# Context.dev vs Firecrawl MCP (slim)

> Context.dev scores 78.2 (A) to Firecrawl MCP's 75.3 (BB) for web search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Context.dev scores 78.2 (A) on agent readiness against Firecrawl MCP's 75.3 (BB), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Both do web search.

- Context.dev: A 78.2, rank #15 of 1084 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/context-dev.min.md
- Firecrawl MCP: BB 75.3, rank #53 of 1084 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp.min.md
- Context.dev, good for Agents that need one call for Markdown, screenshots and schema-shaped JSON from a page, plus batches, monitors and search on the same balance, and teams that also want brand data. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 96 against 88; Security & auth, 83 against 67. Also Free to start without a card.
- Firecrawl MCP, good for Agents that need the whole pipeline (find URLs, scrape to markdown, crawl, monitor) from one server, and for trying without an account. Also Runs on your own machine; Open source.

| Category | Context.dev | Firecrawl MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 96 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 90 | 92 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 83 | 67 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Context.dev | Firecrawl MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Context Dev Inc. | Firecrawl (Mendable) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.context.dev/v1` | `https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Licence | none | MIT |
| Tools exposed | 42 | 26 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server` |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2024-11-05 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2024-12-26 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 5 stars, 62k npm/wk, 10k PyPI/wk | 7.5k stars, 29k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (8) |