--- title: "Apify vs Firecrawl: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Apify or Firecrawl more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI web scraping tools set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/ai-web-scraping-tools/compare/apify-vs-firecrawl" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Apify vs Firecrawl: Which is searched more? Is Apify or Firecrawl more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI web scraping tools set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Apify and Firecrawl - **Competitive set**: AI web scraping tools - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Apify Share of Search**: 57.9% - **Firecrawl Share of Search**: 21.2% ## Is Apify or Firecrawl more popular in search? - In September 2026, Apify had more branded searches than Firecrawl among AI web scraping tools worldwide. Apify had about 368,000 branded searches, while Firecrawl had 135,000. Apify made up 57.9% of all AI web scraping tool searches we track, and Firecrawl accounted for 21.2%. - Apify was ahead of Firecrawl in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Apify’s share of searches among AI web scraping tools worldwide moved from 37% to 57.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 165K to 368K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Firecrawl’s share of searches among AI web scraping tools worldwide moved from 16.6% to 21.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 74K to 135K. ## Top AI web scraping tools in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, both Apify and Firecrawl showed up in all five answers. Firecrawl was listed before Apify in four of them. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Firecrawl | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Apify | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Browse AI | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Octoparse | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Crawl4AI | 5th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | ScrapeGraphAI | 6th | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Thunderbit | 7th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Bright Data | 8th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | ScrapingBee | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about AI web scraping tools - Asked ChatGPT "Which AI web scraping tool should I use?": 1. Firecrawl, 2. Apify, 3. Browse AI, 4. Octoparse, 5. Crawl4AI - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best AI web scraping tools?": 1. Firecrawl, 2. Apify, 3. Browse AI, 4. Octoparse, 5. Thunderbit, 6. Crawl4AI - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best AI web scraping tool for web data collection?": 1. Firecrawl, 2. Apify, 3. Browse AI, 4. Crawl4AI - Searched Google, AI Overview "ai web scraping tools": 1. Browse AI, 2. Octoparse, 3. Apify, 4. Firecrawl, 5. Crawl4AI, 6. ScrapeGraphAI, 7. Thunderbit - Searched Google, AI Overview "best web scraping tool": 1. Octoparse, 2. Firecrawl, 3. ScrapeGraphAI, 4. Crawl4AI, 5. Bright Data, 6. Apify Not named in any answer: ScrapingBee. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 20, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for AI web scraping tools worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Apify gained share of searches among AI web scraping tools worldwide, from 55.4% to 57.9%. - In September 2026, Firecrawl lost share of searches among AI web scraping tools worldwide, from 24.8% to 21.2%. ## Month by month | Month | Apify estimated searches | Apify Share of Search | Apify rank | Firecrawl estimated searches | Firecrawl Share of Search | Firecrawl rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 165K | 37% | 1 | 74K | 16.6% | 3 | | Nov 2025 | 165K | 40.3% | 1 | 60.5K | 14.8% | 3 | | Dec 2025 | 165K | 42.2% | 1 | 74K | 18.9% | 2 | | Jan 2026 | 201K | 41.6% | 1 | 110K | 22.7% | 2 | | Feb 2026 | 246K | 47.5% | 1 | 110K | 21.2% | 2 | | Mar 2026 | 368K | 50.6% | 1 | 165K | 22.7% | 2 | | Apr 2026 | 368K | 49.5% | 1 | 201K | 27% | 2 | | May 2026 | 368K | 53.4% | 1 | 165K | 24% | 2 | | Jun 2026 | 368K | 54% | 1 | 165K | 24.2% | 2 | | Jul 2026 | 368K | 57.4% | 1 | 135K | 21.1% | 2 | | Aug 2026 | 368K | 55.4% | 1 | 165K | 24.8% | 2 | | Sep 2026 | 368K | 57.9% | 1 | 135K | 21.2% | 2 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Apify’s and Firecrawl’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Apify**: Measured on the search term “apify”. - **Firecrawl**: Measured on the search term “firecrawl”. - [Apify profile](/demand/global-en/brands/apify) - [Firecrawl profile](/demand/global-en/brands/firecrawl) - [All AI web scraping tools worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/ai-web-scraping-tools): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Apify or Firecrawl more popular in search? In September 2026, Apify had more branded searches than Firecrawl among AI web scraping tools worldwide. Apify had about 368,000 branded searches, while Firecrawl had 135,000. Apify made up 57.9% of all AI web scraping tool searches we track, and Firecrawl accounted for 21.2%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Apify vs Firecrawl: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/ai-web-scraping-tools/compare/apify-vs-firecrawl This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/ai-web-scraping-tools/compare/apify-vs-firecrawl. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.