{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "firecrawl-mcp", "name": "Firecrawl MCP", "vendor": "Firecrawl (Mendable)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.firecrawl.dev", "kind": "mcp", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "Official Firecrawl server for scraping pages to markdown/JSON, mapping and crawling sites, web search, browser interaction, monitoring and an autonomous research agent.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/firecrawl-mcp.json", "dns": "firecrawl-mcp.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "stdio", "streamable-http", "sse" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "firecrawl-mcp" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Hosted endpoints take OAuth (`https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp-oauth`) or `Authorization: Bearer \u003cFIRECRAWL_API_KEY\u003e` on `https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp`. The same URL with no credential is the keyless tier (scrape, search, parse, rate-limited per IP). The search-only endpoint `/v2/mcp-search` has its own OAuth identity. Locally, FIRECRAWL_API_KEY or FIRECRAWL_OAUTH_TOKEN, or FIRECRAWL_API_URL for self-hosted. The README says never to put a key in the server URL. Endpoint- and format-locked keys are Enterprise only.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free 1,000 credits a month, no card. Hobby $19 a month or $16 billed yearly (5,000 credits), Standard $99 or $83 (100,000), Growth $399 or $333 (500,000), Scale $749 or $599 (1 million). Scrape, crawl and map cost 1 credit a page, search 2 per 10 results, interact 2 per browser-minute, monitor 1 per page per check (7 with deterministic extraction), and JSON, question or highlight formats add 4 a page. The Research Index paper endpoints are free. Agent has 5 free runs a day, then dynamic pricing. $5 top-ups on paid plans only, worth 1,000 credits on Hobby, 2,000 on Standard, 2,500 on Growth and 5,000 on Scale. Unused credits roll over for one month on Scale only. A scrape with no result isn't charged, but a page returning 403 or 404 costs 1 credit (https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$19 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in README, docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-25).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 27, "popularity": { "githubStars": 7500, "npmWeekly": 28853, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-26" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server#readme", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.firecrawl.dev/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/v2-openapi.json", "registryName": "io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server", "capabilities": [ "web.search", "web.fetch", "web.crawl", "web.extract" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "local", "open-source", "freemium", "llms-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-27", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 75, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 72, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 92, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 50, "reliability": 78, "schema": 91, "security": 70, "transparency": 75 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "high", "date": "2026-11-01" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-27. firecrawl-mcp 3.36.0, a minor release, makes local HTTP mode (`HTTP_STREAMABLE_SERVER=true` or `SSE_LOCAL=true`) answer 403 to any `Host` or `Origin` other than localhost, the address in `HOST` and the hosts in the new `FIRECRAWL_MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS`, so a server reached under a LAN address or a reverse-proxy name stops answering until that variable is set. The CHANGELOG lists it under Changed on the day, not marked breaking, and no earlier notice was found. It closes a DNS-rebinding path and `FIRECRAWL_MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS=*` restores the old behaviour, so 3 points, the floor, as zenrows was read on 1 November 2026. https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md" ], "verdict": "Keyless hosted endpoint with scrape, search and parse, plus OAuth and a search-only endpoint. No x402 or other machine payment.", "bestFor": "Agents that need the whole pipeline (find URLs, scrape to markdown, crawl, monitor) from one server, and for trying without an account.", "strengths": [ "Keyless hosted endpoint with scrape, search and parse, plus OAuth and a search-only endpoint", "Four partial incidents in the 90 days to 1 November 2026, the longest 56 minutes, none after 15 September", "Errors reference gives cause, remedy and retry advice per code, with Retry-After on 429", "Public v2 OpenAPI, llms.txt and readOnly or destructive hints on every tool", "firecrawl-mcp 3.36.0 on 27 October 2026, after 43 releases in 90 days" ], "weaknesses": [ "No x402 or other machine payment", "The API's prompt-injection check isn't exposed through the MCP tools", "403 and 404 responses cost a credit", "Open issues report 132 undescribed parameters and a schema mismatch", "Privacy policy last revised December 2024, with no retention period for scraped content" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use `firecrawl_map` to list URLs, then scrape the few you need instead of crawling a whole site", "On the keyless endpoint only scrape, search and parse work. A 429 carries a `signup_url` for the human", "Ask for markdown only. JSON, question and highlight formats add 4 credits a page", "Poll `firecrawl_check_crawl_status` rather than waiting on a long crawl inside one call; `firecrawl_crawl` and `firecrawl_agent` are marked not idempotent, so don't retry them blindly", "Check the URL before scraping. 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Use it when the request identifies a page and needs its content or defined fields: the user gives a URL or names a page or PDF and wants it read or summarized, or wants prices, specs, contact details or a table from it. Use `firecrawl_search` when additional web sources are needed; on an authenticated session, `firecrawl_map` lists a site's URLs and `firecrawl_crawl` collects a set of pages. `url` may omit the scheme (`example.com/page`); it is read as https.\n\nFirecrawl may serve recently indexed content; set `maxAge: 0` for a live fetch or a smaller `maxAge` to bound staleness. A successful response does not by itself confirm the page is still current. A named browser profile loads saved session data without saving changes to it. Authenticated responses can include a `metadata.scrapeId` for optional scrape feedback.\n\nOn an authenticated session, `firecrawl_search` and `firecrawl_find_tools` can discover providers for the same fields across several pages; a matching provider returns typed records in one call.\n\nWith `alexandria` in place of `url`, the tool runs catalogued provider capabilities instead of fetching a page. Some providers require accepted terms; when a response reports a terms requirement, direct the user to the Firecrawl dashboard URL in that response.\n", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "alexandria": { "anyOf": [ { "properties": { "capability": { "description": "Capability address as returned by search or discover, e.g. \"series/observations\".", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "options": { "additionalProperties": true, "description": "Capability options as declared by its contract.", "propertyNames": { "type": "string" }, "type": "object" }, "provider": { "description": "Provider slug, e.g. \"fred\".", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "version": { "description": "Optional published workflow version. Omit to use the latest version.", "maxLength": 128, "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "provider", "capability" ], "type": "object" }, { "items": { "properties": { "capability": { "description": "Capability address as returned by search or discover, e.g. \"series/observations\".", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "options": { "additionalProperties": true, "description": "Capability options as declared by its contract.", "propertyNames": { "type": "string" }, "type": "object" }, "provider": { "description": "Provider slug, e.g. \"fred\".", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "version": { "description": "Optional published workflow version. Omit to use the latest version.", "maxLength": 128, "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "provider", "capability" ], "type": "object" }, "maxItems": 10, "minItems": 1, "type": "array" } ], "description": "Catalogued Alexandria capability invocation, mutually exclusive with url. One {provider, capability, options} object or an array of 1-10, with contracts available through firecrawl_search or firecrawl_find_tools. Each call may include version to pin a published workflow; omitting it uses latest. Only requestId and timeout are supported alongside alexandria. The selected contract marks required inputs and any requiresOneOf groups (at least one member per group); it may include example.request/example.response and a key field under response (which may differ from records). Where pagination is declared, its fields govern paging with the same filters; catalogue next is separate from provider pagination. Returns per-capability results in data.alexandria with data, records, or an error with a code; individual capabilities can fail even when the outer response succeeds. Some providers require accepted terms; when a response reports a terms requirement, direct the user to the Firecrawl dashboard URL in that response." }, "conversationId": { "description": "conversationId from any earlier Firecrawl tool result in this conversation; after parallel calls, any one of theirs. Omit only on the first call of a conversation; the result returns one to pass on every later call.", "pattern": "^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$", "type": "string" }, "domainTools": { "description": "URL mode only: include domain-matched Alexandria tools for the page in tools on the returned document. Ignored with alexandria.", "type": "boolean" }, "excludeTags": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "formats": { "items": { "enum": [ "markdown", "html", "rawHtml", "screenshot", "links", "images", "summary", "changeTracking", "branding", "json", "query", "audio" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "includeTags": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "jsonOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "prompt": { "type": "string" }, "schema": { "additionalProperties": true, "propertyNames": { "type": "string" }, "type": "object" } }, "type": "object" }, "location": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "country": { "type": "string" }, "languages": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" } }, "type": "object" }, "lockdown": { "type": "boolean" }, "maxAge": { "type": "number" }, "mobile": { "type": "boolean" }, "objective": { "description": "The user's underlying goal for this call, in one sentence: what they are ultimately trying to accomplish, not a restatement of the URL or query. Reuse it across related calls. Avoid sensitive information.", "maxLength": 1000, "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "onlyMainContent": { "type": "boolean" }, "parsers": { "items": { "enum": [ "pdf" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "pdfOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "maxPages": { "maximum": 10000, "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" } }, "type": "object" }, "profile": { "additionalProperties": false, "description": "Loads a saved browser profile without saving changes to it.", "properties": { "name": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "name" ], "type": "object" }, "proxy": { "enum": [ "basic", "stealth", "enhanced", "auto" ], "type": "string" }, "queryOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "mode": { "default": "freeform", "enum": [ "directQuote", "freeform" ], "type": "string" }, "prompt": { "maxLength": 10000, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "prompt" ], "type": "object" }, "redactPII": { "type": "boolean" }, "removeBase64Images": { "type": "boolean" }, "requestId": { "description": "Idempotency key bound to one Alexandria execution payload. Generated when omitted and returned with the result.", "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9._:-]{1,128}$", "type": "string" }, "screenshotOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "fullPage": { "type": "boolean" }, "quality": { "type": "number" }, "viewport": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "height": { "type": "number" }, "width": { "type": "number" } }, "required": [ "width", "height" ], "type": "object" } }, "type": "object" }, "skipTlsVerification": { "type": "boolean" }, "storeInCache": { "type": "boolean" }, "timeout": { "description": "Execution timeout in milliseconds.", "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "toolDetail": { "description": "URL mode only: domain discovery detail, summary by default; compact returns provider/capability/description, full includes contracts. Ignored with alexandria.", "enum": [ "compact", "summary", "full" ], "type": "string" }, "url": { "type": "string" }, "waitFor": { "type": "number" }, "zeroDataRetention": { "type": "boolean" } }, "required": [ "objective" ], "type": "object" }, "outputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "actions": { "description": "Results of the browser actions that ran during the scrape." }, "agent_hints": { "description": "Optional response guidance from the Firecrawl API.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "answer": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Targeted answer to the question that was asked of the page." }, "attributes": { "description": "Values collected by the requested attribute selectors." }, "audio": { "description": "Audio extracted from the page." }, "blocks": { "description": "Typed PDF layout blocks, when `parsers[].blocks` is set." }, "branding": { "description": "Branding data extracted from the page." }, "changeTracking": { "description": "Change-tracking comparison against the previous scrape." }, "conversationId": { "description": "Pass on later Firecrawl calls in this conversation.", "type": "string" }, "creditsCost": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "number" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Credits this call consumed." }, "data": { "description": "Alexandria mode: per-capability results in `data.alexandria`, each with `data`, `records`, or an `error`." }, "delivery": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "`retained` when the full result stayed server-side instead of being inlined." }, "error": { "description": "Error message or error object when the call did not succeed." }, "estimatedTokens": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "number" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Estimated token cost of the full result." }, "feedbackRefs": { "description": "Retained results only: `[{provider, capability, feedbackRef}]` per call; pass a ref in `callRatings` of the feedback tool to rate that call." }, "feedbackTool": { "description": "Pointer to the feedback tool for reporting how this result served the task." }, "highlights": { "description": "Highlighted passages from the page." }, "html": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Processed HTML of the page." }, "idleTtlSeconds": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "number" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Seconds a retained workspace stays available while idle." }, "images": { "description": "Images found on the page." }, "inlineTokenBudget": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "number" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Token budget above which a result is retained rather than inlined." }, "json": { "description": "Structured data matching the requested JSON schema or prompt." }, "links": { "description": "Links found on the page." }, "markdown": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Page content as markdown." }, "menu": { "description": "Menu data extracted from the page." }, "message": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Guidance that accompanies the result." }, "metadata": { "description": "Page metadata; authenticated responses can include `metadata.scrapeId` for scrape feedback." }, "nextTool": { "description": "A follow-up tool call (`{name, arguments}`) that continues or inspects this result." }, "pages": { "description": "Physical PDF pages, when `parsers[].pages` is set." }, "product": { "description": "Product data extracted from the page." }, "rawHtml": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Unprocessed HTML of the page." }, "receipt": { "description": "Billing receipt for the execution." }, "requestId": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Identifier of this Alexandria execution." }, "responseBytes": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "number" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Size of the full result in bytes." }, "scrape_id": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Identifier of the underlying scrape." }, "screenshot": { "description": "Screenshot of the page." }, "success": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "boolean" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Whether the API call succeeded." }, "summary": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Summary of the page content." }, "tokenEstimateMethod": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "How `estimatedTokens` was derived." }, "tools": { "description": "Domain-matched Alexandria tools for the page, when `domainTools` is set." }, "video": { "description": "Video extracted from the page." }, "warning": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Non-fatal warning about the result." }, "workspaceId": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Workspace holding a retained result, for inspection through virtual Bash." } }, "type": "object" }, "annotations": { "destructiveHint": false, "openWorldHint": true, "readOnlyHint": true, "title": "Firecrawl scrape" } }, { "name": "firecrawl_search", "title": "Firecrawl web search", "description": "\nSearch web, news, or image sources and return ranked results with query-relevant highlights. Use it for current information, or to list businesses, people, products, jobs or events with websites, prices or contacts. Each web result is a title, URL, and description; use `firecrawl_scrape` on a result URL when the excerpt is not enough.\n\nAuthenticated search also returns matching Alexandria data providers in data.tools (companies, people, jobs, finance and filings, public records and government spending, real estate, places and restaurants, retail and prices, package registries and developer data, news, research, and more). Prefer a provider over scraping pages when the task needs the same fields across several entities, exact figures or timestamps, provenance, or many records; use web results when they already answer the question. Authenticated searches always add alexandria to the sources, so sources: [\"web\"] also returns providers; domainTools: false turns off website-matched tools only.\n\nOn an authenticated session, tool matches describe available capabilities; `firecrawl_find_tools` returns their contracts and `firecrawl_scrape` with an `alexandria` body executes a selected capability. Keyless sessions get no Alexandria matches in data.tools.\n\nFor a programming question, add `categories: [\"developer\"]`; its hits return in `data.web` with `category: \"developer\"`. For a legal or regulatory question, `categories: [\"gov\"]` returns hits in `data.web` with `category: \"gov\"` and cannot be combined with other categories; authenticated sessions also have `firecrawl_gov_search` as the dedicated tool. Verify gov results' issuer, jurisdiction, status, and version before citing current law. `categories: [\"research\"]` restricts web results to research-affiliated websites; the `firecrawl_research_*` tools are a separate surface over paper abstracts and full text (PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv). Returns source-type result groups and usage metadata. Authenticated responses can include an `id` for optional search feedback.