Open source. Always will be.

Free forever. Scale when ready.

Generate unlimited MCP tools locally for $0. Add team collaboration and cloud execution when your agent needs to run in production.

Competitors charge for the basic thing — getting data. We charge for the hard thing — running tools at scale, across teams, 24/7.

Ghost

For individual developers

$0forever
  • Unlimited tool generation
  • Tool caching (0.03ms repeat)
  • Self-healing when sites change
  • Your browser, your data, your machine
  • Native MCP protocol
  • MIT open source
Most popular

Ghost Teams

For teams shipping with AI agents

$15/user/mo
  • Everything in Ghost
  • Shared team tool library
  • Install teammates' tools (no site visit needed)
  • Usage analytics per tool & member
  • Role-based access (generate vs. consume)
  • Tool approval workflows

Ghost Cloud

For production pipelines

$49/mo + $0.001/exec
  • Everything in Teams
  • Run tools 24/7 without your browser
  • Deploy any tool as a REST API (one click)
  • Scheduled execution (cron)
  • Webhook triggers
  • CI/CD integration (GitHub Actions, etc.)

Ghost Enterprise

For organizations at scale

Custom
  • Everything in Cloud
  • SSO / SAML authentication
  • Audit logs & compliance
  • Custom SLA (99.99% available)
  • Dedicated support
  • On-prem deployment option

The math

Why Ghost Cloud is 10-1000x cheaper

Competitors scrape from scratch on every request — proxy negotiation, anti-bot bypass, HTML parsing, LLM reasoning. Ghost Cloud just executes a cached tool.

100K requests/monthCostAvg latency
Bright Data$5,000-10,000+5-15 seconds
Firecrawl$500-5,0003-8 seconds
Apify$199-499 + compute30-120 seconds
Skyvern$2,000-10,000 (LLM)30-120 seconds
Ghost Cloud$1490.03ms (cached)

Ghost Cloud: $49 base + 100K x $0.001 = $149/mo. Competitors rebuild from scratch every request. Ghost executes cached tools.

Full comparison

Feature-by-feature

FeatureGhostTeamsCloudEnterprise
Tool generationUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Tool caching (0.03ms)
Self-healing
Native MCP protocol
100% local execution
Shared tool library
Team usage analytics
Role-based access
Tool approval workflows
24/7 cloud execution
One-click REST API deploy
Scheduled execution (cron)
Webhook triggers
CI/CD integration
SSO / SAML
Audit logs
Custom SLA
On-prem deployment
Dedicated support

FAQ

Common questions

Is Ghost really free?

Yes. Ghost is MIT-licensed open source. Generate unlimited MCP tools locally, cache them, use them forever. No usage caps, no trial period, no credit card. The free tier isn't a gateway — it's the full product.

What does Ghost Teams add?

Teams lets your entire org share tools. When one developer generates a tool from a site, everyone on the team can use it — without visiting the site themselves. Plus usage analytics, role-based access, and approval workflows.

Why would I need Ghost Cloud?

Local Ghost requires your browser to be open. Ghost Cloud runs your tools 24/7 — in CI/CD pipelines, on scheduled cron jobs, triggered by webhooks. Generate locally for free, deploy to the cloud when you need uptime.

How does Ghost Cloud pricing work?

$49/mo base includes your first 10,000 executions. After that, $0.001 per execution. For context: competitors charge $0.01-1.00 per request. Ghost Cloud is 10-1000x cheaper because tools are pre-generated — we're just executing cached selectors, not scraping from scratch.

Can I self-host Ghost Cloud?

The Enterprise plan includes an on-prem deployment option. Run Ghost Cloud on your own infrastructure with your own browser fleet. Same APIs, your servers.

How does this compare to Firecrawl, Bright Data, etc.?

Those services charge per request for the basic thing — getting data from a website. Ghost gives that away free. Teams and Cloud charge for things those services can't do: shared tool libraries, cached 0.03ms execution, and one-click API deployment of pre-built tools.

Start free. Stay free. Scale when ready.

Most teams never need to pay. Ghost is fully functional at $0. Teams and Cloud are there when your agent outgrows your laptop.