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title: "7 MCP servers for web search and scraping"
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# MCP servers for web search and scraping

7 MCP servers for web search and scraping, with connect commands, free tiers and check dates.

- [Apify](https://cookiesforai.app/mcp/apify): The Apify MCP server gives AI agents thousands of ready-made scrapers and automation tools from Apify Store, such as Google Maps, Instagram and search result scrapers, which the agent can find and run on demand.
- [Brave Search](https://cookiesforai.app/mcp/brave-search): The Brave Search MCP server gives AI agents Brave's independent search index: web, news, image, video, local and place search, plus pre-extracted page text for grounding and AI summaries.
- [Exa](https://cookiesforai.app/mcp/exa): The Exa MCP server gives AI agents web search and page reading through Exa's search engine, plus optional advanced filters and Exa Agent runs for multi-step research with structured output.
- [Firecrawl](https://cookiesforai.app/mcp/firecrawl): The Firecrawl MCP server gives AI agents live web access through Firecrawl: search the web, scrape a URL into Markdown or JSON, map and crawl whole sites, and click through pages.
- [Jina AI](https://cookiesforai.app/mcp/jina): The Jina AI MCP server gives AI agents Jina's Reader, Search, Embeddings and Reranker APIs: read any web page or PDF as Markdown, search the web, arXiv and SSRN, and rerank results.
- [Perplexity](https://cookiesforai.app/mcp/perplexity): The Perplexity MCP server gives AI agents Perplexity's web search, quick answers with citations, step-by-step reasoning and long research runs, all billed to a Perplexity API account.
- [Tavily](https://cookiesforai.app/mcp/tavily): The Tavily MCP server gives AI agents real-time web search through the Tavily API, plus tools that extract page content, map a site's structure and crawl it.