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Best MCP for web search
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Which MCP server is best for web search and retrieval?
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Search capability, auth friction, readiness, and safety posture.
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| Metric | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snapshot ID | trustsnap_b83cc95ecfc483a2 | trustsnap_6c9518faf36bc887 | trustsnap_9de8c3454e47e73f | trustsnap_bb9ef56644a3aa2b | trustsnap_ad31e3f7ce17497b | trustsnap_adc1aa8e106746f0 | trustsnap_8baeb3dd34a4a28a | trustsnap_ddb6b4bceeeb8eb1 |
| Status | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy | Healthy |
| Score | 79.8 | 78.9 | 78.8 | 78.0 | 77.8 | 77.5 | 76.3 | 76.2 |
| Production readiness class | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation |
| Production trust decision | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation | Safe For Evaluation |
| Evidence confidence | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Freshness | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Latency | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Spec recency | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Session resume | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Step-up auth | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Transport compliance | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Utility coverage | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| Publishability | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Connector replay | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Request association | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Action safety | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Registry presence | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Provenance divergence | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Client compatibility: ChatGPT | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Client compatibility: Claude | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Write-action publishing | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Snapshot churn risk | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Transport | streamable-http | streamable-http | streamable-http | streamable-http | streamable-http | sse | sse | streamable-http |
| Auth | OAuth | Unauthenticated / none | OAuth | Unauthenticated / none | Unauthenticated / none | Unauthenticated / none | OAuth | Unauthenticated / none |
| Tools | 2 | 13 | 41 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 9 |
| Prompts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Resources | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Taxonomy | development search web | development search | search | search | search | development search | productivity search | search |
| Recommended for | ChatGPT compatible Claude compatible Smithery | Claude compatible Smithery Generic HTTP | ChatGPT compatible Claude compatible Smithery | Claude compatible Smithery Generic HTTP | Claude compatible Smithery Generic HTTP | Claude compatible Smithery Generic HTTP | Claude compatible Smithery Generic HTTP | Claude compatible Smithery Generic HTTP |
| Top alerts | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none |