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      "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 or MPP, minimum $1, 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://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server#-agentic-payments; https://apify.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-01).",
        "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": 78.6,
        "grade": "A",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 11,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 1,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 92,
          "maintenance": 95,
          "payments": 95,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 92,
          "security": 62,
          "transparency": 88
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": -3,
        "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)."
        ],
        "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.",
        "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. Direct `?payment=x402` refuses the rest",
          "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": "A",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 78.6
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 92,
          "maintenance": 95,
          "payments": 95,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 92,
          "security": 62,
          "transparency": 75
        },
        "provenanceScore": 100
      },
      "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": "2026-10-01",
        "score": 100
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apify-mcp.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "apify-mcp",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://mcp.apify.com",
          "method": "mcp-initialize",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T04:05:23.140329812Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 401,
          "lastMs": 263,
          "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
          "authRequired": true,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 99.9,
          "p50ms24h": 257,
          "p95ms24h": 319,
          "samples24h": 273,
          "samples30d": 2103,
          "days": [
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              "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": 47,
              "ok": 47
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.apify.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T04:00:26.297342804Z"
        },
        "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": "v0.17.1",
            "released": "2026-09-30",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:20:38.328591493Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "mcp-registry",
            "name": "com.apify/apify-mcp-server",
            "version": "0.17.1",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@apify/actors-mcp-server",
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:20:37.506823059Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 9581,
        "npmWeekly": 29490,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://apify.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "expires": "2035-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:02.090332654Z"
        },
        "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": "2026-10-04T15:47:27.270582075Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "db81e3a831d2"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://apify.com/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:13.429473827Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:13.429473827Z",
            "fingerprint": "afc8fbe80222"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://docs.apify.com/legal/privacy-policy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:43:12.033940291Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:31:21.810791643Z",
            "fingerprint": "9c93506c6ab7"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://docs.apify.com/legal/general-terms-and-conditions",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:43:09.82487995Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:31:19.543950962Z",
            "fingerprint": "ba43983c7610"
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        ],
        "mcpTools": {
          "url": "https://mcp.apify.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T22:19:23.93460184Z",
          "status": "auth",
          "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools",
          "changedAt": "2026-09-28T21:55:37.935476956Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T04:05:23.140329812Z"
      }
    },
    "b": {
      "slug": "spider-cloud",
      "name": "Spider",
      "vendor": "Spider (BAGELMEN LLC)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://spider.cloud",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "web-scrapers",
      "summary": "Hosted crawl, scrape, search, links and screenshot API built on the open-source Rust spider crate, plus a cloud browser and proxy pool.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spider-cloud",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spider-cloud.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spider-cloud.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/spider-cloud.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/spider-rs/spider",
      "license": "MIT",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.spider.cloud",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@spider-cloud/spider-client"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "spider_client"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "spider-cloud-mcp"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Bearer key in the Authorization header. POST /scrape also works with no key at 4 requests a minute. Every core route accepts x402 in place of a key. The hosted MCP server takes a Bearer key or runs OAuth on first connect and mints a scoped key.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go at $1 per 10,000 credits, metered as $1 per GB of fetched content plus $0.0001 per CPU minute. No subscription and the balance doesn't expire. Top-ups of $500 or more get a 5 per cent bonus, $2,000 or more 12 per cent. Unlimited plans bill by concurrency from $40 a month for 2 to $350 for 25. Zero data retention bills at 2.5 times credits. AI Studio routes need a plan from $6 a month (https://spider.cloud/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.0005 / call",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "yes",
        "evidence": "x402 v2 on all core routes, exact scheme, USDC on Base (eip155:8453), priced 1 to 1 with credits. Estimates are /scrape $0.0005, /crawl $0.005, /search $0.002, /links $0.0002 (https://spider.cloud/docs/integrations/x402). Our unpaid POST to /crawl on 2026-09-30 returned 402 with a PAYMENT-REQUIRED header and an x402Version 2 body.",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://api.spider.cloud/scrape",
            "priceUsd": 0.0005,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://api.spider.cloud/crawl",
            "priceUsd": 0.005,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://api.spider.cloud/search",
            "priceUsd": 0.002,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://api.spider.cloud/links",
            "priceUsd": 0.0002,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          }
        ]
      },
      "toolCount": 22,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 2748,
        "npmWeekly": 2745,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://spider.cloud/docs/overview",
      "llmsTxt": "https://spider.cloud/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://spider.cloud/openapi.yaml",
      "registryName": "cloud.spider/mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.scrape",
        "web.extract",
        "web.crawl",
        "web.search",
        "web.fetch",
        "browser.hosted",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "scraping.js-render",
