# Firecrawl MCP vs TinyFish Search (slim)

> Firecrawl MCP scores 75.3 (BB) on agent readiness against TinyFish Search's 63.2 (B), and leads in every scored category. Both do web search. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Firecrawl MCP scores 75.3 (BB) on agent readiness against TinyFish Search's 63.2 (B), and leads in every scored category. Both do web search.

- Firecrawl MCP: BB 75.3, rank #49 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp.min.md
- TinyFish Search: B 63.2, rank #366 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tinyfish-search.min.md
- 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. Ahead on Reliability, 70 against 50; Schema & documentation, 88 against 82; Agent ergonomics, 92 against 78; Security & auth, 67 against 58; Payments & pricing, 50 against 45; Maintenance & community, 87 against 78; Transparency & trust, 74 against 52. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Runs on your own machine; Open source.
- TinyFish Search, good for Agents that need ranked snippets and URLs at no cost and modest volume, with news and research-paper modes. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Firecrawl MCP | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 88 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 92 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 74 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Firecrawl MCP | TinyFish Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Firecrawl (Mendable) | TinyFish |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp` | `https://api.search.tinyfish.ai` |
| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Price for web search | not published | free |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under TinyFish's Terms of Service. The local MCP proxy `@tiny-fish/mcp` is MIT. The SDK packages on npm and PyPI carry no licence metadata |
| Tools exposed | 26 | 28 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server` | `ai.tinyfish.agent/web-agent` |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2024-11-05 | 2026-08-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-12-26 | 2025-12-14 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 7.5k stars, 29k npm/wk | 9 stars, 5.7k npm/wk, 6.5k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (8) | none |