LLM-ready markdown
Turns noisy HTML into clean markdown — no nav, no footer, no boilerplate. Content arrives in the ideal format for embeddings and RAG.
Firecrawl · open source
The open source crawler that turns the web into fuel for your agent.
Firecrawl pre-installed on a Brazilian server: browser pool, distributed queue and S3 storage ready to feed Open Claw, n8n, LangChain and any RAG pipeline. No per-credit cost, no rate limit, data stays in your environment.
What is Firecrawl?
Firecrawl is an open source web crawler created by the Mendable team (mendableai/firecrawl) that converts any website into clean markdown, structured JSON or LLM-ready text. It renders JavaScript (SPAs work), follows links intelligently, respects robots.txt and exposes a simple HTTP API — you call it, it delivers already-processed content.
In modern AI pipelines, the agent is only half the equation. The other half is where the data comes from. Firecrawl is the piece that connects your agent to the world: technical documentation, competitor websites, corporate knowledge bases, news, e-commerce. Everything turning into usable context.
By hosting Firecrawl on your own server (instead of the official SaaS), you eliminate per-credit costs, remove the rate limit and keep all crawled content in your own storage — essential for regulatory compliance when sensitive data is involved.
Why run Firecrawl on your own server
Native JS rendering
React, Vue, Next.js, Nuxt SPAs — Firecrawl renders everything via headless Chromium and captures the final content, not the raw server HTML.
No per-credit cost
SaaS Firecrawl charges per crawled page. Self-hosted, you pay only for the server — crawl 1 million or 100 million pages/month at the same cost.
Data stays in your environment
The extracted HTML, markdown and JSON all stay in your storage. They do not pass through third parties, are not indexed by other AIs, and do not leak.
What you can build with managed Firecrawl
Corporate RAG
Crawl internal wikis (Notion, Confluence, GitBook), convert to markdown and index in a vector DB. The agent answers questions using company knowledge.
Competitor monitoring
Crawl competitor sites on a schedule, compare changes (price, copy, new products) and trigger alerts on Slack/WhatsApp via Open Claw.
Lead enrichment
For each new lead in the CRM, crawl their company website and extract size, industry, tech stack. Your sales team arrives at the call already informed.
News & media intel
Crawl news sources, industry blogs and reports — the agent summarises what changed in your market daily and delivers it to the 8am e-mail.
Fine-tuning dataset
Crawl public knowledge bases (technical docs, domain-specific Wikipedia), generate a clean dataset and train a custom model for your domain.
Compliance & web audit
Legal teams crawling subsidiaries, partner or supplier sites to verify that mandatory clauses and disclaimers are live.
What we deliver alongside the server
Firecrawl is open source, but production requires orchestration: isolated browser pool, queue with retry, storage, observability. We handle all of that for you.
Firecrawl + Redis + Chromium pool
Full stack in Docker Compose, with healthchecks, restart policies and structured logging.
S3-compat storage configured
Raw HTML, processed markdown and structured JSON saved to your own bucket, with configurable retention and versioning.
Optional rotating proxy
For large-scale crawls, we integrate with a residential or datacenter proxy pool — you control rate limits per destination.
End-to-end observability
Grafana dashboard with metrics: pages/min, success rate, latency per destination, queue depth, browser cost per job.
Hardening + private network
API exposed only via VPN/WireGuard or allow-listed IPs. TLS termination, per-API-key rate limiting, audit log for every request.
24/7 human support
Brazilian team on call. Firecrawl updates validated before deployment. Performance tuning included in the contract.
How much does Firecrawl installation cost?
Two ways to get started — choose the one that makes sense for you.
Rollin Host server
Setup from R$ 499
Firecrawl + Redis + Chromium browser pool pre-configured on a Brazilian server sized for your needs. Hosting monthly fee billed separately (VPS, dedicated or cluster).
- Ready in 2–4 business days
- S3-compat storage
- 24/7 support
- No lock-in
Hire via WhatsApp Reply in ~30 min · Mon–Fri 9am–6pm BRT
Request a custom quote
Fill in your infra details and our SDR Lana receives them on WhatsApp in seconds. Quote within 24 business hours · technical hour rate R$ 220/h.
Payment via Pix, bank slip or card (up to 6×). Additional technical hours outside setup scope: R$ 220/h.
Native integrations
Firecrawl exposes a standard REST API — any tool that makes HTTP calls can consume it. Official SDKs and nodes are available for the most popular ecosystems.
- Open Claw
- n8n (official node)
- LangChain
- LlamaIndex
- Vercel AI SDK
- Pinecone
- Weaviate
- Qdrant
- OpenAI Assistants
- Claude API
- Custom webhooks
- Zapier / Make
SaaS firecrawl.dev vs. Firecrawl managed by Rollin Host
Cost per page Zero — server only
Rate limit Bounded by your hardware
Where content lives Storage in your environment
Compliance Data never leaves Brazil
Customisation Open source, free to modify
Support Brazilian team 24/7
Request a quote Cost per page Charged per credit (scales with usage)
Rate limit Defined by your plan
Where content lives Mendable servers (USA)
Compliance International data transfer required
Customisation Whatever the SaaS exposes
Support English-only, no guaranteed SLA
Pairs perfectly with
Open Claw — your agent already consuming fresh data.
Firecrawl feeds the agent with real-time web content: documentation that changes every week, competitor prices that fluctuate, an internal knowledge base that keeps growing. Open Claw consumes that feed and acts — it answers, alerts, automates. Together they form the complete always-on agent stack with live context.
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Frequently asked questions about Firecrawl
What is Firecrawl?
An open source web crawler (mendableai/firecrawl) that converts any website into clean markdown, structured JSON or LLM-ready text. It renders JavaScript, follows links, respects robots.txt and exposes a simple HTTP API — perfect for RAG, model training and any agent that needs to consume web content.
Why self-host instead of using firecrawl.dev SaaS?
Predictable cost (you pay for the server, not per credit), privacy (crawled content stays in your storage) and zero rate limit (concurrency limited only by your hardware).
Can I install Firecrawl myself?
Yes, the repository has a docker-compose file. But in production you need isolated Chromium browser pools, Redis queues with retry/backoff, S3 storage, optional rotating proxies, observability and an upgrade plan. Rollin Host delivers all of that ready to go.
Does Firecrawl work with login-gated or paywalled sites?
Yes. Firecrawl supports cookie storage, custom headers and persistent sessions. We configure scraping profiles for each target together with you — always within the site's ToS and applicable regulations.
What hardware do you use?
Three tiers: dedicated VPS (4 vCPU, 8 GB) for up to 10k URLs/day, dedicated server (8 vCPU, 32 GB) for 100k/day, or a multi-node cluster for web-scale volumes.
How much does it cost?
Made to order — price varies by hardware tier, monthly page volume, data retention and SLA. Request a quote and our team will present a detailed proposal within 24 business hours.
How long does delivery take?
Standard provisioning in 2 to 4 business days after approval: hardware setup, Firecrawl + Redis + browser pool installation, storage, monitoring, network hardening and a 1-hour technical onboarding with your team.
Does Firecrawl integrate with Open Claw / n8n / LangChain?
Yes, natively. It exposes a standard REST API consumed by any tool. Official nodes exist for n8n, plus native integrations with LangChain, LlamaIndex, Vercel AI SDK and Open Claw (which can call Firecrawl as a tool inside agent workflows).
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