firecrawl vs io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server
firecrawl is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by firecrawl. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server is an MCP server published by brave. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. 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 |  io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 2.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 37 Stars (GitHub): 247 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.9 Forks (GitHub): 37 Stars (GitHub): 247 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.1.3 Downloads/month (npm): 86 533 Downloads/week (npm): 12 353 Forks (GitHub): 215 Stars (GitHub): 1 528 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:f58a5c22c119 Forks (GitHub): 215 Pulls (Docker Hub): 289 647 Stars (Docker Hub): 26 Stars (GitHub): 1 528 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 | io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 2 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 247 (worse) | 1 528 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 289 647 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 37 (worse) | 215 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-16 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp-search) | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio, Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 8 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 11 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-claude-plugin | github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 4 days ago | Responded 6 days ago, requires a key |
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
Web scraping and crawling powered by Firecrawl. Turn any website into clean, LLM-ready markdown or structured data. Scrape single pages, crawl entire sites, search the web, and extract structured information. Includes an AI agent for autonomous multi-source data gathering - just describe what you need and it finds, navigates, and extracts automatically.
io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Brave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.
How to run each
firecrawl As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install firecrawl@claude-plugins-officialio.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "BRAVE_API_KEY=<YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio brave-search-mcp-server -- npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-serverRequires: BRAVE_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Both endpoints responded at the last daily check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of firecrawl publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of firecrawl publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: firecrawl · What it can do: io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.