Firecrawl MCP Server vs SMKlog Parcel Shipping Rates
A side-by-side look at the Firecrawl MCP Server and SMKlog Parcel Shipping Rates MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Firecrawl MCP Server for search & data extraction work as a local process; choose SMKlog Parcel Shipping Rates for delivery as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Firecrawl MCP Server when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Search & Data Extraction domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: API key required.
- You have the keys it needs:
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY, HTTP_STREAMABLE_SERVER. - You want tools like
firecrawl_scrape, firecrawl_map, firecrawl_search.
Choose SMKlog Parcel Shipping Rates when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Delivery domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
get_parcel_quote, create_checkout_link, track_parcel.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Search & Data Extraction | Delivery |
| Quality signal | 90/100 · Excellent | 79/100 · Great |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Freemium | Not declared |
| Required env vars | FIRECRAWL_API_KEYHTTP_STREAMABLE_SERVER | None listed |
| Verified owner | Verified | Verified |
| GitHub stars | 7,669 | 1 |
| Directory activity | 13 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 25 | 5 |
| Full listing | View Firecrawl MCP Server | View SMKlog Parcel Shipping Rates |
Tools & capabilities
Firecrawl MCP Server tools 25
firecrawl_scrapeRetrieve and extract content from one supplied URL through Firecrawl. Use this when the request identifies a page and needs its content or defined fields. It can return markdown, HTML, links, screenshots, branding data, a targeted answer, or JSON matching a supplied schema; JSON is useful when the requested result has defined fields, while markdown preserves readable page content. This tool operates on a known page. For a set of pages use `firecrawl_crawl`, and to discover page URLs use `firecrawl_map` or `firecrawl_search`. Options include JavaScript render delay, cache age, main-content filtering, PII redaction, and lockdown cache-only retrieval. Browser actions may change the live page when interactive actions are enabled. Firecrawl may reuse recently indexed content instead of refetching the page, and the reuse window varies by domain. Set `maxAge: 0` to force a live fetch, or a smaller `maxAge` to bound how stale reused content may be. A successful response does not by itself confirm that the state it describes is still current. Returns the selected content formats and page metadata.firecrawl_mapEnumerate URLs indexed under one website through Firecrawl without fetching each page's content. Use this when the request asks for a site's URL inventory, when several relevant pages must be located, or when the desired page URL is unknown. An optional `search` term narrows the URL list, while sitemap, subdomain, query-parameter, and result-limit options control coverage. Returns matching URLs rather than page bodies. Retrieve one page with `firecrawl_scrape`; collect content across multiple pages with `firecrawl_crawl`.firecrawl_searchSearch web, news, or image sources and return ranked results. Operators include quoted phrases, `-term`, `site:host`, `inurl:term`, `intitle:term`, and `related:host`; the set is non-exhaustive. `includeDomains` and `excludeDomains` are mutually exclusive hostname filters; categories limit results to GitHub, research, PDF, or developer sources. For a programming question, add `categories: ["developer"]`. It searches an index of GitHub issues, merged pull requests, repository READMEs, and curated documentation sites, and returns the hits in `data.developer` beside the web results. `categories: ["research"]` restricts these web results to research-affiliated websites and returns page snippets. The `firecrawl_research_*` tools are a separate surface that searches paper abstracts and full text across biomedical (PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv) and arXiv literature. `scrapeOptions` can attach extracted page content; pages fetched this way use a fixed reuse window and ignore `maxAge`, so use `firecrawl_scrape` when a live fetch is required. Returns source-type result groups and usage metadata. Authenticated responses can include an `id` for optional search feedback.firecrawl_crawlStart a multi-page crawl at a website URL, poll it to a terminal state, and return the final status and collected data. Scope can be bounded with include/exclude paths, depth, page limit, subdomain/external-link controls, sitemap handling, delay, and scrape options. Crawl results can be large; use conservative limits when full-site coverage is unnecessary. Webhooks and interactive scrape actions are unavailable in safe mode. Returns the crawl ID, status, and page data.firecrawl_check_crawl_statusRetrieve the current status, progress, and available results for an existing crawl ID. This only reads Firecrawl job state and does not start or modify the crawl.firecrawl_extractDeprecated compatibility entry point. Use firecrawl_scrape once per known URL with formats: ["json"] and jsonOptions containing the prompt and schema. Use firecrawl_search or firecrawl_agent before Scrape when URLs are not known.firecrawl_agentStart an asynchronous web research job from a prompt, optional seed URLs, and an optional JSON schema. Use this for a requested synthesis across multiple sources when the task can wait for asynchronous completion. The agent can search, navigate, read pages, and assemble a structured result. This call returns only a job ID, not the research result. Read the job with `firecrawl_agent_status` until it reaches `completed` or `failed`; research commonly takes several minutes. If the job cannot finish within the task's available time, `firecrawl_search` and `firecrawl_scrape` can gather evidence synchronously.firecrawl_agent_statusRetrieve progress or final results for a `firecrawl_agent` job ID. A `processing` response is non-terminal and does not contain the final research result. Check