Apify Remote vs fastCRW
Apify Remote is an MCP server published by docker. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). fastCRW is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by us. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: not stated No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace fastcrw/crw | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.0 No figure published 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 Remote | fastCRW |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (mcp.apify.com) | On your machine (crw-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 14 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Repository (differs) | Not stated | github.com/fastcrw/crw |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-13 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | not checked yet | no remote endpoint we check |
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 Remote
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.
fastCRW
Scrape, crawl, map, search, parse, extract, and change-track the web with fastCRW, the open-source, self-hostable Firecrawl alternative. Single Rust binary, ~6.6 MB idle RAM, Firecrawl-compatible /v1 + /v2 API, built-in web search.
How to run each
Apify Remote As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http apify https://mcp.apify.comRequires: APIFY_API_KEY (secret)
fastCRW As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add fastcrw/crw
/plugin install fastcrw@fastcrwCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of fastCRW publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Apify Remote · What it can do: fastCRW · 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.