Crawdar Business Research vs Sem

In-depth architectural comparison of the Crawdar Business Research and Sem MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

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Choose Crawdar Business Research when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

Explore Crawdar Business Research Details

Choose Sem when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	C Crawdar Business Research Developer Tools	Sem Developer Tools
Summary	Evidence-backed public business research for agents with compact, pageable output.	Entity-level code intelligence: semantic diff, impact analysis, blame, and context for AI agents
Category & Scope	Developer Tools	Developer Tools
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Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crawdar-business-research": {
      "url": "https://crawdar.com/agents"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "sem"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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