Fastcrawl vs Nimbleway
Nimbleway (now "Nimble") is a pay-per-use web data platform with a broad API surface and pre-built SDKs. It targets enterprise data teams; its managed subscriptions start at$2,500/mo (annual). Fastcrawl is a self-serve API built for AI agents and indie developers with a $5 entry. They overlap on scraping but differ in scale and audience.
Side by side
| Feature | fastcrawl | Nimbleway |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | 2,000 credits / mo, no card, recurring | 5,000 free pages, one-time on signup, no card |
| Paid entry | $5 / mo (Go), 5,000 credits | Pay-as-you-go $0.90 / 1k URLs (Standard driver) |
| Pricing model | Flat 1 credit per call | Per driver tier (Standard / Render JS / Stealth) |
| JS rendering cost | Included, 1 credit | $1.30/1k (Render JS) or $1.45/1k (Stealth) |
| Concurrency | None on Go plan | Bundled with managed-tier subscriptions |
| MCP server | 12 tools | Supported |
| Free SDKs | Yes (PyPI/npm pending publish) | Python, TypeScript, Go, LangChain — published |
| Monitors | Included (schedule + diff + webhook) | Not built in |
| PDF parse | Included | Not a dedicated endpoint |
| Annual billing | Monthly, no commitment | Managed tiers require annual billing ($2,500+/mo) |
Where Fastcrawl wins
Recurring free tier and cheap entry. Fastcrawl gives 2,000 free credits every month, no card, no trial clock. Nimbleway's 5,000-page trial isone-time on signup — once it's used, you have to pay. For a long-running evaluation or a small project, that recurring free allowance is the difference between "kicking the tires" and "paying to see."
Flat per-call credits and no commitment. Fastcrawl's Go plan is$5/mo for 5,000 credits with metered overage. Nimbleway's cheapest ongoing spend is pay-as-you-go at $0.90–1.45 per 1k URLs, and its managed tiers start at $2,500/mo annual — that's a serious commitment for a solo dev or an MVP agent.
Monitors and PDF parse included. Fastcrawl ships scheduled monitors with change-detection and webhooks, plus PDF parsing, on the $5 plan. Nimbleway doesn't ship monitors as a first-class feature.
Where Nimbleway wins
Pre-built SDKs across languages. Nimble publishes Python, TypeScript, Go, and LangChain SDKs out of the box. Fastcrawl's SDKs are pending publish to PyPI and npm (we shipped the docs, the API key works, the packages are coming). If you want a battle-tested language SDK today, Nimble is the better choice.
Pay-per-use without a monthly fee. If you do a small one-off scrape and won't need the service next month, Nimbleway's pay-as-you-go at $0.90/1k is straightforward — no monthly commitment. (Fastcrawl's free 2,000 covers this case for most users.)
Stealth driver and managed services. Nimbleway's Stealth driver ($1.45/1k) handles tougher anti-bot targets, and their managed-services tiers provide Nimble-maintained agents and compliance — useful for enterprise commercial scraping.
Which should you pick?
Pick Fastcrawl if you're an indie dev or a small team building an agent — recurring free credits, $5 entry, flat predictable per-call pricing, monitors and MCP built in. That's the most common agent use case.
Pick Nimbleway if you need a polished language SDK today (Python/TS/Go/LangChain all published), or you're running commercial scraping at scale with annual managed contracts. Their stealth driver is the standout if your targets are heavily bot-protected.
Fastcrawl's free tier is 2,000 credits, no card required.
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