{ "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, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 410, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 87, "maintenance": 58, "payments": 65, "reliability": 60, "schema": 84, "security": 28, "transparency": 58 }, "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.", "bestFor": "Bulk scraping on a budget and for batch jobs of thousands of URLs.", "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": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 87, "maintenance": 58, "payments": 65, "reliability": 60, "schema": 84, "security": 28, "transparency": 38 }, "provenanceScore": 78 }, "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": 78 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/olostep.json", "live": { "slug": "olostep", "probe": { "target": "https://api.olostep.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T05:38:59.220579108Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 337, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 341, "p95ms24h": 415, "samples24h": 248, "samples30d": 2494, "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": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 58, "ok": 58 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.olostep.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T00:50:53.695438115Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.olostep/olostep-mcp-server", "version": "1.0.17", "seenAt": "2026-10-10T03:11:32.438759038Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "olostep", "version": "1.2.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:09:26.116326648Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "olostep-mcp", "version": "1.0.17", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:09:26.739302099Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "olostep", "version": "1.2.2", "released": "2026-06-22", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:09:26.55235633Z" } ], "githubStars": 24, "npmWeekly": 11476, "pypiWeekly": 1184, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://olostep.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:40:11.977952485Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.olostep.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:02:29.020469077Z" }, "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": "2026-10-09T18:52:40.09830378Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "eda250fd86e1" }, { "url": "https://www.olostep.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:52:42.443178589Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a6e567ada628" }, { "url": "https://www.olostep.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:52:44.246437256Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "38d110d687e4" }, { "url": "https://www.olostep.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:52:46.2428468Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b14e410361b8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T05:38:59.220579108Z" } }, "answer": "Olostep scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against ScraperAPI's 52.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "scraperapi", "name": "ScraperAPI", "vendor": "ScraperAPI (saas.group)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.scraperapi.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "Web scraping API that fetches a URL through rotating proxies with optional JavaScript rendering and anti-bot bypass, and returns HTML, Markdown, text or parsed JSON. It has async jobs, a crawler, structured data endpoints and an MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scraperapi.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.scraperapi.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scraperapi-mcp-server" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scraperapi-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scraperapi-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scraperapi-cli" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from the dashboard after a browser signup. The sync API takes it as the `api_key` query parameter by default or as an `x-sapi-api_key` header. The async, crawler and AI parser APIs take it in the JSON body, and the remote MCP server takes `Authorization: Bearer`. One key per account, regenerated at most once every 24 hours, with no scopes.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan of 1,000 credits a month with 5 concurrent threads, and 5,000 credits for the first 7 days, no card. Hobby $49 a month (100,000 credits, 20 threads), Startup $149 (1 million, 50), Business $299 (3 million, 100), Scaling $475 (5 million, 200), Professional $975 (10.5 million, 300), Advanced $1,975 (21.5 million, 500), Enterprise custom. Annual billing takes 10% off. A plain request costs 1 credit, rendering or premium proxies 10, Google and Bing 25. Only 200 and 404 responses are charged. Pay-as-you-go overage starts at Scaling (https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "$49 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the pricing page or llms.txt (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 28, "popularity": { "githubStars": 5, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.scraperapi.com/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.scraperapi.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "web.scrape", "web.extract", "web.crawl", "scraping.proxies", "scraping.js-render", "scraping.anti-bot", "scraping.screenshot", "scraping.serp" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "api-key", "mcp", "llms-txt", "proxies", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "cli", "python", "javascript", "php", "ruby", "java", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 52.1, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 739, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 61, "payments": 40, "reliability": 45, "schema": 67, "security": 29, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One GET request with a key and a URL returns a page, and the MCP server's 28 tools carry read-only and destructive hints. No status page, OpenAPI file, security.txt or certification was found, and the documented default puts the API key in the URL query string.", "bestFor": "Agents that want a single GET to fetch pages through proxies, with parsed JSON for Amazon, Google, Walmart, eBay and Redfin and a batch API of up to 50,000 URLs.", "strengths": [ "Only `api_key` and `url` are required, and JavaScript rendering is off by default, so a plain request costs 1 credit", "Failed requests are not charged. Only 200 and 404 responses are billed, and each response carries an `sa-credit-cost` header", "`max_cost` caps the credits one request may spend, and `/account/urlcost` returns the cost of a URL before it is scraped", "The open-source MCP server (MIT) defines 28 typed tools, each with read-only, destructive