\n", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "categories": { "description": "Limit results to specific source types. `research` restricts ordinary web results to research-affiliated websites and returns page snippets, which is separate from the `firecrawl_research_*` tools that search paper abstracts and full text across biomedical (PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv) and arXiv literature; `pdf` searches PDF results; `developer` searches an index built for coding agents over public repositories, GitHub issues, merged pull requests, repository READMEs, and code documentation; `gov` searches the Government Index of US federal, state, and local legal and regulatory sources, the index behind firecrawl_gov_search, and cannot be combined with other categories; gov hits can include historical versions, bill text, agency guidance, and third-party reproductions, so verify the issuer, jurisdiction, enacted/effective status, and version before citing current governing law, clarify a missing jurisdiction or ambiguous as-of date, and use general search for non-US questions or missing coverage (no hits does not establish that no applicable law exists). `developer` and `gov` return hits in `data.web` with `category` set to their name; the other categories also filter `data.web`.", "items": { "enum": [ "research", "pdf", "developer", "gov" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "conversationId": { "description": "conversationId from any earlier Firecrawl tool result in this conversation; after parallel calls, any one of theirs. Omit only on the first call of a conversation; the result returns one to pass on every later call.", "pattern": "^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$", "type": "string" }, "domainTools": { "description": "Include domain-matched tools for result URLs. Defaults to true when Alexandria is combined with web, news or images; semantic-only search leaves domain matching off.", "type": "boolean" }, "enterprise": { "items": { "enum": [ "default", "anon", "zdr" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "excludeDomains": { "description": "Hostnames to leave out of results. Mutually exclusive with includeDomains.", "items": { "maxLength": 253, "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?\\.)+[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9]$", "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "filter": { "type": "string" }, "highlights": { "description": "Return query-relevant page excerpts for web and news results when available (default). Highlights appear in web `description` and news `snippet`; otherwise, original snippets are returned. Set to false to keep the original search snippets.", "type": "boolean" }, "includeDomains": { "description": "Hostnames to restrict results to. Mutually exclusive with excludeDomains.", "items": { "maxLength": 253, "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?\\.)+[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9]$", "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "limit": { "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" }, "location": { "type": "string" }, "objective": { "description": "The user's underlying goal for this call, in one sentence: what they are ultimately trying to accomplish, not a restatement of the URL or query. Reuse it across related calls. Avoid sensitive information.", "maxLength": 5000, "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "query": { "description": "Query for web and semantic tool discovery. Operators include quoted phrases, `-term`, `site:host`, `inurl:term`, `intitle:term`, and `related:host`; the set is non-exhaustive. Catalogue browsing is available through firecrawl_find_tools.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "scrapeOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "description": "Fetches the full page of every web result in the same call, and each fetched result is billed as a scrape. Leave it unset unless the task needs the full text of a few results: highlights usually answer, and firecrawl_scrape can fetch only the URLs you need. These fetches ignore maxAge, so use firecrawl_scrape for a live fetch. scrapeOptions fetches web pages, never Alexandria provider tools.", "properties": { "excludeTags": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "formats": { "items": { "enum": [ "markdown", "html", "rawHtml", "screenshot", "links", "images", "summary", "changeTracking", "branding", "json", "query", "audio" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "includeTags": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "jsonOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "prompt": { "type": "string" }, "schema": { "additionalProperties": true, "propertyNames": { "type": "string" }, "type": "object" } }, "type": "object" }, "location": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "country": { "type": "string" }, "languages": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" } }, "type": "object" }, "lockdown": { "type": "boolean" }, "maxAge": { "type": "number" }, "mobile": { "type": "boolean" }, "onlyMainContent": { "type": "boolean" }, "parsers": { "items": { "enum": [ "pdf" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "pdfOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "maxPages": { "maximum": 10000, "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" } }, "type": "object" }, "profile": { "additionalProperties": false, "description": "Loads a saved browser profile without saving changes to it.", "properties": { "name": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "name" ], "type": "object" }, "proxy": { "enum": [ "basic", "stealth", "enhanced", "auto" ], "type": "string" }, "queryOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "mode": { "default": "freeform", "enum": [ "directQuote", "freeform" ], "type": "string" }, "prompt": { "maxLength": 10000, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "prompt" ], "type": "object" }, "redactPII": { "type": "boolean" }, "removeBase64Images": { "type": "boolean" }, "screenshotOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "fullPage": { "type": "boolean" }, "quality": { "type": "number" }, "viewport": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "height": { "type": "number" }, "width": { "type": "number" } }, "required": [ "width", "height" ], "type": "object" } }, "type": "object" }, "skipTlsVerification": { "type": "boolean" }, "storeInCache": { "type": "boolean" }, "waitFor": { "type": "number" }, "zeroDataRetention": { "type": "boolean" } }, "type": "object" }, "sources": { "description": "Search sources; authenticated sessions default to web + alexandria, keyless sessions to web only. Authenticated searches always add alexandria to the sources, so sources: [\"web\"] also returns providers; domainTools: false turns off website-matched tools only. enterprise zdr or anon searches do not add it. Use [\"alexandria\"] alone for provider discovery without web results.", "items": { "anyOf": [ { "enum": [ "web", "images", "news", "alexandria", "exchange" ], "type": "string" }, { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "type": { "enum": [ "web", "images", "news", "alexandria", "exchange" ], "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "type" ], "type": "object" } ] }, "type": "array" }, "tbs": { "type": "string" }, "toolDetail": { "description": "Compact by default. Compact returns only provider, capability and description; full includes contracts. Inspect selected compact tools with firecrawl_find_tools providers and capabilities.", "enum": [ "compact", "summary", "full" ], "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "query", "objective" ], "type": "object" }, "outputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "agent_hints": { "description": "Optional response guidance from the Firecrawl API.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "conversationId": { "description": "Pass on later Firecrawl calls in this conversation.", "type": "string" }, "creditsUsed": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "number" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Credits this search consumed." }, "data": { "description": "Ranked results grouped by source, such as `web`, `news`, `images`, and `alexandria`. Each result carries its `source` and a 1-indexed `position` within that group; pass those pairs to `firecrawl_search_feedback`." }, "error": { "description": "Error message or error object when the call did not succeed." }, "feedbackTool": { "description": "Pointer to the feedback tool for this search." }, "id": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Search identifier, for optional `firecrawl_search_feedback`." }, "nextTool": { "description": "A follow-up tool call that continues this search." }, "success": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "boolean" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Whether the API call succeeded." }, "tools": { "description": "Domain-matched Alexandria tools for the results." }, "warning": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Non-fatal warning about the result." } }, "type": "object" }, "annotations": { "destructiveHint": false, "openWorldHint": true, "readOnlyHint": true, "title": "Firecrawl web search" } }, { "name": "firecrawl_parse", "title": "Firecrawl file parsing", "description": "\nParse one supported document into markdown, HTML, links, summary, targeted answers, or JSON matching a schema. Supported inputs include common HTML, PDF, Word, RTF, OpenDocument, and spreadsheet files; PDF parsing can be bounded with `pdfOptions.maxPages`.\n\nLocal MCP reads `filePath` from the server filesystem. Hosted MCP uses two calls: first provide `filePath` to receive upload instructions, upload locally, then call again with the returned `uploadRef`; do not send both fields together. Remote web URLs belong in `firecrawl_scrape`.\n\nSet `redactPII` to request redaction of personally identifiable information in the returned content. `zeroDataRetention` requires an eligible authenticated account; omit it for anonymous keyless use. Returns upload instructions for hosted phase one or parsed document content for the final call. Authenticated final responses can include a `data.metadata.scrapeId` for optional parse feedback.\n", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "contentType": { "description": "Phase 1 MIME type override. If omitted, the server infers it from the file extension without reading the file.", "type": "string" }, "conversationId": { "description": "conversationId from any earlier Firecrawl tool result in this conversation; after parallel calls, any one of theirs. Omit only on the first call of a conversation; the result returns one to pass on every later call.", "pattern": "^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$", "type": "string" }, "declaredSizeBytes": { "description": "Optional phase 1 size declaration. Hosted MCP does not stat the file; provide this only if the caller already knows it.", "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "excludeTags": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "filePath": { "description": "Phase 1 only: path to the local file on the caller/harness machine. Hosted MCP will not read or stat this path; it is used only to produce upload instructions.