# Jina Reader vs ScrapingAnt (slim)

> Jina Reader has a score of 45.3 (E) against ScrapingAnt's 35.9 (F). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 60 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Jina Reader has a score of 45.3 (E) against ScrapingAnt's 35.9 (F). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 60 points.

- Jina Reader: E 45.3, rank #402 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jina-reader.min.md
- ScrapingAnt: F 35.9, rank #440 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant.min.md
- Pick Jina Reader for reliability (+30), agent ergonomics (+10), security & auth (+22), maintenance & community (+60). Pick ScrapingAnt for payments & pricing (+5).

| Category | Jina Reader | ScrapingAnt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 43 | 43 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 32 | 10 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 65 | 5 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 57 |