HYPE OR FACT? · CHECKED 21 OCTOBER 2026
Firecrawl People Data: free prospect research inside ChatGPT and Claude
OUR VERDICT
FactOur original verdict: “Fact, but the 'free' is small.”
THE CLAIM
“Firecrawl launched free People Data for ChatGPT and Claude: 270M+ company and people records from '10 providers' through one Firecrawl API, MCP or CLI, with 1,000 free credits a month.”
What’s actually true
- People Data is real: 270M+ company and people records from three named providers (Apollo, FullEnrich and Data Legion) that you can search from ChatGPT, Codex or Claude. We couldn't confirm a '10 providers' figure.
- Basic Apollo searches cost nothing but show masked surnames; a full person match costs 30 credits, a work email 20 and a mobile number 175, so by Firecrawl's own maths the free tier covers about 30 matches or 50 work emails.
Sources
Cost
1,000 free credits a month with no card (about 30 person matches or 50 work emails).
USE IT IF
Small teams doing light prospect research inside ChatGPT or Claude.
SKIP IT IF
Building large prospect lists on the free tier.
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How we knowChecked on 21 October 2026. Verdicts: Fact = the claim holds up; Partly fact = real, but with caveats or overstated parts; Hype = the headline claim isn't supported. Products change quickly, so check the maker's site before you buy. Our methods & sources ↗