# Diffbot vs Scrapingdog (slim)

> Diffbot scores 54.3 (C) to Scrapingdog's 39.2 (E) for extraction. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Diffbot scores 54.3 (C) on agent readiness against Scrapingdog's 39.2 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Scrapingdog leads on reliability. Both do extraction.

- Diffbot: C 54.3, rank #687 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/diffbot.min.md
- Scrapingdog: E 39.2, rank #917 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog.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 Schema & documentation, 83 against 43; Agent ergonomics, 63 against 44; Security & auth, 21 against 5; Maintenance & community, 57 against 45; Transparency & trust, 68 against 55.
- Scrapingdog, good for A budget agent that wants parsed Google, Amazon or LinkedIn results and can keep the key out of logs. Ahead on Reliability, 62 against 55. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Diffbot | Scrapingdog |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 62 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 43 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 44 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 21 | 5 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 57 | 45 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 55 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Diffbot | Scrapingdog |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Diffbot Technologies Corp. | Scrapingdog (OpenData Labs) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.diffbot.com/v3` | `https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| 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 | 35 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.Darshan972/scrapingdog-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-06-15 | 2026-07-31 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-01-13 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-08-29 | 2025-07-17 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| 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 | 0 stars, 41 npm/wk, 12 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |