diff --git a/client/src/components/SidePanel/Agents/Search/ApiKeyDialog.tsx b/client/src/components/SidePanel/Agents/Search/ApiKeyDialog.tsx
index a7ec8fdc17d7..7556cad5267b 100644
--- a/client/src/components/SidePanel/Agents/Search/ApiKeyDialog.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/SidePanel/Agents/Search/ApiKeyDialog.tsx
@@ -152,6 +152,20 @@ export default function ApiKeyDialog({
         },
       },
     },
+    {
+      key: ScraperProviders.CRAWL4AI,
+      label: localize('com_ui_web_search_provider_crawl4ai'),
+      inputs: {
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: {
+          placeholder: localize('com_ui_web_search_crawl4ai_instance_url'),
+          type: 'text' as const,
+        },
+        crawl4aiApiKey: {
+          placeholder: localize('com_ui_web_search_crawl4ai_api_key'),
+          type: 'password' as const,
+        },
+      },
+    },
   ];
 
   const [dropdownOpen, setDropdownOpen] = useState({
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Plugins/useAuthSearchTool.ts b/client/src/hooks/Plugins/useAuthSearchTool.ts
index bd5f41fe7894..6f8178571e44 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Plugins/useAuthSearchTool.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Plugins/useAuthSearchTool.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ export type SearchApiKeyFormData = {
   firecrawlApiUrl: string;
   jinaApiKey: string;
   jinaApiUrl: string;
+  crawl4aiApiUrl: string;
+  crawl4aiApiKey: string;
   cohereApiKey: string;
 };
 
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ const useAuthSearchTool = (options?: { isEntityTool: boolean }) => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: data.firecrawlApiUrl,
         jinaApiKey: data.jinaApiKey,
         jinaApiUrl: data.jinaApiUrl,
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: data.crawl4aiApiUrl,
+        crawl4aiApiKey: data.crawl4aiApiKey,
         cohereApiKey: data.cohereApiKey,
       }).reduce(
         (acc, [key, value]) => {
diff --git a/client/src/locales/en/translation.json b/client/src/locales/en/translation.json
index 7651b5a51de6..cfc534470939 100644
--- a/client/src/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/client/src/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -1429,6 +1429,7 @@
   "com_ui_web_search_provider": "Search Provider",
   "com_ui_web_search_provider_searxng": "SearXNG",
   "com_ui_web_search_provider_serper": "Serper API",
+  "com_ui_web_search_provider_crawl4ai": "Crawl4AI API",
   "com_ui_web_search_provider_serper_key": "Get your Serper API key",
   "com_ui_web_search_reading": "Reading results",
   "com_ui_web_search_reranker": "Reranker",
@@ -1444,6 +1445,8 @@
   "com_ui_web_search_scraper_serper_key": "Get your Serper API key",
   "com_ui_web_search_searxng_api_key": "Enter SearXNG API Key (optional)",
   "com_ui_web_search_searxng_instance_url": "SearXNG Instance URL",
+  "com_ui_web_search_crawl4ai_api_key": "Enter Crawl4AI API Key (optional)",
+  "com_ui_web_search_crawl4ai_instance_url": "Crawl4AI Instance URL",
   "com_ui_web_searching": "Searching the web",
   "com_ui_web_searching_again": "Searching the web again",
   "com_ui_weekend_morning": "Happy weekend",
diff --git a/packages/api/src/app/AppService.spec.ts b/packages/api/src/app/AppService.spec.ts
index 9c771b4bd6b6..3bf8e7e2125f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/app/AppService.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/app/AppService.spec.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ describe('AppService', () => {
           firecrawlApiKey: '${FIRECRAWL_API_KEY}',
           firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
           searxngInstanceUrl: '${SEARXNG_INSTANCE_URL}',
+          crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+          crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         }),
         memory: undefined,
         endpoints: expect.objectContaining({
diff --git a/packages/api/src/web/web.spec.ts b/packages/api/src/web/web.spec.ts
index c7bb3f4962c8..c8949d3e932b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/web/web.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/web/web.spec.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         cohereApiKey: '${COHERE_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
       };
@@ -304,6 +306,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
         cohereApiKey: '${COHERE_API_KEY}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
       };
 
