# Apify MCP Server vs Scrapewise

> Apify scores 76.5 (BB) to Scrapewise's 62.5 (B) for crawling. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-16

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.

- Apify MCP Server: grade BB, 76.5/100, rank #30 of 1098. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apify-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/apify-mcp.json
- Scrapewise: grade B, 62.5/100, rank #462 of 1098. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapewise.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapewise.json
- Best web scraping and crawling APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/web-scrapers/index.md
- All 224 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:
- 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)

Good 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

| Category | Weight | Apify MCP Server | Scrapewise | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 45 | Apify MCP Server +20 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 79 | Apify MCP Server +13 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 86 | Apify MCP Server +6 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 58 | Apify MCP Server +4 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 95 | 40 | Apify MCP Server +55 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 95 | 79 | Apify MCP Server +16 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 53 | Apify MCP Server +33 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **76.5 · BB** | **62.5 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Apify MCP Server | Scrapewise |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Apify | BEBOTECH OÜ |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.apify.com` | `https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp` |
| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| x402 | yes, from $1/call | no |
| Licence | MIT | none |
| Tools exposed | 35 | 14 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `com.apify/apify-mcp-server` | `ai.scrapewise/scrapewise` |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-09 | 2025-10-29 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-09 | 2025-10-29 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 8.6k stars, 15k npm/wk | 1 stars, 30 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.

**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

## Tutorials

- [Extract a small website dataset with Apify MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tutorials/apify-mcp/), for Apify MCP Server

## 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.


## For agents

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

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