plausible docs",
      "field_checks": {
        "url": true,
        "heading": true,
        "passage": true
      },
      "passed_all_required_fields": true,
      "reported_firecrawl_credits": null,
      "settled_charge_verified": false
    }
  ]
}