Firecrawl vs Open SEO Crawler
Firecrawl is an MCP server published by firecrawl. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Open SEO Crawler is an MCP server published by puneetindersingh. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22. 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 |   Open SEO Crawler |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:28e677a10704 Forks (GitHub): 915 Pulls (Docker Hub): 141 445 Stars (Docker Hub): 20 Stars (GitHub): 7 666 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 22 Stars (GitHub): 70 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 | Open SEO Crawler |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 666 (better) | 70 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 141 445 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 915 (better) | 22 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/firecrawl) | On your machine (https://github.com/puneetindersingh/open-seo-crawler/releases/download/mcp-v1.0.0/open-seo-crawler-mcp.mcpb) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| 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/puneetindersingh/open-seo-crawler |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 1 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-16 |
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.
Open SEO Crawler
Self-hosted SEO crawler: run site audits and AI crawler checks, then read the issues and pages.
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)
Open SEO Crawler
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Open SEO Crawler publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Open SEO Crawler publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Firecrawl · What it can do: Open SEO Crawler · 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.