Site Shot MCP vs Agent Scraper MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Site Shot MCP and Agent Scraper MCP MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Site Shot MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Browser Automation domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (BYOK (Pay Provider Direct)).
• You have access to required keys: SITESHOT_API_KEY.
• Primary tools included: capture_screenshot, capture_full_page.

Explore Site Shot MCP Details

Choose Agent Scraper MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Browser Automation domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: other (Freemium).
• You have access to required keys: PUBLIC_HOST, X402_WALLET_ADDRESS.
• Primary tools included: title, description, canonical.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Site Shot MCP site-shot Browser Automation	Agent Scraper MCP aparajithn Browser Automation
Summary	Website screenshot API for AI agents. Real Chromium rendering, full-page capture up to 20,000px, country/geo proxies, and automatic ad & cookie-banner removal (cleaner images, fewer vision tokens). Two tools: capturescreenshot, capturefullpage. Install: npx -y site-shot-mcp.	Web scraping MCP server for AI agents. 6 tools: clean content extraction, structured scraping with CSS selectors, full-page screenshots via Playwright, link extraction, metadata extraction (OG/Twitter cards), and Google search. Free tier with x402 micropayments.
Category & Scope

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "site-shot-site-shot-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "site-shot-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SITESHOT_API_KEY": "YOUR_SITESHOT_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aparajithn-agent-scraper-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "x402-fetch"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PUBLIC_HOST": "YOUR_PUBLIC_HOST_HERE",
        "X402_WALLET_ADDRESS": "YOUR_X402_WALLET_ADDRESS_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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