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Webfold vs Crawl4AI
Webfold crawled about 11.7 times faster than Crawl4AI 0.9.3. That is 90.6 against 8.2 documents a second. The test was local with no network. It is directional. It is one host.
Crawl4AI is an open-source Python crawler. It produces Markdown for LLMs. Webfold was measured against it on a local test. The test removes the network from the comparison.
Webfold on its own
How fast is Webfold alone?
Each job is measured on its own. The performance page states the figures once. We link them here.
- Crawl a whole site into a folder of Markdown: 7,000 live pages in about 16 s. 427 to 443 pages a second on 4 cores, over the network.
Now the comparison
Webfold against Crawl4AI
| Aspect | Webfold | Crawl4AI |
|---|---|---|
| Local HTTP test, 5×50 pages | Median 90.55 documents per second. | Median 8.19 documents per second (version 0.9.3). |
| Memory sampled | 27,284 KiB. | 120,124 KiB. |
| Marker check | 250 of 250. | 250 of 250. |
| Language | Rust, single binary. | Python. |
Where is each tool ahead?
Where Crawl4AI is ahead
- A large Python ecosystem. A large community.
- Flexible Python extraction strategies.
Where Webfold is ahead
- About 11.7 times higher median throughput on the local test.
- Lower sampled memory use.
How do I move from Crawl4AI to Webfold?
| If you use | In Webfold |
|---|---|
| crawl | webfold crawl |
What is the evidence?
Each figure states its dataset. It states its limits.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How reliable is this?
It is directional: a marker-smoke check for quality and no independent intervals yet. Treat it as a speed indicator, not a verdict.
Try it on your own pages.
Run the command-line tool. Join the waitlist for the hosted API.