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      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jina-reader.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jina-reader.min.md",
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        "http",
        "streamable-http"
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      "authNotes": "Reader works with no key at 20 requests a minute. Search and higher limits need a Bearer key.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Billed in output tokens. A new key comes with 10M free tokens. Search costs at least 10,000 tokens a request. US dollar prices per token weren't shown on the public page (https://jina.ai/reader/).",
      "priceSummary": "Pay per use",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "endpoints": []
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
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      },
      "docsUrl": "https://jina.ai/reader/",
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        "web.scrape",
        "web.fetch",
        "web.search"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "no-key",
        "mcp",
        "open-source"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-18",
      "graded": true,
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        "grade": "E",
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        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
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          "payments": 35,
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          "tasks"
        ],
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          "-4: the hosted MCP server's show_api_key tool returned the account's bearer token into the conversation, next to read_url, which fetches untrusted pages, from August 2025 until v1.10.0 removed it on 2026-09-18. Fixed and documented in the README, so deducted less (https://github.com/jina-ai/MCP#functions-have-been-removed-in-v1100).",
          "-3: v1.10.0 on 2026-09-18 removed nine tools from mcp.jina.ai, including search_web_deep added on 12 August and the parallel_* tools, with no advance notice (https://github.com/jina-ai/MCP/pull/36)."
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          "One URL prefix, no key needed, Markdown back",
          "`x-max-tokens`, `x-token-budget` and `x-target-selector` bound the output",
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          "10 million free tokens with a new key, no card"
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          "No price per token in any currency on the public page",
          "No OpenAPI, no llms.txt and no documented error responses",
          "Two SSRF reports open as public issues since 12 June 2026",
          "Hosted MCP exposed the bearer token through show_api_key until 18 September 2026",
          "The Reader page and the README disagree on cache lifetime, 5 minutes against 3,600 seconds"
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          "Prefix the URL, `https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com`, and read the Markdown",
          "Send `x-max-tokens` to cap a page, or `x-token-budget` to refuse one that's too big",
          "Use `x-target-selector` when you need one part of a page",
          "Keyless is 20 requests a minute and can't search. Add a key for loops or s.jina.ai",
          "Send `x-no-cache: true` when a page may have changed or a blocked response got cached"
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          "measured": false
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        "avgRating": 2.5,
        "history": [
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            "grade": "E",
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            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
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          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 60,
          "schema": 43,
          "security": 32,
          "transparency": 45
        },
        "provenanceScore": 76
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://r.jina.ai/https://www.anchorterminal.com/prices/\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http jina https://mcp.jina.ai/v1"
      },
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        "tool": "https://letme.dev/jina-reader"
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        "domainNote": "Jina AI GmbH is a subsidiary of Elastic N.V., and the privacy statement is Elastic's.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://jina.ai/legal/#terms-and-conditions",
        "privacy": "https://www.elastic.co/legal/privacy-statement",
        "statusPage": "https://status.jina.ai",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jina-reader.json",
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        "slug": "jina-reader",
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          "target": "https://r.jina.ai/",
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            {
              "date": "2026-09-28",
              "probes": 285,
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            {
              "date": "2026-09-29",
              "probes": 286,
              "ok": 286
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            {
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              "ok": 276
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            {
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
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              "date": "2026-10-05",
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              "ok": 38
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.jina.ai",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T03:19:07.164369694Z"
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        "githubStars": 12099,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://jina.ai/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:02.621468742Z"
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        "domain": {
          "domain": "jina.ai",
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          "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/jina.ai",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:08.912440143Z"
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        "pages": [
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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.elastic.co/legal/privacy-statement",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-01T13:17:07.465912374Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-01T13:17:07.465912374Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://jina.ai/legal/",
            "kind": "terms",
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      "name": "ZenRows",
      "vendor": "ZenRows",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.zenrows.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "web-scrapers",
