{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "apify-mcp", "name": "Apify MCP Server", "vendor": "Apify", "vendorUrl": "https://apify.com", "kind": "mcp", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "Exposes thousands of Apify Store Actors (scrapers, crawlers, automations) as dynamically discovered MCP tools, hosted at mcp.apify.com or run locally; supports OAuth, API tokens and agentic payments (x402 prepaid tokens, Skyfire).", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apify-mcp", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apify-mcp.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apify-mcp.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/apify-mcp.json", "repo": "https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "stdio", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.apify.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@apify/actors-mcp-server" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "OAuth on mcp.apify.com, or an Apify API token as `Authorization: Bearer`. Tokens can be scoped to account or per-resource permissions, given an expiry date and rotated with a 24-hour overlap. The Apify API also accepts the token as a `token` query parameter. Without a token, an agent can pay with AGI prepaid tokens (bought over x402 or MPP), direct x402 (`?payment=x402`, Pay Per Event Actors only) or Skyfire PAY tokens. `?tools=` selects categories or single tools.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "MCP server itself is free; Actor runs are billed on Apify plans: Free $0 with $5/month usage credit ($0.20 per compute unit), Starter $19/mo, Scale $199/mo ($0.16/CU), Business $999/mo ($0.13/CU), 10% off annual (https://apify.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$1 / call", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "yes", "evidence": "AGI (agi.apify.com) sells a prepaid, spend-capped Apify token over x402 (USDC on Base, or USDC or USDT on Solana) or MPP (Tempo or Solana), minimum $1, currently valid for 14 days with unused balance not refunded, usable as `Authorization: Bearer` against mcp.apify.com and api.apify.com for any Actor. Direct x402 on `mcp.apify.com?payment=x402` signs a $1.00 USDC prepayment on Base, covers Pay Per Event Actors only (not Standby), and refunds unused balance after 60 minutes of inactivity (https://agi.apify.com/; https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server#-agentic-payments; https://apify.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-04).", "endpoints": [ { "url": "https://agi.apify.com/protocols/x402/prepaid-tokens?amount=1\u0026currency=usd", "priceUsd": 1, "network": "eip155:8453" }, { "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?payment=x402", "priceUsd": 1, "network": "eip155:8453" } ] }, "toolCount": 35, "popularity": { "githubStars": 8600, "npmWeekly": 15257, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-26" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server#readme", "registryName": "com.apify/apify-mcp-server", "capabilities": [ "scraping.actors", "web.crawl" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "local", "open-source", "x402", "aggregator" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 76.5, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 28, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 92, "maintenance": 95, "payments": 95, "reliability": 65, "schema": 92, "security": 62, "transparency": 86 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-04" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "-3: v0.16.0 on 2026-09-17 renamed get-actor-log to get-actor-run-log with no deprecation period, and the old name is now ignored without an error. It was flagged as breaking in the changelog on release day, so the lowest deduction (https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).", "-2: GHSA-6gr2-qh89-hxwm (CVE-2026-50143, CVSS 8.1, High). Versions before 0.10.11 built an Actor's MCP URL by joining strings, so a malicious Actor's webServerMcpPath could send the user's Apify token to another host. Fixed in 0.10.11 on 28 May 2026 and published as a GitHub advisory, about four months old, so 2 points rather than the full deduction for an exfiltration path. The Moderate GHSA-jwp7-wg77-3w9v (CVE-2026-46341), a fetch-apify-docs allowlist bypass fixed in 0.9.21 on 4 May 2026, wasn't deducted (https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server/security/advisories/GHSA-6gr2-qh89-hxwm; https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server/security/advisories/GHSA-jwp7-wg77-3w9v)." ], "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "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", "12 tools by default out of 35, `?tools=` to pick categories, and readOnly, destructive and idempotent hints on every tool", "Scoped API tokens with expiry and a 24-hour rotation overlap, plus OAuth on the hosted server", "18 releases between 21 July and 30 September 2026, with breaking changes flagged in the changelog", "Free plan with $5 of monthly usage and no card" ], "weaknesses": [ "API and Actor runs timed out for about 12 hours on 21 and 22 July 2026", "No prompt-injection guidance for scraped content or third-party Actor READMEs", "Telemetry and Sentry on by default", "Direct x402 and Skyfire cover Pay Per Event Actors only, not Standby Actors", "No SLA published for any self-serve plan" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call fetch-actor-details before call-actor to get the input schema and the price", "Use apify--web-fetch for one known URL and apify--rag-web-browser for search and read", "Read results with get-dataset-items and set `fields` and `limit`. The default is 20 rows", "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", "Ask for `get-actor-run-log`, not `get-actor-log`. The old name is ignored without an error" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 8, "avgRating": 3.4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 76.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 92, "maintenance": 95, "payments": 95, "reliability": 65, "schema": 92, "security": 62, "transparency": 75 }, "provenanceScore": 96 }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http apify https://mcp.apify.com --header \"Authorization: Bearer ${APIFY_TOKEN}\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${APIFY_TOKEN}" }, "url": "https://mcp.apify.com" } } }, "x402": "curl -s -i -X POST 'https://agi.apify.com/protocols/x402/prepaid-tokens?amount=1\u0026currency=usd'\n# 402 -\u003e pay with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE (USDC, eip155:8453) -\u003e token in response\n# then: Authorization: Bearer \u003cprepaid token\u003e against https://mcp.apify.com" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/scraping.actors", "tool": "https://letme.dev/apify-mcp" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Compute unit, pay as you go", "unit": "compute-unit", "usd": 0.2 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Apify Technologies s.r.o.", "domain": "apify.com", "domainRegistered": "2009-06-02", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://docs.apify.com/legal/general-terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "https://docs.apify.