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24 checked servers in Browser & web scraping · Developer Tools, ranked by checks passed then median latency.

Responded16 / 22 checks passed
Scraperapi
pipeworx-ioVerified
ScraperAPI MCP — wraps ScraperAPI (scraperapi.com), a proxy-based web scraper with structured-data…
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Latency
Median latency 68 ms · Last checked 25 min ago
Responded16 / 22 checks passed
Scrapingant
pipeworx-ioVerified
ScrapingAnt MCP — wraps the ScrapingAnt web scraping API (scrapingant.com)
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Search & web data
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Latency
Median latency 68 ms · Last checked 25 min ago
Responded16 / 22 checks passed
Scrapingbee
pipeworx-ioVerified
ScrapingBee MCP — wraps the ScrapingBee headless-scraping API (scrapingbee.com)
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Search & web data
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Latency
Median latency 69 ms · Last checked 25 min ago
Responded16 / 22 checks passed
Scrapingdog
pipeworx-ioVerified
Scrapingdog MCP — wraps Scrapingdog (scrapingdog.com), a proxy-based web scraping API with…
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Search & web data
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Latency
Median latency 74 ms · Last checked 20 min ago
Outdated check15 / 22 checks passed
mcp-my-site
pournasserianVerified
Search and fetch tools for one website, served from an index you build with the mcpmysite crawler.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Search & web data
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 771 ms · Last checked 1 day ago
Outdated check15 / 22 checks passed
Spree Commerce developer docs for AI agents
spreeVerified
Spree Commerce docs for AI coding agents: build headless B2B and marketplace ecommerce on its APIs.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 1009 ms · Last checked 1 day ago
Outdated check15 / 22 checks passed
Octocrawl
77777R7Verified
Pages, crawls and URL batches as clean Markdown and JSON for AI agents, with an Evidence Record.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- AI models & agents
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 1176 ms · Last checked 1 day ago
Responded15 / 22 checks passed
Oxylabs
pipeworx-ioVerified
Oxylabs MCP — Oxylabs Web Scraper API (oxylabs.io)
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Latency
Median latency 71 ms · Last checked 1 hr ago
Outdated check14 / 22 checks passed
AIReady
everyai-comVerified
Scan and fix your site's AI discoverability: crawler access, llms.txt, JSON-LD. Free.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- AI models & agents
- Search & web data
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 60 ms · Last checked 1 day ago
Outdated check14 / 22 checks passed
WebsiteIQ
OsbornVenturesVerified
Robots-aware website audits, pre-crawl quotes, and structured evidence for people and agents.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- AI models & agents
- Search & web data
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 100 ms · Last checked 1 day ago
Outdated check14 / 22 checks passed
Business Site Audit
mthburnsbarber-webVerified
Audit a business website for observed crawl and indexing issues with source-linked fixes.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Search & web data
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 221 ms · Last checked 1 day ago
Responded14 / 22 checks passed
Token Tender
tokentender.aiVerified
A bar for AI agents. Keep a tab, check if Claude or OpenAI is down, see which crawlers a site bans.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- AI models & agents
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 234 ms · Last checked 5 hr ago
Responded14 / 22 checks passed
Hydrafetch
hydrafetch.comVerified
Clean web data for agents: any URL to Markdown or JSON, plus search, crawls and company brand data.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Search & web data
- AI models & agents
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 286 ms · Last checked 4 hr ago
Responded14 / 22 checks passed
Citevana AI visibility tools
citevana.comVerified
Free MCP tools for AI-search visibility: crawler checks, page audits, and llms.txt generation.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Search & web data
- AI models & agents
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 324 ms · Last checked 5 hr ago
Responded14 / 22 checks passed
Hyperbrowser
pipeworx-ioVerified
Hyperbrowser MCP — wraps the Hyperbrowser AI-agent browsing API (hyperbrowser.ai). Scrape…
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- AI models & agents
- Search & web data
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 101 ms · Last checked 10 hr ago
Outdated check14 / 22 checks passed
No Niner Data Tools
fredxhansson-cmykVerified
No-code web scraping & data-extraction Apify actors: scrape and enrich web data at scale.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Search & web data
- Developer tools & code
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 477 ms · Last checked 1 day ago
Outdated check14 / 22 checks passed
Browserless
pipeworx-ioVerified
Browserless MCP — wraps the Browserless headless-Chromium REST API (browserless.io)
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 6152 ms · Last checked 1 day ago
Outdated check14 / 22 checks passed
Apify
pipeworx-ioVerified
Apify MCP — run web-scraping Actors and fetch their dataset results.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Search & web data
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 6162 ms · Last checked 1 day ago
Outdated check14 / 22 checks passed
Decodo
pipeworx-ioVerified
Decodo MCP — wraps the Decodo Web Scraping API (decodo.com, formerly Smartproxy). Rotating…
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Search & web data
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 6170 ms · Last checked 1 day ago
Responded13 / 22 checks passed
Setu.Anantasutra: Agent Tools API
BhavyDuneja
Pay-per-call (x402) tools: Indian ID checks, AI-visibility audits, AI crawler and llms.txt checks
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 65 ms · Last checked 1 hr ago
Responded13 / 22 checks passed
AEO Auditor — AI Search & Agent Readiness Engine
aeoauditing.comVerified
Live AEO, GEO, JSON-LD Schema, robots.txt AI crawler, and Agent Readiness diagnostic auditor.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Search & web data
- AI models & agents
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 68 ms · Last checked 5 hr ago
Outdated check13 / 22 checks passed
com.rattlesnakesbymail/rattlesnakesbymail
rattlesnakesbymail.comVerified
Dated, sourced claims about AI crawlers and agents, offered as MCP tools.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- AI models & agents
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 129 ms · Last checked 1 day ago
Outdated check13 / 22 checks passed
x402 Scraper API
LKennedyShareVerified
Paid web extraction: markdown, structured JSON, market-rules and page-change checks via x402.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- Finance & payments
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 355 ms · Last checked 1 day ago
Responded13 / 22 checks passed
LLM Scraper by Nova (CIVAI)
nova.civai.coVerified
Scrape websites by following links and extract structured data from natural language instructions.
Developer Tools Browser & web scraping
- AI models & agents
- Search & web data
- Passed: Handshake
- Passed: Tools listed
- Passed: Updated recently
Median latency 745 ms · Last checked 4 hr ago

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