Firecrawl (self-hosted) vs Crawl4AI vs Camoufox

Side by side, as alternatives to Firecrawl Cloud. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

Firecrawl (self-hosted)firecrawl/firecrawl

Crawl4AIunclecode/crawl4ai

Camoufoxdaijro/camoufox

Firecrawl Cloudpaid product

Cost and coverage

Price

$0 software; you run it

Free plan (1,000 credits a month, no card); Hobby $19/month billed monthly or $16/month billed annually; Standard, Growth, Scale and Enterprise tiers above source ↗

Crawl a site to Markdown

Partly

Yes

Scrape pages (JS-heavy and bot-protected)

Partly

Yes

Structured data extraction

Partly

Yes

Web search with page content

Partly

Yes

Jobs covered

4 of 4 jobs

3 of 4 jobs

1 of 4 jobs

All 4

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

193,501Top

85,936

12,684

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

209Top

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Latest release

v2.11.0 · 2026-06-19

v0.9.5 · 2026-10-14Top

v156.0.1-beta.36 · 2026-10-06

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Commits / 12 wk

540

117

122

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People committing / 12 mo

53+

44+

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

32 / 18

22 / 27

59 / 60

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?Differs

Yes, self-hosted with Docker Compose (API on port 3002)

Yes, in your Python process or a Docker server on your machine

Yes, Python or Node.js library that runs a local Firefox build

Hosted by the vendor

Code licenceDiffers

AGPL-3.0 (copyleft); SDKs and some UI components MIT

Apache-2.0 plus an added attribution requirement

MPL-2.0

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Model weights licenceDiffers

No separate model weights; LLM features use the provider you connect

No separate model weights; LLM extraction uses the provider you connect

No separate model weights

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Commercial useDiffers

Yes, under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms (offer source of modified versions run as a network service)

Yes, with the attribution required by the LICENSE file

Yes; MPL-2.0 allows commercial use, changes to MPL files must stay open

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Paid services needed?Differs

None required for scrape, crawl, map and search; LLM extraction can use Ollama or a paid API

None required; LLM extraction optional (local Ollama or paid APIs), Crawl4AI Cloud optional

A local package/browser installation is documented without a paid API key. Paid proxy services are optional integrations, not a verified universal requirement.

Subscription

HardwareDiffers

No minimum host size published; needs Docker capacity for several services

Docker server: at least 4 GB RAM for the container (more for heavy use); no CPU or disk figures

Linux virtual/Xvfb mode supports software rendering without a GPU. No numerical RAM minimum verified.

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Operating systemsDiffers

Self-hosting explicitly requires Docker Engine or Docker Desktop and Compose v2, but does not publish a Windows/macOS/Linux host test matrix or native-build support statement

Official installation guide includes Ubuntu-specific Playwright dependency instructions; Windows and macOS support are not confirmed in the reviewed installation pages

Windows, macOS and Linux browser builds (x86_64; ARM64 on macOS and Linux)

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Setup effortDiffers

Medium, Docker Compose stack of several services; production needs your own auth, TLS and persistence

Easy, pip install crawl4ai then crawl4ai-setup to install the browser

Easy; pip install or npm install

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Stars over time

Switch to Growth % to compare projects of different sizes fairly.

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Tracked daily since 15 Oct 2026. Dashed history: estimated from public records of when people starred the repo. Lines connect observations only; gaps contain no measured points.

Growth % starts at each project's first observed point in the shown range. Zero-star starts are unavailable.

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Firecrawl (self-hosted) vs Crawl4AI vs Camoufox (as alternatives to Firecrawl Cloud)
Figures from RepoQuarry, 21 Oct 2026. Sources: https://repoquarry.dev/compare?ids=firecrawl,crawl4ai,camoufox&product=firecrawl-cloud

Firecrawl Cloud: Free plan (1,000 credits a month, no card); Hobby $19/month billed monthly or $16/month billed annually; Standard, Growth, Scale and Enterprise tiers above
Firecrawl (self-hosted): free software; does 4 of 4 Firecrawl Cloud jobs
Crawl4AI: free software; does 3 of 4 Firecrawl Cloud jobs
Camoufox: free software; does 1 of 4 Firecrawl Cloud jobs

- Firecrawl (self-hosted): 193,501 GitHub stars, 540 commits in 12 weeks, licence AGPL-3.0 (copyleft); SDKs and some UI components MIT
- Crawl4AI: 85,936 GitHub stars, 117 commits in 12 weeks, licence Apache-2.0 plus an added attribution requirement
- Camoufox: 12,684 GitHub stars, 122 commits in 12 weeks, licence MPL-2.0

Where they differ:
- Runs on my machine?: Firecrawl (self-hosted) Yes, self-hosted with Docker Compose (API on port 3002); Crawl4AI Yes, in your Python process or a Docker server on your machine; Camoufox Yes, Python or Node.js library that runs a local Firefox build
- Code licence: Firecrawl (self-hosted) AGPL-3.0 (copyleft); SDKs and some UI components MIT; Crawl4AI Apache-2.0 plus an added attribution requirement; Camoufox MPL-2.0
- Model weights licence: Firecrawl (self-hosted) No separate model weights; LLM features use the provider you connect; Crawl4AI No separate model weights; LLM extraction uses the provider you connect; Camoufox No separate model weights
- Commercial use: Firecrawl (self-hosted) Yes, under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms (offer source of modified versions run as a network service); Crawl4AI Yes, with the attribution required by the LICENSE file; Camoufox Yes; MPL-2.0 allows commercial use, changes to MPL files must stay open
- Paid services needed?: Firecrawl (self-hosted) None required for scrape, crawl, map and search; LLM extraction can use Ollama or a paid API; Crawl4AI None required; LLM extraction optional (local Ollama or paid APIs), Crawl4AI Cloud optional; Camoufox A local package/browser installation is documented without a paid API key. Paid proxy services are optional integrations, not a verified universal requirement.
- Hardware: Firecrawl (self-hosted) No minimum host size published; needs Docker capacity for several services; Crawl4AI Docker server: at least 4 GB RAM for the container (more for heavy use); no CPU or disk figures; Camoufox Linux virtual/Xvfb mode supports software rendering without a GPU. No numerical RAM minimum verified.
- Operating systems: Firecrawl (self-hosted) Self-hosting explicitly requires Docker Engine or Docker Desktop and Compose v2, but does not publish a Windows/macOS/Linux host test matrix or native-build support statement; Crawl4AI Official installation guide includes Ubuntu-specific Playwright dependency instructions; Windows and macOS support are not confirmed in the reviewed installation pages; Camoufox Windows, macOS and Linux browser builds (x86_64; ARM64 on macOS and Linux)
- Setup effort: Firecrawl (self-hosted) Medium, Docker Compose stack of several services; production needs your own auth, TLS and persistence; Crawl4AI Easy, pip install crawl4ai then crawl4ai-setup to install the browser; Camoufox Easy; pip install or npm install

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