# Apify MCP Server vs jevcrawl

> Apify scores 76.5 (BB) to jevcrawl's 63.7 (B) for crawling. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-15

Apify MCP Server scores 76.5 (BB) on agent readiness against jevcrawl's 63.7 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do crawling. Apify MCP Server accepts x402. jevcrawl doesn't.

- Apify MCP Server: grade BB, 76.5/100, rank #30 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apify-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/apify-mcp.json
- jevcrawl: grade B, 63.7/100, rank #409 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jevcrawl.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/jevcrawl.json
- Best web scraping and crawling APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/web-scrapers/index.md
- All 204 scrapers comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/web-scrapers/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Apify MCP Server (BB)

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:
- Schema & documentation, 92 against 81
- Agent ergonomics, 92 against 80
- Payments & pricing, 95 against 30
- Maintenance & community, 95 against 68
- Transparency & trust, 86 against 45

Also in its favour:
- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install

Watch for: API and Actor runs timed out for about 12 hours on 21 and 22 July 2026

### jevcrawl (B)

Good for: An agent that must find one answer several clicks deep on a documentation or help site and wants a few thousand tokens back instead of whole pages.

Also in its favour:
- No incidents deducted, where Apify MCP Server loses 5 points for them

Watch for: First released on 13 October 2026, version 0.2.0 and marked alpha, with one maintainer


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Apify MCP Server | jevcrawl | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 68 | jevcrawl +3 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 81 | Apify MCP Server +11 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 80 | Apify MCP Server +12 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 59 | Apify MCP Server +3 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 95 | 30 | Apify MCP Server +65 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 95 | 68 | Apify MCP Server +27 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 45 | Apify MCP Server +41 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **76.5 · BB** | **63.7 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Apify MCP Server | jevcrawl |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | MCP server |
| Vendor | Apify | Rayen Mlayeh |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.apify.com` | no (local only) |
| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| x402 | yes, from $1/call | no |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 35 | 3 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| MCP registry | `com.apify/apify-mcp-server` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-09 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-09 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 8.6k stars, 15k npm/wk | 60 stars, 204 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.4/5 (8) | none |

## Verdicts

**Apify MCP Server.** x402 on Apify's own domains, a prepaid token from agi.apify.com for any Actor and per-run payment on mcp.apify.com for Pay Per Event Actors. API and Actor runs timed out for about 12 hours on 21 and 22 July 2026.

**jevcrawl.** Three compact, typed MCP tools return verbatim passages with source URLs, cost and stop reasons, and errors arrive as codes with instructions. The project is three days old and alpha, it depends on TypeSafe's paid Jev API, which is in early access with no free tier found, and it does not block crawls of private or local addresses.

## Before you call either

### Apify MCP Server

1. Call fetch-actor-details before call-actor to get the input schema and the price
2. Use apify--web-fetch for one known URL and apify--rag-web-browser for search and read
3. Read results with get-dataset-items and set `fields` and `limit`. The default is 20 rows
4. Buy an AGI token for anything that isn't a Pay Per Event Actor, since direct `?payment=x402` refuses the rest. Tokens last 14 days and unused balance isn't refunded
5. Ask for `get-actor-run-log`, not `get-actor-log`. The old name is ignored without an error

### jevcrawl

1. Phrase `goal` as one specific question and start with `max_pages` between 10 and 30
2. Check `stats.stopped_because` and `stats.degraded`, and read `uncertain` before reporting that something is missing
3. Use `scrape` without a goal when you need a whole page, since it makes no paid Jev call and needs no key
4. Handle `{"error": code, "message": ...}` results, for example `auth_error` means `TYPESAFE_API_KEY` is missing or rejected
5. Pages in `stats.needs_js_urls` were not read. Tell the user rather than guessing their content

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Apify MCP Server or jevcrawl?

Apify MCP Server scores 76.5 (BB) on agent readiness against jevcrawl's 63.7 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.

### Do Apify MCP Server and jevcrawl need an API key?

Apify MCP Server takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. jevcrawl needs an API key. An agent can also pay Apify MCP Server per call over x402, with no account.

### Can an agent call Apify MCP Server and jevcrawl without installing anything?

Apify MCP Server has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.apify.com. jevcrawl runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.

### Are Apify MCP Server and jevcrawl open source?

Yes. Apify MCP Server is open source (MIT). jevcrawl is open source (Apache-2.0).


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-jevcrawl.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-jevcrawl.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "apify-mcp", "b": "jevcrawl"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare apify-mcp jevcrawl`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/apify-mcp.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/jevcrawl.json

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