{"name":"Firecrawl MCP","tagline":"Hosted Firecrawl MCP — scrape, search, parse. Keyless free tier; full tools need a Firecrawl key.","url":"https://docs.firecrawl.dev/mcp-server","category":"mcp","pricing":"freemium","price_note":"hosted https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp; keyless scrape/search/parse (rate-limited); full tools need a Firecrawl key or OAuth. Firecrawl Free $0 = 1,000 credits/mo; Hobby $16/mo billed yearly (https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing). npx firecrawl-mcp","free_tier":true,"open_source":true,"api":true,"self_host":true,"verdict":"ship","verdict_text":"The web MCP that actually returns markdown: hosted at mcp.firecrawl.dev, keyless scrape/search/parse for a first try, then a Firecrawl key or OAuth for crawl/map/agent. Self-host and npx firecrawl-mcp exist. Credits are the Firecrawl plan, not a second bill.","limitations":["Keyless hosted tools are scrape, search, and parse only, and rate-limited.","Crawl, map, interact, and agent still need a Firecrawl API key or OAuth.","Credits do not roll over on self-serve plans (Firecrawl pricing, 2026-08-26)."],"strengths":["Hosted Streamable HTTP with a keyless free slice (scrape, search, parse).","Same Firecrawl credits as the API — Free is 1,000 credits/month, no extra MCP SKU.","Local npx firecrawl-mcp and self-host when the URL should not leave your cloud."],"use_for":["Coding agents that need a live page as markdown, not a browser MCP.","Keyless first try of scrape/search/parse before creating a Firecrawl key."],"skip_when":["Playwright or Chrome DevTools MCP already covers the page you would scrape.","Crawl, map, or agent tools — those need a Firecrawl key, not the keyless URL.","The target cannot leave your network; then self-host, do not use mcp.firecrawl.dev."],"receipts":["https://docs.firecrawl.dev/mcp-server","https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server","https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing"],"affiliate":"none","evidence_tier":"field-tested","momentum":"blueshift","featured":false,"data_sensitivity":{"trains_on_inputs":"unknown","local_processing":false},"last_verified":"2026-08-26","observed_by":"whysanesanders","slug":"firecrawl-mcp","canonical_url":"https://noemium.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp/","attribution":"Noemium catalog data is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See https://noemium.com/method/ for how entries are verified."}