Snapshot
Continue to About ↓- What it does
- OpenCrawl is a managed search-infrastructure service that ingests data you point it at — public URLs, connected internal SaaS sources, or uploaded files — and builds a hosted search index over it.
More detail
- Your own AI agents then query that index through MCP, CLI, or API, with crawling, transformation, indexing, and tuning handled by OpenCrawl's agent.
- Best for
- Developers building agent products who need a managed retrieval backend over hard-to-crawl, hyper-personalized, or multimodal data, and teams that want to blend internal SaaS sources with web data into one index.
- Pricing
- Three tiers are listed.
More detail
- Free is $0 with a "free allowance" whose size is not disclosed.
- Startup is a monthly plan whose fee and included monthly queries are not disclosed, with additional usage billed "pay per query" at an undisclosed rate.
- Custom is "Let's talk" with no published terms.
- Storage fee
- Main limitation
- Buyers who need a self-hosted, inspectable crawler they operate themselves, or who require published per-query economics, SLAs, compliance certifications, or an established vendor — none of these are publicly documented.
- Record
- Living and monitored
- Reviewed
- Evidence
- Public web research
- Machine access
- Structured profile ↗
About
- OpenCrawl is a managed search-infrastructure service that ingests data you point it at — public URLs, connected internal SaaS sources, or uploaded files — and builds a hosted search index over it.
- Your own AI agents then query that index through MCP, CLI, or API, with crawling, transformation, indexing, and tuning handled by OpenCrawl's agent.
What it helps with
- Hard-to-reach, multimodal data that standard search engines don't index is effectively unsearchable without a custom cra
- Agent products need their own retrieval layer tuned to a specific dataset rather than a general-purpose search engine.
- Internal knowledge is fragmented across email, chat, documents, meetings, and storage, and needs unifying into one query
- Building and operating crawling, transformation, indexing, and tuning pipelines in-house takes engineering effort that a
Capabilities
A practical view of what is available and where limitations apply.
| Offering | Available | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Managed crawling and indexing | Yes | OpenCrawl builds custom crawlers and hosts the resulting index over sources you designate. |
| Internal source connectors | Yes | Homepage lists roughly 40 connectors including Gmail, Google Drive, Slack, Notion, GitHub, Salesforce, Confluence, Snowflake, and Zendesk. |
| Flexible input | Yes | Provide URLs, describe the web data you need, connect internal sources, or upload files. |
| Developer interfaces | Yes | MCP, CLI, and API, per Y Combinator's company listing. |
| Agent-guided setup | Yes | Copy-paste setup prompt referencing the official install instructions; you approve sign-in and source access. |
| Self-hosted or on-premises deployment | No | Hosted model only; no on-premises option is mentioned. |
| Published latency, freshness, or index-size commitments | Unknown | No SLA, benchmark, retention policy, or index size limit is documented publicly. |
| Security and compliance certifications | Unknown | No certifications or audit reports are documented on any source reviewed. |
| Independent reviews or third-party coverage | Unknown | No verified third-party reviews were found for this entity; similarly named OpenCrawl projects are unrelated products. |
| Index export or ownership | Unknown | Whether you can export or own the built index is not stated. |
Bot trust
How confidently AI systems can verify this profile from public evidence.
42of 100
ChatGPT—/100
Claude42/100
What bots could verify
- • Clearly verifies corporate identity, location, founders, and Y Combinator directory listing.
- • Transparently identifies known pricing tiers while highlighting undisclosed per-query and custom rates.
- • Thoroughly details material operational risks, team size limitations, and potential hidden infrastructure costs.
What weakens trust
- • No positive independent customer reviews, verified deployments, or third-party case studies.
- • Startup and Custom pricing, query allowances, and overage rates are completely undocumented.
- • Lacks independent corroboration for performance claims beyond self-hosted website demonstrations.
Evidence
Where this record came from, when it was reviewed, and how confidently it can be used.
- Verification
- Scribble researched these facts from the linked public sources.
- The owner has not manually confirmed every field.
- Last reviewed
- Primary source
- getopencrawl.com
Technical profile details
Record ID
5fa56b75-e75f-47e0-9c38-4813b02202f8Canonical URLhttps://profiles.scribble.network/listing/getopencrawl-5fa56b