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "formats": { "items": { "enum": [ "markdown", "html", "rawHtml", "links", "summary", "json", "query" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "includeTags": { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "jsonOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "prompt": { "type": "string" }, "schema": { "additionalProperties": true, "propertyNames": { "type": "string" }, "type": "object" } }, "type": "object" }, "maxAge": { "description": "Ignored: parse never reuses or stores indexed content.", "type": "number" }, "onlyMainContent": { "type": "boolean" }, "parsers": { "items": { "enum": [ "pdf" ], "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "pdfOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "maxPages": { "maximum": 10000, "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" } }, "type": "object" }, "proxy": { "enum": [ "basic", "auto" ], "type": "string" }, "queryOptions": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "mode": { "default": "freeform", "enum": [ "directQuote", "freeform" ], "type": "string" }, "prompt": { "maxLength": 10000, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "prompt" ], "type": "object" }, "redactPII": { "type": "boolean" }, "removeBase64Images": { "type": "boolean" }, "skipTlsVerification": { "type": "boolean" }, "storeInCache": { "type": "boolean" }, "uploadRef": { "description": "Phase 2 only: short-lived upload reference returned by phase 1 after the local PUT upload completes.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "zeroDataRetention": { "type": "boolean" } }, "type": "object" }, "outputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "agent_hints": { "description": "Optional response guidance from the Firecrawl API.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, "conversationId": { "description": "Pass on later Firecrawl calls in this conversation.", "type": "string" }, "data": { "description": "Parsed document content; can include `data.metadata.scrapeId` for parse feedback." }, "error": { "description": "Error message or error object when the call did not succeed." }, "message": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Guidance for the next call." }, "mode": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Which phase of the hosted flow produced this response." }, "nextToolCall": { "description": "Hosted phase one: the second `firecrawl_parse` call to make once the upload succeeds, as `{name, arguments}`." }, "notes": { "anyOf": [ { "items": { "type": "string" }, "type": "array" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Hosted phase one: constraints on completing the upload flow." }, "raw": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Response body when it was not JSON." }, "success": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "boolean" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Whether the API call succeeded." }, "upload": { "additionalProperties": false, "description": "Hosted phase one: how to upload the local file.", "properties": { "command": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Local command that performs the upload. It carries no Firecrawl API key." }, "expiresAt": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "When the upload URL expires." }, "fields": { "description": "Form fields the upload request must send, for a POST upload." }, "headers": { "description": "Headers the upload request must send." }, "maxSizeBytes": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "number" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Largest file the upload URL accepts." }, "method": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "HTTP method for the upload." }, "uploadRef": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Reference to pass back on the second call." }, "uploadUrl": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "URL to upload the local file to." } }, "type": "object" }, "warning": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "null" } ], "description": "Non-fatal warning about the result." } }, "type": "object" }, "annotations": { "destructiveHint": false, "openWorldHint": false, "readOnlyHint": true, "title": "Firecrawl file parsing" } } ], "schemaTokens": 7167, "changedAt": "2026-09-28T21:55:47.203996335Z", "check": { "checker": "anchor-check/1.0", "totalTokens": 7167, "counts": { "error": 0, "note": 0, "warn": 9 }, "findings": [ { "rule": "TC07", "severity": "warn", "tool": "firecrawl_search", "message": "the description is about 512 tokens", "fix": "Keep the description to what a model needs to choose and call the tool; move the manual to a resource or the docs." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "firecrawl_parse", "message": "19 parameters without a description: excludeTags, formats, includeTags, jsonOptions, jsonOptions.prompt, jsonOptions.schema and 13 more", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "firecrawl_scrape", "message": "none of its 29 parameters has a description", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "firecrawl_search", "message": "none of its 16 parameters has a description", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC13", "severity": "warn", "tool": "firecrawl_parse", "message": "jsonOptions.schema (object with no properties)", "fix": "Declare the properties (or additionalProperties with a schema) and the array's items." }, { "rule": "TC13", "severity": "warn", "tool": "firecrawl_scrape", "message": "jsonOptions.schema (object with no properties)", "fix": "Declare the properties (or additionalProperties with a schema) and the array's items." }, { "rule": "TC13", "severity": "warn", "tool": "firecrawl_search", "message": "scrapeOptions.jsonOptions.schema (object with no properties)", "fix": "Declare the properties (or additionalProperties with a schema) and the array's items." }, { "rule": "TC22", "severity": "warn", "tool": "firecrawl_scrape", "message": "the definition is about 2,977 tokens", "fix": "Trim the description and parameter docs, or split the tool." }, { "rule": "TC22", "severity": "warn", "tool": "firecrawl_search", "message": "the definition is about 2,676 tokens", "fix": "Trim the description and parameter docs, or split the tool." } ] } }, "github": { "repo": "firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server", "checkedAt": "2026-11-02T08:48:34.279225163Z", "stars": 7748, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-11-02T02:43:31Z", "openIssues": 102, "openPRs": 82, "issuesOpened90d": 27, "issuesClosed90d": 3, "prsMerged90d": 164, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 33, "failure": 1, "other": 16, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-11-02T02:46:04Z" }, "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 23, "medianDays": 8 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T19:22:07.424424784Z" } }, "answer": "Firecrawl MCP scores 75 (BB) on agent readiness against Perplexity Search API's 70.2 (BB), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "perplexity-search-api", "name": "Perplexity Search API", "vendor": "Perplexity", "vendorUrl": "https://www.perplexity.ai/", "kind": "http-api", "category": "search", "summary": "Perplexity's Search API returns ranked web results with extracted page text as JSON from Perplexity's own index, through `POST /search`. The same key reaches the Agent API's web_search tool for cited answers, and a hosted MCP server wraps both.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/perplexity-search-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/perplexity-search-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/perplexity-search-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/perplexity-search-api.json", "dns": "perplexity-search-api.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol", "license": "Proprietary service under the Perplexity API Terms of Service. The MCP server is MIT and the official SDKs Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "perplexityai" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@perplexity-ai/perplexity_ai" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@perplexity-ai/mcp-server" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Bearer Perplexity API key in the `Authorization` header. Keys belong to a project in the API console, are shown once, and can be generated and revoked through `/generate_auth_token` and `/revoke_auth_token`, with a rotation guide. No per-key scopes found. The hosted MCP server also accepts Sign in with Perplexity (OAuth), where the user picks the organisation to bill.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "$5 per 1,000 successful Search API requests, or $1 with Fast Search, with up to five queries per request billed once. Invalid, rate-limited and failed requests are not billed. Agent API web_search is $2.50 per 1,000 calls plus model tokens. Prepaid credits with a card. No free allowance found.", "priceSummary": "$5 / 1k req", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Search API docs, the pricing page, the OpenAPI description or llms.txt (checked 2026-11-06). An empty balance returns 402 Payment Required with no payment requirements, per the FAQ.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 4, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/search/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.perplexity.