Firecrawl vs Scan2AI

Free online OCR that turns any image into editable text in seconds

SpecialistMassive marketplace of robust web scrapers and actors, but requires more configuration than Firecrawl's simple API.

Combines live web search and cloud browsers for agentic automation, but less specialized in clean markdown generation.

Optimized for semantic web search and AI agent retrieval, but less focused on full-site markdown crawling.

Bundles deep research agents and web search APIs, but less centered on raw site-to-markdown conversion.

SpecialistEnterprise proxy infrastructure with powerful scraping tools, but significantly higher complexity and pricing for simple markdown conversion.

Extract editable text from images, scans and handwriting with OCR

Free online OCR that turns JPG, PNG and scanned images into editable text

Turn paper business cards into digital contacts in seconds

Free online OCR that turns images and scans into editable text

Provides excellent URL-to-Markdown document reading and neural search endpoints, but narrower full-site crawling depth.

SpecialistCloud browsers for AI agents, scraping, and automation that won't get blocked