again after 15–30 seconds until the status is `completed` or `failed`; complex jobs can take several minutes. If the job cannot finish within the task's available time, use `firecrawl_search` and `firecrawl_scrape` to complete the requested output. Returns job status, progress information, and result data when completed.firecrawl_interactOpen or reuse a live browser session to navigate a page, click controls, fill fields, or run browser code. Provide either `url` or `scrapeId`, and either a natural-language `prompt` or executable `code`; code can run as Bash, Python, or Node with a bounded timeout. This acts on the live site, so actions such as form submission can create persistent external side effects. Returns execution output, stdout/stderr, exit status, and session viewing URLs.firecrawl_interact_stopStop the live interact session associated with a `scrapeId` and release its resources. Returns a success confirmation.firecrawl_parseParse one supported document into markdown, HTML, links, summary, targeted answers, or JSON matching a schema. Supported inputs include common HTML, PDF, Word, RTF, OpenDocument, and spreadsheet files; PDF parsing can be bounded with `pdfOptions.maxPages`. Local MCP reads `filePath` from the server filesystem. Hosted MCP uses two calls: first provide `filePath` to receive upload instructions, upload locally, then call again with the returned `uploadRef`; do not send both fields together. Remote web URLs belong in `firecrawl_scrape`. Set `redactPII` to request redaction of personally identifiable information in the returned content. `zeroDataRetention` requires an eligible authenticated account; omit it for anonymous keyless use. Returns upload instructions for hosted phase one or parsed document content for the final call.firecrawl_monitor_createCreate a recurring scrape, crawl, or search monitor that compares each check with its retained predecessor. The simple form accepts `page`/`pages` or `queries` plus a plain-language `goal`; the advanced `body` form controls targets, schedule, change-tracking formats, judging, retention, webhook, and notifications. In the simple form, a `goal` is required. If `queries` contains one or more non-empty values and is supplied with `page`/`pages`, `queries` create the search target and page targets are ignored. A monitor schedules future network checks and can send configured email or webhook notifications. Returns the created monitor.- +13 more on the listing page
SMKlog Parcel Shipping Rates tools 5
get_parcel_quoteLive shipping rates for one parcel sent from a US origin — inside the US, or to Canada, the UK, Germany or Australia — across USPS, UPS and FedEx, and DHL Express on the German and Australian lanes. Describe the item in plain words and the packed box size and weight are estimated. Give exact dimensions and weight to skip the estimate. Returns up to five purchasable services, each as one checkout total with the SMKlog fee inside it (the fee is itemized only on the checkout receipt) and, where the carrier publishes one, its own counter price for the same parcel beside it. Not every request is priced. A shipment past parcel limits or described as a pallet or freight load returns mode not_a_parcel with no rates: SMKlog does not arrange pallet or freight shipments. More than one box returns mode multiple_boxes with no rates: one label per box, so quote each box with quantity 1. Shipping labels are bought on smklog.com, not through this tool. Choosing between the tools: use this one to answer what a shipment would cost. Then hand the quote_id it returns to create_checkout_link once the human has settled on shipping this exact parcel, so the pair costs one carrier call rather than two. Use get_price_index instead for typical or historical prices: it is free, while this tool spends a rate-limited carrier call every time. Parameter rules: - weight_lb, length_in, width_in and height_in count only as a set of four, each above zero. Leave any one out and all four are ignored in favor of the estimate, so never send weight alone. - One label per box. quantity counts units of the item: units that fit one box are priced as that box (two books go in one carton), and units that need more than one box return mode multiple_boxes, as does any quantity above 1 sent with exact dimensions, since those describe a single box. A box past the largest parcel any carrier here takes (150 lb, 108 in on the longest side, 165 in of length plus girth; USPS stops lower, and only services that take the box are listed) or a product described as a pallet or freight load (a pallet of, LTL, truckload, shipping container) returns mode not_a_parcel. Neither carries rates. - product is the item itself, up to 200 characters. A bare route ("to Canada"), a bare weight ("7 lbs") or a question is refused as product_not_recognized before any carrier is called. - from_zip must be a real 5-digit US ZIP (ZIP+4 is trimmed to five), or the call fails with invalid_us_zip. - to_zip follows to_country: a 5-digit ZIP for US, otherwise that country's own postal code handed to the carriers as typed. A to_country outside US, CA, GB, DE and AU is refused as international_unsupported_online, so do not retry it with a different box. - Allowance: 80 calls an hour per client, shared with the public /quote route.create_checkout_linkTurns a decided shipment into a payment session for buying its shipping label: the checkout amount and a handoff URL that opens SMKlog checkout prefilled with the parcel. Use it after get_parcel_quote, passing the quote_id that call returned, so the price is reused and no second carrier call is spent. Without a quote_id it prices the shipment live from the fields. The result carries a session_id: keep it, and get_checkout_status tells you when the human has paid and when the label exists. Side effects: it writes a session record (30-day life, readable through get_checkout_status) and is not idempotent. Calling it twice makes two sessions and, without a quote_id, spends two carrier calls. It never charges: no card is touched and nothing is reserved until the human confirms the contents certification