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firecrawl-mcp-server
Source: firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server · ★ 6508 · JavaScript
Last updated 2026-06-06 · benchmark measured 2026-10-11 — deterministic & reproducible
API for searching, scraping, and interacting with web pages at scale.
firecrawl-mcp-server at a glance
Firecrawl-mcp-server is an open-source API that lets developers and AI agents search the web, scrape pages into clean Markdown or JSON, and interact with live pages through prompts or code.
Good for
- Giving AI agents access to search results and full page content
- Scraping websites into LLM-ready Markdown, JSON, or screenshot formats
- Monitoring pages so you're notified when a site changes
Pricing
Free: 1,000 credits/mo. Hobby $16/mo (5K). Standard $83/mo (100K). Growth $333/mo (500K). Scale $599/mo (1M). Enterprise: custom. Billed yearly.
Questions people ask
What does firecrawl-mcp-server actually do?
It provides an API that searches the web, scrapes pages into clean Markdown or JSON (with optional screenshots), and lets you interact with pages using AI prompts or code.
Who is it built for?
It's designed for AI agents, developers, and companies of all sizes that need reliable access to web data.
Is there a free plan?
Yes, the Free plan gives 1,000 credits per month at no cost, with no credit card required.
Can I connect it to my AI agent or MCP client?
Yes, it connects to AI agents or MCP clients through a CLI or MCP integration, and the setup is described as a single command.
Is Firecrawl open source?
Yes, the service is open source and developed transparently and collaboratively.
Written by Legit.Show from firecrawl.dev on 2026-09-30. It does not change the score.
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Legit.Show scored firecrawl-mcp-server 80/100 on 2026-10-11, measured across all 7 frames from its public surface. legit.show/s/gh-firecrawl-firecrawl-mcp-server/2026-10-11
Is firecrawl-mcp-server production-ready?
Legit.Show scores firecrawl-mcp-server 80 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on firecrawl-mcp-server (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Security; its weakest is Performance. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.
The 7 Frames
- Performance — 45/100
- Accessibility — 84/100
- Security — 100/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Web Security Baseline
- Privacy — 75/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Privacy Gap
- Reliability — 100/100
- Standards — 89/100
- Discoverability — 70/100
What we measured
- Security headers present: CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy.
- Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
- Real Lighthouse performance run — 843 ms to first byte.
- Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
- 3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
- Has a reachable privacy policy.
- Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
- Discoverable: sitemap, OpenGraph image.
Who built it
Caleb Peffer · product account @firecrawl
Who it's for
AI agents · Developers · Companies of all sizes
Pricing
Free: 1,000 credits/mo; Hobby $16/mo (5K credits); Standard $83/mo (100K credits); Growth $333/mo (500K credits); Scale $599/mo (1M credits); Enterprise custom pricing. Billed yearly with discounts.
Sources and updates
- Description
- Taken from firecrawl.dev's own website on 2026-06-06.
- Operator
- Firecrawl, as named in firecrawl.dev's terms, privacy page or footer.
- Code
- github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server.
- Benchmark
- Measured by Legit.Show from the live site, the way any visitor sees it — with no access to its code or accounts. Same method for every product, and no AI decides the score. Last checked 2026-10-11.
Put together from public information, without firecrawl-mcp-server's involvement. If anything here is wrong, tell us and a person will check it.
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