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Apify vs Firecrawl MCP Server
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Extract data from any website with thousands of scrapers, crawlers, and automations on Apify Store ⚡
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MCP server for Firecrawl — web search, scraping, and biomedical/arXiv paper search.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Apify (98/100 against 85). Apify is hosted and callable through the gateway; Firecrawl MCP Server runs on your own machine. Firecrawl MCP Server has noticeably more public adoption.
| Apify | Firecrawl MCP Server | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A98/100 | A85/100 |
| Adoption | Established | Widely used |
| GitHub stars | 7.7k | 7.5k |
| Downloads / week | – | 23k |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | — | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-23 |
| Category | E-commerce | Scraping and browsing |