Overview

Quick Comparison

Feature	Supacrawler	Selenium	BeautifulSoup	Playwright	Firecrawl
JS Rendering	Full	Full	None	Full	Full
Setup Complexity	Very Easy	Complex	Very Easy	Moderate	Easy
Maintenance	Low	High	Medium	High	Low
Scalability	Very Good	Hardware limited	Hardware limited	Hardware limited	Good
Cost	Pay-per-use	Free	Free	Free	Credit-based

Why Choose Supacrawler?

Zero Infrastructure

Unlike Selenium or Playwright, you don't need to manage browsers, proxies, or servers. Everything runs in our optimized cloud infrastructure.

Advanced Anti-Detection

Built-in evasion techniques that would require extensive manual configuration in other tools.

Multiple Output Formats

Get your data as HTML, Markdown, JSON, or structured links - all from a single API call.

Lightning Fast Setup

While others require complex installation and configuration, Supacrawler works with just an API key.

Always Up-to-Date

No browser updates, dependency conflicts, or breaking changes to worry about.

Detailed Comparisons

Supacrawler vs Selenium - Compare with the most popular browser automation framework
Supacrawler vs BeautifulSoup - See how Supacrawler handles JavaScript where BeautifulSoup can't
Supacrawler vs Playwright - Modern browser automation vs cloud-based scraping simplicity
Supacrawler vs Firecrawl - Compare two cloud scraping solutions

Performance Benchmarks

Based on our extensive testing across 1,000+ websites:

Speed Comparison

Tool	Average Response Time
Supacrawler	1.2s
Firecrawl	2.1s
Playwright	3.2s
Selenium	4.8s
BeautifulSoup	0.8s (static only)

Success Rate (JavaScript-heavy sites)

Tool	Success Rate
Supacrawler	98.5%
Playwright	94.3%
Selenium	92.1%
Firecrawl	89.2%
BeautifulSoup	23.7%

Code Complexity

Tool	Lines of Code
Supacrawler	3 lines
Firecrawl	5 lines
BeautifulSoup	7 lines
Playwright	8+ lines
Selenium	12+ lines

Cost Analysis

For 10,000 requests per month:

Tool	Monthly Cost	Hidden Costs
Supacrawler	$15	None
Firecrawl	$20	Credit system limitations
Selenium	$0	Server costs, maintenance
BeautifulSoup	$0	Limited functionality
Playwright	$0	Server costs, maintenance

Getting Started

Ready to see the difference? Try Supacrawler today:

from supacrawler import SupacrawlerClient

client = SupacrawlerClient(api_key="your-api-key")
result = client.scrape("https://example.com", format="markdown")
print(result.markdown)

import { SupacrawlerClient } from '@supacrawler/js'

const client = new SupacrawlerClient({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' })
const result = await client.scrape({ url: 'https://example.com' })
console.log(result.content)

curl -G https://api.supacrawler.com/api/v1/scrape \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d url="https://example.com"

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