      "summary": "Scraping API (Fetch, formerly Universal Scraper API) with JavaScript rendering, residential proxies and anti-bot bypass, plus Extract for structured JSON, Batch for bulk URL jobs and hosted Browser Sessions.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zenrows.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://api.zenrows.com/v1/",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@zenrows/mcp"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "zenrows"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "zenrows"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "The Fetch API takes the key as the apikey query parameter, so it ends up in the request URL. The hosted MCP at mcp.zenrows.com takes it as a Bearer header, or OAuth in clients that support it. The local stdio server reads ZENROWS_API_KEY, and with none set it provisions a Free account through POST https://app.zenrows.com/api/agent/signup, stores the key under ~/.zenrows/ and prints a claim URL, unless ZENROWS_AUTO_SIGNUP=false.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free 5,000 credits a month, no card, 5 concurrent requests. Build from $19 a month (45,000 credits), Launch from $69 (250,000), Growth from $199 (1.2 million), Scale from $549 (5 million), about 17 per cent less billed yearly. A standard request costs 1 credit, JavaScript rendering 5, premium proxies 10, both 25. Browser Sessions and residential proxies cost 25,000 credits a GB plus 5 credits a session-minute. Only successful requests are billed (https://www.zenrows.com/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$19 / mo",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "partial",
        "evidence": "An agent storefront at agents.zenrows.com sells plans and prepaid credit ($5 minimum) settled over x402 (USDC on Base), MPP or card. It runs on ZeroClick's platform with its own buyer terms and proxies calls through a per-session storefront path. There's no per-call x402 price on api.zenrows.com (https://agents.zenrows.com/llms.txt, checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
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      "toolCount": 44,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 21,
        "npmWeekly": 34642,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.zenrows.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.zenrows.com/llms.txt",
      "registryName": "io.github.ZenRows/zenrows-mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.scrape",
        "web.extract",
        "browser.hosted",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "scraping.js-render",
        "scraping.anti-bot",
        "scraping.screenshot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "free-tier",
        "no-card",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "proxies",
        "x402",
        "python",
        "typescript"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-18",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 75.1,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 43,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 3,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 87,
          "payments": 80,
          "reliability": 87,
          "schema": 83,
          "security": 41,
          "transparency": 75
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "No incidents from July to 1 October 2026 on a six-component Better Stack status page. The Fetch API only takes the key in the query string.",
        "strengths": [
          "No incidents from July to 1 October 2026 on a six-component Better Stack status page",
          "5,000 free credits a month with no card, and a stdio MCP that can provision a free account by itself",
          "Every MCP tool carries readOnlyHint and destructiveHint, and the scrape tool says when to use extract instead",
          "Concurrency-Remaining, X-Request-Cost and X-Request-Id on every response, plus about 35 coded errors",
          "SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 claimed, and a named Spanish entity with address and tax ID"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The Fetch API only takes the key in the query string",
          "A protected request costs 25 credits, so real costs sit well above the headline rate",
          "44 MCP tools load at once, 36 of them for the browser",
          "No prompt-injection guidance for the pages it returns",
          "x402 runs only through a third-party storefront, and the 2026 product renames aren't in the changelog"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Start with mode=auto and let it escalate. Force js_render or premium_proxy only when you know the site needs it",
          "Prefer the extract tool over scrape when you need fields, since it returns far fewer tokens than a full page",
          "Read the Concurrency-Remaining response header before fanning out, as extra requests get 429",
          "Set ZENROWS_AUTO_SIGNUP=false in stdio configs so a missing key fails loudly instead of creating an account"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 8,
        "avgRating": 3.8,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 75.1
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          "ergonomics": 79,
          "maintenance": 87,
          "payments": 80,
          "reliability": 87,
          "schema": 83,
          "security": 41,
          "transparency": 53
        },
        "provenanceScore": 96
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      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://api.zenrows.com/v1/?apikey=$ZENROWS_API_KEY\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com\u0026mode=auto\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http zenrows https://mcp.zenrows.com/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer $ZENROWS_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "zenrows": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "@zenrows/mcp"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "ZENROWS_API_KEY": "${ZENROWS_API_KEY}",
                "ZENROWS_AUTO_SIGNUP": "false"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/zenrows"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Build plan (B1)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 19,
          "note": "45,000 credits, 20 concurrent. $16 a month billed yearly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Launch plan (L1)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 69,
          "note": "250,000 credits, 50 concurrent. $57 a month billed yearly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Growth plan (G1)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 199,
          "note": "1.2 million credits, 100 concurrent"
        },
        {
          "item": "Standard request on Build B1",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.42,
          "note": "1 credit each, successful requests only"
        },
        {
          "item": "Protected request on Build B1",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 10.56,
          "note": "JavaScript rendering plus premium proxies, 25 credits each"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "ZENROWS, S.L.",
        "domain": "zenrows.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2020-08-05",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.zenrows.com/legal/terms",
        "privacy": "https://www.zenrows.com/legal/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.zenrows.com",
        "changelog": "https://eu.intercom.news/zenrows",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "The privacy policy gives a registered address in Getxo, Bizkaia, Spain, and tax ID B10660298.",
          "www.zenrows.com/.well-known/security.txt redirects to app.zenrows.com, which serves a file expiring 2027-09-30.",
          "The website returns 403 to plain curl without a browser user agent."
