Firecrawl vs Mapbox MCP Server

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	Mapbox MCP Server Geospatial intelligence for AI: geocoding, POI search, routing, isochrones, matrices, and static maps via Mapbox APIs. Unverified stdio (local) API key TypeScript
Category	Search & Web	Search & Web
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Transport	stdio (local)	stdio (local)
Auth	API key	API key
GitHub stars	6.6k	347
Last commit	2 months ago	2 months ago
Verified
Actively maintained
Install	`npx -y firecrawl-mcp`	`npx -y @mapbox/mcp-server`
Repo	Open	Open

Verdict

Pick Firecrawl if you want the official, vendor-maintained server, and you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option.

Pick Mapbox MCP Server if you need the broadest set of tools.

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 Mapbox MCP Server

Install / run

npx -y @mapbox/mcp-server

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mapbox-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mapbox/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

FAQ

Firecrawl or Mapbox MCP Server — which is better?

Pick Firecrawl if you want the official, vendor-maintained server, and you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option. Pick Mapbox MCP Server if you need the broadest set of tools.

Can I use both Firecrawl and Mapbox MCP Server?

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 Mapbox MCP Server work with Claude, Cursor and Windsurf?

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

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