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Firecrawl vs Oxylabs MCP Server
Firecrawl exposes 3 tools and adds about 4,383 tokens to every model turn. Oxylabs exposes 10 tools and adds about 4,568. Measured by connecting to each server and counting its tool list, not from the README.
 Firecrawlfirecrawl |  Oxylabsoxylabs | |
|---|---|---|
| Context tax | ~4,383 tok/turn(leaner) | ~4,568 tok/turn |
| Tools | 3 | 10 |
| Cost per 1,000 turns (Claude Sonnet 5.5, uncached) | $8.77 | $9.14 |
| Security score | 97/100 | 97/100 |
| Cold start | — | — |
| Runs | Local or hosted | Local or hosted |
| Needs keys | FIRECRAWL_API_KEY | OXYLABS_USERNAME, OXYLABS_PASSWORD, OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY |
| Freshness | Active | Active |
| GitHub stars | 7.6k | 104 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Official MCP registry | Yes | Yes |
Install in Claude Code
Firecrawl
claude mcp add firecrawl -e FIRECRAWL_API_KEY='<firecrawl-api-key>' -- npx -y firecrawl-mcp
Oxylabs
claude mcp add oxylabs -e OXYLABS_USERNAME='<oxylabs-username>' -e OXYLABS_PASSWORD='<oxylabs-password>' -e OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY='<oxylabs-ai-studio-api-key>' -- uvx oxylabs-mcp
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 Oxylabs · 10
- ai_crawler
- ai_scraper
- ai_browser_agent
- ai_search
- generate_schema
- ai_map
- universal_scraper
- google_search_scraper
- amazon_search_scraper
- amazon_product_scraper
Questions
- Which uses fewer tokens, Firecrawl or Oxylabs?
- Firecrawl: its tool definitions take about 4,383 tokens per turn against 4,568 for Oxylabs (1.0× more). Tool definitions are resent on every model turn.
- Do Firecrawl and Oxylabs have the same tools?
- No tool names overlap: Firecrawl has 3 tools and Oxylabs has 10.
- Are Firecrawl and Oxylabs hosted or local?
- Firecrawl: local or hosted. Oxylabs: local or hosted.
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.