and idempotent hints", "Free plan of 1,000 credits a month with no card, plus 5,000 credits for the first 7 days" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page is linked from the home, pricing, support or docs pages, although the pricing page lists a 99.9% uptime guarantee", "The documented default sends the API key in the URL query string. A header alternative, `x-sapi-api_key`, exists", "No OpenAPI file, security.txt, bug bounty, certification or sub-processor list was found", "The site's robots.txt disallows `/terms/`, so the Terms of Use went unread by us", "Google and Bing cost 25 credits a request and LinkedIn 30, and a bypassed anti-bot check adds 10" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set the client timeout to 70 seconds. The API retries for that long before it returns 500, and a request cancelled earlier is still charged", "Send the key as the `x-sapi-api_key` header to keep it out of URLs and logs", "Pass `max_cost` on each request, or call `/account/urlcost` first, because domain and anti-bot surcharges vary from 1 to 75 credits", "Use `output_format=markdown` or `text` to cut response size, and `autoparse=true` only on supported domains", "On 429 reduce concurrency to the plan limit (5 on Free, 20 on Hobby). The request is rejected, not queued" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 52.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 61, "payments": 40, "reliability": 45, "schema": 67, "security": 29, "transparency": 35 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install scraperapi-mcp-server", "http": "curl --request GET \\\n--url 'https://api.scraperapi.com?api_key=API_KEY\u0026url=https://www.example.com'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add scraperapi -- npx mcp-remote https://mcp.scraperapi.com/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_API_KEY}\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "ScraperAPIRemote": { "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.scraperapi.com/mcp", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_API_KEY}" ], "command": "npx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape", "tool": "https://letme.dev/scraperapi" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Hobby plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 49, "note": "100,000 credits, 20 concurrent threads" }, { "item": "Startup plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 149, "note": "1 million credits, 50 concurrent threads" }, { "item": "Business plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 299, "note": "3 million credits, 100 concurrent threads" }, { "item": "Plain request on Hobby", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.49, "note": "1 credit each, no rendering" }, { "item": "Rendered request on Hobby", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 4.9, "note": "render=true, 10 credits each" }, { "item": "Google or Bing request on Hobby", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 12.25, "note": "25 credits each" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "ScraperAPI LLC", "domain": "scraperapi.com", "domainRegistered": "2018-05-14", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.scraperapi.com/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.scraperapi.com/privacy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.scraperapi.com/resources/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The legal entity is taken from a November 2025 release note that says the service now operates as ScraperAPI LLC. The privacy policy names ScraperAPI and Saas.group Inc. and carries no date.", "robots.txt disallows `/terms/` for every agent, so the Terms of Use were not read. The link is the one in the site footer.", "No status page is linked from the home, pricing, support or docs pages read on 9 October 2026." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.json", "live": { "slug": "scraperapi", "probe": { "target": "https://api.scraperapi.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T05:39:03.856979895Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 252, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 286, "p95ms24h": 420, "samples24h": 143, "samples30d": 143, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 58, "ok": 58 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "scraperapi-cli", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:18:21.384773614Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scraperapi-sdk", "version": "2.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:18:20.565772441Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scraperapi-mcp-server", "version": "1.1.1", "released": "2026-07-17", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:18:18.482139053Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scraperapi-sdk", "version": "1.6.1", "released": "2026-07-20", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:18:18.669301731Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 9692, "pypiWeekly": 30, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.scraperapi.com/resources/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:38:13.938433175Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4aebcdd45c58" }, { "url": "https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:48.25707916Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "6255ef627810" }, { "url": "https://www.scraperapi.com/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:50.700817252Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "96d859a19f94" }, { "url": "https://www.scraperapi.com/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 0, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:53.81669813Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "blockedByRobots": true } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T05:39:03.856979895Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Olostep Technologies, Inc.", "b": "ScraperAPI (saas.group)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.olostep.com", "b": "https://api.scraperapi.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$0.495 per 1,000 requests", "b": "not published", "name": "Price for scraping" }, { "a": "payer tooling only", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "none", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "11", "b": "28", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "io.github.olostep/olostep-mcp-server", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-07-15", "b": "2026-08-07", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-07-15", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-07-15", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "24 stars, 8.9k npm/wk, 2k PyPI/wk", "b": "5 stars", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Olostep scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against ScraperAPI's 52.