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DimensionBright Data Web MCPReal-time, unblocked public web access for AIFirecrawl MCP ServerFirecrawl's official MCP server for web search, scraping, and structured extraction for AI agents
FMRS58 / 100 · C75 / 100 · B
Reliability9 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions8 / 2012 / 20
Maintenance12 / 2016 / 20
Documentation15 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience14 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • AI agents that need live public web data
  • Research and analytics workflows requiring scraping or structured data
  • Coding agents that need current npm or PyPI package information
  • Users requiring browser automation through Pro mode
  • 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
  • Private, unauthorized, or internal data access
  • Users unwilling to provide a Bright Data API key
  • Offline environments or local setups without Node.js/npx
  • Workflows that cannot accommodate usage-based Pro or web-data costs
  • 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
  • A Bright Data API_TOKEN is required
  • The server needs access to Bright Data services and the public web
  • WEB_UNLOCKER_ZONE and BROWSER_ZONE may be configured optionally
  • PRO_MODE, GROUPS, TOOLS, timeout, and retry settings may be configured optionally
  • 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
  • Requests consume account credits; base tools are charged per request and web_data_* tools per returned record
  • The free tier provides 5,000 credits per month and unused credits do not roll over
  • PRO_MODE incurs additional usage-based charges
  • API_TOKEN is a secret credential and should not be exposed in logs or shared configuration
  • Live web content, availability, and scraping results may depend on target sites and network conditions
  • 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 Code, Cursor, WindsurfClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Amp
Tools2911