Understanding credits and billing

FireScraper uses a credit-based billing system. Every scrape session consumes credits based on the number of pages crawled. This article explains how credits work and how to manage your account.

How credits work

Each page that FireScraper successfully crawls and processes costs 1 credit. Pages that are skipped (due to minimum text length filters, duplicates, or errors) do not count against your balance.

For example, if you run a crawl that processes 142 pages, that session uses 142 credits.

Checking your balance

Your current credit balance is shown on the Dashboard in the "Credits Left" card at the top. You can also see a detailed breakdown on the Usage page, which shows credit consumption per session.

Plans and pricing

FireScraper offers several plans to fit different usage levels:

| Plan | Credits | Best for |

|------|---------|----------|

| Free | 100 credits/month | Trying out the platform |

| Starter | 1,000 credits/month | Individual projects |

| Pro | 10,000 credits/month | Teams and regular scraping |

| Enterprise | Custom | High-volume pipelines |

Plans reset monthly. Unused credits do not roll over to the next month.

Managing your subscription

To view or change your plan:

Click Billing in the sidebar

View your current plan and usage

Click Upgrade or Change plan to switch tiers

Payment is handled securely through Stripe

What happens when you run out

If your credit balance reaches zero:

Manual crawls will show an error asking you to upgrade or wait for your monthly reset

Scheduled crawls will fail silently until credits are available again

API requests will return a 402 Payment Required response

You won't lose any data — previous crawl results remain available for download regardless of your credit balance.

Usage tracking

The Usage page shows:

Credits used per session

A history of all your crawl sessions with timestamps

Total pages crawled across all sessions

This helps you understand your consumption patterns and choose the right plan.

Tips

Check Usage before upgrading to see if you actually need more credits or if you can optimize your crawls

Use depth and content filters to avoid crawling pages you don't need — this saves credits

Set minimum text length higher to skip thin pages like navigation-only or error pages

Pause scheduled crawls you no longer need to prevent automatic credit consumption