@@ -355,6 +359,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         cohereApiKey: '${COHERE_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
         // Specify which services to use
@@ -449,6 +455,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         jinaApiKey: '${CUSTOM_JINA_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${CUSTOM_JINA_URL}',
         cohereApiKey: '${CUSTOM_COHERE_KEY}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CUSTOM_CRAWL4AI_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CUSTOM_CRAWL4AI_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
         // Specify which services to use
         searchProvider: 'serper' as SearchProviders,
@@ -519,6 +527,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         cohereApiKey: '${COHERE_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
       };
@@ -581,6 +591,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         cohereApiKey: '${COHERE_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
       };
@@ -691,6 +703,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         cohereApiKey: '${COHERE_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
         searchProvider: 'serper' as SearchProviders,
@@ -732,6 +746,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         cohereApiKey: '${COHERE_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
         scraperProvider: 'firecrawl' as ScraperProviders,
@@ -773,6 +789,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         cohereApiKey: '${COHERE_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
         rerankerType: 'jina' as RerankerTypes,
@@ -820,6 +838,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         cohereApiKey: '${COHERE_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
         searchProvider: 'invalid-provider' as SearchProviders,
@@ -855,6 +875,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         cohereApiKey: '${COHERE_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
         rerankerType: 'jina' as RerankerTypes,
@@ -906,6 +928,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         cohereApiKey: '${COHERE_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
       };
@@ -947,6 +971,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         cohereApiKey: '${COHERE_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
         firecrawlOptions: {
@@ -1007,6 +1033,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
         scraperTimeout: 15000, // This should take priority
         firecrawlOptions: {
@@ -1049,6 +1077,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
         firecrawlOptions: {
           includeTags: ['p'],
@@ -1088,6 +1118,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
         firecrawlOptions: {
           timeout: 12000, // Only timeout provided
@@ -1125,6 +1157,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
         firecrawlOptions: {
           formats: ['html', 'markdown'], // Only formats provided
@@ -1162,6 +1196,8 @@ describe('web.ts', () => {
         firecrawlApiUrl: '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
         firecrawlOptions: {
           timeout: 8000,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/web/web.ts b/packages/api/src/web/web.ts
index ad172e187fad..ecf0a7048fb1 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/web/web.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/web/web.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ export async function loadWebSearchAuth({
         }
       }
 
-      if (requiredKeys.length === 0) continue;
+      // If there are no required keys and no optional keys, skip this service
+      if (requiredKeys.length === 0 && optionalKeys.length === 0) continue;
 
       const requiredAuthFields = extractWebSearchEnvVars({
         keys: requiredKeys,
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
index c27bf42c9c90..750599898c8c 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ export enum SearchProviders {
 export enum ScraperProviders {
   FIRECRAWL = 'firecrawl',
   SERPER = 'serper',
+  CRAWL4AI = 'crawl4ai',
 }
 
 export enum RerankerTypes {
@@ -833,6 +834,8 @@ export const webSearchSchema = z.object({
   firecrawlApiKey: z.string().optional().default('${FIRECRAWL_API_KEY}'),
   firecrawlApiUrl: z.string().optional().default('${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}'),
   firecrawlVersion: z.string().optional().default('${FIRECRAWL_VERSION}'),
+  crawl4aiApiKey: z.string().optional().default('${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}'),
+  crawl4aiApiUrl: z.string().optional().default('${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}'),
   jinaApiKey: z.string().optional().default('${JINA_API_KEY}'),
   jinaApiUrl: z.string().optional().default('${JINA_API_URL}'),
   cohereApiKey: z.string().optional().default('${COHERE_API_KEY}'),
@@ -874,6 +877,14 @@ export const webSearchSchema = z.object({
         .optional(),
     })
     .optional(),
+  crawl4aiOptions: z
+    .object({
+      extractionStrategy: z.string().optional(),
+      chunkingStrategy: z.string().optional(),
+      timeout: z.number().optional(),
+      fitStrategy: z.string().optional()
+    })
+    .optional(),
 });
 
 export type TWebSearchConfig = DeepPartial<z.infer<typeof webSearchSchema>>;
diff --git a/packages/data-schemas/src/app/web.spec.ts b/packages/data-schemas/src/app/web.spec.ts
index 787d7809a36f..c0c7315d7fae 100644
--- a/packages/data-schemas/src/app/web.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/data-schemas/src/app/web.spec.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ describe('loadWebSearchConfig', () => {
         firecrawlVersion: '${FIRECRAWL_VERSION}',
         jinaApiKey: '${JINA_API_KEY}',
         jinaApiUrl: '${JINA_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}',
+        crawl4aiApiKey: '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}',
         cohereApiKey: '${COHERE_API_KEY}',
         safeSearch: SafeSearchTypes.MODERATE,
       });
@@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ describe('loadWebSearchConfig', () => {
       expect(result?.searxngInstanceUrl).toBe('${SEARXNG_INSTANCE_URL}');
       expect(result?.firecrawlApiUrl).toBe('${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}');
       expect(result?.jinaApiUrl).toBe('${JINA_API_URL}');
+      expect(result?.crawl4aiApiUrl).toBe('${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}');
     });
 
     it('should preserve custom URLs', () => {
@@ -161,6 +164,7 @@ describe('loadWebSearchConfig', () => {
         searxngInstanceUrl: 'https://custom-searxng.com',
         firecrawlApiUrl: 'https://custom-firecrawl.com',
         jinaApiUrl: 'https://custom-jina.com',
+        crawl4aiApiUrl: 'https://custom-crawl4ai.com'
       };
 
       const result = loadWebSearchConfig(config);
@@ -168,6 +172,7 @@ describe('loadWebSearchConfig', () => {
       expect(result?.searxngInstanceUrl).toBe('https://custom-searxng.com');
       expect(result?.firecrawlApiUrl).toBe('https://custom-firecrawl.com');
       expect(result?.jinaApiUrl).toBe('https://custom-jina.com');
+      expect(result?.crawl4aiApiUrl).toBe('https://custom-crawl4ai.com');
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/data-schemas/src/app/web.ts b/packages/data-schemas/src/app/web.ts
index a61e1f161165..34891dcf5fd7 100644
--- a/packages/data-schemas/src/app/web.ts
+++ b/packages/data-schemas/src/app/web.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ export const webSearchAuth = {
     serper: {
       serperApiKey: 1 as const,
     },
+    crawl4ai: {
+      /** Optional (0) - works without API key for public deployments */
+      crawl4aiApiKey: 0 as const,
+      /** Optional (0) */
+      crawl4aiApiUrl: 1 as const,
+    },
   },
   rerankers: {
     jina: {
@@ -69,6 +75,8 @@ export function loadWebSearchConfig(
   const firecrawlApiKey = config?.firecrawlApiKey ?? '${FIRECRAWL_API_KEY}';
   const firecrawlApiUrl = config?.firecrawlApiUrl ?? '${FIRECRAWL_API_URL}';
   const firecrawlVersion = config?.firecrawlVersion ?? '${FIRECRAWL_VERSION}';
+  const crawl4aiApiKey = config?.crawl4aiApiKey ?? '${CRAWL4AI_API_KEY}';
+  const crawl4aiApiUrl = config?.crawl4aiApiUrl ?? '${CRAWL4AI_API_URL}';
   const jinaApiKey = config?.jinaApiKey ?? '${JINA_API_KEY}';
   const jinaApiUrl = config?.jinaApiUrl ?? '${JINA_API_URL}';
   const cohereApiKey = config?.cohereApiKey ?? '${COHERE_API_KEY}';
@@ -85,6 +93,8 @@ export function loadWebSearchConfig(
     firecrawlApiKey,
     firecrawlApiUrl,
     firecrawlVersion,
+    crawl4aiApiKey,
+    crawl4aiApiUrl,
     searxngInstanceUrl,
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/data-schemas/src/types/web.ts b/packages/data-schemas/src/types/web.ts
index a9cc1f0cc6f3..5e149ac77f01 100644
--- a/packages/data-schemas/src/types/web.ts
+++ b/packages/data-schemas/src/types/web.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ export type TWebSearchKeys =
   | 'firecrawlApiKey'
   | 'firecrawlApiUrl'
   | 'firecrawlVersion'
+  | 'crawl4aiApiKey'
+  | 'crawl4aiApiUrl'
   | 'jinaApiKey'
   | 'jinaApiUrl'
   | 'cohereApiKey';