Apify vs pline.ai
Apify is an MCP server published by apify. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). pline.ai is an MCP server published by grepsr. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-15. 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 |  pline.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:42cc91f13363 Forks (GitHub): 351 Pulls (Docker Hub): 36 184 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 11 392 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.9 Downloads/month (npm): 506 Downloads/week (npm): 506 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | pline.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 11 392 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 36 184 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 351 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/apify-mcp-server) | On your machine (pline-api) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 10 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | 2, secrets among them: 1 | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/apify/actors-mcp-server | github.com/grepsr/pline-api |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 8 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
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.
pline.ai
Scrape, crawl, batch-scrape, map, and search the web through the hosted pline.ai API.
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)
pline.ai As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "PLINE_API_KEY=<YOUR_PLINE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio pline-api -- npx -y pline-apiRequires: PLINE_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of pline.ai publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Apify asks for
APIFY_TOKEN (secret)TOOLS
Only pline.ai asks for
PLINE_API_KEY (secret)PLINE_BASE_URL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Apify · What it can do: pline.ai · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.