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.perplexity.ai/openapi.json", "registryName": "ai.perplexity/mcp-server", "capabilities": [ "web.search", "search.answer", "search.research" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "usage-priced", "prepaid", "card-required", "closed-source", "openapi", "llms-txt", "mcp", "remote-mcp", "mcp-registry", "python", "typescript", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-23", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70.2, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 211, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 85, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 25, "reliability": 80, "schema": 89, "security": 56, "transparency": 66 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Raw ranked results with token-capped page text from Perplexity's own index, $5 per 1,000 requests or $1 with Fast Search, an OpenAPI description and a hosted MCP server with read-only annotations. Uptime is not guaranteed, there is no free allowance, keys carry no scopes, and no guidance on untrusted page text was found.", "bestFor": "Agents on any model that need raw ranked sources with extracted text at a low per-request price, and teams that want cited answers from the same key through the Agent API.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.1 description of `POST /search` with enums and limits, llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every docs page", "`max_tokens`, `max_tokens_per_page` and `max_results` cap what reaches the model, and up to five queries share one billed request", "Per-request prices published without login, and invalid, rate-limited and failed requests are not billed", "Hosted MCP server with OAuth or a key; the local server is in the official registry under the verified ai.perplexity namespace", "security.txt valid to 31 December 2027, a SOC 2 Type II report and a SECURITY.md that takes private reports" ], "weaknesses": [ "The FAQ says uptime and recovery time are not guaranteed, and the terms carry no SLA", "No free allowance and prepaid credits with a card; Stripe Projects still needs a $10 purchase", "Project keys have no scopes or spending limits, so any key can run every API on the account", "No guidance on treating returned snippets as untrusted text was found in the docs or the MCP server", "The DPA says Perplexity Search may follow different data terms, and no retention period for search queries is stated" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `max_tokens_per_page` and `max_tokens` before calling; extracted text otherwise fills the context, and the price does not change with size", "Skip results with an empty `snippet` and dedupe by `url` when sending a `query` array; each query costs one rate-limit unit", "Use `search_type: \"fast\"` for $1 per 1,000 when latency and cost matter more than depth", "On 429 wait for Retry-After, then back off; on 402 stop and ask the user to add credits", "Use the Search API for sources and the Agent API's web_search tool for a written answer with citations" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 70.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 85, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 25, "reliability": 80, "schema": 89, "security": 56, "transparency": 51 }, "provenanceScore": 80, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "pip install perplexityai", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.perplexity.ai/search \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $PERPLEXITY_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"query\": \"renewable energy technologies\", \"max_results\": 10, \"max_tokens\": 50000, \"max_tokens_per_page\": 4096}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http perplexity https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "perplexity": { "url": "https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/perplexity-search-api" }, "sameCompany": [ "perplexity-space", "pplx-decider", "pplx-decider-flash" ], "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Search API request", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 5, "note": "Up to five queries in one request billed once; failed and rate-limited requests not billed" }, { "item": "Search API request with Fast Search", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1, "note": "`search_type: \"fast\"`" }, { "item": "Agent API web_search call", "unit": "1k-calls", "usd": 2.5, "note": "Plus model tokens; $1.00 with Fast Search" }, { "item": "Agent API fetch_url call", "unit": "1k-calls", "usd": 0.5, "note": "Plus model tokens" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Perplexity AI, Inc.", "domain": "perplexity.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/legal/perplexity-api-terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/legal/privacy-notice", "statusPage": "https://status.perplexity.com/", "changelog": "https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/resources/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The API Terms of Service (last updated 23 January 2026) name Perplexity AI, Inc. and California law. The Data Processing Addendum (last updated 13 August 2026) deletes personal data within 30 days of the service ending and notes that Perplexity Search may follow different data terms.", "www.perplexity.ai/.well-known/security.txt is valid until 31 December 2027 and links www.perplexity.ai/security.", "The status page moved to incident.io on 10 September 2026 and has Website, App, Computer and API components, with no separate Search component.", "docs.perplexity.ai/robots.txt allows the docs and carries Content-Signal ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes. The terms have no clause on automated access to the website.", "The changelog dates entries by month only. Domain registration was not checked." ], "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/perplexity-search-api.json", "live": { "slug": "perplexity-search-api", "probe": { "target": "https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T19:22:25.812257306Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 194, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 165, "p95ms24h": 266, "samples24h": 210, "samples30d": 210, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 13, "ok": 13 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 197, "ok": 197 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.perplexity.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T19:23:08.772447999Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "ai.perplexity/mcp-server", "version": "1.2.1", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T18:16:28.95801333Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@perplexity-ai/mcp-server", "version": "1.3.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:55:31.394431614Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@perplexity-ai/perplexity_ai", "version": "0.41.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:55:30.575713692Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "perplexityai", "version": "0.46.1", "released": "2026-10-23", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:55:30.34668899Z" } ], "githubStars": 2612, "npmWeekly": 97298, "pypiWeekly": 401537, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://perplexity.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-12-31T00:00:00Z", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:03.917430365Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.perplexity.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:33:36.681222085Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/resources/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:07:27.675707255Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-06T13:29:48.535494355Z", "fingerprint": "a52a171e1f1f" }, { "url": "https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/legal/privacy-notice", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:32:54.875760985Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-06T13:53:25.792168971Z", "fingerprint": "29c9dd01613d" }, { "url": "https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/legal/perplexity-api-terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:32:50.897959644Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-06T13:53:22.592031411Z", "fingerprint": "6a7e4a95f45b" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T01:46:49.011542458Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T01:46:49.011542458Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T19:23:08.772447999Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 25, "category": "payments", "leads": "firecrawl-mcp", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, pricing page or agent onboarding guide, re-read on 1 November (0). Plans are public with per-endpoint credit costs (1 a page, search 2 per 10 results, +4 for JSON formats), and $5 top-ups only on paid plans, so between plan-only and per-unit (15 of 20). Free plan with 1,000 credits a month, no card (20). The hosted keyless endpoint gives scrape, search and parse with no signup, but crawl, map and agent need a key. The agent onboarding guide adds key routes through Stripe Projects and, on supported platforms, a WorkOS ID-JAG assertion, both of which start from a person's existing login (15 of 20).", "b": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, pricing page, OpenAPI or llms.txt (0). $5 per 1,000 successful requests, $1 with Fast Search, published without a login, with failed and rate-limited requests not billed (20). Usage is prepaid with a card on the billing page, and no free allowance was found. The console playground needs no key but is a page for a person, not an API allowance (0). A person signs up in the console. The Stripe Projects route provisions a project, key and credits from a terminal, but needs a person's Stripe account with a payment method and a $10 minimum purchase (5 of 20, as on the Decisions API listing). 0 + 20 + 0 + 5 = 25." }, "scores": { "a": 50, "b": 25 } }, { "by": 14, "category": "security", "leads": "firecrawl-mcp", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "OAuth on the hosted endpoint `/v2/mcp-oauth`, a separate OAuth identity for the search-only endpoint, and plain revocable keys as `Authorization: Bearer`. Keys locked to endpoints and formats, and IP allowlists, are Enterprise only (25 of 30). The README says never to put a key in the server URL. 3.29.1 removed the credential-in-path route from the repository's service image, and it was never documented as an option, so no deduction. 