# Bright Data vs ScrapingAnt (slim)

> Bright Data has a score of 60.1 (C) against ScrapingAnt's 35.9 (F). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 79 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Bright Data has a score of 60.1 (C) against ScrapingAnt's 35.9 (F). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 79 points.

- Bright Data: C 60.1, rank #254 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bright-data.min.md
- ScrapingAnt: F 35.9, rank #440 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant.min.md
- Pick Bright Data for reliability (+5), schema & documentation (+31), agent ergonomics (+16), security & auth (+47), maintenance & community (+79), transparency & trust (+5). Pick ScrapingAnt for nothing in particular.

| Category | Bright Data | ScrapingAnt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 43 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 10 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 5 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 57 |