# Bright Data vs ZenRows (slim)

> ZenRows has a score of 75.1 (BB) against Bright Data's 60.1 (C). Both do scraping. The largest gap is reliability, 52 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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ZenRows has a score of 75.1 (BB) against Bright Data's 60.1 (C). Both do scraping. The largest gap is reliability, 52 points.

- Bright Data: C 60.1, rank #254 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bright-data.min.md
- ZenRows: BB 75.1, rank #43 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.min.md
- Pick Bright Data for security & auth (+16). Pick ZenRows for reliability (+52), schema & documentation (+9), payments & pricing (+40), transparency & trust (+13).

| Category | Bright Data | ZenRows |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 87 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 41 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 80 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 75 |