Firecrawl vs Unblink

In-depth architectural comparison of the Firecrawl and Unblink 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 Firecrawl when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Search & Data Extraction domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: scrape, map, search.

Explore Firecrawl Details

Choose Unblink when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Search & Data Extraction domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: read, browse, links.

Explore Unblink Details

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	F Firecrawl Search & Data Extraction	Unblink Search & Data Extraction
Summary	Firecrawl MCP — wraps the Firecrawl API (firecrawl.dev) for web	Pure-Go browser for AI: fetch pages, render JS without Chromium, return clean Markdown over MCP.
Category & Scope	Search & Data Extraction	Search & Data Extraction
Quality signal

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unblink": {
      "url": "https://api.example.com"
    }
  }
}

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