Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch vs MCP SearXNG
A side-by-side look at the Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch and MCP SearXNG MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
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Trades With AI + SaaS Price WatchSearch & Data Extraction · Remote HTTP/SSESearch AI tools for trades businesses and public SaaS plan prices, each with the vendor quote and date. Remote, read-only, no auth.66GreatAuth: no auth requiredVerdict: choose Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch for search & data extraction work over a hosted endpoint; choose MCP SearXNG for search & data extraction as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
TChoose Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Search & Data Extraction domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
search_trade_tools, get_trade_tool, compare_trade_tools.
Choose MCP SearXNG when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Search & Data Extraction domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You have the keys it needs:
SEARXNG_URL. - You want tools like
searxng_web_search, searxng_search_suggestions, searxng_instance_info.
Feature & specification comparison
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 | 65/100 · Great |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | No auth required |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | SEARXNG_URL |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 1,316 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | 4 |
| Full listing | View Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch | View MCP SearXNG |
Tools & capabilities
Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch tools 6
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.
MCP SearXNG tools 4
searxng_web_searchSearches the web using SearXNG and returns a list of results, each with a title, URL, and content snippet. CRITICAL: The required parameter name is exactly `query` (not `prompt`, `q`, or any other name). Calls an external SearXNG instance; availability depends on the `SEARXNG_URL` configuration. Use `pageno` to paginate results; combine `time_range` and `language` to narrow scope. When `engines` and `time_range` are both provided, every selected engine must explicitly advertise time-range support via SearXNG /config; otherwise the request is rejected before search. To read the full text of a result URL, follow up with `web_url_read`.searxng_search_suggestionsReturns autocomplete suggestions from the configured SearXNG instance. Use this to refine vague or partial queries before searching.searxng_instance_infoDiscovers capabilities from all reachable configured SearXNG instances via /config, including categories.common/available, engines.common/available, defaults, locales, and plugins.web_url_readFetches a URL and returns readable content as markdown. Content-type aware: HTML is converted to markdown; JSON is pretty-printed; plain text, YAML, TOML, and XML are returned as fenced readable text. PDF text extraction is supported with bounded input, output, page count, time, concurrency, and memory; OCR is not supported. Binary, media, archive, and octet-stream downloads other than PDFs are intentionally rejected instead of being returned as raw bytes. When the operator configures browser solvers, mcp-searxng attempts FlareSolverr first and then Byparr only after a busy or transient-unavailable acquisition; cache hits bypass acquisition and a final busy or unavailable provider uses one uncached direct-fetch fallback. Three modes: (1) Full content — omit filtering params; use `startChar`/`maxLength` to paginate large pages. (2) Section extraction — set `section` to return content under a specific heading. (3) Headings only — set `readHeadings: true` to list all headings (mutually exclusive with other filtering params). Returns an error string if the URL is unreachable or content cannot be extracted. Use after `searxng_web_search` to read the full content of individual result URLs.
Ready-to-paste client configs
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.
Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch
{
"mcpServers": {
"trades-with-ai-saas-price-watch": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"trades-with-ai-saas-price-watch"
]
}
}
}
MCP SearXNG
{
"mcpServers": {
"ihor-sokoliuk-mcp-searxng": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-searxng"
],
"env": {
"SEARXNG_URL": "YOUR_SEARXNG_URL_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch is categorized under Search & Data Extraction and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. MCP SearXNG belongs to Search & Data Extraction and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch for search & data extraction work and MCP SearXNG for search & data extraction.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. MCP SearXNG is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add trades-with-ai-saas-price-watch and ihor-sokoliuk-mcp-searxng as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch has a quality signal of 66/100 (Great) with 1 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. MCP SearXNG has 65/100 (Great) with 2 views, 0 installs and 1,316 GitHub stars.