3.36.0 checks Host and Origin in local HTTP mode against DNS rebinding. Keyless and search-only surfaces limit what a session can do, write tools carry destructiveHint, and Alexandria provider terms need explicit user consent and `confirmed: true` (18 of 20). Retained Alexandria results tell the model that source content is data, not instructions, and Enterprise Threat Protection blocks risky URLs, off by default. The API's opt-in `checkPromptInjection` classifier is now a top-level scrape option for any format, markdown included, and for crawl, search and monitors (+4 credits, 403 `SCRAPE_PROMPT_INJECTION_DETECTED`). The MCP tool schemas still don't expose it, so an agent using this server can't turn it on (8 of 15). firecrawl_credit_usage shows spend, by endpoint and by day since 3.34.0, but its description says it can't attribute single jobs, URLs or MCP clients, and we found no per-call log for operators (5 of 15). SOC 2 Type II on the Enterprise page, and security.txt valid to 10 June 2027 with a Bugcrowd vulnerability disclosure programme, re-read on 1 November. CVE-2026-116066 (High in GitHub's unreviewed database, published 25 October), a DNS-rebinding SSRF in the Firecrawl API's Playwright service before 2.11.586, was fixed in a public commit on 21 October that cites issue #5256. No bug bounty found (14 of 20).", "b": "Project API keys, shown once, revocable, and generated and revoked through two documented endpoints with a rotation guide. No per-key scopes or spending limits were found. The hosted MCP server also takes Sign in with Perplexity (OAuth). Keys go in the Authorization header only (22 of 30, as on the Decisions API listing). Search only reads, and MCP clients can disable tools, but any key reaches every API on the account, including the Agent API's sandbox and MCP tools (8 of 20). Snippets are third-party page text, and no guidance on treating them as untrusted was found in the docs, the MCP server or its SECURITY.md (0 of 15). Responses carry a request `id`, and the console shows usage by key. The Audit API covers enterprise organisations' web app events with its own keys, not API calls (8 of 15). security.txt valid until 31 December 2027 linking a security page, a SOC 2 Type II report, a 2025 HIPAA gap assessment and a CAIQlite listed on the trust centre, and a SECURITY.md on the MCP server that takes private reports through GitHub advisories or security@perplexity.ai. The trust centre is drawn by script and wasn't read (18 of 20). 22 + 8 + 0 + 8 + 18 = 56." }, "scores": { "a": 70, "b": 56 } }, { "by": 9, "category": "transparency", "leads": "firecrawl-mcp", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "MIT (30). Zero data retention on Enterprise and a DPA from Standard up, but the privacy policy, re-read on 1 November, still dates from 26 December 2024, keeps personal data until you ask for deletion and gives no retention period for scraped content (12 of 30). The v1 endpoints are kept as legacy alongside v2 and the pricing change of 4 September 2026 was dated, but we found no deprecation policy (8 of 20). Data stored in the United States, and Stripe, PostHog, Crisp and Vercel Analytics are named, with no full subprocessor list (10 of 20).", "b": "Closed service under terms naming Perplexity AI, Inc. and California law. The MCP server is MIT and the SDKs Apache-2.0 (18 of 30). The terms and DPA say Customer Content and personal data don't train Perplexity's models, the DPA deletes personal data within 30 days of the service ending, and the Privacy and Security page says retention varies by API and zero data retention is not the default. The DPA also says Perplexity Search may follow different data terms, which weren't found, and no retention period for search queries is stated (15 of 30). Sonar Chat Completions support ended on 27 September 2026 with a migration guide and requests reformulated rather than refused, and sonar-reasoning was removed on 15 December 2025 with a named replacement. Notices are dated by month and there is no standing notice period beyond the terms' 30 days for termination (10 of 20). A sub-processor list on the trust centre, which is drawn by script and wasn't read, ten business days' notice of new non-model subprocessors, and SCCs for EU and UK transfers. No data location is stated (8 of 20). 18 + 15 + 10 + 8 = 51." }, "scores": { "a": 75, "b": 66 } }, { "by": 7, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "firecrawl-mcp", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "27 tools in the full profile by the README's count (28 on the hosted endpoint with a key, per the contract snapshot), 3 on the keyless endpoint and 9 on the search-only endpoint, and env flags drop the feedback tools (23 of 25, the 11 to 30 band plus 8 for fixed subsets). Format selection, main-content filtering, page limits on map and crawl, and results over 20,000 estimated tokens handed off to retained storage instead of inline (20). Recovery payloads with next actions, and since 3.35.0 API refusals carry a machine-readable `code`, `status` and `retryAfterSeconds` in structuredContent, but schema mismatches reported in open issues (17 of 20). readOnlyHint or destructiveHint on all 28 tools of the hosted full profile, with monitor delete and interact stop marked destructive, and since 3.35.0 idempotentHint on the crawl, agent, interact and monitor tools. No idempotency keys for crawl or agent jobs (17 of 20). One required argument on most tools, and official SDKs in Python and Node (15).", "b": "`max_results` 1 to 20, `max_tokens` and `max_tokens_per_page` cap the extracted text, and results are title, url, snippet and two dates. The MCP server has four tools (23 of 25). Domain, language, recency, publication and update date filters and `country`, with up to five queries in one request. No pagination or offset (16 of 20). 429 bodies name the limit hit, the SDKs map status codes to typed errors, and 402 marks an empty balance. Search-specific error bodies beyond 422 validation are not documented (13 of 20). Searches only read, failed and rate-limited requests are not billed, and the MCP server sets readOnlyHint true, destructiveHint false and idempotentHint false on every tool (18 of 20). Only `query` is required. Official Python and TypeScript SDKs, a CLI and a Python Search SDK (15). 23 + 16 + 13 + 18 + 15 = 85." }, "scores": { "a": 92, "b": 85 } }, { "by": 5, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "firecrawl-mcp", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "firecrawl-mcp 3.36.0 on 27 October 2026, matching the registry (30). 43 version bumps in the 90 days from 3 August to 1 November, 12 of them since 17 October (20). Reported bugs from July and August (#325, #357, #373) show no fix in the repository's commits to 29 October. Issue states and reply times couldn't be read on 1 November (12 of 25, per the 1 October check). io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server at 3.36.0 in the official registry under a GitHub-verified namespace, published 27 October and marked latest (15). CI builds and tests on push and pull request to main, with npm trusted publishing and, since 23 October, a signed container image (10). 30 + 20 + 12 + 15 + 10 = 87.", "b": "Read as a closed service with official SDKs and an open-source MCP server. perplexityai 0.46.1 on PyPI on 23 October 2026 and the MCP server's last commit on 21 October, with changelog entries into November 2026 (30). In the 90 days from 8 August, perplexityai 0.43.7 to 0.46.1 (six releases from 2 October), MCP server 1.2.1 (27 August) and 1.3.0 (25 September, Fast Search on perplexity_search), and Fast Search itself in September (20). A changelog with several entries a month, a community forum with a bug-report category, a GitHub discussion repository and api@perplexity.ai. MCP issue reply times weren't read (10 of 15). The MCP server is in the official registry under the domain-verified ai.perplexity namespace, and the Python and TypeScript SDKs are current (15). The MCP repository runs tests in CI and validates its plugin manifests. Its 1.4.0, prepared on 16 October, is not on npm, which still serves 1.3.0, and the registry's latest entry is 1.2.1 of 27 August (7 of 10). 30 + 20 + 10 + 15 + 7 = 82." }, "scores": { "a": 87, "b": 82 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "MCP server", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Firecrawl (Mendable)", "b": "Perplexity", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp", "b": "https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy)", "b": "Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "not published", "b": "$2.50 per 1,000 tool calls", "name": "Price for web search" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Proprietary service under the Perplexity API Terms of Service. The MCP server is MIT and the official SDKs Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "27", "b": "4", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server", "b": "ai.perplexity/mcp-server", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-10-27", "b": "2026-10-23", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2024-11-05", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2024-12-26", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "7.5k stars, 29k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (8)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Firecrawl MCP scores 75 (BB) on agent readiness against Perplexity Search API's 70.2 (BB), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Firecrawl MCP or Perplexity Search API?