apify vs io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp
apify is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by apify. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot). io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp is an MCP server published by oxylabs.io. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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 |  io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.9.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 4 016 Downloads/week (PyPI): 3 454 Forks (GitHub): 26 Stars (GitHub): 104 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:67085d076c5b Forks (GitHub): 26 Pulls (Docker Hub): 39 088 Stars (Docker Hub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 104 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 | io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (worse) | 104 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 39 088 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 26 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 4 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 3, secrets among them: 3 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/apify/apify-github-copilot-plugin | github.com/oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 2 days ago |
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
Helps devs extract data from any website with thousands of trusted scrapers, crawlers, and automations from Apify Store. Integrate ready-made Actors to access all popular social media, video, e-commerce, search engines, maps, and travel sites. Build, debug, publish, and monetize new Actors on Apify.
io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp
Fetch and process content from specified URLs & sources using the Oxylabs Web Scraper API.
How to run each
apify
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http oxylabs-mcp https://mcp.oxylabs.io/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>" --header "X-Oxylabs-AI-Studio-Api-Key: <YOUR_X_OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY>"Requires: OXYLABS_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY (secret), OXYLABS_PASSWORD (secret), OXYLABS_USERNAME (secret), Authorization header, X-Oxylabs-AI-Studio-Api-Key header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of apify publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of apify publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: apify · What it can do: io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/HEAD/.github/plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.