Firecrawl alternatives
5 servers that overlap with Firecrawl. Compared on install command, provenance, and the tags they share — not on a feature checklist nobody maintains.
What these have in common
All of them overlap with Firecrawl on at least one capability tag. Overlap is not equivalence: two servers can both say "database" and solve different problems. Read the full entry for what the current one is actually for before switching.
Side by side
| Server | Install | Source | Shared tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firecrawl | npx -y firecrawl-mcp | Community | scraping, crawl, markdown |
| Fetch | npx -y mcp-server-fetch | Official | web, scraping, reference |
| Apify MCP | npx -y @apify/actors-mcp-server | Official | scraping, actors, data |
| Bright Data MCP | npx -y @brightdata/mcp | Official | scraping, proxy, web |
| Obsidian MCP | npx -y obsidian-mcp-server | Community | notes, obsidian, markdown |
| Serper MCP | npx -y serper-search-scrape-mcp-server | Community | search, serp, scraping |
How to choose
Prefer the official server when one exists, unless its install path or auth model does not fit. Prefer the smaller surface area: a server that exposes four tools you use beats one that exposes forty you do not, because every definition costs context on every request.