# Apify MCP Server vs Context.dev (slim)

> Context.dev scores 78.2 (A) to Apify's 76.5 (BB) for crawling. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Context.dev scores 78.2 (A) on agent readiness against Apify MCP Server's 76.5 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Apify MCP Server leads on payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do crawling. Apify MCP Server accepts x402. Context.dev doesn't.

- Apify MCP Server: BB 76.5, rank #30 of 1084 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apify-mcp.min.md
- Context.dev: A 78.2, rank #15 of 1084 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/context-dev.min.md
- Apify MCP Server, good for Best when the job matches an existing Actor (Google Maps, social profiles, e-commerce, SERP) and the agent can wait seconds to minutes for a run. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 95 against 50; Maintenance & community, 95 against 85; Transparency & trust, 86 against 73. Also An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account; Runs on your own machine; Open source.
- Context.dev, good for Agents that need one call for Markdown, screenshots and schema-shaped JSON from a page, plus batches, monitors and search on the same balance, and teams that also want brand data. Ahead on Security & auth, 83 against 62. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Apify MCP Server loses 5 points for them.

| Category | Apify MCP Server | Context.dev |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 67 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 92 | 96 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 92 | 90 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 83 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 95 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 95 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 86 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Apify MCP Server | Context.dev |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Apify | Context Dev Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.apify.com` | `https://api.context.dev/v1` |
| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| x402 | yes, from $1/call | no |
| Licence | MIT | none |
| Tools exposed | 35 | 42 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `com.apify/apify-mcp-server` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-09 | 2026-10-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-09 | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 8.6k stars, 15k npm/wk | 5 stars, 62k npm/wk, 10k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.4/5 (8) | none |