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      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "web-scrapers",
      "summary": "Web Unlocker, a hosted cloud browser over CDP, a crawl API, Google and Amazon scraping APIs, AI answer-engine scrapers and residential proxies under one key.",
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        "stdio"
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
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      "authNotes": "One API token. REST calls and the hosted MCP send it in the x-api-token header. The local MCP reads SCRAPELESS_API_KEY and falls back to SCRAPELESS_KEY. Agent Browser WebSocket connections put it in a token URL parameter.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Basic is pay as you go with no monthly fee. Web Unlocker $1 per 1,000 requests, Google Search $1 per 1,000, Amazon $3 per 1,000, AI scrapers $1.80 to $2 per 1,000, cloud browser $0.09 an hour, residential proxy $1.80 a GB. Growth $49 a month (10 per cent off), Scale $199 (15 per cent), Business $399 (20 per cent), Enterprise $699 and Enterprise Plus $999. Plan fees are prepaid usage and unused balance doesn't roll over. Yearly billing saves about 10 per cent (https://www.scrapeless.com/en/pricing).",
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      "where": "both",
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        "endpoints": []
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        "npmWeekly": 423,
        "pypiWeekly": 216,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
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      "docsUrl": "https://docs.scrapeless.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://apidocs.scrapeless.com/llms.txt",
      "registryName": "io.github.scrapeless-ai/scrapeless-mcp-server",
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        "web.search",
        "browser.hosted",
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        "scraping.js-render",
        "scraping.anti-bot",
        "scraping.screenshot",
        "scraping.serp"
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        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "proxies",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "enterprise"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-09-16",
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        "ranked": true,
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          "date": "2026-10-01"
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          "2026-10-01: the agent-facing llms.txt at https://www.scrapeless.com/llms.txt quotes Deep SerpApi at $0.1 per 1,000 requests, while the plan data behind https://www.scrapeless.com/en/pricing charged $1 per 1,000 for Google Search on Basic when checked on 2026-09-30. A tenfold understatement in the file agents read (-2)."
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        "verdict": "Hosted streamable HTTP MCP at api.scrapeless.com/mcp with header auth, plus a stdio package, both in the official MCP registry. llms.txt quotes Deep SerpApi at $0.1 per 1,000 while the plan data charges $1 per 1,000 for Google Search.",
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          "Cloud browser over CDP for Puppeteer and Playwright, at $0.09 an hour on Basic per the 30 September check",
          "Six releases across the MCP server and SDK between 20 August and 16 September 2026",
          "Better Stack status page with no incidents in the last 90 days",
          "The MCP README warns that scraped web data is untrusted and shouldn't go raw into prompts"
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          "llms.txt quotes Deep SerpApi at $0.1 per 1,000 while the plan data charges $1 per 1,000 for Google Search",
          "No error catalogue, no 429 or retry guidance and no per-minute rate limits in the docs",
          "The 25 MCP tools have no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations, and the browser tools can type and click without confirmation",
          "Terms and privacy policy name NST LABS TECH LTD. with no address, jurisdiction, retention periods or DPA",
          "Agent Browser WebSocket URLs carry the API token as a query parameter"
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          "Use scrape_markdown for reading pages and save the browser_* tools for clicks and logins, since browser time bills by the hour",
          "Call browser_close when done so the session and its billing stop",
          "Set limit on crawl_start. Unset, it defaults to 10,000 pages",
          "Crawls are asynchronous. Call crawl_start, then poll crawl_result with the returned id",
          "Set SCRAPELESS_API_KEY for the stdio server. Older guides use SCRAPELESS_KEY, which still works as a fallback"
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        "metrics": {
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          "measured": false
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            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
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            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
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          "maintenance": 81,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 66,
          "security": 35,
          "transparency": 30
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        "provenanceScore": 82
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        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.scrapeless.com/api/v2/unlocker/request -H \"x-api-token: $SCRAPELESS_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"content-type: application/json\" -d '{\"actor\":\"unlocker.webunlocker\",\"input\":{\"url\":\"https://example.com\",\"method\":\"GET\",\"redirect\":false},\"proxy\":{\"country\":\"ANY\"}}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http scrapeless https://api.scrapeless.com/mcp --header \"x-api-token: $SCRAPELESS_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "scrapeless": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "scrapeless-mcp-server"
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              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "SCRAPELESS_API_KEY": "${SCRAPELESS_API_KEY}"
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          "item": "Growth plan",
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          "usd": 49,
          "note": "prepaid usage at 10 per cent off"
        },
        {
          "item": "Scale plan",
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          "usd": 199,
          "note": "prepaid usage at 15 per cent off"
        },
        {
          "item": "Business plan",
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          "note": "prepaid usage at 20 per cent off"
        },
        {
          "item": "Web Unlocker on Basic",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 1,
          "note": "$0.90 on Growth"
        },
        {
          "item": "Google Search API on Basic",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 1
        },
        {
          "item": "Cloud browser on Basic",
          "unit": "browser-hour",
          "usd": 0.09
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        {
          "item": "Residential proxy on Basic",
          "unit": "gb",
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        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.scrapeless.com/en/legal/terms",
        "privacy": "https://www.scrapeless.com/en/legal/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.scrapeless.com",
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        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "The terms name NST LABS TECH LTD. but give no registered address and no governing law clause. Sales hours are listed in Singapore time.",
          "Plan prices come from the JSON the pricing page loads from backend.scrapeless.com, because the page renders them client-side."