        "scraping.anti-bot",
        "scraping.screenshot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "proxies",
        "open-source",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "openapi",
        "x402",
        "no-key"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-07-19",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 74.3,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 49,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 4,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 70,
          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 96,
          "reliability": 80,
          "schema": 87,
          "security": 42,
          "transparency": 69
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Keyless /scrape and working x402 v2 on every core route, so an agent needs no account. Operated by BAGELMEN LLC with no address, retention periods or DPA in the privacy policy.",
        "strengths": [
          "Keyless /scrape and working x402 v2 on every core route, so an agent needs no account",
          "Metered by bytes and CPU, so small pages cost a fraction of a cent",
          "Published rate limits with RateLimit and Retry-After headers",
          "OpenAPI spec, llms.txt and clients in Python, JavaScript, Rust and Go",
          "The Rust crawler, clients and MCP are MIT and can be self-hosted"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Operated by BAGELMEN LLC with no address, retention periods or DPA in the privacy policy",
          "No security.txt, disclosure policy, certification or prompt-injection guidance found",
          "Invalid parameter values fall back silently instead of returning 400",
          "Errored attempts are billed for the bytes and compute they used, despite the pricing page's failed requests cost $0",
          "The /unblocker route was deprecated on 1 October 2026 with no entry in the product changelog"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Every content route returns a JSON array, even /scrape. The status field is the page's, not the API call's",
          "Leave request on smart and set return_format to markdown for LLM input",
          "Set limit on /crawl. Unset, it caps only at your credit balance",
          "Use /scrape with `stealth: true` instead of /unblocker, which is deprecated",
          "Honour Retry-After on 429. Keyless use allows 4 requests a minute"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 8,
        "avgRating": 3.3,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 74.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 70,
          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 96,
          "reliability": 80,
          "schema": 87,
          "security": 42,
          "transparency": 55
        },
        "provenanceScore": 82
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SPIDER_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"url\":\"https://example.com\",\"return_format\":\"markdown\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add spider --transport http https://mcp.spider.cloud/mcp -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SPIDER_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "spider": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer ${SPIDER_API_KEY}"
              },
              "url": "https://mcp.spider.cloud/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/spider-cloud"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Credits",
          "unit": "credit",
          "usd": 0.0001,
          "note": "$1 per 10,000"
        },
        {
          "item": "Bandwidth",
          "unit": "gb",
          "usd": 1,
          "note": "pre-transformation content"
        },
        {
          "item": "Compute",
          "unit": "vcpu-hour",
          "usd": 0.006,
          "note": "billed at $0.0001 per CPU minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "Scrape via x402",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.5,
          "note": "published estimate of 5 credits a scrape. Small pages cost far less"
        },
        {
          "item": "Unlimited, 25 concurrent",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 350
        },
        {
          "item": "Unlimited, 2 concurrent",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 40
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "BAGELMEN LLC",
        "domain": "spider.cloud",
        "domainRegistered": "2024-04-22",
        "domainNote": "spider.cloud dates from 2024, but the spider crate it runs on has been on GitHub since January 2018.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://spider.cloud/eula",
        "privacy": "https://spider.cloud/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://spidercloud.statuspage.io",
        "changelog": "https://spider.cloud/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "The EULA and privacy policy both name BAGELMEN LLC as operator"
        ],
        "score": 82
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spider-cloud.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "spider-cloud",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.spider.cloud",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T04:05:34.311637108Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 402,
          "lastMs": 277,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 281,
          "p95ms24h": 328,
          "samples24h": 273,
          "samples30d": 1149,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-09-30",
              "probes": 35,
              "ok": 35
            },
            {
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spider-cloud.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/spider-cloud.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Apify MCP Server for schema \u0026 documentation (+5), agent ergonomics (+22), security \u0026 auth (+20), maintenance \u0026 community (+10), transparency \u0026 trust (+19).\n\nPick Spider for reliability (+15).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Apify MCP Server | Spider | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 80 | Spider +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 87 | Apify MCP Server +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 70 | Apify MCP Server +22 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 42 | Apify MCP Server +20 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 95 | 96 | Spider +1 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 95 | 85 | Apify MCP Server +10 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 88 | 69 | Apify MCP Server +19 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **78.6 · A** | **74.3 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Apify MCP Server | Spider |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Apify | Spider (BAGELMEN LLC) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.apify.com` | `https://api.spider.cloud` |\n| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | yes, from $1/call | yes, from $0.0005/call |\n| Licence | MIT | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 35 | 22 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | `com.apify/apify-mcp-server` | `cloud.spider/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-07-19 |\n| Popularity | 8.6k stars, 15k npm/wk | 2.7k stars, 2.7k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.4/5 (8) | 3.3/5 (8) |\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**Spider.** Keyless /scrape and working x402 v2 on every core route, so an agent needs no account. Operated by BAGELMEN LLC with no address, retention periods or DPA in the privacy policy.\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. Direct `?payment=x402` refuses the rest\n5. Ask for `get-actor-run-log`, not `get-actor-log`. The old name is ignored without an error\n\n### Spider\n\n1. Every content route returns a JSON array, even /scrape. The status field is the page's, not the API call's\n2. Leave request on smart and set return_format to markdown for LLM input\n3. 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