# Diffbot vs ZenRows (slim)

> ZenRows scores 74.8 (BB) to Diffbot's 54.3 (C) for extraction. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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ZenRows scores 74.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Diffbot's 54.3 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do extraction.

- Diffbot: C 54.3, rank #687 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/diffbot.min.md
- ZenRows: BB 74.8, rank #64 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.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.
- 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 55; Agent ergonomics, 79 against 63; Security & auth, 41 against 21; Payments & pricing, 80 against 40; Maintenance & community, 87 against 57. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Diffbot | ZenRows |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 87 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 21 | 41 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 80 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 57 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Diffbot | ZenRows |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Diffbot Technologies Corp. | ZenRows |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.diffbot.com/v3` | `https://api.zenrows.com/v1/` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Price for extraction | $0.90 per 1,000 pages | not published |
| x402 | no | payer tooling only |
| 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 | 44 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.ZenRows/zenrows-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-06-15 | 2026-09-18 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-07-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-08-29 | 2024-09-01 |
| 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 | 21 stars, 35k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.8/5 (8) |