A side-by-side look at the Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch and Brightdata MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch for search & data extraction work over a hosted endpoint; choose Brightdata MCP for search & data extraction as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
search_trade_tools, get_trade_tool, compare_trade_tools.API_TOKEN.search_engine, scrape_as_markdown, search_engine_batch.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | T Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Search & Data Extraction | Search & Data Extraction |
| Quality signal | 66/100 · Great | 72/100 · Great |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | API key required |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Required env vars | None listed | API_TOKEN |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 2,680 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | 11 |
| Full listing | View Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch | View Brightdata MCP |
search_trade_toolsFind AI and software tools for small trades businesses (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, lawn care, cleaning, pest control, contractors). Filter by trade, task, category, and max monthly price. Data from tradeswithai.com, checked against each vendor site.get_trade_toolGet full details for one tool in the tradeswithai.com directory: description, quoted prices with source text, integrations, trades served, and check date.compare_trade_toolsCompare 2 to 12 trades tools side by side on price, category, trades, and integrations. Pass tool slugs, or a comparison slug like "ai-receptionist-pricing".search_saas_vendorsSearch 300+ SaaS vendors tracked by SaaS Price Watch by name or category (crm, email, dev, design, ai, payments, and more). Returns the smallest monthly figure on each pricing page and the page URL.get_vendor_pricingGet the public plan prices for one SaaS vendor, each with the quote from its pricing page and the date checked.recent_price_changesList SaaS price changes detected between weekly checks: prices added and removed, with dates and source links.search_engineScrape search results from Google, Bing or Yandex. Returns SERP results in JSON or Markdown (URL, title, description),Ideal forgathering current information, news, and detailed search results.scrape_as_markdownScrape a single webpage URL with advanced options for content extraction and get back the results in MarkDown language. This tool can unlock any webpage even if it uses bot detection or CAPTCHA.search_engine_batchRun multiple search queries simultaneously. Returns JSON for Google, Markdown for Bing/Yandex.scrape_batchScrape multiple webpages URLs with advanced options for content extraction and get back the results in MarkDown language. This tool can unlock any webpage even if it uses bot detection or CAPTCHA.discoverSearch the web and rank results by AI-driven relevance. Returns scored results with title, description, and URL. Supports intent-based ranking, geo-targeting, date filtering, and keyword filtering.search_scrapersFind a Bright Data pre-built scraper (Web Scraper API, 1,200+ sites) for a site or data type, e.g. "amazon reviews" or "linkedin.com". Returns dataset_id, name, domain and collection_methods. Next: call get_scraper_details with a dataset_id and one method.get_scraper_detailsShow the scraper description, input fields, example input and main output fields for one method. Call before run_scraper and build the input from sample_input or input_fields. Records may contain more fields than output_fields lists.run_scraperRun a scraper method. input is a list of objects shaped like sample_input from get_scraper_details, one per URL or query. collect_by_url returns one record per input; discover_by_* methods return up to limit_per_input records per input, and every record is billed. Waits up to 45 seconds; if still running it returns snapshot_id with status "running": then poll get_scraper_progress and call get_scraper_results when ready. Records with an "error" field explain failed inputs.get_scraper_progressStatus of a run: starting, running, ready, failed or canceled.get_scraper_resultsRecords of a finished run. Returns status "running" if not ready yet.refresh_scrapersReload the scraper list now instead of waiting for the daily refresh.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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"trades-with-ai-saas-price-watch": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"trades-with-ai-saas-price-watch"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"brightdata-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@brightdata/mcp"
],
"env": {
"API_TOKEN": "YOUR_API_TOKEN_HERE"
}
}
}
}