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Official Firecrawl server to scrape, crawl, map and search the web as clean Markdown
★ 7.5k · MIT · updated 2026-09-25
8.6/10
What it is The Firecrawl MCP Server is Firecrawl's official open-source server for web data. It turns pages into LLM-ready Markdown or structured data and gives agents search, crawl and site-map tools. You can run it locally with npx or use Firecrawl's hosted endpoint, which has a keyless free tier. Key features - Scrape single URLs to clean Markdown -… Read more →
Pros
- Clean Markdown output
- Hosted keyless free tier
- Crawl, map, search and research in one server
- Large, active project
Cons
- Crawls burn credits fast
- Scraped content brings copyright and terms questions
- Many tools can crowd the context window
Pricing: Free plan, paid from $19/mo · web-scraping research markdown official open-source
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Exa's hosted neural search server with web search, page fetch and deep research
★ 5.0k · MIT · updated 2026-09-23
8.3/10
What it is The Exa MCP Server is Exa's official server for its AI-native search engine. It is hosted at mcp.exa.ai/mcp and open source on GitHub. It gives agents web search with clean page content, full-page fetching as Markdown and, optionally, advanced search and an agent tool for multi-step research. Key features - web_search_exa returns results with clean content -… Read more →
Pros
- Works without a key to start
- Hosted, many supported clients
- Full-page fetch as Markdown
- Active official repo
Cons
- Anonymous use is rate-limited
- Deep search and agent runs cost more
- Pay-as-you-go only
Pricing: Freemium · web-search research neural-search official hosted
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Official Perplexity API server for cited web search, answers and deep research
★ 2.5k · MIT · updated 2026-08-27
7.9/10
What it is The Perplexity MCP Server is Perplexity's official server for its API platform. It gives an assistant Perplexity's real-time web search and answer engines, from quick cited answers to longer research runs. It runs locally from npm or through Perplexity's hosted endpoint at api.perplexity.ai/mcp. Key features - perplexity_search: ranked web results via the Search API - perplexity_ask: conversational… Read more →
Pros
- Answers with citations
- Search, ask, research and reason tools
- Official, MIT-licensed
- Hosted or local
Cons
- No free API allowance stated
- API in transition from Sonar to Agent API
- Research runs are slow and cost more
Pricing: Freemium · web-search research citations official answer-engine
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Tavily's search, extract, map and crawl tools for agents, hosted or local
★ 2.4k · MIT · updated 2026-09-16
7.9/10
What it is The Tavily MCP Server is Tavily's official server for its search API built for AI agents. It gives assistants real-time web search, content extraction, site mapping and crawling. You can use Tavily's hosted endpoint or run it locally with npx. Key features - search: real-time web search tuned for LLMs - extract: pull clean content from given… Read more →
Pros
- 1,000 free credits a month
- Search and extraction together
- Hosted or local, several auth options
- Official, MIT-licensed
Cons
- Key in the URL can leak into logs
- Overlaps heavily with Firecrawl and Exa
- Crawl jobs use many credits
Pricing: Freemium · web-search extraction research official open-source
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Official Brave server for web, news, image, video and local search plus summaries
★ 1.5k · MIT · updated 2026-09-24
7.8/10
What it is The Brave Search MCP Server is Brave's official open-source server for the Brave Search API, which runs on Brave's own independent web index. It gives agents web, news, image, video and local search, plus AI summaries and LLM-ready context. Key features - Web search with filters - News, image and video search - Local business and point-of-interest… Read more →
Pros
- Independent index
- News, image, video and local search
- Official and MIT-licensed
- Monthly free credits
Cons
- Snippets, not full page content
- Paid per request beyond free credits
- Requires Node.js 22+ locally
Pricing: Freemium · web-search news research official open-source