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.apify.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server/releases", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-04", "score": 96 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apify-mcp.json", "live": { "slug": "apify-mcp", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.apify.com", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T04:40:40.669684832Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 268, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.88, "p50ms24h": 258, "p95ms24h": 368, "samples24h": 248, "samples30d": 3438, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-27", "probes": 132, "ok": 132 }, { "date": "2026-09-28", "probes": 285, "ok": 284 }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 267 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 48, "ok": 48 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.apify.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T04:40:42.167089958Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "apify/actors-mcp-server", "version": "v0.17.1", "released": "2026-09-30", "seenAt": "2026-10-01T13:17:39.020905395Z" }, { "registry": "github", "name": "apify/apify-mcp-server", "version": "v0.17.4", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:39:51.399264694Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "com.apify/apify-mcp-server", "version": "0.17.4", "seenAt": "2026-10-10T03:11:32.438759038Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@apify/actors-mcp-server", "version": "0.17.4", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:39:50.973195864Z" } ], "githubStars": 10262, "npmWeekly": 37446, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://apify.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2035-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:20.192411299Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "apify.com", "registered": "2009-06-02", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/apify.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:53.704775538Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apify/apify-mcp-server/master/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:44:57.06988591Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:57.629359609Z", "fingerprint": "e3263a1bd63c" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:35.89770665Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:35.89770665Z", "fingerprint": "247eca42cbc4" }, { "url": "https://docs.apify.com/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:36:33.957291797Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:31:21.810791643Z", "fingerprint": "9c93506c6ab7" }, { "url": "https://docs.apify.com/legal/general-terms-and-conditions", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:36:31.772531131Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:31:19.543950962Z", "fingerprint": "ba43983c7610" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://mcp.apify.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T21:40:18.507509212Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-09-28T21:55:37.935476956Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T04:40:40.669684832Z" } }, "answer": "Apify MCP Server scores 76.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Jina Reader's 45.1 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "jina-reader", "name": "Jina Reader", "vendor": "Jina AI (Elastic)", "vendorUrl": "https://jina.ai", "kind": "http-api", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "API that converts web pages and search results to Markdown for agents and applications.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jina-reader", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jina-reader.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jina-reader.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/jina-reader.json", "repo": "https://github.com/jina-ai/reader", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://r.jina.ai/", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Reader works with no key at 20 requests a minute. Search and higher limits need a Bearer key.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Billed in output tokens. A new key comes with 10M free tokens. Search costs at least 10,000 tokens a request. US dollar prices per token weren't shown on the public page (https://jina.ai/reader/).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 12000, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-26" }, "docsUrl": "https://jina.ai/reader/", "capabilities": [ "web.scrape", "web.fetch", "web.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "no-key", "mcp", "open-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-18", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 45.1, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 871, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 15, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 76, "maintenance": 65, "payments": 35, "reliability": 60, "schema": 43, "security": 32, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -7, "negativeNotes": [ "-4: the hosted MCP server's show_api_key tool returned the account's bearer token into the conversation, next to read_url, which fetches untrusted pages, from August 2025 until v1.10.0 removed it on 2026-09-18. Fixed and documented in the README, so deducted less (https://github.com/jina-ai/MCP#functions-have-been-removed-in-v1100).", "-3: v1.10.0 on 2026-09-18 removed nine tools from mcp.jina.ai, including search_web_deep added on 12 August and the parallel_* tools, with no advance notice (https://github.com/jina-ai/MCP/pull/36)." ], "verdict": "One URL prefix, no key needed, Markdown back. No price per token in any currency on the public page.", "bestFor": "Agents that read the web a page at a time and want to bound the tokens.", "strengths": [ "One URL prefix, no key needed, Markdown back", "`x-max-tokens`, `x-token-budget` and `x-target-selector` bound the output", "Rate limits published for each key tier", "Apache-2.0 source for the code behind r.jina.ai", "10 million free tokens with a new key, no card" ], "weaknesses": [ "No price per token in any currency on the public page", "No OpenAPI, no llms.txt and no documented error responses", "Two SSRF reports open as public issues since 12 June 2026", "Hosted MCP exposed the bearer token through show_api_key until 18 September 2026", "The Reader page and the README disagree on cache lifetime, 5 minutes against 3,600 seconds" ], "agentNotes": [ "Prefix the URL, `https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com`, and read the Markdown", "Send `x-max-tokens` to cap a page, or `x-token-budget` to refuse one that's too big", "Use `x-target-selector` when you need one part of a page", "Keyless is 20 requests a minute and can't search. Add a key for loops or s.jina.ai", "Send `x-no-cache: true` when a page may have changed or a blocked response got cached" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 45.