# Firecrawl MCP vs Spider (slim)

> Firecrawl MCP has a score of 75.5 (BB) against Spider's 74.3 (BB). Both do web search. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 46 points. Spider accepts x402. Firecrawl MCP doesn't. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Firecrawl MCP has a score of 75.5 (BB) against Spider's 74.3 (BB). Both do web search. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 46 points. Spider accepts x402. Firecrawl MCP doesn't.

- Firecrawl MCP: BB 75.5, rank #34 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp.min.md
- Spider: BB 74.3, rank #49 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spider-cloud.min.md
- Pick Firecrawl MCP for agent ergonomics (+22), security & auth (+25), transparency & trust (+7). Pick Spider for reliability (+10), payments & pricing (+46).

| Category | Firecrawl MCP | Spider |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 88 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 92 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 42 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 96 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 69 |