A side-by-side look at the Exa MCP Server and Singapore ACRA Company & UEN Lookup MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Exa MCP Server for search & data extraction work as a local process; choose Singapore ACRA Company & UEN Lookup for search & data extraction. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
web_search_exa, web_fetch_exa.Singapore_search_companies, Singapore_get_company.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | S Singapore ACRA Company & UEN Lookup | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Search & Data Extraction | Search & Data Extraction |
| Quality signal | 68/100 · Great | 47/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | No auth required | OAuth 2.0 |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 5,141 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 5 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 2 | 2 |
| Full listing | View Exa MCP Server | View Singapore ACRA Company & UEN Lookup |
web_search_exaSearch the web for any topic and get clean, ready-to-use content.
Best for: Finding current information, news, facts, people, companies, or answering questions about any topic.
Returns: Clean text content from top search results.
Query tips:
describe the ideal page, not keywords. "blog post comparing React and Vue performance" not "React vs Vue".
Use category:people / category:company to search through Linkedin profiles / companies respectively.
If highlights are insufficient, follow up with web_fetch_exa on the best URLs.web_fetch_exaRead a webpage's full content as clean markdown. Use after web_search_exa when highlights are insufficient or to read any URL.
Best for: Extracting full content from known URLs. Batch multiple URLs in one call.
Returns: Clean text content and metadata from the page(s).Singapore_search_companiesSearch ACRA-registered entities by name and/or filters. Filters are combined with AND logic; include at least one.Singapore_get_companyFull profile by UEN (e.g. `201316157E`): primary and secondary SSIC codes and descriptions, UEN issue date, address and former names.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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"exa-labs-exa-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"exa-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Singapore ACRA Company & UEN Lookup yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.