# Jina Reader vs ScrapingBee (slim)

> ScrapingBee has a score of 59.3 (C) against Jina Reader's 45.3 (E). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 20 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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ScrapingBee has a score of 59.3 (C) against Jina Reader's 45.3 (E). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 20 points.

- Jina Reader: E 45.3, rank #402 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jina-reader.min.md
- ScrapingBee: C 59.3, rank #268 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee.min.md
- Pick Jina Reader for agent ergonomics (+8). Pick ScrapingBee for reliability (+10), schema & documentation (+17), security & auth (+5), payments & pricing (+5), maintenance & community (+20).

| Category | Jina Reader | ScrapingBee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 43 | 60 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 32 | 37 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 65 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 64 |