Apify vs universal-scraping-architect
Apify is an MCP server published by apify. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). universal-scraping-architect is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Mehansh Barthwal. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Apify | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:42cc91f13363 Forks (GitHub): 398 Pulls (Docker Hub): 37 612 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 13 555 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace alirezarezvani/claude-skills | Not listed | Listed Version: 2.14.1 Forks (GitHub): 4 002 Stars (GitHub): 28 836 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Apify | universal-scraping-architect |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 13 555 (worse) | 28 836 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 37 612 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 398 (worse) | 4 002 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-23 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/apify-mcp-server) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 10 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 3 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/apify/actors-mcp-server | github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-14 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Apify
Apify is the world's largest marketplace of tools for web scraping, data extraction, and web automation. You can extract structured data from social media, e-commerce, search engines, maps, travel sites, or any other website.
universal-scraping-architect
A universal scraping skill with intelligent routing, token budget tracking, and quota awareness. Supports Firecrawl (BYOK, free-tier compatible) and local Python extraction via requests/BeautifulSoup/pandas.
How to run each
Apify As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "APIFY_TOKEN=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" --transport stdio apify-mcp-server -- docker run -i --rm -e APIFY_TOKEN mcp/apify-mcp-serverRequires: APIFY_TOKEN (secret)
universal-scraping-architect As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills
/plugin install universal-scraping-architect@claude-code-skillsCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of universal-scraping-architect publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of universal-scraping-architect publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Apify · What it can do: universal-scraping-architect · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.