Firecrawl vs ProofFetch
Firecrawl is an MCP server published by firecrawl. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). ProofFetch is an MCP server published by equinoxaifinance-rgb. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-26. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Firecrawl |  ProofFetch |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:28e677a10704 Forks (GitHub): 919 Pulls (Docker Hub): 143 082 Stars (Docker Hub): 20 Stars (GitHub): 7 685 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Firecrawl | ProofFetch |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 685 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 143 082 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 919 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/firecrawl) | Remote server (prooffetch.tryneverclosed.com/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 26 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 8, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/mendableai/firecrawl-mcp-server | github.com/equinoxaifinance-rgb/proof-fetch-docs |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 5 days ago |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Firecrawl
Official Firecrawl MCP server, the context API for AI agents: search, scrape, and interact with the web, plus parse, crawl, map, Agent and Monitor, from any MCP client.
ProofFetch
Cited web text extraction for agents: 25 free extractions per key, then 500 for $5.00 via Stripe.
How to run each
Firecrawl As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=<YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY>" --transport stdio firecrawl -- docker run -i --rm -e FIRECRAWL_API_KEY mcp/firecrawlRequires: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY (secret)
ProofFetch As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http proof-fetch https://prooffetch.tryneverclosed.com/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only ProofFetch has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Only Firecrawl has
firecrawl_agentfirecrawl_agent_statusfirecrawl_check_crawl_statusfirecrawl_crawlfirecrawl_extractfirecrawl_feedbackfirecrawl_interactfirecrawl_interact_stopfirecrawl_mapfirecrawl_monitor_checkfirecrawl_monitor_checksfirecrawl_monitor_create
Show the remaining 14
firecrawl_monitor_deletefirecrawl_monitor_getfirecrawl_monitor_listfirecrawl_monitor_runfirecrawl_monitor_updatefirecrawl_parsefirecrawl_research_inspect_paperfirecrawl_research_read_paperfirecrawl_research_related_papersfirecrawl_research_search_githubfirecrawl_research_search_papersfirecrawl_scrapefirecrawl_searchfirecrawl_search_feedback
Only ProofFetch has
proof_fetch_evidenceproof_fetch_offerproof_fetch_preflight
Both have
None
Tool names as the marketplaces declare them and as Ext Ops observed them on the endpoints (ProofFetch as of 2026-10-20). More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of ProofFetch publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Firecrawl · What it can do: ProofFetch · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.