| FMRS | 54 / 100 · D | 75 / 100 · B | 73 / 100 · B |
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| Reliability | 9 / 20 | 13 / 20 | 12 / 20 |
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| Security and permissions | 8 / 20 | 12 / 20 | 13 / 20 |
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| Maintenance | 10 / 20 | 16 / 20 | 16 / 20 |
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| Documentation | 14 / 20 | 17 / 20 | 16 / 20 |
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| Setup experience | 13 / 20 | 17 / 20 | 16 / 20 |
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| Best for | - Users who need rapid AntV chart generation from an MCP client
- Workflows combining chart generation with basic data analysis
- Geographic visualization scenarios limited to China
| - 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
| - Q&A and research scenarios that need real-time, clean web content
- Users with an existing Exa account who want a zero-deployment remote option
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| Not for | - Scenarios requiring maps outside China
- Private deployments that require geographic visualization tools
- Users who do not want requests sent to the default public chart-generation service
| - 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)
| - Scenarios requiring a strict allowlist of search sources that can't use a third-party search service
- Budget-sensitive, high-volume search scenarios (remote/API calls may incur cost)
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| Required permissions | - The client must be able to launch npx or an installed MCP server process
- By default, network access to https://antv-studio.alipay.com/api/gpt-vis is required
- When configured, SERVICE_ID must be supplied; the manifest marks this variable as secret
- Private deployments require network access to the configured VIS_REQUEST_SERVER URL
| - 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
| - Requires an Exa API key for full functionality; OAuth login is optional in remote mode
- web_fetch_exa retrieves content from a specified URL; agent_run performs multi-step autonomous actions and needs the user to have clear expectations of Agent behavior
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| Risks and side effects | - By default, chart requests are sent to the public AntV chart-generation service, so data sensitivity should be considered
- Geographic visualization currently supports maps within China only
- The private-deployment solution does not support geographic-district-map, geographic-path-map, or geographic-pin-map
- SERVICE_ID is used to track chart-generation records; mishandling it may affect record access or expose the identifier
- Client compatibility issues may require disabling specific tools with DISABLED_TOOLS
| - 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
| - The API key should be stored carefully — avoid leaving it in plaintext in client config files on untrusted machines
- agent_run is a multi-step autonomous tool with a longer action chain — try it on low-risk tasks first
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| Supported clients | Claude Desktop, Visual Studio Code, Cline, Cherry Studio, Cursor | Claude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Amp | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Amp, Kiro, LM Studio, Antigravity |
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| Tools | 26 | 11 | 4 |
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