# Context.dev vs Zyte API (slim)

> Context.dev scores 78.2 (A) to Zyte's 69.7 (B) 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 Zyte API's 69.7 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Zyte API leads on reliability. Both do scraping.

- Context.dev: A 78.2, rank #15 of 1084 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/context-dev.min.md
- Zyte API: B 69.7, rank #182 of 1084 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.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 85; Agent ergonomics, 90 against 72; Security & auth, 83 against 55; Payments & pricing, 50 against 40; Maintenance & community, 85 against 77; Transparency & trust, 73 against 66. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Zyte API, good for An agent or pipeline that fetches protected pages and wants the service to choose proxy and browser per site and to bill only success, and teams already on Scrapy. Ahead on Reliability, 85 against 67.

| Category | Context.dev | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 96 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 90 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 83 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Context.dev | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Context Dev Inc. | Zyte Group Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.context.dev/v1` | `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract` |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Price for scraping | $0.79 per 1,000 pages | not published |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under Zyte's terms of service. The Python client is BSD 3-Clause, and the Agentic Web Data plugin is under Zyte's own end-user licence |
| Tools exposed | 42 | 34 |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-22 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2024-08-30 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 5 stars, 62k npm/wk, 10k PyPI/wk | 42k PyPI/wk |