Comparison

FileDigest vs Firecrawl

FileDigest converts your uploaded files into one Markdown digest. Firecrawl crawls public web pages into per-URL data. Different shapes of input, different shapes of output.

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Quick verdict

When each one wins.

FileDigest wins when your input is a folder of PDFs / DOCXs and you want one paste-ready Markdown for an LLM.
Firecrawl wins when your input is a list of URLs and you want clean per-page data.
FileDigest preserves headings, tables, code blocks across files via Docling; Firecrawl does the same per-page from HTML.
If you need both, run them side by side — they are not substitutes.

Feature comparison

Side-by-side, no hand-waving.

Feature	FileDigest	Firecrawl
Primary input	Files you upload (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, MD, TXT, folders)	Public URLs you crawl
Primary output	One merged Markdown digest with source headers + token report	Per-URL JSON or Markdown
Web crawling	—	Yes — core product
Folder ingest	Yes (recursive walk, structure preserved)	—
Structure preservation (tables, headings, code)	Docling-backed; tables / headings / code blocks intact	Per-page; varies by site HTML quality
Token-aware output	Yes — counted in cl100k / o200k / Claude / Gemini	Not natively (post-process)
Source provenance per section	Built into every section header	URL recorded; in-document mapping is yours to add
OCR for scanned PDFs	Yes (Pro / Business)	Not the core path
Pricing unit	LLM tokens (Free 3M / month)	Credits per page / request
API	Business/private beta	Yes — mature
UI dashboard	Yes — drag in files, watch the job, copy the digest	Dashboard + playground
Best when	You have a pile of files and want one paste-ready digest	You have a list of URLs and want structured page data

Pricing

What each tier covers.

Different units of measure (LLM tokens vs page credits). Use this as a starting point and price your specific workload.

Tier	FileDigest	Firecrawl
Free	3M tokens / mo, no credit card	Limited credits / trial — check current plan
Mid tier	Pro $15 / mo (25M tokens, IU72, longer retention)	Paid plans priced per credit pack — see firecrawl.dev/pricing
Top tier	Business $39 / mo (100M tokens, team, priority compute)	Higher credit packs / enterprise — see firecrawl.dev/pricing

Best for

Pick the one that matches your input.

FileDigest is best for

Due-diligence data rooms

Drag a VDR folder in; get one ordered Markdown with every contract, financial, and memo.

RAG ingest from your own files

PDFs, DOCXs, slides — one structured digest with source-level headers ready for chunking.

Board pre-reads / paper review

Many files in, one digest out. Tables stay tables; pages stay attributed.

Firecrawl is best for

Public-web research at scale

Crawl a list of URLs and get clean per-page Markdown / JSON for downstream pipelines.

Site-monitoring snapshots

Recurring crawl jobs against a known URL set.

FAQ

Quick answers.

Is Firecrawl a competitor to FileDigest?

Adjacent, not direct. Firecrawl crawls public web pages and returns Markdown or JSON per URL. FileDigest ingests files you already have — PDFs, DOCXs, slides, folders — and returns one merged Markdown digest with structure, source headers, and token counts. If your input is a list of URLs, Firecrawl is closer; if your input is a folder of files, FileDigest is closer.

Can FileDigest crawl a website?

Not today. FileDigest is file-first. If you save the pages you care about as PDFs or HTML and drop them in, the digest pipeline works on them like any other source. A URL ingest path is on the roadmap; we will not over-promise a date.

Can Firecrawl produce a single digest from many pages?

Firecrawl returns per-URL output. Stitching pages into one structured Markdown document with source-level headers, hierarchy, and a token report is something you would build yourself on top of its output. FileDigest does that step natively.

How does pricing compare?

Firecrawl charges per credit (each page typically costs one or more credits). FileDigest meters by LLM tokens — Free is 3M tokens / month with no credit card. Different units, so a one-line comparison is misleading; price your specific workload against both.

Start with FileDigest free.

3M tokens / month, no credit card. Drop a folder in and see the digest in roughly a minute.

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