Firecrawl vs Met Museum 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	Met Museum MCP Server Search and explore The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection, including artwork details and images, via natural language. Unverified stdio (local) No auth TypeScript
Category	Search & Web	Search & Web
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Transport	stdio (local)	stdio (local)
Auth	API key	None
GitHub stars	6.6k	30
Last commit	2 months ago	3 months ago
Verified
Actively maintained
Install	`npx -y firecrawl-mcp`	`npx -y metmuseum-mcp`
Repo	Open	Open

Verdict

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

Pick Met Museum MCP Server if you want zero-setup with no API key.

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 Met Museum MCP Server

Install / run

npx -y metmuseum-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "met-museum-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "metmuseum-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

FAQ

Firecrawl or Met Museum 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 Met Museum MCP Server if you want zero-setup with no API key.

Can I use both Firecrawl and Met Museum 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 Met Museum 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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