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Web Scraping vs MCP
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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Web scraping for AI agents: scrape, search, crawl, map any website to markdown + JSON. No browser.
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MCP server with WebdriverIO for browser and mobile app automation (iOS/Android via Appium)
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Web Scraping (98/100 against 86). Web Scraping is hosted and callable through the gateway; MCP runs on your own machine. MCP has noticeably more public adoption.
| Web Scraping | MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A98/100 | A86/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | Established |
| GitHub stars | 1 | 39 |
| Downloads / week | – | 5.3k |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | — | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-16 |
| Category | Scraping and browsing | Scraping and browsing |