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    "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": "2026-10-10T05:38:42.406147777Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 401,
          "lastMs": 263,
          "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
          "authRequired": true,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 99.88,
          "p50ms24h": 258,
          "p95ms24h": 368,
          "samples24h": 248,
          "samples30d": 3448,
          "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": 58,
              "ok": 58
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.apify.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T05:34:49.638377358Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "apify/actors-mcp-server",
            "version": "v0.17.1",
            "released": "2026-09-30",
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          },
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "apify/apify-mcp-server",
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            "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"
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        ],
        "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": "2026-10-10T05:38:42.406147777Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Apify MCP Server scores 76.5 (BB) on agent readiness against ScraperAPI's 52.1 (D), and leads in every scored category.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "scraperapi",
      "name": "ScraperAPI",
      "vendor": "ScraperAPI (saas.group)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.scraperapi.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "web-scrapers",
      "summary": "Web scraping API that fetches a URL through rotating proxies with optional JavaScript rendering and anti-bot bypass, and returns HTML, Markdown, text or parsed JSON. It has async jobs, a crawler, structured data endpoints and an MCP server.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scraperapi.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.scraperapi.com",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "scraperapi-mcp-server"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "scraperapi-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "scraperapi-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "scraperapi-cli"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from the dashboard after a browser signup. The sync API takes it as the `api_key` query parameter by default or as an `x-sapi-api_key` header. The async, crawler and AI parser APIs take it in the JSON body, and the remote MCP server takes `Authorization: Bearer`. One key per account, regenerated at most once every 24 hours, with no scopes.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan of 1,000 credits a month with 5 concurrent threads, and 5,000 credits for the first 7 days, no card. Hobby $49 a month (100,000 credits, 20 threads), Startup $149 (1 million, 50), Business $299 (3 million, 100), Scaling $475 (5 million, 200), Professional $975 (10.5 million, 300), Advanced $1,975 (21.5 million, 500), Enterprise custom. Annual billing takes 10% off. A plain request costs 1 credit, rendering or premium proxies 10, Google and Bing 25. Only 200 and 404 responses are charged. Pay-as-you-go overage starts at Scaling (https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "$49 / mo",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the pricing page or llms.txt (checked 2026-10-09).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 28,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 5,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-09"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.scraperapi.com/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.scraperapi.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.scrape",
        "web.extract",
        "web.crawl",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "scraping.js-render",
        "scraping.anti-bot",
        "scraping.screenshot",
        "scraping.serp"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "free-tier",
        "no-card",
        "api-key",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "proxies",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
        "cli",
        "python",
        "javascript",
        "php",
        "ruby",
        "java",
        "closed-source"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-08-07",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 52.1,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 739,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 950,
        "categoryRank": 14,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 74,
          "maintenance": 61,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 67,
          "security": 29,
          "transparency": 54
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-09"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "One GET request with a key and a URL returns a page, and the MCP server's 28 tools carry read-only and destructive hints. No status page, OpenAPI file, security.txt or certification was found, and the documented default puts the API key in the URL query string.",
        "bestFor": "Agents that want a single GET to fetch pages through proxies, with parsed JSON for Amazon, Google, Walmart, eBay and Redfin and a batch API of up to 50,000 URLs.",
        "strengths": [
          "Only `api_key` and `url` are required, and JavaScript rendering is off by default, so a plain request costs 1 credit",
          "Failed requests are not charged. Only 200 and 404 responses are billed, and each response carries an `sa-credit-cost` header",
          "`max_cost` caps the credits one request may spend, and `/account/urlcost` returns the cost of a URL before it is scraped",
          "The open-source MCP server (MIT) defines 28 typed tools, each with read-only, destructive and idempotent hints",
          "Free plan of 1,000 credits a month with no card, plus 5,000 credits for the first 7 days"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No status page is linked from the home, pricing, support or docs pages, although the pricing page lists a 99.9% uptime guarantee",
          "The documented default sends the API key in the URL query string. A header alternative, `x-sapi-api_key`, exists",
          "No OpenAPI file, security.txt, bug bounty, certification or sub-processor list was found",
