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Brightdata vs Apify
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
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Bright Data's Web MCP server enabling AI agents to search, extract & navigate the web
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. Both score close on the safety scan (77 and 77 out of 100). Apify is hosted and callable through the gateway; Brightdata runs on your own machine. Brightdata has noticeably more public adoption.
| Brightdata | Apify | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | B77/100 | B77/100 |
| Adoption | Established | Growing |
| GitHub stars | 2.7k | 0 |
| Downloads / week | 9.2k | – |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Hosted (remote) |
| Gateway-ready | No | Yes |
| Tools | — | 39 |
| Write actions | — | 4 |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-19 |
| Category | Scraping and browsing | Scraping and browsing |