Scrapingant vs AgentsHub Web Search

In-depth architectural comparison of the Scrapingant and AgentsHub Web Search 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 Scrapingant 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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Choose AgentsHub Web Search 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).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	S Scrapingant Search & Data Extraction	AgentsHub Web Search Search & Data Extraction
Summary	ScrapingAnt MCP — wraps the ScrapingAnt web scraping API (scrapingant.com)	Live web search for AI agents. $0.001/call, x402 on Base, no API key.
Category & Scope	Search & Data Extraction	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": {
    "scrapingant": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "scrapingant"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agentshub-web-search": {
      "url": "https://agent-data-provider.agentshub.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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