Firecrawl vs Kagi Search

A side-by-side comparison of two Search & Web servers — tools, transport, auth, maintenance, and copy-paste config for each.

	Firecrawl Official Firecrawl MCP server — scrape, crawl, map, search, and structured extraction for any LLM client. Verified stdio (local) API key TypeScript	Kagi Search Official Kagi MCP server (Python/uvx) — privacy-first web search and URL/video summarization. Verified stdio (local) API key Python
Category	Search & Web	Search & Web
Language	TypeScript	Python
Transport	stdio (local)	stdio (local)
Auth	API key	API key
GitHub stars	6.6k	417
Last commit	1 month ago	2 months ago
Verified
Actively maintained
Install	`npx -y firecrawl-mcp`	`uvx kagimcp`
Repo	Open	Open

Verdict

Pick Firecrawl if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you need the broadest set of tools.

Pick Kagi Search if you prefer its approach (official kagi mcp server (python/uvx) — privacy-first web search and url/video summarization).

Add Firecrawl

Install / run

npx -y firecrawl-mcp

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "firecrawl-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "<your-firecrawl-api-key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add Kagi Search

Install / run

uvx kagimcp

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kagi-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "kagimcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KAGI_API_KEY": "<your-kagi-api-key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Requires `uv` (the Python package runner). Install it from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/ if `uvx` is not found.

FAQ

Firecrawl or Kagi Search — which is better?

Pick Firecrawl if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you need the broadest set of tools. Pick Kagi Search if you prefer its approach (official kagi mcp server (python/uvx) — privacy-first web search and url/video summarization).

Can I use both Firecrawl and Kagi Search?

Yes — MCP clients let you enable multiple servers at once. Add both configs to your client's mcpServers and use whichever tool fits the task.

Do Firecrawl and Kagi Search work with Claude, Cursor and Windsurf?

Both do. Copy the per-client config below into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Windsurf.

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