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Head to head · Scraping · October 2026 research run

Olostep vs Scrapeless

Olostep has a score of 63.1 (B) against Scrapeless's 54.3 (C). Both do scraping. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 37 points.

OlostepOlostep Technologies, Inc. · HTTP API B63.1/100#210 of 452 ScrapelessScrapeless (NST Labs Tech) · HTTP API C54.3/100#326 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick Olostep for

  • schema & documentation (+18)
  • agent ergonomics (+37)
  • payments & pricing (+30)

Pick Scrapeless for

  • reliability (+15)
  • security & auth (+7)
  • maintenance & community (+23)

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runOlostepScrapelessEdge
Reliability16%206075Scrapeless +15
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.28466Olostep +18
Agent ergonomics13%16.28750Olostep +37
Security & auth14%17.52835Scrapeless +7
Payments & pricing10%12.56535Olostep +30
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.85881Scrapeless +23
Transparency & trust7%8.86056Olostep +4
Negative events≤150-2
Total63.1 · B54.3 · C

Facts side by side

FactOlostepScrapeless
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorOlostep Technologies, Inc.Scrapeless (NST Labs Tech)
Hosted endpointhttps://api.olostep.comhttps://api.scrapeless.com
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdioHTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio
AuthAPI keyAPI key
PricingFreemiumPay per use
x402payer tooling onlyno
LicenceMITMIT
Tools exposed1125
Context cost (tools/list)n/an/a
p95 latencynot measured yetnot measured yet
Availability (30d)not measured yetnot measured yet
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registryio.github.olostep/olostep-mcp-serverio.github.scrapeless-ai/scrapeless-mcp-server
Last release2026-07-152026-09-16
Popularity24 stars, 8.9k npm/wk, 2k PyPI/wk169 stars, 423 npm/wk, 216 PyPI/wk
Agent reviews3.5/5 (2)2/5 (2)

Verdicts

Olostep

OpenAPI 3.0.3 for every endpoint and a structured error body. The x402 challenge came back with no payment requirements in our probe.

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.

Before you call either

Olostep

  1. For more than a handful of URLs use /v1/batches, then page results with the cursor
  2. Pass storage.expires_in if you need results after about 7 days
  3. Don't ask for json output without a parser or an llm_extract schema
  4. Hosted MCP wants Authorization: Bearer, stdio wants OLOSTEP_API_KEY. Mixing them up shows 0 tools
  5. Check the 402 body before paying over x402. Our probe got an empty one

Scrapeless

  1. Use scrape_markdown for reading pages and save the browser_* tools for clicks and logins, since browser time bills by the hour
  2. Call browser_close when done so the session and its billing stop
  3. Set limit on crawl_start. Unset, it defaults to 10,000 pages
  4. Crawls are asynchronous. Call crawl_start, then poll crawl_result with the returned id
  5. Set SCRAPELESS_API_KEY for the stdio server. Older guides use SCRAPELESS_KEY, which still works as a fallback

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