Firecrawl MCP Server ranks higher at 62/100 vs adzuna-job-search-mcp at 35/100. Capability-level comparison backed by match graph evidence from real search data.
| Feature | adzuna-job-search-mcp | Firecrawl MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP Server | MCP Server |
| UnfragileRank | 35/100 | 62/100 |
| Adoption | 0 | 1 |
| Quality |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Ecosystem | 1 | 1 |
| Match Graph | 0 | 0 |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Capabilities | 12 decomposed | 13 decomposed |
| Times Matched | 0 | 0 |
Executes structured queries against the Adzuna Job Search API across 12 countries, supporting keyword matching, location-based filtering, salary range constraints, job type classification (full-time/part-time/contract/permanent), category tags, and relevance/date/salary sorting. The MCP server translates natural language search intents into parameterized API calls with country-specific currency handling and pagination support (up to 50 results per page), enabling AI assistants to discover job listings without direct API credential exposure.
Unique: Implements MCP protocol binding to Adzuna API with transparent country-currency mapping and category validation, allowing AI assistants to search job markets across 12 countries without managing API credentials or understanding regional data structures. Uses FastMCP framework for stdio-based transport and automatic tool schema generation from Python function signatures.
vs alternatives: Provides unified multi-country job search through a single MCP interface with local currency support, whereas direct Adzuna API usage requires developers to manage country-specific endpoints and currency conversions manually.
Retrieves salary histogram data from Adzuna API showing the distribution of compensation across job listings, bucketed by salary ranges. Supports filtering by keywords, location, and category to narrow the salary distribution context. Returns structured histogram data (salary ranges and frequency counts) enabling AI assistants to understand typical compensation bands, identify outliers, and advise users on market-competitive salary expectations without requiring statistical computation.
Unique: Wraps Adzuna's salary histogram endpoint in MCP protocol, exposing pre-computed salary distributions without requiring the AI assistant to aggregate or bucket raw job data. Supports contextual filtering (keywords, location, category) to generate histograms for specific job market segments.
vs alternatives: Eliminates need for AI assistants to fetch all job listings and compute histograms themselves; Adzuna API pre-aggregates this data server-side, reducing latency and API call volume compared to client-side aggregation approaches.
Manages Adzuna API credentials (App ID and App Key) via environment variables (ADZUNA_APP_ID and ADZUNA_APP_KEY) rather than hardcoding or prompting at runtime. The MCP server reads credentials from the environment at startup and uses them for all subsequent API requests. This pattern is compatible with MCP client configuration files (Claude Desktop, Cursor) that allow environment variables to be specified per MCP server instance, enabling secure credential isolation without exposing secrets in code or configuration files.
Unique: Integrates with MCP client configuration files (Claude Desktop, Cursor) to allow per-server environment variable specification, enabling secure credential isolation without requiring users to manage .env files manually. The server reads credentials at startup and validates them implicitly through the first API call.
vs alternatives: More secure than hardcoding credentials because secrets are not stored in code; more flexible than prompt-based credential entry because credentials can be configured per MCP server instance in client configuration files.
Provides a development mode (fastmcp dev) that launches an interactive browser-based UI for testing MCP tools without requiring a full MCP client setup. The development mode allows developers to invoke tools, inspect parameters, and view results in real-time, accelerating the development and debugging cycle. This is useful for testing tool schemas, validating API responses, and experimenting with filter combinations before deploying to production MCP clients.
Unique: FastMCP's dev mode provides a zero-setup interactive testing environment for MCP tools, eliminating the need to configure Claude Desktop or Cursor during development. The browser-based UI allows developers to test tools and inspect results without writing test code.
vs alternatives: Faster development iteration than testing through Claude Desktop because there's no client restart required; more accessible than command-line testing because the UI is visual and interactive.
Queries Adzuna's geodata endpoint to retrieve salary statistics broken down by geographic regions (cities, states, or postal areas) within a country. Enables comparative analysis of compensation across locations by filtering on keywords, location focus, and category. Returns structured geographic data with salary metrics per region, allowing AI assistants to help users understand regional salary variations and cost-of-living adjusted compensation differences.
Unique: Exposes Adzuna's geodata API through MCP, enabling AI assistants to perform multi-region salary comparisons without fetching and aggregating individual job listings. Supports contextual filtering to isolate salary data for specific job types or locations.
vs alternatives: Provides pre-aggregated regional salary data via API rather than requiring manual aggregation of job listings; faster and more efficient than client-side geographic bucketing of raw job data.
Retrieves historical salary trend data from Adzuna API showing how compensation has evolved over time (up to ~24 months of history). Supports filtering by keywords, location, and category to track salary trends for specific job markets. Returns time-series data with salary metrics per month, enabling AI assistants to identify salary growth patterns, seasonal variations, and long-term market compensation trends.
Unique: Wraps Adzuna's salary history endpoint to expose time-series compensation data, allowing AI assistants to analyze salary trends without computing historical aggregations. Supports configurable time windows (up to 24 months) and contextual filtering for trend analysis of specific job markets.
vs alternatives: Provides pre-computed historical salary trends via API rather than requiring manual collection and aggregation of historical job data; enables trend analysis without maintaining historical job listing archives.
Queries Adzuna API to identify and rank companies by number of open job positions within a country, with optional filtering by keywords, location, and category. Returns structured company data including company name and open position count, enabling AI assistants to identify major employers, understand hiring concentration, and help users target high-growth companies.
Unique: Exposes Adzuna's top companies endpoint through MCP, enabling AI assistants to identify major employers by hiring volume without fetching and aggregating individual job listings. Supports contextual filtering to discover employers in specific job markets.
vs alternatives: Provides pre-ranked employer lists via API rather than requiring manual aggregation of job listings by company; more efficient than client-side company deduplication and ranking.
Retrieves the complete set of valid job category tags for a specific country from Adzuna API. Returns structured category data (category IDs and labels) enabling AI assistants to validate category filters before executing job searches. This is a prerequisite capability — categories must be fetched first to ensure search queries use valid category tags, preventing failed searches due to invalid category parameters.
Unique: Provides country-specific category enumeration as a prerequisite step before job searches, ensuring AI assistants can validate filter parameters and avoid invalid category errors. Caches category data to reduce API calls for repeated searches in the same country.
vs alternatives: Eliminates trial-and-error category discovery by exposing valid categories upfront; prevents failed searches due to invalid category parameters compared to approaches that discover categories through search error responses.
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Scrapes a single URL and converts HTML content to clean markdown using Firecrawl's content extraction pipeline. The firecrawl_scrape tool accepts a URL and optional parameters (formats, headers, wait time, screenshot capability) and returns structured markdown output with automatic cleanup of boilerplate, navigation, and ads. Implements MCP tool handler pattern that marshals arguments through the @mendable/firecrawl-js client library to Firecrawl's backend processing engine.
Unique: Integrates Firecrawl's proprietary content extraction engine (which uses ML-based boilerplate removal and semantic content identification) through MCP protocol, enabling AI agents to access production-grade web scraping without managing browser automation or parsing logic themselves. The markdown conversion is handled server-side rather than client-side, reducing latency and ensuring consistent output formatting.
vs alternatives: Cleaner markdown output than regex-based scrapers like Cheerio or Puppeteer-only solutions because Firecrawl uses ML models to identify main content; simpler than self-hosted solutions because it's fully managed and requires only an API key.
Scrapes multiple URLs in a single operation using Firecrawl's batch processing pipeline. The firecrawl_batch_scrape tool accepts an array of URLs and shared options, submitting them to Firecrawl's backend which processes them in parallel and returns an array of markdown-converted content objects. Implements batching through the @mendable/firecrawl-js client's batch method, which handles request queuing, parallel execution, and result aggregation without requiring client-side coordination.
Unique: Implements server-side parallel batch processing through Firecrawl's backend rather than client-side loop iteration, reducing network round-trips and enabling true concurrent scraping. The batch operation is atomic from the MCP client perspective — a single tool call returns all results, simplifying agent orchestration logic.
More efficient than sequential scraping loops because Firecrawl handles parallelization server-side; simpler than managing Promise.all() with individual scrape calls because batching is a first-class operation with built-in error handling.
Firecrawl MCP Server scores higher at 62/100 vs adzuna-job-search-mcp at 35/100. adzuna-job-search-mcp leads on ecosystem, while Firecrawl MCP Server is stronger on adoption and quality.
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Packages the Firecrawl MCP server as a Docker container with environment-based configuration, enabling deployment to containerized infrastructure (Kubernetes, Docker Compose, cloud platforms). The Dockerfile builds a Node.js runtime with the server code and exposes configuration through environment variables, allowing operators to deploy without modifying code. Supports both cloud and self-hosted Firecrawl instances through configuration.
Unique: Provides production-ready Docker packaging with environment-based configuration, enabling zero-code deployment to containerized infrastructure. The Dockerfile handles Node.js runtime setup and dependency installation, reducing deployment complexity.
vs alternatives: Simpler than manual deployment because Docker handles environment setup; more portable than binary distribution because containers run consistently across platforms.
Registers the Firecrawl MCP server in the Smithery registry, enabling one-click installation and discovery through Smithery's MCP client marketplace. The server is published to Smithery with metadata (description, tags, configuration schema) allowing users to discover and install it without manual setup. Smithery handles server distribution, version management, and client integration.
Unique: Leverages Smithery's MCP server registry to enable one-click installation without manual configuration, reducing friction for end users. Smithery handles server discovery, versioning, and client integration, abstracting deployment complexity.
vs alternatives: More user-friendly than manual installation because Smithery handles discovery and setup; more discoverable than GitHub-only distribution because Smithery provides a centralized marketplace.
Supports connecting to self-hosted Firecrawl instances in addition to Firecrawl's cloud service through configurable API endpoint. The FIRECRAWL_API_URL environment variable allows operators to specify a custom Firecrawl endpoint, enabling deployment scenarios where Firecrawl runs on-premises or in a private cloud. The @mendable/firecrawl-js client library handles endpoint abstraction, routing all API calls to the configured endpoint.
Unique: Enables flexible deployment by supporting both cloud and self-hosted Firecrawl instances through simple endpoint configuration, allowing operators to choose deployment model without code changes. The endpoint abstraction is handled by @mendable/firecrawl-js, making self-hosted support transparent to MCP server code.
vs alternatives: More flexible than cloud-only solutions because self-hosted option is available; simpler than maintaining separate server implementations because endpoint configuration is unified.
Discovers all URLs within a website by crawling from a base URL and building a sitemap-like structure. The firecrawl_map tool accepts a base URL and optional parameters (max depth, include patterns, exclude patterns) and returns a hierarchical array of discovered URLs with metadata about page structure. Uses Firecrawl's crawler to traverse internal links up to specified depth, filtering by inclusion/exclusion patterns, and returns the complete URL graph without fetching full page content.
Unique: Provides lightweight URL discovery without content extraction, allowing agents to plan scraping strategy before committing credits to full content fetches. The depth-based crawling with pattern filtering enables selective discovery — agents can discover only URLs matching specific criteria (e.g., /blog/* paths) without exploring entire site.
vs alternatives: More efficient than scraping every page to build a sitemap because it skips content extraction; more reliable than parsing robots.txt or sitemaps.xml because it performs actual crawling and discovers dynamically-linked content.
Crawls an entire website and extracts content from all discovered pages in a single asynchronous operation. The firecrawl_crawl tool accepts a base URL and options (max pages, allowed domains, exclude patterns, scrape options) and returns a crawl ID for polling. The crawler discovers URLs, extracts markdown content from each page, and stores results server-side. Clients poll firecrawl_crawl_status to retrieve results as they complete, implementing an async job pattern rather than blocking until completion.
Unique: Implements server-side asynchronous crawling with job-based result retrieval, decoupling the crawl initiation from result consumption. The MCP server handles polling coordination through firecrawl_crawl_status, allowing AI agents to initiate long-running crawls and check progress without blocking. Firecrawl's backend manages the entire crawl lifecycle including URL discovery, content extraction, and result storage.
vs alternatives: More scalable than sequential scraping because crawling happens server-side in parallel; simpler than managing Puppeteer/Playwright browser pools because Firecrawl abstracts browser automation and handles rate limiting internally.
Polls the status of an in-progress or completed website crawl and retrieves extracted content. The firecrawl_crawl_status tool accepts a crawl ID and returns current progress (pages crawled, pages remaining, completion percentage), status state (running/completed/failed), and paginated results. Implements polling pattern where clients repeatedly call this tool with the same crawl ID to check progress and incrementally retrieve content as pages are processed, supporting streaming-like result consumption.
Unique: Provides non-blocking status and result retrieval for asynchronous crawls, enabling agents to manage long-running operations without blocking. The polling pattern with pagination allows incremental result consumption — agents can start processing results before the entire crawl completes, reducing end-to-end latency for large crawls.
vs alternatives: More flexible than blocking crawl operations because agents can check progress and retrieve partial results; simpler than webhook-based result delivery because polling requires no external infrastructure setup.
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