Page2AI — Web to Markdown vs Extract

In-depth architectural comparison of the Page2AI — Web to Markdown and Extract 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 Page2AI — Web to Markdown when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

Explore Page2AI — Web to Markdown Details

Choose Extract when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools 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	Page2AI — Web to Markdown Developer Tools	Extract Developer Tools
Summary	Convert web pages or HTML to clean Markdown for LLM context. Local, no external API calls.	URL-to-Markdown API for AI pipelines — clean markdown with metadata and caching.
Category & Scope	Developer Tools	Developer Tools

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": {
    "page2ai-web-to-markdown": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "page2ai-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "extract-2": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@averra/extract-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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