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 76, "maintenance": 65, "payments": 35, "reliability": 60, "schema": 43, "security": 32, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 70 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://r.jina.ai/https://www.anchorterminal.com/prices/\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http jina https://mcp.jina.ai/v1" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape", "tool": "https://letme.dev/jina-reader" }, "sameCompany": [ "jina-embeddings" ], "area": "web-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Jina AI GmbH", "domain": "jina.ai", "domainRegistered": "2020-01-20", "domainNote": "Jina AI GmbH is a subsidiary of Elastic N.V., and the privacy statement is Elastic's.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://jina.ai/legal/#terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "https://www.elastic.co/legal/privacy-statement", "statusPage": "https://status.jina.ai", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-26", "score": 70 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jina-reader.json", "live": { "slug": "jina-reader", "probe": { "target": "https://r.jina.ai/", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T04:40:52.656601968Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 145, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.94, "p50ms24h": 151, "p95ms24h": 224, "samples24h": 248, "samples30d": 3438, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-27", "probes": 132, "ok": 132 }, { "date": "2026-09-28", "probes": 285, "ok": 285 }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 270 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 48, "ok": 48 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.jina.ai", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T04:41:07.715116635Z" }, "githubStars": 12127, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://jina.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:40:17.156733116Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "jina.ai", "registered": "2020-01-20", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/jina.ai", 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"Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "yes, from $1/call", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "35", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.apify/apify-mcp-server", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-09-18", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-07-09", "b": "2026-05-04", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-07-09", "b": "2026-09-07", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "8.6k stars, 15k npm/wk", "b": "12k stars", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.4/5 (8)", "b": "2.5/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Apify MCP Server scores 76.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Jina Reader's 45.1 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Apify MCP Server or Jina Reader?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in. An agent can also pay Apify MCP Server per call over x402, with no account.", "question": "Do Apify MCP Server and Jina Reader need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Apify MCP Server has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.apify.com and Jina Reader at https://r.jina.ai/.", "question": "Can an agent call Apify MCP Server and Jina Reader without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Apify MCP Server is open source (MIT). Jina Reader is open source (Apache-2.0).", "question": "Are Apify MCP Server and Jina Reader open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 65 against 60", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 92 against 43", "Agent ergonomics, 92 against 76", "Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 32", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 95 against 35", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 95 against 65", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 86 against 58" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account", "Runs on your own machine", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.4 against 2.5 out of 5" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "apify-mcp", "watchFor": "API and Actor runs timed out for about 12 hours on 21 and 22 July 2026" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents that read the web a page at a time and want to bound 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"url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapegraphai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapeless.json", "title": "Jina Reader vs Scrapeless", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapeless" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scraperapi.json", "title": "Jina Reader vs ScraperAPI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scraperapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapfly.json", "title": "Jina Reader vs Scrapfly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapfly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingant.json", "title": "Jina Reader vs ScrapingAnt", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingant" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingbee.json", "title": "Jina Reader vs ScrapingBee", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingbee" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingdog.json", "title": "Jina Reader vs Scrapingdog", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingdog" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-spider-cloud.json", "title": "Jina Reader vs Spider", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-spider-cloud" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-zenrows.json", "title": "Jina Reader vs ZenRows", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-zenrows" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-zyte.json", "title": "Jina Reader vs Zyte API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-zyte" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-bright-data.json", "title": "Apify MCP Server vs Bright Data", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-bright-data" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-diffbot.json", "title": "Apify MCP Server vs Diffbot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-diffbot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-firecrawl-mcp.json", "title": "Apify MCP Server vs Firecrawl MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-firecrawl-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-olostep.json", "title": "Apify MCP Server vs Olostep", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-olostep" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scrapegraphai.json", "title": "Apify MCP Server vs ScrapeGraphAI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scrapegraphai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scrapeless.json", "title": "Apify MCP Server vs Scrapeless", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scrapeless" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scraperapi.json", "title": "Apify MCP Server vs