# Apify MCP Server vs jevcrawl (slim)

> 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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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: BB 76.5, rank #30 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apify-mcp.min.md
- jevcrawl: B 63.7, rank #409 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jevcrawl.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 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 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.
- jevcrawl, 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 No incidents deducted, where Apify MCP Server loses 5 points for them.

| Category | Apify MCP Server | jevcrawl |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 68 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 92 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 92 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 95 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 95 | 68 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 86 | 45 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Apify MCP Server | jevcrawl |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |
| 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 |