compare / exa-mcp-server vs firecrawl
Comparison
ai.exa/exa vs Firecrawl
Two MCP servers, side by side — from verified data, not marketing.
| ai.exa/exa | Firecrawl | |
|---|---|---|
| status | community | community |
| trust | 84 | 53 |
| health | healthy | healthy |
| transport | streamable_http | stdio |
| tools | 2 | 27 |
| license | MIT | MIT |
| stars | 5070 | 7538 |
| install | npx -y exa-mcp-server | npx -y firecrawl-mcp |
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