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Firecrawl MCP and Perplexity Search API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Firecrawl MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp and Perplexity Search API at https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp.", "question": "Can an agent call Firecrawl MCP and Perplexity Search API without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Firecrawl MCP is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Perplexity Search API.", "question": "Are Firecrawl MCP and Perplexity Search API open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 92 against 85", "Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 56", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 25", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 82", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 66" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Agents that need the whole pipeline (find URLs, scrape to markdown, crawl, monitor) from one server, and for trying without an account.", "slug": "firecrawl-mcp", "watchFor": "No x402 or other machine payment" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where Firecrawl MCP loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Agents on any model that need raw ranked sources with extracted text at a low per-request price, and teams that want cited answers from the same key through the Agent API.", "slug": "perplexity-search-api", "watchFor": "The FAQ says uptime and recovery time are not guaranteed, and the terms carry no SLA" } ], "history": { "firecrawl-mcp": [ { "causes": [ "event" ], "date": "2026-11-01", "delta": -3, "from": 78, "fromGrade": "A", "to": 75, "toGrade": "BB" }, { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-27", "delta": 0.1, "from": 77.9, "fromGrade": "BB", "to": 78, "toGrade": "A" }, { "causes": [ "evidence" ], "date": "2026-10-17", "delta": 2.6, "from": 75.3, "fromGrade": "BB", "to": 77.9, "toGrade": "BB" } ], "perplexity-search-api": null }, "job": { "capability": "web.search", "name": "Web search" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-firecrawl-mcp.json", "title": "Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs Firecrawl MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-firecrawl-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-perplexity-search-api.json", "title": "Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs Perplexity Search 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"url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-scrapingant" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 2, "edge": "perplexity-search-api", "firecrawl-mcp": 78, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "perplexity-search-api": 80, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "firecrawl-mcp", "firecrawl-mcp": 91, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "perplexity-search-api": 89, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 7, "edge": "firecrawl-mcp", "firecrawl-mcp": 92, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "perplexity-search-api": 85, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 14, "edge": "firecrawl-mcp", "firecrawl-mcp": 70, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "perplexity-search-api": 56, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 25, "edge": "firecrawl-mcp", "firecrawl-mcp": 50, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "perplexity-search-api": 25, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "firecrawl-mcp", "firecrawl-mcp": 87, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "perplexity-search-api": 82, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "firecrawl-mcp", "firecrawl-mcp": 75, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "perplexity-search-api": 66, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Firecrawl MCP scores 75 (BB) on agent readiness against Perplexity Search API's 70.2 (BB), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do web search.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [ { "title": "Turn a documentation page into Markdown with Firecrawl", "tool": "firecrawl-mcp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tutorials/firecrawl-mcp/" } ], "verdicts": { "firecrawl-mcp": "Keyless hosted endpoint with scrape, search and parse, plus OAuth and a search-only endpoint. No x402 or other machine payment.", "perplexity-search-api": "Raw ranked results with token-capped page text from Perplexity's own index, $5 per 1,000 requests or $1 with Fast Search, an OpenAPI description and a hosted MCP server with read-only annotations. Uptime is not guaranteed, there is no free allowance, keys carry no scopes, and no guidance on untrusted page text was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-perplexity-search-api", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-perplexity-search-api.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-perplexity-search-api.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-perplexity-search-api.min.md" }, "markdown": "Firecrawl MCP scores 75 (BB) on agent readiness against Perplexity Search API's 70.2 (BB), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do web search.\n\n- Firecrawl MCP: grade BB, 75/100, rank #72 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/firecrawl-mcp.json\n- Perplexity Search API: grade BB, 70.2/100, rank #211 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/perplexity-search-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/perplexity-search-api.json\n- Best web scraping and crawling APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/web-scrapers/index.md\n- All 505 scrapers comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/web-scrapers/index.md\n- Best web search APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/search/index.md\n- All 326 search comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/search/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Firecrawl MCP (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents that need the whole pipeline (find URLs, scrape to markdown, crawl, monitor) from one server, and for trying without an account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 92 against 85\n- Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 56\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 25\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 82\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 66\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No x402 or other machine payment\n\n### Perplexity Search API (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents on any model that need raw ranked sources with extracted text at a low per-request price, and teams that want cited answers from the same key through the Agent API.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Firecrawl MCP loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: The FAQ says uptime and recovery time are not guaranteed, and the terms carry no SLA\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Firecrawl MCP +25\n\n- Firecrawl MCP (50): No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, pricing page or agent onboarding guide, re-read on 1 November (0). Plans are public with per-endpoint credit costs (1 a page, search 2 per 10 results, +4 for JSON formats), and $5 top-ups only on paid plans, so between plan-only and per-unit (15 of 20). Free plan with 1,000 credits a month, no card (20). The hosted keyless endpoint gives scrape, search and parse with no signup, but crawl, map and agent need a key. The agent onboarding guide adds key routes through Stripe Projects and, on supported platforms, a WorkOS ID-JAG assertion, both of which start from a person's existing login (15 of 20).\n- Perplexity Search API (25): No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, pricing page, OpenAPI or llms.txt (0). $5 per 1,000 successful requests, $1 with Fast Search, published without a login, with failed and rate-limited requests not billed (20). Usage is prepaid with a card on the billing page, and no free allowance was found. The console playground needs no key but is a page for a person, not an API allowance (0). A person signs up in the console. The Stripe Projects route provisions a project, key and credits from a terminal, but needs a person's Stripe account with a payment method and a $10 minimum purchase (5 of 20, as on the Decisions API listing). 0 + 20 + 0 + 5 = 25.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Firecrawl MCP +14\n\n- Firecrawl MCP (70): OAuth on the hosted endpoint `/v2/mcp-oauth`, a separate OAuth identity for the search-only endpoint, and plain revocable keys as `Authorization: Bearer`. Keys locked to endpoints and formats, and IP allowlists, are Enterprise only (25 of 30). The README says never to put a key in the server URL. 3.29.1 removed the credential-in-path route from the repository's service image, and it was never documented as an option, so no deduction. 3.36.0 checks Host and Origin in local HTTP mode against DNS rebinding. Keyless and search-only surfaces limit what a session can do, write tools carry destructiveHint, and Alexandria provider terms need explicit user consent and `confirmed: true` (18 of 20). Retained Alexandria results tell the model that source content is data, not instructions, and Enterprise Threat Protection blocks risky URLs, off by default. The API's opt-in `checkPromptInjection` classifier is now a top-level scrape option for any format, markdown included, and for crawl, search and monitors (+4 credits, 403 `SCRAPE_PROMPT_INJECTION_DETECTED`). The MCP tool schemas still don't expose it, so an agent using this server can't turn it on (8 of 15). firecrawl_credit_usage shows spend, by endpoint and by day since 3.34.0, but its description says it can't attribute single jobs, URLs or MCP clients, and we found no per-call log for operators (5 of 15). SOC 2 Type II on the Enterprise page, and security.txt valid to 10 June 2027 with a Bugcrowd vulnerability disclosure programme, re-read on 1 November. CVE-2026-116066 (High in GitHub's unreviewed database, published 25 October), a DNS-rebinding SSRF in the Firecrawl API's Playwright service before 2.11.586, was fixed in a public commit on 21 October that cites issue #5256. No bug bounty found (14 of 20).\n- Perplexity Search API (56): Project API keys, shown once, revocable, and generated and revoked through two documented endpoints with a rotation guide. No per-key scopes or spending limits were found. The hosted MCP server also takes Sign in with Perplexity (OAuth). Keys go in the Authorization header only (22 of 30, as on the Decisions API listing). Search only reads, and MCP clients can disable tools, but any key reaches every API on the account, including the Agent API's sandbox and MCP tools (8 of 20). Snippets are third-party page text, and no guidance on treating them as untrusted was found in the docs, the MCP server or its SECURITY.md (0 of 15). Responses carry a request `id`, and the console shows usage by key. The Audit API covers enterprise organisations' web app events with its own keys, not API calls (8 of 15). security.txt valid until 31 December 2027 linking a security page, a SOC 2 Type II report, a 2025 HIPAA gap assessment and a CAIQlite listed on the trust centre, and a SECURITY.md on the MCP server that takes private reports through GitHub advisories or security@perplexity.ai. The trust centre is drawn by script and wasn't read (18 of 20). 22 + 8 + 0 + 8 + 18 = 56.