> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.alterhq.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect Firecrawl

> Use Firecrawl with Alter for structured multi-page scraping

Firecrawl is best when you need structured extraction from many pages instead of one-off search snippets.

## How Firecrawl positions itself

* "Turn websites into LLM-ready data"
* Developer-first web data API with scrape, crawl, map, search, and agent flows
* Strong focus on reliability for JavaScript-heavy pages and production scraping
* Open-source core with a hosted product for managed scale

## Why use Firecrawl

* Strong for scraping and structured data extraction
* Works well for multi-page websites and recurring crawls
* Useful when your output needs consistent fields

## Connect from Apps Gallery

1. Open **Tools Manager**.
2. Go to **Apps Gallery**.
3. Find **Firecrawl** and connect it.
4. Enter your API key and required settings.

## Free tier

* Firecrawl offers a free plan.

<Warning>
  Verify current Firecrawl limits, rate caps, and retention before scaling usage.
</Warning>

## Example prompts

* "Scrape these 25 pages and extract title, author, publish date, and main topic."
* "Crawl this docs section and return all endpoints with method and path."

## Official links

* [https://firecrawl.dev/](https://firecrawl.dev/)
* [https://docs.firecrawl.dev/](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/)