Crawl4AI
Turn permitted web pages into Markdown for retrieval and AI pipelines.
Overview
What you provide
- Public URLs, crawl limits and extraction settings
What you get
- Page Markdown and optional extracted fields
Setup & workflow
- Install crawl4ai and run crawl4ai-setup before using the Python crawler.
- Prepare the input: Public URLs, crawl limits and extraction settings.
- Run a small, reversible example and inspect the output: Page Markdown and optional extracted fields.
- Check robots rules, page completeness and extraction accuracy on a small sample.
Requirements & installation
- Configure the documented runtime and authorized service access before attempting this workflow.
Limits & review
- Hosted APIs and optional model-based extraction have separate usage costs.
- Evidence review only: the product was not installed or tested in this crawl.
Your part
- Check robots rules, page completeness and extraction accuracy on a small sample.
When to consider another product
Unreviewed production decisions, unrestricted account access or guaranteed factual results.
Plans & billing details
Cost planning
- Review scope is licensing and documented free-use boundaries, not numeric prices or current hosted-plan allowances.
Published prices are a snapshot. Confirm billing cycle, taxes and current allowances with the provider.
Sources & verification3
This profile is based on official sources, not a hands-on product test.
Vendor descriptions and demos document advertised features. Editorial guidance is based on these sources.
Discovered via OpenFree.Tools.
- Crawl4AI — official READMEraw.githubusercontent.com
The maintainer README supports this scope: Turn permitted web pages into Markdown for retrieval and AI pipelines.
- Crawl4AI — product entry pointcrawl4ai.com
The public product entry point was retrieved. Functional scope and setup in this record are grounded in the linked maintainer README.
- Crawl4AI — license termsraw.githubusercontent.com
The retrieved license materials support this boundary: Apache-2.0. Review the complete terms for your use case.
Frequently asked questions
What does Crawl4AI do?
Turn permitted web pages into Markdown for retrieval and AI pipelines.
How much does Crawl4AI cost?
Software or published weights are available under Apache-2.0. Model inference, external services and your own compute are separate; hosted plan prices were not reviewed.
What should I check before using Crawl4AI?
Hosted APIs and optional model-based extraction have separate usage costs.