Looking for an alternative to Apify? Whether you need a different runtime environment, custom authentication support, or alternative API integrations in the Search & Data Extraction ecosystem, we have cataloged and compared the top alternative MCP servers below.
Apify MCP — run web-scraping Actors and fetch their dataset results.
Direct comparison of key metrics, runtimes, authentication methods, and community popularity.
| Server Name | Runtime | Auth | Pricing | GitHub Stars | Downloads | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A Apify (Target) | — | Free/None | Free | — | — | Current |
T Tavily MCP | Remote (SSE) | Free/None | Free | 2,410 | — | Compare → |
P PyreCrawl | uvx | Free/None | Free | 15 | — | Compare → |
M Mdn Search | npx | Free/None | Free | — | — | Compare → |
L Library Genesis MCP Server | npx | Free/None | Free | 16 | — | Compare → |
T Tinysearch | uvx | Free/None | Free | 229 | — | Compare → |
N Nace MCP | npx | Free/None | Free | — | — | Compare → |
S Shanghai Library Open Data MCP | uvx | Free/None | Free | 4 | — | Compare → |
F Firecrawl MCP Server | npx | API key | Freemium | 7,518 | — | Compare → |
O Outscraper MCP Server | npx | Free/None | Free | 4 | — | Compare → |
O Open WebSearch | npx | No auth required | Free | 1,819 | — | Compare → |
O Openwebninja MCP | npx | Free/None | Free | 36 | — | Compare → |
I Itunes Search | npx | Free/None | Free | — | — | Compare → |