# Bright Data vs Scrapewise

> Scrapewise scores 62.5 (B) to Bright Data's 59.8 (C) for scraping. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-16

Scrapewise scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against Bright Data's 59.8 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Bright Data leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do scraping.

- Bright Data: grade C, 59.8/100, rank #573 of 1098. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bright-data.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bright-data.json
- Scrapewise: grade B, 62.5/100, rank #462 of 1098. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapewise.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapewise.json
- Best web scraping and crawling APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/web-scrapers/index.md
- All 224 scrapers comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/web-scrapers/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Bright Data (C)

Good for: Hard targets and site-specific structured data (Amazon, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google Maps) at volume.

Ahead on:
- Maintenance & community, 84 against 79
- Transparency & trust, 59 against 53

Watch for: No public status page or incident history

### Scrapewise (B)

Good for: Agents that need e-commerce prices, Amazon and Google data, or recurring price monitoring with cleaning and product matching, paid per page in euros.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 45 against 35
- Schema & documentation, 79 against 74

Watch for: No status page, SLA, security.txt, disclosure policy or certification found


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Bright Data | Scrapewise | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 45 | Scrapewise +10 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 79 | Scrapewise +5 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 86 | Scrapewise +4 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 58 | Scrapewise +1 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 79 | Bright Data +5 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 53 | Bright Data +6 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **59.8 · C** | **62.5 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Bright Data | Scrapewise |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Bright Data | BEBOTECH OÜ |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.brightdata.com/request` | `https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | no |
| Tools exposed | 69 | 14 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | `io.github.brightdata/brightdata-mcp` | `ai.scrapewise/scrapewise` |
| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-06-16 | 2025-10-29 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-14 | 2025-10-29 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 2.6k stars | 1 stars, 30 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |

## Verdicts

**Bright Data.** Pay only for successful requests, $1.50 per 1,000 on Web Unlocker and SERP. No public status page or incident history.

**Scrapewise.** Agents get 14 priced MCP tools by default, each with a free `quote_only` price check and idempotency keys, read-only or full-access keys, and public euro prices from €0.15 per 1,000 plain pages. There is no status page, SLA or vulnerability disclosure policy, and the terms claim ownership of all scraped data under a perpetual licence.

## Before you call either

### Bright Data

1. Connect with OAuth or keep the `?token=` URL out of logs and shared configs
2. Add `groups=` or `tools=` to the MCP URL only for the extractors you need. The full set is 69 tools
3. Retry `reject_block` errors, since each attempt uses a different peer. Certificate and DNS errors fail the same way twice
4. Back off on a 429 `sr_rate_limit`. Bright Data throttles a target whose success rate drops
5. Use the batch tools for up to 10 searches or scrapes in one call

### Scrapewise

1. Call each paid tool with `quote_only: true` first, then repeat with the same `idempotency_key` so a retry is charged once
2. Connect to `https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp?toolsets=outcome,admin` to build scrapers; a misspelt `toolsets` is ignored silently and leaves the 14 data tools
3. Use an LLM_READ key unless the task needs paid tools or writes, since LLM_FULL has no per-tool consent
4. Treat 402 WALLET_INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE as final and ask the user to top up; on 429 wait for Retry-After, and on 429 cost_exceeded wait for the next hour
5. Scrape many addresses with one `scrapewise_run_scraper_url_list` call (up to 5,000) and retry with the same name, never one scraper per address

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Bright Data or Scrapewise?

Scrapewise scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against Bright Data's 59.8 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Bright Data leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust.

### Do Bright Data and Scrapewise need an API key?

Bright Data takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Scrapewise needs an API key.

### Can an agent call Bright Data and Scrapewise without installing anything?

Yes. Bright Data has a hosted endpoint at https://api.brightdata.com/request and Scrapewise at https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapewise.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapewise.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "bright-data", "b": "scrapewise"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare bright-data scrapewise`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bright-data.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapewise.json

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