# Context.dev vs ZenRows (slim)

> Context.dev scores 78.2 (A) to ZenRows's 74.8 (BB) 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 ZenRows's 74.8 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ZenRows leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do scraping.

- Context.dev: A 78.2, rank #15 of 1084 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/context-dev.min.md
- ZenRows: BB 74.8, rank #67 of 1084 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.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 Schema & documentation, 96 against 83; Agent ergonomics, 90 against 79; Security & auth, 83 against 41.
- ZenRows, good for An agent hitting protected sites that wants the service to choose the setup and bill only success, and for agents that must onboard without a human. Ahead on Reliability, 87 against 67; Payments & pricing, 80 against 50. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Context.dev | ZenRows |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 87 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 96 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 90 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 83 | 41 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 80 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Context.dev | ZenRows |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Context Dev Inc. | ZenRows |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.context.dev/v1` | `https://api.zenrows.com/v1/` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Price for scraping | $0.79 per 1,000 pages | not published |
| x402 | no | payer tooling only |
| Tools exposed | 42 | 44 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.ZenRows/zenrows-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-09-18 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2025-07-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2024-09-01 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 5 stars, 62k npm/wk, 10k PyPI/wk | 21 stars, 35k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.8/5 (8) |