What is Firecrawl? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)

Firecrawl is web data API: search, scrape and crawl for AI agents. License: AGPL-3.0. Facts were read from official pages on Oct 25, 2026 and are Reported, not Tested.

By Agentic Weekly, operated independently from Texas, US · Last updated Oct 25, 2026 (America/Chicago) · How we work

Evidence: Reported. Everything here was read from Firecrawl's own pages on 2026-10-25 (America/Chicago). We have not run Firecrawl for this page, so it says nothing about quality or speed.

What Firecrawl is

Firecrawl is a web data API for AI agents that searches and scrapes the web into clean content. Its repository is AGPL-3.0 licensed with v2.11.608 published Oct 25, 2026, and a hosted API has a free plan.

We list Firecrawl under MCP servers.

Firecrawl key facts

Firecrawl facts (vendor pages and GitHub, 2026-10-25)
Feature	Firecrawl
Vendor	Firecrawl
License	AGPL-3.0
Platforms	API, SDKs, MCP, self-host
Pricing model	Freemium
Free tier	Free plan with a monthly credit allowance
Latest release we saw	v2.11.608 on Oct 25, 2026
Evidence	Reported from vendor pages

Who Firecrawl is for

Good for: Agents that need clean web content.
Skip if: You need a license that avoids AGPL obligations for self-hosting.

How to start with Firecrawl

Create an API key at firecrawl.dev or self-host from the repository.

Firecrawl alternatives

Browser Use: Open-source library that lets AI agents drive a browser, with a pay-as-you-go cloud browser starting at $0.02 an hour.
Playwright MCP: Microsoft's MCP server that lets agents drive a browser with Playwright.

What we did not verify

Behavior in practice (we have not run this tool).
Output quality, speed and reliability of Firecrawl: we have not run it for this page.

FAQ

What is Firecrawl?

What license is Firecrawl under?

AGPL-3.0. Read from the project's own pages on Oct 25, 2026.

Is Firecrawl free?

Free plan with a monthly credit allowance. Checked Oct 25, 2026; prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page.

Sources

Firecrawl repository (GitHub) (fetched 2026-10-25)
Firecrawl pricing (fetched 2026-10-25)

Page history

Oct 25, 2026: First published from official pages read on 2026-10-25.

Markdown version for agents: /what-is/firecrawl.md

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