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CRW Web Scraper vs Firecrawl MCP Server
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Firecrawl, the context API for AI agents: search, scrape, interact with the web, plus paper search.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. Both score close on the safety scan (85 and 90 out of 100). Firecrawl MCP Server is hosted and callable through the gateway; CRW Web Scraper runs on your own machine. Firecrawl MCP Server has noticeably more public adoption.
| CRW Web Scraper | Firecrawl MCP Server | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A85/100 | A90/100 |
| Adoption | Established | Widely used |
| GitHub stars | 1.1k | 7.8k |
| Downloads / week | – | 159k |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Hosted (remote) |
| Gateway-ready | No | Yes |
| Tools | — | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-11-03 |
| Category | Scraping and browsing | Scraping and browsing |