Crawlie vs Moonlings — Local Business Intelligence
A side-by-side look at the Crawlie and Moonlings — Local Business Intelligence MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
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Moonlings — Local Business IntelligenceMarketing · Remote HTTP/SSEAI visibility checks, review gaps, competitor scans, and deep research for local businesses.42FairAuth: not declaredVerdict: choose Crawlie for marketing work over a hosted endpoint; choose Moonlings — Local Business Intelligence for marketing over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Crawlie when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Marketing domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You want tools like
crawl_site, audit_url, audit_urls.
MChoose Moonlings — Local Business Intelligence when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Marketing domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | M Moonlings — Local Business Intelligence | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Marketing | Marketing |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 42/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 115 | — |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Crawlie | View Moonlings — Local Business Intelligence |
Tools & capabilities
Crawlie tools 6
crawl_siteCrawl + audit a whole site (SEO + GEO), returns scores, issues, per-page dataaudit_urlAudit a single pageaudit_urlsAudit an explicit list of pagesexplain_issueWhy a rule matters + how to fix itlist_rulesThe full catalogue of checkslist_reportsRead saved crawl history
Moonlings — Local Business Intelligence tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Crawlie
{
"mcpServers": {
"crawlie": {
"url": "https://crawlie.app/mcp"
}
}
}
Moonlings — Local Business Intelligence
{
"mcpServers": {
"moonlings-local-business-intelligence": {
"url": "https://moonlings.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Crawlie is categorized under Marketing and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Moonlings — Local Business Intelligence belongs to Marketing and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Crawlie for marketing work and Moonlings — Local Business Intelligence for marketing.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Crawlie has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Moonlings — Local Business Intelligence has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add crawlie and moonlings-local-business-intelligence as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Crawlie has a quality signal of 53/100 (Good) with 2 views, 0 installs and 115 GitHub stars. Moonlings — Local Business Intelligence has 42/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.