Head to head
web-scraper vs playwright-mcp
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
web-scraper
Aio.github.DataLeadsPRO/web-scraperNo reviews yet
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The short version
Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours playwright-mcp (94/100 against 85). web-scraper is hosted and callable through the gateway; playwright-mcp runs on your own machine. playwright-mcp has noticeably more public adoption.
| web-scraper | playwright-mcp | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A85/100 | A94/100 |
| Adoption | New | Widely used |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 37k |
| Downloads / week | – | 6.0M |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | 4 | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | NOASSERTION | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-18 |
| Category | Scraping and browsing | Scraping and browsing |