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Olostep or ScraperAPI?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do Olostep and ScraperAPI need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-olostep" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scraperapi.json", "title": "Apify MCP Server vs ScraperAPI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scraperapi" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 15, "edge": "olostep", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "olostep": 60, "scraperapi": 45, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 17, "edge": "olostep", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "olostep": 84, "scraperapi": 67, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 13, "edge": "olostep", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "olostep": 87, "scraperapi": 74, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "scraperapi", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "olostep": 28, "scraperapi": 29, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 25, "edge": "olostep", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "olostep": 65, "scraperapi": 40, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "scraperapi", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "olostep": 58, "scraperapi": 61, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "olostep", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "olostep": 58, "scraperapi": 54, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Olostep scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against ScraperAPI's 52.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do scraping.", "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.", "scraperapi": "One GET request with a key and a URL returns a page, and the MCP server's 28 tools carry read-only and destructive hints. No status page, OpenAPI file, security.txt or certification was found, and the documented default puts the API key in the URL query string." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scraperapi", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scraperapi.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scraperapi.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scraperapi.min.md" }, "markdown": "Olostep scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against ScraperAPI's 52.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do scraping.\n\n- Olostep: grade B, 63/100, rank #410 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/olostep.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/olostep.json\n- ScraperAPI: grade D, 52.1/100, rank #739 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scraperapi.json\n- Best web scraping and crawling APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/web-scrapers/index.md\n- All 167 scrapers comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/web-scrapers/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Olostep (B)\n\nGood for: Bulk scraping on a budget and for batch jobs of thousands of URLs.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 60 against 45\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 67\n- Agent ergonomics, 87 against 74\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 65 against 40\n\nWatch for: The x402 challenge came back with no payment requirements in our probe\n\n### ScraperAPI (D)\n\nGood for: Agents that want a single GET to fetch pages through proxies, with parsed JSON for Amazon, Google, Walmart, eBay and Redfin and a batch API of up to 50,000 URLs.\n\nWatch for: No status page is linked from the home, pricing, support or docs pages, although the pricing page lists a 99.9% uptime guarantee\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Olostep | ScraperAPI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 45 | Olostep +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 84 | 67 | Olostep +17 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 74 | Olostep +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 28 | 29 | ScraperAPI +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 65 | 40 | Olostep +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 61 | ScraperAPI +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 54 | Olostep +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63 · B** | **52.1 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Olostep | ScraperAPI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Olostep Technologies, Inc. | ScraperAPI (saas.group) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.olostep.com` | `https://api.scraperapi.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| Price for scraping | $0.495 per 1,000 requests | not published |\n| x402 | payer tooling only | no |\n| Licence | MIT | none |\n| Tools exposed | 11 | 28 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.olostep/olostep-mcp-server` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-07-15 | 2026-08-07 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-07-15 | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-07-15 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 24 stars, 8.9k npm/wk, 2k PyPI/wk | 5 stars |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\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**ScraperAPI.** One GET request with a key and a URL returns a page, and the MCP server's 28 tools carry read-only and destructive hints. No status page, OpenAPI file, security.txt or certification was found, and the documented default puts the API key in the URL query string.\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### ScraperAPI\n\n1. Set the client timeout to 70 seconds. The API retries for that long before it returns 500, and a request cancelled earlier is still charged\n2. Send the key as the `x-sapi-api_key` header to keep it out of URLs and logs\n3. Pass `max_cost` on each request, or call `/account/urlcost` first, because domain and anti-bot surcharges vary from 1 to 75 credits\n4. Use `output_format=markdown` or `text` to cut response size, and `autoparse=true` only on supported domains\n5. On 429 reduce concurrency to the plan limit (5 on Free, 20 on Hobby). The request is rejected, not queued\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Olostep or ScraperAPI?\n\nOlostep scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against ScraperAPI's 52.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Olostep and ScraperAPI need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Olostep and ScraperAPI without installing anything?\n\nYes. Olostep has a hosted endpoint at https://api.olostep.com and ScraperAPI at https://api.scraperapi.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scraperapi.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scraperapi.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"olostep\", \"b\": \"scraperapi\"}`. 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