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DimensionApify MCP ServerTurn thousands of Apify Actors into AI-agent tools for web scraping and data extraction.Firecrawl MCP ServerFirecrawl's official MCP server for web search, scraping, and structured extraction for AI agents
FMRS64 / 100 · C75 / 100 · B
Reliability10 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions8 / 2012 / 20
Maintenance15 / 2016 / 20
Documentation17 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience14 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • Developers adding web scraping/data extraction capabilities to AI agents without building their own crawlers
  • Users of Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or ChatGPT who want dynamic discovery and use of Apify Store scraping tools
  • Autonomous agents that need to pay per Actor run via prepaid tokens (AGI, x402, or Skyfire)
  • Scenarios needing clean, structured web context fed to an AI assistant
  • Users already on the Firecrawl platform who want to call its scraping capability directly via MCP
Not for
  • Tasks that don't need internet scraping, such as pure local filesystem or database work
  • Users without an Apify account who are unwilling to authenticate via OAuth or API token
  • Fully offline setups that must avoid sending any data to the Apify platform
  • Simple static-page scraping where you don't want to depend on a third-party API and incur call costs
  • Sites that explicitly disallow automated access (robots.txt)
Required permissions
  • Requires an Apify API token (Bearer) or OAuth login to an Apify account
  • Runs Actors and reads run status, dataset, and key-value store data on behalf of the user's account
  • Needs outbound network access to reach the Apify API and the external websites Actors scrape
  • Requires a Firecrawl API key to call; cost and quota are governed by the Firecrawl account
  • firecrawl_agent/firecrawl_interact perform automated browser interaction, which may trigger login or form-submission flows on the target site
Risks and side effects
  • Running Actors incurs cost, paid via prepaid balance, AGI, direct x402, or Skyfire
  • Telemetry (tool-call usage data) is collected by default, and stdio mode also enables Sentry error tracking by default unless opted out
  • Dynamic tool discovery lets the agent invoke arbitrary third-party Actors from Apify Store, whose behavior and data handling are outside this server's control
  • Scraped website data passes through the Apify API; users are responsible for ensuring scraping complies with target sites' terms of service
  • Bulk crawl/map tools can generate significant request volume against a target site — respect the site's rate limits and terms of service
  • firecrawl_agent's interactive action chain is longer — define task boundaries clearly before running it to avoid accidentally triggering actions on a sensitive site
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT, OpenCode, Kiro, Apify Tester MCP ClientClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Amp
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