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Firecrawl MCP +9\n\n- Firecrawl MCP (75): MIT (30). Zero data retention on Enterprise and a DPA from Standard up, but the privacy policy, re-read on 1 November, still dates from 26 December 2024, keeps personal data until you ask for deletion and gives no retention period for scraped content (12 of 30). The v1 endpoints are kept as legacy alongside v2 and the pricing change of 4 September 2026 was dated, but we found no deprecation policy (8 of 20). Data stored in the United States, and Stripe, PostHog, Crisp and Vercel Analytics are named, with no full subprocessor list (10 of 20).\n- Perplexity Search API (66): Closed service under terms naming Perplexity AI, Inc. and California law. The MCP server is MIT and the SDKs Apache-2.0 (18 of 30). The terms and DPA say Customer Content and personal data don't train Perplexity's models, the DPA deletes personal data within 30 days of the service ending, and the Privacy and Security page says retention varies by API and zero data retention is not the default. The DPA also says Perplexity Search may follow different data terms, which weren't found, and no retention period for search queries is stated (15 of 30). Sonar Chat Completions support ended on 27 September 2026 with a migration guide and requests reformulated rather than refused, and sonar-reasoning was removed on 15 December 2025 with a named replacement. Notices are dated by month and there is no standing notice period beyond the terms' 30 days for termination (10 of 20). A sub-processor list on the trust centre, which is drawn by script and wasn't read, ten business days' notice of new non-model subprocessors, and SCCs for EU and UK transfers. No data location is stated (8 of 20). 18 + 15 + 10 + 8 = 51.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Firecrawl MCP +7\n\n- Firecrawl MCP (92): 27 tools in the full profile by the README's count (28 on the hosted endpoint with a key, per the contract snapshot), 3 on the keyless endpoint and 9 on the search-only endpoint, and env flags drop the feedback tools (23 of 25, the 11 to 30 band plus 8 for fixed subsets). Format selection, main-content filtering, page limits on map and crawl, and results over 20,000 estimated tokens handed off to retained storage instead of inline (20). Recovery payloads with next actions, and since 3.35.0 API refusals carry a machine-readable `code`, `status` and `retryAfterSeconds` in structuredContent, but schema mismatches reported in open issues (17 of 20). readOnlyHint or destructiveHint on all 28 tools of the hosted full profile, with monitor delete and interact stop marked destructive, and since 3.35.0 idempotentHint on the crawl, agent, interact and monitor tools. No idempotency keys for crawl or agent jobs (17 of 20). One required argument on most tools, and official SDKs in Python and Node (15).\n- Perplexity Search API (85): `max_results` 1 to 20, `max_tokens` and `max_tokens_per_page` cap the extracted text, and results are title, url, snippet and two dates. The MCP server has four tools (23 of 25). Domain, language, recency, publication and update date filters and `country`, with up to five queries in one request. No pagination or offset (16 of 20). 429 bodies name the limit hit, the SDKs map status codes to typed errors, and 402 marks an empty balance. Search-specific error bodies beyond 422 validation are not documented (13 of 20). Searches only read, failed and rate-limited requests are not billed, and the MCP server sets readOnlyHint true, destructiveHint false and idempotentHint false on every tool (18 of 20). Only `query` is required. Official Python and TypeScript SDKs, a CLI and a Python Search SDK (15). 23 + 16 + 13 + 18 + 15 = 85.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Firecrawl MCP +5\n\n- Firecrawl MCP (87): firecrawl-mcp 3.36.0 on 27 October 2026, matching the registry (30). 43 version bumps in the 90 days from 3 August to 1 November, 12 of them since 17 October (20). Reported bugs from July and August (#325, #357, #373) show no fix in the repository's commits to 29 October. Issue states and reply times couldn't be read on 1 November (12 of 25, per the 1 October check). io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server at 3.36.0 in the official registry under a GitHub-verified namespace, published 27 October and marked latest (15). CI builds and tests on push and pull request to main, with npm trusted publishing and, since 23 October, a signed container image (10). 30 + 20 + 12 + 15 + 10 = 87.\n- Perplexity Search API (82): Read as a closed service with official SDKs and an open-source MCP server. perplexityai 0.46.1 on PyPI on 23 October 2026 and the MCP server's last commit on 21 October, with changelog entries into November 2026 (30). In the 90 days from 8 August, perplexityai 0.43.7 to 0.46.1 (six releases from 2 October), MCP server 1.2.1 (27 August) and 1.3.0 (25 September, Fast Search on perplexity_search), and Fast Search itself in September (20). A changelog with several entries a month, a community forum with a bug-report category, a GitHub discussion repository and api@perplexity.ai. MCP issue reply times weren't read (10 of 15). The MCP server is in the official registry under the domain-verified ai.perplexity namespace, and the Python and TypeScript SDKs are current (15). The MCP repository runs tests in CI and validates its plugin manifests. Its 1.4.0, prepared on 16 October, is not on npm, which still serves 1.3.0, and the registry's latest entry is 1.2.1 of 27 August (7 of 10). 30 + 20 + 10 + 15 + 7 = 82.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Firecrawl MCP | Perplexity Search API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 78 | 80 | Perplexity Search API +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 91 | 89 | Firecrawl MCP +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 85 | Firecrawl MCP +7 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 70 | 56 | Firecrawl MCP +14 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 25 | Firecrawl MCP +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 87 | 82 | Firecrawl MCP +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 66 | Firecrawl MCP +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **75 · BB** | **70.2 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Firecrawl MCP | Perplexity Search API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Firecrawl (Mendable) | Perplexity |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp` | `https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp` |\n| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| Price for web search | not published | $2.50 per 1,000 tool calls |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under the Perplexity API Terms of Service. The MCP server is MIT and the official SDKs Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 27 | 4 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server` | `ai.perplexity/mcp-server` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-27 | 2026-10-23 |\n| Terms last updated | 2024-11-05 | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-12-26 | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 7.5k stars, 29k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (8) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Firecrawl MCP\n\n- -3.0 on 1 November 2026 (A to BB): negative event\n- +0.1 on 27 October 2026 (BB to A): checklist\n- +2.6 on 17 October 2026: new evidence\n\n### Perplexity Search API\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Firecrawl MCP.** Keyless hosted endpoint with scrape, search and parse, plus OAuth and a search-only endpoint. No x402 or other machine payment.\n\n**Perplexity Search API.** Raw ranked results with token-capped page text from Perplexity's own index, $5 per 1,000 requests or $1 with Fast Search, an OpenAPI description and a hosted MCP server with read-only annotations. Uptime is not guaranteed, there is no free allowance, keys carry no scopes, and no guidance on untrusted page text was found.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Firecrawl MCP\n\n1. Use `firecrawl_map` to list URLs, then scrape the few you need instead of crawling a whole site\n2. On the keyless endpoint only scrape, search and parse work. A 429 carries a `signup_url` for the human\n3. Ask for markdown only. JSON, question and highlight formats add 4 credits a page\n4. Poll `firecrawl_check_crawl_status` rather than waiting on a long crawl inside one call; `firecrawl_crawl` and `firecrawl_agent` are marked not idempotent, so don't retry them blindly\n5. Check the URL before scraping. Dead pages still cost a credit\n6. On a 429 wait for `Retry-After` when present, read `error.code` and `retryAfterSeconds` in structuredContent, and check the Errors table's retryable column before retrying\n\n### Perplexity Search API\n\n1. Set `max_tokens_per_page` and `max_tokens` before calling; extracted text otherwise fills the context, and the price does not change with size\n2. Skip results with an empty `snippet` and dedupe by `url` when sending a `query` array; each query costs one rate-limit unit\n3. Use `search_type: \"fast\"` for $1 per 1,000 when latency and cost matter more than depth\n4. On 429 wait for Retry-After, then back off; on 402 stop and ask the user to add credits\n5. Use the Search API for sources and the Agent API's web_search tool for a written answer with citations\n\n## Tutorials\n\n- [Turn a documentation page into Markdown with Firecrawl](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tutorials/firecrawl-mcp/), for Firecrawl MCP\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Firecrawl MCP or Perplexity Search API?\n\nFirecrawl MCP scores 75 (BB) on agent readiness against Perplexity Search API's 70.2 (BB), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Firecrawl MCP and Perplexity Search API need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Firecrawl MCP and Perplexity Search API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Firecrawl MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp and Perplexity Search API at https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp.\n\n### Are Firecrawl MCP and Perplexity Search API open source?\n\nFirecrawl MCP is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Perplexity Search API.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-perplexity-search-api.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-perplexity-search-api.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"firecrawl-mcp\", \"b\": \"perplexity-search-api\"}`. 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