# Bright Data vs Spider (slim)

> Spider has a score of 74.3 (BB) against Bright Data's 60.1 (C). Both do scraping. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 56 points. Spider accepts x402. Bright Data doesn't. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Spider has a score of 74.3 (BB) against Bright Data's 60.1 (C). Both do scraping. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 56 points. Spider accepts x402. Bright Data doesn't.

- Bright Data: C 60.1, rank #254 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bright-data.min.md
- Spider: BB 74.3, rank #49 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spider-cloud.min.md
- Pick Bright Data for agent ergonomics (+12), security & auth (+15). Pick Spider for reliability (+45), schema & documentation (+13), payments & pricing (+56), transparency & trust (+7).

| Category | Bright Data | Spider |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 42 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 96 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 69 |