# Firecrawl MCP vs Linkup (slim)

> Firecrawl MCP has a score of 75.5 (BB) against Linkup's 69.1 (B). Both do web search. The largest gap is security & auth, 35 points. Linkup accepts x402. Firecrawl MCP doesn't. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-linkup.md (~1,950 tokens) · this version ~330 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-linkup.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-linkup
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-04

Firecrawl MCP has a score of 75.5 (BB) against Linkup's 69.1 (B). Both do web search. The largest gap is security & auth, 35 points. Linkup accepts x402. Firecrawl MCP doesn't.

- Firecrawl MCP: BB 75.5, rank #34 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp.min.md
- Linkup: B 69.1, rank #116 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup.min.md
- Pick Firecrawl MCP for agent ergonomics (+16), security & auth (+35), transparency & trust (+12). Pick Linkup for payments & pricing (+30).

| Category | Firecrawl MCP | Linkup |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 88 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 92 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 32 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 80 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 64 |