{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "olostep", "name": "Olostep", "vendor": "Olostep Technologies, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.olostep.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "Scrape, crawl, map, batch and search API that returns markdown, HTML, JSON or screenshots, with JS rendering and residential IPs on every request.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/olostep", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/olostep.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/olostep.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/olostep.json", "repo": "https://github.com/olostep/olostep-mcp-server", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.olostep.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "olostep" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "olostep" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "olostep-mcp" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Bearer key in the Authorization header for the API and the hosted MCP server. The stdio MCP server and the SDKs read OLOSTEP_API_KEY. The /x402/ endpoints take an X-Payment header instead of a key.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free trial of 500 requests with no card and low rate limits. Starter $9 a month for 5,000 requests (150 concurrent), Standard $99 for 200,000 (500 concurrent), Scale $399 for 1 million. Credit packs from $20 for 10,000, valid 6 months. A scrape is 1 credit, parsers 1 to 5, LLM extraction 10, search 5, answers 20, crawl 1 per page, map 1 plus 1 per extra 1,000 URLs (https://www.olostep.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$9 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "partial", "evidence": "Documented x402 on POST /v1/scrapes and /v1/maps at $0.01, /v1/answers at $0.05 and /v1/crawls at a dynamic price, USDC on Base, under the /x402/ path prefix (https://docs.olostep.com/x402.md). Our unpaid POST to /x402/v1/scrapes on 2026-09-30 returned 402 with an empty {} body and no PAYMENT-REQUIRED header, so a stock x402 client has no price to sign.", "endpoints": [ { "url": "https://api.olostep.com/x402/v1/scrapes", "priceUsd": 0.01, "network": "eip155:8453" }, { "url": "https://api.olostep.com/x402/v1/maps", "priceUsd": 0.01, "network": "eip155:8453" }, { "url": "https://api.olostep.com/x402/v1/answers", "priceUsd": 0.05, "network": "eip155:8453" }, { "url": "https://api.olostep.com/x402/v1/crawls", "priceUsd": null, "network": "eip155:8453" } ] }, "toolCount": 11, "popularity": { "githubStars": 24, "npmWeekly": 8874, "pypiWeekly": 1976, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.olostep.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.olostep.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.olostep.com/openapi/scrapes.json", "registryName": "io.github.olostep/olostep-mcp-server", "capabilities": [ "web.scrape", "web.extract", "web.crawl", "web.search", "scraping.proxies", "scraping.js-render", "scraping.anti-bot", "scraping.screenshot", "scraping.serp" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "proxies", "python", "typescript", "openapi", "x402", "free-tier" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-15", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 210, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 87, "maintenance": 58, "payments": 65, "reliability": 60, "schema": 84, "security": 28, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "OpenAPI 3.0.3 for every endpoint and a structured error body. The x402 challenge came back with no payment requirements in our probe.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.0.3 for every endpoint and a structured error body", "500 free successful requests with no card, $9 a month after that", "x402 documented on scrapes, maps, answers and crawls at $0.01 to $0.05", "Batches of up to 100,000 URLs with cursor pagination", "All 11 MCP tools carry readOnly, destructive and idempotent hints" ], "weaknesses": [ "The x402 challenge came back with no payment requirements in our probe", "One dashboard key with no documented scopes, rotation or revocation", "No 429 or per-minute rate limits documented", "No security page, security.txt or prompt-injection guidance", "Changelog last updated 18 June 2026" ], "agentNotes": [ "For more than a handful of URLs use /v1/batches, then page results with the cursor", "Pass `storage.expires_in` if you need results after about 7 days", "Don't ask for json output without a `parser` or an `llm_extract` schema", "Hosted MCP wants `Authorization: Bearer`, stdio wants OLOSTEP_API_KEY. Mixing them up shows 0 tools", "Check the 402 body before paying over x402. Our probe got an empty one" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 87, "maintenance": 58, "payments": 65, "reliability": 60, "schema": 84, "security": 28, "transparency": 38 }, "provenanceScore": 82 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.olostep.com/v1/scrapes -H \"Authorization: Bearer $OLOSTEP_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"url_to_scrape\":\"https://example.com\",\"formats\":[\"markdown\"]}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http olostep https://mcp.olostep.com/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer $OLOSTEP_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "olostep": { "args": [ "-y", "olostep-mcp" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "OLOSTEP_API_KEY": "${OLOSTEP_API_KEY}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape", "tool": "https://letme.dev/olostep" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 9, "note": "5,000 requests" }, { "item": "Standard plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "200,000 requests" }, { "item": "Scale plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 399, "note": "1 million requests" }, { "item": "Scrape on Starter", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1.8, "note": "1 credit per basic scrape" }, { "item": "Scrape on Standard", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.495 }, { "item": "x402 scrape", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.01, "note": "USDC on Base" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Olostep Technologies Inc.", "domain": "olostep.com", "domainRegistered": "2023-06-04", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.olostep.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.olostep.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.olostep.com", "changelog": "https://www.olostep.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "Terms are governed by Delaware law", "Status page is hosted on Better Stack" ], "score": 82 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/olostep.json", "live": { "slug": "olostep", "probe": { "target": "https://api.olostep.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:27.203349947Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 340, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 339, "p95ms24h": 400, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 1105, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.olostep.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:17.332165528Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.olostep/olostep-mcp-server", "version": "1.0.17", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "olostep", "version": "1.2.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:34:58.614176741Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "olostep-mcp", "version": "1.0.17", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:34:59.676179372Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "olostep", "version": "1.2.2", "released": "2026-06-22", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:34:59.493215991Z" } ], "githubStars": 24, "npmWeekly": 10580, "pypiWeekly": 1527, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://olostep.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:38.639334332Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.olostep.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:03.986940018Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "olostep.com", "registered": "2023-06-04", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/olostep.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:37.918133685Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.olostep.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:31.729724391Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "eda250fd86e1" }, { "url": "https://www.olostep.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:34.190651562Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a6e567ada628" }, { "url": "https://www.olostep.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:35.862695877Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "38d110d687e4" }, { "url": "https://www.olostep.