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapeless.json",
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            {
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            {
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
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            {
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          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
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          "url": "https://scrapeless.com/.well-known/security.txt",
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          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/scrapeless.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:03.285924608Z"
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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.scrapeless.com/en/legal/privacy-policy",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:06.9714411Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.scrapeless.com/en/legal/terms",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:10.227321744Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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    "summary": "Scrapeless has a score of 54.3 (C) against Jina Reader's 45.3 (E). Both do scraping. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 26 points."
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapeless.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapeless.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Jina Reader for agent ergonomics (+26), transparency \u0026 trust (+5).\n\nPick Scrapeless for reliability (+15), schema \u0026 documentation (+23), maintenance \u0026 community (+16).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Jina Reader | Scrapeless | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 75 | Scrapeless +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 43 | 66 | Scrapeless +23 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 50 | Jina Reader +26 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 32 | 35 | Scrapeless +3 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 35 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 81 | Scrapeless +16 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 56 | Jina Reader +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -7 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **45.3 · E** | **54.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Jina Reader | Scrapeless |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Jina AI (Elastic) | Scrapeless (NST Labs Tech) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://r.jina.ai/` | `https://api.scrapeless.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 25 |\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 | not listed | `io.github.scrapeless-ai/scrapeless-mcp-server` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-16 |\n| Popularity | 12k stars | 169 stars, 423 npm/wk, 216 PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 2/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Jina Reader.** One URL prefix, no key needed, Markdown back. No price per token in any currency on the public page.\n\n**Scrapeless.** Hosted streamable HTTP MCP at api.scrapeless.com/mcp with header auth, plus a stdio package, both in the official MCP registry. llms.txt quotes Deep SerpApi at $0.1 per 1,000 while the plan data charges $1 per 1,000 for Google Search.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Jina Reader\n\n1. Prefix the URL, `https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com`, and read the Markdown\n2. Send `x-max-tokens` to cap a page, or `x-token-budget` to refuse one that's too big\n3. Use `x-target-selector` when you need one part of a page\n4. Keyless is 20 requests a minute and can't search. Add a key for loops or s.jina.ai\n5. Send `x-no-cache: true` when a page may have changed or a blocked response got cached\n\n### Scrapeless\n\n1. Use scrape_markdown for reading pages and save the browser_* tools for clicks and logins, since browser time bills by the hour\n2. Call browser_close when done so the session and its billing stop\n3. Set limit on crawl_start. Unset, it defaults to 10,000 pages\n4. Crawls are asynchronous. Call crawl_start, then poll crawl_result with the returned id\n5. Set SCRAPELESS_API_KEY for the stdio server. Older guides use SCRAPELESS_KEY, which still works as a fallback\n\n## Other comparisons with Jina Reader or Scrapeless\n\n- [Bright Data vs Jina Reader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-jina-reader.md)\n- [Bright Data vs Scrapeless](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapeless.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Olostep](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-olostep.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Scrape.do](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrape-do.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs ScrapeGraphAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapegraphai.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Scrapfly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapfly.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs ScrapingBee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingbee.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Olostep vs Scrapeless](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scrapeless.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs Scrapeless](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-scrapeless.md)\n- [ScrapeGraphAI vs Scrapeless](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapegraphai-vs-scrapeless.md)\n- [Scrapeless vs Scrapfly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapfly.md)\n- [Scrapeless vs ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [Scrapeless vs ScrapingBee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapingbee.md)\n- [Scrapeless vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [Scrapeless vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [Scrapeless vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs Jina Reader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-jina-reader.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs Scrapeless](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-scrapeless.md)\n- [Apify MCP Server vs Scrapeless](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scrapeless.md)\n",
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