# Research the web and inspect pages
> Distinguish search and extraction from interactive browser automation; show local and hosted options clearly.
Canonical: https://www.mcpfolio.com/collections/web-research
Last updated: 2026-10-18
[Exa MCP](https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/exa-search) — Web search

Exa's hosted MCP server provides web search and page fetching for AI clients, with optional advanced search and multi-step Exa Agent research tools.

[Tavily MCP](https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/tavily-search) — Search & extraction

Tavily's MCP server gives AI agents real-time web search, URL extraction, site mapping, and crawling through remote or local connections.

[Firecrawl MCP](https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/firecrawl) — Site crawling

Firecrawl's MCP server gives AI clients tools to search the web, scrape and parse content, map or crawl sites, interact with pages, and run research or monitoring workflows.

[Playwright MCP](https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/playwright-browser-automation) — Interactive browsing

A local MCP server that lets AI clients automate browsers through Playwright and structured accessibility snapshots.

[Browserless MCP](https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/browserless) — Hosted browser

Browserless provides a hosted MCP server for browser automation, scraping, search, crawling, page interaction, exports, audits, and account usage.


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