ScraperAPI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scraperapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scrapfly.json", "title": "Apify MCP Server vs Scrapfly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scrapfly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-spider-cloud.json", "title": "Apify MCP Server vs Spider", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-spider-cloud" } ], "scores": [ { "apify-mcp": 65, "by": 5, "edge": "apify-mcp", "jina-reader": 60, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "apify-mcp": 92, "by": 49, "edge": "apify-mcp", "jina-reader": 43, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "apify-mcp": 92, "by": 16, "edge": "apify-mcp", "jina-reader": 76, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "apify-mcp": 62, "by": 30, "edge": "apify-mcp", "jina-reader": 32, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "apify-mcp": 95, "by": 60, "edge": "apify-mcp", "jina-reader": 35, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "apify-mcp": 95, "by": 30, "edge": "apify-mcp", "jina-reader": 65, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "apify-mcp": 86, "by": 28, "edge": "apify-mcp", "jina-reader": 58, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Apify MCP Server scores 76.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Jina Reader's 45.1 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do scraping. Apify MCP Server accepts x402. Jina Reader doesn't.", "verdicts": { "apify-mcp": "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.", "jina-reader": "One URL prefix, no key needed, Markdown back. No price per token in any currency on the public page." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-jina-reader", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-jina-reader.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-jina-reader.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-jina-reader.min.md" }, "markdown": "Apify MCP Server scores 76.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Jina Reader's 45.1 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do scraping. Apify MCP Server accepts x402. Jina Reader doesn't.\n\n- Apify MCP Server: grade BB, 76.5/100, rank #28 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apify-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/apify-mcp.json\n- Jina Reader: grade E, 45.1/100, rank #871 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jina-reader.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/jina-reader.json\n- Best web scraping and crawling APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/web-scrapers/index.md\n- All 167 scrapers comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/web-scrapers/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Apify MCP Server (BB)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 60\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 92 against 43\n- Agent ergonomics, 92 against 76\n- Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 32\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 95 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 95 against 65\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 86 against 58\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.4 against 2.5 out of 5\n\nWatch for: API and Actor runs timed out for about 12 hours on 21 and 22 July 2026\n\n### Jina Reader (E)\n\nGood for: Agents that read the web a page at a time and want to bound the tokens.\n\nWatch for: No price per token in any currency on the public page\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Apify MCP Server | Jina Reader | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 60 | Apify MCP Server +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 43 | Apify MCP Server +49 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 76 | Apify MCP Server +16 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 32 | Apify MCP Server +30 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 95 | 35 | Apify MCP Server +60 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 95 | 65 | Apify MCP Server +30 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 58 | Apify MCP Server +28 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | -7 | |\n| **Total** | | **76.5 · BB** | **45.1 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Apify MCP Server | Jina Reader |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Apify | Jina AI (Elastic) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.apify.com` | `https://r.jina.ai/` |\n| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | yes, from $1/call | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 35 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| MCP registry | `com.apify/apify-mcp-server` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-18 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-07-09 | 2026-05-04 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-09 | 2026-09-07 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 8.6k stars, 15k npm/wk | 12k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 3.4/5 (8) | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**Jina Reader.** One URL prefix, no key needed, Markdown back. No price per token in any currency on the public page.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Apify MCP Server\n\n1. Call fetch-actor-details before call-actor to get the input schema and the price\n2. Use apify--web-fetch for one known URL and apify--rag-web-browser for search and read\n3. Read results with get-dataset-items and set `fields` and `limit`. The default is 20 rows\n4. 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\n5. Ask for `get-actor-run-log`, not `get-actor-log`. The old name is ignored without an error\n\n### Jina Reader\n\n1. Prefix the URL, `https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com`, and read the Markdown\n2. Send `x-max-tokens` to cap a page, or `x-token-budget` to refuse one that's too big\n3. Use `x-target-selector` when you need one part of a page\n4. Keyless is 20 requests a minute and can't search. Add a key for loops or s.jina.ai\n5. Send `x-no-cache: true` when a page may have changed or a blocked response got cached\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Apify MCP Server or Jina Reader?\n\nApify MCP Server scores 76.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Jina Reader's 45.1 (E), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do Apify MCP Server and Jina Reader need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in. An agent can also pay Apify MCP Server per call over x402, with no account.\n\n### Can an agent call Apify MCP Server and Jina Reader without installing anything?\n\nYes. Apify MCP Server has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.apify.com and Jina Reader at https://r.jina.ai/.\n\n### Are Apify MCP Server and Jina Reader open source?\n\nYes. Apify MCP Server is open source (MIT). Jina Reader is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-jina-reader.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-jina-reader.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"apify-mcp\", \"b\": \"jina-reader\"}`. 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