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Firecrawl 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.

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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. Firecrawl Cloud vs Open Source
FeatureOpen SourceCloud
Scrape✔✔
Crawl✔✔
Map✔✔
Search✔✔
Batch scrape✔✔
Extract✔✔
JSON mode✔✔
LLM-ready formats✔✔
Change tracking✔✔
SDKs✔✔
Agent✘✔
Browser sandbox✘✔
Actions✘✔
Enhanced proxies✘✔
Proxy rotations✘✔
Dashboard✘✔
Enterprise features✘✔

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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 — Run Firecrawl on your own infrastructure with full control over the core scraping engine. See Running locally and Self-hosting.
  • Cloud — Get started immediately with a managed service that includes enhanced proxies, a usage dashboard, and enterprise features. Sign up at firecrawl.dev.