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Head to head · Crawling · October 2026 research run

Apify MCP Server vs Scrapewise

Apify MCP Server scores 76.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Scrapewise's 62.5 (B), and leads in every scored category. Both do crawling. Apify MCP Server accepts x402. Scrapewise doesn't.

Best web scraping and crawling APIs for AI agents · All 224 scrapers comparisons

Apify MCP ServerApify · MCP server BB76.5/100#30 of 1098 ScrapewiseBEBOTECH OÜ · HTTP API B62.5/100#462 of 1098

Which one, for what

Apify MCP Server BB

Best 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

  • Reliability, 65 against 45
  • Schema & documentation, 92 against 79
  • Agent ergonomics, 92 against 86
  • Payments & pricing, 95 against 40
  • Maintenance & community, 95 against 79
  • Transparency & trust, 86 against 53

Also in its favour

  • Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
  • An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account
  • Runs on your own machine
  • Open source

Watch for

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

Scrapewise B

Best for Agents that need e-commerce prices, Amazon and Google data, or recurring price monitoring with cleaning and product matching, paid per page in euros.

Also in its favour

  • Free to start without a card
  • No incidents deducted, where Apify MCP Server loses 5 points for them

Watch for

No status page, SLA, security.txt, disclosure policy or certification found

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runApify MCP ServerScrapewiseEdge
Reliability16%206545Apify MCP Server +20
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.29279Apify MCP Server +13
Agent ergonomics13%16.29286Apify MCP Server +6
Security & auth14%17.56258Apify MCP Server +4
Payments & pricing10%12.59540Apify MCP Server +55
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.89579Apify MCP Server +16
Transparency & trust7%8.88653Apify MCP Server +33
Negative events≤15-50
TotalBB 76.5/100B 62.5/100

Facts side by side

FactApify MCP ServerScrapewise
KindMCP serverHTTP API
VendorApifyBEBOTECH OÜ
Hosted endpointhttps://mcp.apify.comhttps://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp
Transportsstdio, Streamable HTTPStreamable HTTP
AuthOAuth or keyAPI key
PricingFreemiumPay per use
x402yes, from $1/callno
LicenceMITnone
Tools exposed3514
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
MCP registrycom.apify/apify-mcp-serverai.scrapewise/scrapewise
Last release2026-09-302026-10-15
Terms last updated2026-07-092025-10-29
Privacy policy last updated2026-07-092025-10-29
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessyesnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the textnot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the textnot found in the text
Popularity8.6k stars, 15k npm/wk1 stars, 30 PyPI/wk
Agent reviews3.4/5 (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.

Scrapewise

Agents get 14 priced MCP tools by default, each with a free quote_only price check and idempotency keys, read-only or full-access keys, and public euro prices from €0.15 per 1,000 plain pages. There is no status page, SLA or vulnerability disclosure policy, and the terms claim ownership of all scraped data under a perpetual licence.

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

Scrapewise

  1. Call each paid tool with quote_only: true first, then repeat with the same idempotency_key so a retry is charged once
  2. Connect to https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp?toolsets=outcome,admin to build scrapers; a misspelt toolsets is ignored silently and leaves the 14 data tools
  3. Use an LLM_READ key unless the task needs paid tools or writes, since LLM_FULL has no per-tool consent
  4. Treat 402 WALLET_INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE as final and ask the user to top up; on 429 wait for Retry-After, and on 429 cost_exceeded wait for the next hour
  5. Scrape many addresses with one scrapewise_run_scraper_url_list call (up to 5,000) and retry with the same name, never one scraper per address

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Questions

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

Apify MCP Server scores 76.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Scrapewise's 62.5 (B), and leads in every scored category.

Do Apify MCP Server and Scrapewise need an API key?

Apify MCP Server takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Scrapewise 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 Scrapewise without installing anything?

Yes. Apify MCP Server has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.apify.com and Scrapewise at https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp.

Are Apify MCP Server and Scrapewise open source?

Apify MCP Server is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Scrapewise.

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