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:37.898452374Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b14e410361b8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:27.203349947Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "scrapeless", "name": "Scrapeless", "vendor": "Scrapeless (NST Labs Tech)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.scrapeless.com", "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.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapeless", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapeless.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapeless.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapeless.json", "repo": "https://github.com/scrapeless-ai/scrapeless-mcp-server", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.scrapeless.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "scrapeless-mcp-server" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@scrapeless-ai/sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scrapeless" } ], "auth": "api-key", "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).", "priceSummary": "$49 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 mention on the site, docs or pricing. The pricing FAQ says crypto payments are accepted for account top-ups, which isn't x402 (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 25, "popularity": { "githubStars": 169, "npmWeekly": 423, "pypiWeekly": 216, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.scrapeless.com", "llmsTxt": "https://apidocs.scrapeless.com/llms.txt", "registryName": "io.github.scrapeless-ai/scrapeless-mcp-server", "capabilities": [ "web.scrape", "web.crawl", "web.search", "browser.hosted", "scraping.proxies", "scraping.js-render", "scraping.anti-bot", "scraping.screenshot", "scraping.serp" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "proxies", "python", "typescript", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 54.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 326, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 35, "reliability": 75, "schema": 66, "security": 35, "transparency": 56 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "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)." ], "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.", "strengths": [ "Hosted streamable HTTP MCP at api.scrapeless.com/mcp with header auth, plus a stdio package, both in the official MCP registry", "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" ], "weaknesses": [ "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" ], "agentNotes": [ "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" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 54.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 35, "reliability": 75, "schema": 66, "security": 35, "transparency": 30 }, "provenanceScore": 82 }, "connect": { "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: $SCRAPELESS_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "scrapeless": { "args": [ "-y", "scrapeless-mcp-server" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "SCRAPELESS_API_KEY": "${SCRAPELESS_API_KEY}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape", "tool": "https://letme.dev/scrapeless" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Growth plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 49, "note": "prepaid usage at 10 per cent off" }, { "item": "Scale plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 199, "note": "prepaid usage at 15 per cent off" }, { "item": "Business plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 399, "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 }, { "item": "Residential proxy on Basic", "unit": "gb", "usd": 1.8 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "NST LABS TECH LTD.", "domain": "scrapeless.com", "domainRegistered": "2024-06-13", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.scrapeless.com/en/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://www.scrapeless.com/en/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.scrapeless.com", "changelog": "", "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." ], "score": 82 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapeless.json", "live": { "slug": "scrapeless", "probe": { "target": "https://api.scrapeless.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:29.862829612Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 230, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 215, "p95ms24h": 326, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 1105, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.scrapeless.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:28.343357774Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.scrapeless-ai/scrapeless-mcp-server", "version": "0.6.4", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@scrapeless-ai/sdk", "version": "1.12.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:39:11.547770121Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scrapeless-mcp-server", "version": "0.6.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:39:08.935074265Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scrapeless", "version": "1.3.0", "released": "2026-09-16", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:39:12.935733645Z" } ], "githubStars": 169, "npmWeekly": 341, "pypiWeekly": 221, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://scrapeless.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:46.307960979Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://apidocs.scrapeless.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:13.376530252Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "scrapeless.com", "registered": "2024-06-13", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/scrapeless.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:03.285924608Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.scrapeless.com/en/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:11.341574065Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c51c9cdcbbe4" }, { "url": "https://www.scrapeless.com/en/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:06.9714411Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "accc8fa4642a" }, { "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", "fingerprint": "9b5c9eb0936a" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:29.862829612Z" } }, "summary": "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." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scrapeless", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scrapeless.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scrapeless.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scrapeless.min.md" }, "markdown": "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.\n\n- Olostep: grade B, 63.1/100, rank #210 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/olostep.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/olostep.json\n- Scrapeless: grade C, 54.3/100, rank #326 of 452. 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 Olostep for schema \u0026 documentation (+18), agent ergonomics (+37), payments \u0026 pricing (+30).\n\nPick Scrapeless for reliability (+15), security \u0026 auth (+7), maintenance \u0026 community (+23).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Olostep | 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) | 84 | 66 | Olostep +18 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 50 | Olostep +37 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 28 | 35 | Scrapeless +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 65 | 35 | Olostep +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 81 | Scrapeless +23 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 56 | Olostep +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.1 · B** | **54.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Olostep | Scrapeless |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Olostep Technologies, Inc. | Scrapeless (NST Labs Tech) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.olostep.com` | `https://api.scrapeless.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | payer tooling only | no |\n| Licence | MIT | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 11 | 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 | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.olostep/olostep-mcp-server` | `io.github.scrapeless-ai/scrapeless-mcp-server` |\n| Last release | 2026-07-15 | 2026-09-16 |\n| Popularity | 24 stars, 8.9k npm/wk, 2k PyPI/wk | 169 stars, 423 npm/wk, 216 PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 2/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\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### Olostep\n\n1. For more than a handful of URLs use /v1/batches, then page results with the cursor\n2. Pass `storage.expires_in` if you need results after about 7 days\n3. Don't ask for json output without a `parser` or an `llm_extract` schema\n4. Hosted MCP wants `Authorization: Bearer`, stdio wants OLOSTEP_API_KEY. Mixing them up shows 0 tools\n5. Check the 402 body before paying over x402. Our probe got an empty one\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. 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