Wigolo vs Web Scraping MCP Server

In-depth architectural comparison of the Wigolo and Web Scraping MCP Server 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?

Choose Wigolo 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: Keyless local web search, Headless browser fetching, Multi-mode website crawling.

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Choose Web Scraping MCP Server 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).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Wigolo KnockOutEZ Search & Data Extraction	W Web Scraping MCP Server Search & Data Extraction
Summary	Local-first, keyless web intelligence in one server: search, fetch, crawl, extract, cache, find-similar, and research. Multi-engine search with local ML reranking and a persistent SQLite cache, renders JS-heavy pages, and keeps everything on your machine. Install via npx wigolo init --non-interactive --agents=.	Generic URL crawl + HTML extraction — fallback for sites without dedicated MCPs.
Category & Scope	Search & Data Extraction

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-scraping-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "web-scraping-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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