diff --git a/crawl4ai/deep_crawling/bff_strategy.py b/crawl4ai/deep_crawling/bff_strategy.py
index 4811ba14..fd1b30bf 100644
--- a/crawl4ai/deep_crawling/bff_strategy.py
+++ b/crawl4ai/deep_crawling/bff_strategy.py
@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ class BestFirstCrawlingStrategy(DeepCrawlStrategy):
                 self.logger.info(f"Max pages limit ({self.max_pages}) reached, stopping crawl")
                 break
                 
+            # Calculate how many more URLs we can process in this batch
+            remaining = self.max_pages - self._pages_crawled
+            batch_size = min(BATCH_SIZE, remaining)
+            if batch_size <= 0:
+                # No more pages to crawl
+                self.logger.info(f"Max pages limit ({self.max_pages}) reached, stopping crawl")
+                break
+                
             batch: List[Tuple[float, int, str, Optional[str]]] = []
             # Retrieve up to BATCH_SIZE items from the priority queue.
             for _ in range(BATCH_SIZE):
@@ -182,6 +190,10 @@ class BestFirstCrawlingStrategy(DeepCrawlStrategy):
                 # Count only successful crawls toward max_pages limit
                 if result.success:
                     self._pages_crawled += 1
+                    # Check if we've reached the limit during batch processing
+                    if self._pages_crawled >= self.max_pages:
+                        self.logger.info(f"Max pages limit ({self.max_pages}) reached during batch, stopping crawl")
+                        break  # Exit the generator
                 
                 yield result
                 
diff --git a/crawl4ai/deep_crawling/bfs_strategy.py b/crawl4ai/deep_crawling/bfs_strategy.py
index 54b72ea3..84e00642 100644
--- a/crawl4ai/deep_crawling/bfs_strategy.py
+++ b/crawl4ai/deep_crawling/bfs_strategy.py
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ class BFSDeepCrawlStrategy(DeepCrawlStrategy):
         results: List[CrawlResult] = []
 
         while current_level and not self._cancel_event.is_set():
+            # Check if we've already reached max_pages before starting a new level
+            if self._pages_crawled >= self.max_pages:
+                self.logger.info(f"Max pages limit ({self.max_pages}) reached, stopping crawl")
+                break
+            
             next_level: List[Tuple[str, Optional[str]]] = []
             urls = [url for url, _ in current_level]
             visited.update(urls)
@@ -221,6 +226,10 @@ class BFSDeepCrawlStrategy(DeepCrawlStrategy):
                 # Count only successful crawls
                 if result.success:
                     self._pages_crawled += 1
+                    # Check if we've reached the limit during batch processing
+                    if self._pages_crawled >= self.max_pages:
+                        self.logger.info(f"Max pages limit ({self.max_pages}) reached during batch, stopping crawl")
+                        break  # Exit the generator
                 
                 results_count += 1
                 yield result
diff --git a/crawl4ai/deep_crawling/dfs_strategy.py b/crawl4ai/deep_crawling/dfs_strategy.py
index f79f9628..0eca58e3 100644
--- a/crawl4ai/deep_crawling/dfs_strategy.py
+++ b/crawl4ai/deep_crawling/dfs_strategy.py
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ class DFSDeepCrawlStrategy(BFSDeepCrawlStrategy):
                 # Count only successful crawls toward max_pages limit
                 if result.success:
                     self._pages_crawled += 1
+                    # Check if we've reached the limit during batch processing
+                    if self._pages_crawled >= self.max_pages:
+                        self.logger.info(f"Max pages limit ({self.max_pages}) reached during batch, stopping crawl")
+                        break  # Exit the generator
                     
                     # Only discover links from successful crawls
                     new_links: List[Tuple[str, Optional[str]]] = []
@@ -94,6 +98,10 @@ class DFSDeepCrawlStrategy(BFSDeepCrawlStrategy):
                 # and only discover links from successful crawls
                 if result.success:
                     self._pages_crawled += 1
+                    # Check if we've reached the limit during batch processing
+                    if self._pages_crawled >= self.max_pages:
+                        self.logger.info(f"Max pages limit ({self.max_pages}) reached during batch, stopping crawl")
+                        break  # Exit the generator
                     
                     new_links: List[Tuple[str, Optional[str]]] = []
                     await self.link_discovery(result, url, depth, visited, new_links, depths)