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Desearch vs Firecrawl

Two search & web data tools for AI agents, side by side. Facts come from each tool's own site.

Desearch

desearch.ai

Search API for AI agents: one API key covers web search, AI search with source links, page extraction to clean text or markdown, and X search. REST API, Python and JavaScript SDKs, and a hosted MCP server. Usage-based pricing.

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Firecrawl

firecrawl.dev

Turns websites into clean, LLM-ready data with crawl, scrape, and search APIs.

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Desearch compared with Firecrawl
DesearchFirecrawl
What it doesSearch API for AI agents: one API key covers web search, AI search with source links, page extraction to clean text or markdown, and X search. REST API, Python and JavaScript SDKs, and a hosted MCP server. Usage-based pricing.Turns websites into clean, LLM-ready data with crawl, scrape, and search APIs.
In their wordsDesearch - Web Search API for AI AgentsFirecrawl | Web Data API for AI Agents
Open sourceNoYes
Websitedesearch.aifirecrawl.dev
Link checked2026-10-312026-10-20

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