Firecrawl vs free-web-mcp
Firecrawl is an MCP server published by firecrawl. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). free-web-mcp is an MCP server published by rustemmustafingovua-byte. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. 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 |  free-web-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:28e677a10704 Forks (GitHub): 928 Pulls (Docker Hub): 140 854 Stars (Docker Hub): 20 Stars (GitHub): 7 647 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.97 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 | free-web-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 647 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 140 854 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 928 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-21 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/firecrawl) | Remote server (xjbfm-.run.pinggy-free.link/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/rustemmustafingovua-byte/free-web-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 1 | 11 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-20 |
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.
free-web-mcp
Web search and page reading for AI agents with zero API credits
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)
free-web-mcp As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http free-web-mcp https://xjbfm-.run.pinggy-free.link/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of free-web-mcp publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of free-web-mcp publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Firecrawl · What it can do: free-web-mcp · 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.