# Bright Data vs Oxylabs Web Scraper API (slim)

> Oxylabs Web Scraper API scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against Bright Data's 59.8 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Bright Data leads on schema & documentation and maintenance & community. Both do scraping. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by…

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Oxylabs Web Scraper API scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against Bright Data's 59.8 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Bright Data leads on schema & documentation and maintenance & community. Both do scraping.

- Bright Data: C 59.8, rank #487 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bright-data.min.md
- Oxylabs Web Scraper API: B 63, rank #372 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper.min.md
- Bright Data, good for Hard targets and site-specific structured data (Amazon, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google Maps) at volume. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 74 against 68; Maintenance & community, 84 against 72. Also No incidents deducted, where Oxylabs Web Scraper API loses 3 points for them.
- Oxylabs Web Scraper API, good for Agents that need parsed Google, Amazon and other large-site results or bulk asynchronous jobs through one API. Ahead on Reliability, 80 against 35. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Bright Data | Oxylabs Web Scraper API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 68 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 53 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Bright Data | Oxylabs Web Scraper API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Bright Data | oxylabs, UAB |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.brightdata.com/request` | `https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the Oxylabs General Conditions. The MCP server and the Python SDK on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 69 | 10 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.brightdata/brightdata-mcp` | `io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-09-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-06-16 | 2026-10-05 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-14 | 2024-10-14 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 2.6k stars | 18k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |