# Diffbot vs ScrapingAnt (slim)

> Diffbot scores 54.3 (C) to ScrapingAnt's 35.5 (F) for extraction. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-09

Diffbot scores 54.3 (C) on agent readiness against ScrapingAnt's 35.5 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do extraction.

- Diffbot: C 54.3, rank #687 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/diffbot.min.md
- ScrapingAnt: F 35.5, rank #934 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant.min.md
- 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. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 30; Schema & documentation, 83 against 43; Security & auth, 21 against 10; Maintenance & community, 57 against 5; Transparency & trust, 68 against 53.
- ScrapingAnt, good for A low-volume agent that wants cheap rendered fetches and a tiny tool list, and doesn't need an audit trail.

| Category | Diffbot | ScrapingAnt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 43 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 21 | 10 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 57 | 5 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 53 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Diffbot | ScrapingAnt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Diffbot Technologies Corp. | ScrapingAnt (DATAANT) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.diffbot.com/v3` | `https://api.scrapingant.com/v2/general` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Price for extraction | $0.90 per 1,000 pages | not published |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Diffbot's Terms of Use. The Python client, the TypeScript client and the agent skills are MIT | none |
| Tools exposed | none | 3 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-06-15 | 2024-07-16 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-08-29 | no date given |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 9 npm/wk, 45 PyPI/wk | 90 npm/wk, 2k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |