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Firecrawl vs Jina MCP Local MCP Server
Firecrawl exposes 3 tools and adds about 4,383 tokens to every model turn. Jina MCP Local exposes 17 tools and adds about 3,529. Firecrawl costs 1.2× as much context. Measured by connecting to each server and counting its tool list, not from the README.
 Firecrawlfirecrawl |  Jina MCP Localjina-ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Context tax | ~4,383 tok/turn | ~3,529 tok/turn(leaner) |
| Tools | 3 | 17 |
| Cost per 1,000 turns (Claude Sonnet 5.5, uncached) | $8.77 | $7.06 |
| Security score | 97/100 | 97/100 |
| Cold start | — | 799 ms |
| Runs | Local or hosted | Local (stdio) |
| Needs keys | FIRECRAWL_API_KEY | None declared |
| Freshness | Active | Active |
| GitHub stars | 7.6k | 884 |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Official MCP registry | Yes | No |
Install in Claude Code
Firecrawl
claude mcp add firecrawl -e FIRECRAWL_API_KEY='<firecrawl-api-key>' -- npx -y firecrawl-mcp
Jina MCP Local
claude mcp add jina-mcp-local -- npx -y jina-mcp-local
Tools
By name, from each server's live tool list. The same name can still behave differently.
Only in Firecrawl · 3
- firecrawl_scrape
- firecrawl_search
- firecrawl_parse
In both · 0
- none
Only in Jina MCP Local · 17
- show_api_key
- primer
- guess_datetime_url
- capture_screenshot_url
- read_url
- search_web
- search_arxiv
- search_ssrn
- search_images
- parallel_search_web
- parallel_search_arxiv
- parallel_search_ssrn
- parallel_read_url
- sort_by_relevance
- deduplicate_strings
- deduplicate_images
- search_bibtex
Questions
- Which uses fewer tokens, Firecrawl or Jina MCP Local?
- Jina MCP Local: its tool definitions take about 3,529 tokens per turn against 4,383 for Firecrawl (1.2× more). Tool definitions are resent on every model turn.
- Do Firecrawl and Jina MCP Local have the same tools?
- No tool names overlap: Firecrawl has 3 tools and Jina MCP Local has 17.
- Are Firecrawl and Jina MCP Local hosted or local?
- Firecrawl: local or hosted. Jina MCP Local: local (stdio).
Token counts use the o200k tokenizer on each server's tool definitions as an agent receives them; clients that load tools lazily pay less. Prices are Claude Sonnet 5.5 input at $2/MTok. Want to check one yourself? Run npx mcpskillhub test <package> — how it works.