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Decision brief
SurfSense is a self-hosted platform offering AI agents that can be used for competitive intelligence research. Here are some critical facts to consider when evaluating it.
Good fit when
- - **Specific Use Cases:** If you need advanced capabilities for competitive intelligence analysis and want the flexibility of connecting various data sources through its connectors, SurfSense might be
Avoid when
- - **Limited Free Tier Capabilities:** Since scraping and crawling are limited only by your hardware when self-hosted without billing enabled, if you have strict limitations on hardware capacity or don
- Pricing:
- unknown - SurfSense is distributed under a license labeled 'Other' which includes no specified pricing. It supports self-hosting with built-in billing off, making scraping and crawling capabilities only limited
- Requirements:
- Requires Docker
Observed Jul 11, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts
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- Not a fork · Personal account
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- Security (OSV)
- No criticals
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Overview
Self-hosted platform offering AI agents with competitive intelligence capabilities including connectors, automations, and MCP server through Docker-based installation.
Capability facts
- MCP server
- No MCP server detected
Source: repo_scan · Aug 18, 2026
- Languages
- python, javascript
Source: github.language+package.json · Aug 18, 2026
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README
Self-host for free
Run the entire platform, connectors, agents, automations, and the MCP server on your own infrastructure. Self-hosted installs ship with billing off, so scraping, crawling, and agent runs are limited only by your hardware and the model keys you bring.
Prerequisites: Docker Desktop must be installed and running.
For Linux/macOS:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MODSetter/SurfSense/main/docker/scripts/install.sh | bash
For Windows:
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MODSetter/SurfSense/main/docker/scripts/install.ps1 | iex
The install script sets up Watchtower automatically for daily auto-updates. To skip it, add the --no-watchtower flag. For Docker Compose, manual installation, and other deployment options, see the docs.
For agents
This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.