and the carrier-adjustment consent on the page and pays there. A stale link simply reprices. No session is returned when the shipment cannot be sold online: not a parcel (SMKlog does not arrange pallet or freight shipments), more than one box (one label per box), or an installed lithium battery crossing a border. Quote first to learn which case applies. Parameter rules: - A valid quote_id overrides product, from_zip, to_zip, to_country and quantity. service is still honored. - An expired quote_id falls back to live pricing from the fields. If those were omitted too, the call fails with missing_required_fields, so pass them alongside an old id. - service is matched as a case-insensitive fragment of the display name ("Ground Advantage", "UPS Ground Saver"). A fragment that matches nothing silently anchors the quote's first rate, which is the top of the best-value ranking and not always the cheapest, so read the service field in the result. - from_zip is a real 5-digit US ZIP. to_zip follows to_country (US, CA, GB, DE or AU). - On the four international lanes the human completes the customs declaration on the page, and duty is billed to the recipient on arrival.track_parcelTrack a shipment whose shipping label was bought on smklog.com, by carrier tracking number. Returns the current delivery status, the latest scan events and the estimated delivery date when the carrier reports one. Works for SMKlog labels only — it is not a universal tracker for arbitrary USPS, UPS, FedEx or DHL numbers, so a number from any other seller comes back not-found rather than as a status. Unrelated to the two pricing tools: it neither quotes nor spends quote allowance. Parameter rules: tracking_number is the only key; no order id or email is needed or accepted. When the label was bought through a create_checkout_link session, get_checkout_status hands back this number at label_ready. It is matched after removing spaces and hyphens and ignoring case, so a pasted or spoken number works as-is. Expect USPS as 20 to 22 digits (13 characters ending in US for international), UPS as 1Z plus 16 characters, FedEx as 12 to 22 digits; anything shorter than 6 characters after cleanup is refused as tracking_number_required, and a number SMKlog never sold answers 404 tracking_not_found with status "not_found". Scan events come newest first, up to eight.get_price_indexThe SMKlog parcel shipping price index: a monthly repriced basket of six common boxes (1 to 20 lb) shipped from Newark, NJ to five US cities, quoted through the same live USPS, UPS and FedEx pipeline that prices real shipments. Returns the cheapest purchasable service per box and lane with every rate behind it, plus basket averages. Reference data for questions like "what does shipping a shoebox cost in the US right now" — reading it spends no quote allowance. For a price on a specific shipment, call get_parcel_quote instead. Parameter rules: month names one published issue as YYYY-MM; issues exist from 2026-07 onward, one per month, and omitting month returns the newest. A month with no issue answers issue_not_found together with available_months, so one miss lists every valid value; anything not shaped YYYY-MM answers invalid_month. Every issue prices the same boxes and lanes, so two months compare cell for cell.get_checkout_statusReports where a payment session made by create_checkout_link stands: whether the human has opened checkout, paid, and whether the shipping label exists yet, with the tracking number once it does. Reads SMKlog's own order records only: no carrier call, no quote allowance, nothing changes. Poll it after handing the human the link, minutes apart rather than seconds, because nothing moves until the human acts. Statuses, in order: awaiting_checkout (link made, no checkout started), checkout_started (a checkout exists, not paid), paid (paid, label not created yet: the checkout page buys it right after payment, otherwise an operator picks it up), label_ready (label bought, tracking_number present), delivered, refunded. Once label_ready, feed tracking_number to track_parcel for scan events. Parameter rules: - session_id is the session_id returned by create_checkout_link, shaped as_ plus a UUID. Nothing else identifies a session: no order id, no email, no quote_id. - A session lives 30 days from creation. An unknown, malformed or expired id answers session_not_found rather than a status. - The answer never carries names, addresses or emails. Treat the session_id like a tracking number: whoever holds it can read the tracking number. - A manual-review request made from the handoff page is not a checkout and leaves the status at awaiting_checkout. - Allowance: 60 checks an hour per client.
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.
Firecrawl MCP Server
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl-firecrawl-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"firecrawl-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY_HERE",
"HTTP_STREAMABLE_SERVER": "YOUR_HTTP_STREAMABLE_SERVER_HERE"
}
}
}
}
SMKlog Parcel Shipping Rates
{
"mcpServers": {
"smklog-parcel-shipping-rates": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"github:smklog/parcel-shipping-rates-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Firecrawl MCP Server is categorized under Search & Data Extraction and uses a local stdio subprocess. SMKlog Parcel Shipping Rates belongs to Delivery and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Firecrawl MCP Server for search & data extraction work and SMKlog Parcel Shipping Rates for delivery.
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.
Firecrawl MCP Server is listed as freemium — a free tier with paid plans. Auth: api key required. SMKlog Parcel Shipping Rates 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 firecrawl-firecrawl-mcp-server and smklog-parcel-shipping-rates as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Firecrawl MCP Server has a quality signal of 90/100 (Excellent) with 13 views, 0 installs and 7,669 GitHub stars. SMKlog Parcel Shipping Rates has 79/100 (Great) with 4 views, 0 installs and 1 GitHub stars.