          "The site's robots.txt disallows `/terms/`, so the Terms of Use went unread by us",
          "Google and Bing cost 25 credits a request and LinkedIn 30, and a bypassed anti-bot check adds 10"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set the client timeout to 70 seconds. The API retries for that long before it returns 500, and a request cancelled earlier is still charged",
          "Send the key as the `x-sapi-api_key` header to keep it out of URLs and logs",
          "Pass `max_cost` on each request, or call `/account/urlcost` first, because domain and anti-bot surcharges vary from 1 to 75 credits",
          "Use `output_format=markdown` or `text` to cut response size, and `autoparse=true` only on supported domains",
          "On 429 reduce concurrency to the plan limit (5 on Free, 20 on Hobby). The request is rejected, not queued"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 52.1
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 74,
          "maintenance": 61,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 67,
          "security": 29,
          "transparency": 35
        },
        "provenanceScore": 72
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "pip install scraperapi-mcp-server",
        "http": "curl --request GET \\\n--url 'https://api.scraperapi.com?api_key=API_KEY\u0026url=https://www.example.com'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add scraperapi -- npx mcp-remote https://mcp.scraperapi.com/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_API_KEY}\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "ScraperAPIRemote": {
              "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.scraperapi.com/mcp",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_API_KEY}"
              ],
              "command": "npx"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/scraperapi"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Hobby plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 49,
          "note": "100,000 credits, 20 concurrent threads"
        },
        {
          "item": "Startup plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 149,
          "note": "1 million credits, 50 concurrent threads"
        },
        {
          "item": "Business plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 299,
          "note": "3 million credits, 100 concurrent threads"
        },
        {
          "item": "Plain request on Hobby",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.49,
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scraperapi.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 45\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 92 against 67\n- Agent ergonomics, 92 against 74\n- Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 29\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 95 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 95 against 61\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 86 against 54\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- Open source\n\nWatch for: API and Actor runs timed out for about 12 hours on 21 and 22 July 2026\n\n### ScraperAPI (D)\n\nGood for: Agents that want a single GET to fetch pages through proxies, with parsed JSON for Amazon, Google, Walmart, eBay and Redfin and a batch API of up to 50,000 URLs.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- No incidents deducted, where Apify MCP Server loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: No status page is linked from the home, pricing, support or docs pages, although the pricing page lists a 99.9% uptime guarantee\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Apify MCP Server | ScraperAPI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 45 | Apify MCP Server +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 67 | Apify MCP Server +25 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 74 | Apify MCP Server +18 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 29 | Apify MCP Server +33 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 95 | 40 | Apify MCP Server +55 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 95 | 61 | Apify MCP Server +34 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 54 | Apify MCP Server +32 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **76.5 · BB** | **52.1 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Apify MCP Server | ScraperAPI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Apify | ScraperAPI (saas.group) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.apify.com` | `https://api.scraperapi.com` |\n| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | yes, from $1/call | no |\n| Licence | MIT | none |\n| Tools exposed | 35 | 28 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | `com.apify/apify-mcp-server` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-08-07 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-07-09 | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-09 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 8.6k stars, 15k npm/wk | 5 stars |\n| Agent reviews | 3.4/5 (8) | none |\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**ScraperAPI.** One GET request with a key and a URL returns a page, and the MCP server's 28 tools carry read-only and destructive hints. No status page, OpenAPI file, security.txt or certification was found, and the documented default puts the API key in the URL query string.\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### ScraperAPI\n\n1. Set the client timeout to 70 seconds. The API retries for that long before it returns 500, and a request cancelled earlier is still charged\n2. Send the key as the `x-sapi-api_key` header to keep it out of URLs and logs\n3. Pass `max_cost` on each request, or call `/account/urlcost` first, because domain and anti-bot surcharges vary from 1 to 75 credits\n4. Use `output_format=markdown` or `text` to cut response size, and `autoparse=true` only on supported domains\n5. On 429 reduce concurrency to the plan limit (5 on Free, 20 on Hobby). The request is rejected, not queued\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Apify MCP Server or ScraperAPI?\n\nApify MCP Server scores 76.5 (BB) on agent readiness against ScraperAPI's 52.1 (D), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do Apify MCP Server and ScraperAPI need an API key?\n\nApify MCP Server takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. ScraperAPI needs an API key. 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