# Apify MCP Server vs Spider (slim)

> Apify MCP Server has a score of 78.6 (A) against Spider's 74.3 (BB). Both do crawling. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 22 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Apify MCP Server has a score of 78.6 (A) against Spider's 74.3 (BB). Both do crawling. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 22 points.

- Apify MCP Server: A 78.6, rank #11 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apify-mcp.min.md
- Spider: BB 74.3, rank #49 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spider-cloud.min.md
- Pick Apify MCP Server for schema & documentation (+5), agent ergonomics (+22), security & auth (+20), maintenance & community (+10), transparency & trust (+19). Pick Spider for reliability (+15).

| Category | Apify MCP Server | Spider |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 92 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 92 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 42 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 95 | 96 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 95 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 88 | 69 |