Firecrawl vs Shaped

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.

SpecialistWeb search API and crawler built for AI agents

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.

SpecialistAI search and retrieval platform for modern apps and commerce

SpecialistThe managed vector database and knowledge engine for production AI

Search foundation built from embeddings, rerankers, and reader APIs

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

SpecialistA memory and continual-learning engine that gives any AI agent persistent context

Free / Open-sourceLightning-fast search engine you can self-host or run in the cloud

Fully managed Vector Lakebase and vector database for enterprise AI, built by the creators of Milvus