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title: "Firecrawl vs Octoparse: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Firecrawl or Octoparse 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."
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# Firecrawl vs Octoparse: Which is searched more?

Is Firecrawl or Octoparse 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**: Firecrawl and Octoparse
- **Competitive set**: AI web scraping tools
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Firecrawl Share of Search**: 21.2%
- **Octoparse Share of Search**: 1.9%

## Is Firecrawl or Octoparse more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Firecrawl had more branded searches than Octoparse among AI web scraping tools worldwide. Firecrawl had about 135,000 branded searches, while Octoparse had 12,100. Firecrawl made up 21.2% of all AI web scraping tool searches we track, and Octoparse accounted for 1.9%.
- Firecrawl was ahead of Octoparse in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- 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.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Octoparse’s share of searches among AI web scraping tools worldwide moved from 7.4% to 1.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 33.1K to 12.1K.

## How did search popularity change for AI web scraping tools worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Firecrawl lost share of searches among AI web scraping tools worldwide, from 24.8% to 21.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Octoparse worldwide fell 63.4% over 12 measured months, from 33.1K to 12.1K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Firecrawl estimated searches | Firecrawl Share of Search | Firecrawl rank | Octoparse estimated searches | Octoparse Share of Search | Octoparse rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 74K | 16.6% | 3 | 33.1K | 7.4% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 60.5K | 14.8% | 3 | 27.1K | 6.6% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 74K | 18.9% | 2 | 22.2K | 5.7% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 110K | 22.7% | 2 | 27.1K | 5.6% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 110K | 21.2% | 2 | 27.1K | 5.2% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 165K | 22.7% | 2 | 33.1K | 4.5% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 201K | 27% | 2 | 27.1K | 3.6% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 165K | 24% | 2 | 22.2K | 3.2% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 165K | 24.2% | 2 | 18.1K | 2.7% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | 135K | 21.1% | 2 | 18.1K | 2.8% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | 165K | 24.8% | 2 | 14.8K | 2.2% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | 135K | 21.2% | 2 | 12.1K | 1.9% | 6 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Firecrawl’s and Octoparse’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.

- **Firecrawl**: Measured on the search term “firecrawl”.
- **Octoparse**: Measured on the search term “octoparse”.

- [Firecrawl profile](/demand/global-en/brands/firecrawl)
- [Octoparse profile](/demand/global-en/brands/octoparse)
- [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 Firecrawl or Octoparse more popular in search?

In September 2026, Firecrawl had more branded searches than Octoparse among AI web scraping tools worldwide. Firecrawl had about 135,000 branded searches, while Octoparse had 12,100. Firecrawl made up 21.2% of all AI web scraping tool searches we track, and Octoparse accounted for 1.9%.

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