# Bright Data vs ScraperAPI (slim)

> Bright Data scores 59.8 (C) to ScraperAPI's 52.1 (D) for scraping. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Bright Data scores 59.8 (C) on agent readiness against ScraperAPI's 52.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ScraperAPI leads on reliability. Both do scraping.

- Bright Data: C 59.8, rank #537 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bright-data.min.md
- ScraperAPI: D 52.1, rank #739 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.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 67; Agent ergonomics, 82 against 74; Security & auth, 57 against 29; Maintenance & community, 84 against 61; Transparency & trust, 59 against 54.
- ScraperAPI, good for Agents that want a single GET to fetch pages through proxies, with parsed JSON for Amazon, Google, Walmart, eBay and Redfin and a batch API of up to 50,000 URLs. Ahead on Reliability, 45 against 35. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Bright Data | ScraperAPI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 67 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 29 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 61 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 54 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Bright Data | ScraperAPI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Bright Data | ScraperAPI (saas.group) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.brightdata.com/request` | `https://api.scraperapi.com` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Tools exposed | 69 | 28 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `io.github.brightdata/brightdata-mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-08-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-06-16 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-14 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 2.6k stars | 5 stars |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |