Skip to main contentFirecrawl is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license. To deliver the best possible product, we also offer a hosted cloud version at firecrawl.dev with additional features and managed infrastructure.
Feature comparison
The open-source version includes the core scraping and crawling engine. Firecrawl Cloud adds infrastructure-level capabilities, a management dashboard, and enterprise features on top of everything in the open-source edition.
| Feature | Open Source | Cloud |
|---|
| Scrape | โ | โ |
| Crawl | โ | โ |
| Map | โ | โ |
| Search | โ | โ |
| Batch scrape | โ | โ |
| Extract | โ | โ |
| JSON mode | โ | โ |
| LLM-ready formats | โ | โ |
| Change tracking | โ | โ |
| SDKs | โ | โ |
| Agent | โ | โ |
| Browser sandbox | โ | โ |
| Actions | โ | โ |
| Enhanced proxies | โ | โ |
| Proxy rotations | โ | โ |
| Dashboard | โ | โ |
| Enterprise features | โ | โ |
Why both?
The cloud solution allows us to continuously innovate and maintain a high-quality, sustainable service for all users. Revenue from Firecrawl Cloud funds ongoing development of the open-source project.
- Open source โ Run Firecrawl on your own infrastructure with full control over the core scraping engine. See Running locally and Self-hosting.
- Cloud โ Get started immediately with a managed service that includes enhanced proxies, a usage dashboard, and enterprise features. Sign up at firecrawl.dev.
