# Context.dev vs Diffbot (slim)

> Context.dev scores 78.2 (A) to Diffbot's 54.3 (C) for scraping. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Context.dev scores 78.2 (A) on agent readiness against Diffbot's 54.3 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do scraping.

- Context.dev: A 78.2, rank #15 of 1084 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/context-dev.min.md
- Diffbot: C 54.3, rank #733 of 1084 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/diffbot.min.md
- Context.dev, good for Agents that need one call for Markdown, screenshots and schema-shaped JSON from a page, plus batches, monitors and search on the same balance, and teams that also want brand data. Ahead on Reliability, 67 against 55; Schema & documentation, 96 against 83; Agent ergonomics, 90 against 63; Security & auth, 83 against 21; Payments & pricing, 50 against 40; Maintenance & community, 85 against 57; Transparency & trust, 73 against 68. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Diffbot, good for Agents that want typed article, product or discussion data from arbitrary pages without writing selectors, and teams that also want the Knowledge Graph.

| Category | Context.dev | Diffbot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 96 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 90 | 63 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 83 | 21 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 57 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Context.dev | Diffbot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Context Dev Inc. | Diffbot Technologies Corp. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.context.dev/v1` | `https://api.diffbot.com/v3` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Price for scraping | $0.79 per 1,000 pages | not published |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under Diffbot's Terms of Use. The Python client, the TypeScript client and the agent skills are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 42 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-06-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2025-08-29 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | 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 |
| Popularity | 5 stars, 62k npm/wk, 10k PyPI/wk | 9 npm/wk, 45 PyPI/wk |