        ],
        "score": 96
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "zenrows",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.zenrows.com/v1/",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T03:17:35.475011608Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 400,
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          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 338,
          "p95ms24h": 454,
          "samples24h": 273,
          "samples30d": 1140,
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              "date": "2026-09-30",
              "probes": 35,
              "ok": 35
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
              "probes": 38,
              "ok": 38
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.zenrows.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:34.911231863Z"
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            "registry": "mcp-registry",
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            "version": "2.3.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z"
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          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@zenrows/mcp",
            "version": "2.3.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:40.634736137Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "zenrows",
            "version": "2.1.1",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:42.716834945Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "zenrows",
            "version": "1.5.0",
            "released": "2026-10-02",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:43.998003074Z"
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        ],
        "npmWeekly": 761,
        "pypiWeekly": 60058,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://zenrows.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "expires": "2027-10-04T15:15:46Z",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:44.042240896Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://docs.zenrows.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:22.937150225Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "zenrows.com",
          "registered": "2020-08-05",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/zenrows.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:18.743649237Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://eu.intercom.news/zenrows",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:32.69027191Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "a9b3543b3e4d"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.zenrows.com/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:53:06.778063584Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:29:10.089021025Z",
            "fingerprint": "0fb954a4d211"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.zenrows.com/legal/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:53:02.712547034Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:29:05.984477973Z",
            "fingerprint": "272c1b392a45"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.zenrows.com/legal/terms",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:53:04.794065963Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:29:08.041201424Z",
            "fingerprint": "ef550df61e26"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T03:17:35.475011608Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "ZenRows has a score of 75.1 (BB) against Jina Reader's 45.3 (E). Both do scraping. The largest gap is payments \u0026 pricing, 45 points."
  },
  "kind": "anchor.page",
  "links": {
    "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json",
    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-zenrows",
    "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-zenrows.json",
    "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt",
    "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-zenrows.md",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zenrows.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Jina Reader for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\nPick ZenRows for reliability (+27), schema \u0026 documentation (+40), security \u0026 auth (+9), payments \u0026 pricing (+45), maintenance \u0026 community (+22), transparency \u0026 trust (+14).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Jina Reader | ZenRows | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 87 | ZenRows +27 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 43 | 83 | ZenRows +40 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 79 | ZenRows +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 32 | 41 | ZenRows +9 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 80 | ZenRows +45 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 87 | ZenRows +22 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 75 | ZenRows +14 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -7 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **45.3 · E** | **75.1 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Jina Reader | ZenRows |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Jina AI (Elastic) | ZenRows |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://r.jina.ai/` | `https://api.zenrows.com/v1/` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | payer tooling only |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 44 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.ZenRows/zenrows-mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-18 |\n| Popularity | 12k stars | 21 stars, 35k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 3.8/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Jina Reader.** One URL prefix, no key needed, Markdown back. No price per token in any currency on the public page.\n\n**ZenRows.** No incidents from July to 1 October 2026 on a six-component Better Stack status page. The Fetch API only takes the key in the query string.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Jina Reader\n\n1. Prefix the URL, `https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com`, and read the Markdown\n2. Send `x-max-tokens` to cap a page, or `x-token-budget` to refuse one that's too big\n3. Use `x-target-selector` when you need one part of a page\n4. Keyless is 20 requests a minute and can't search. Add a key for loops or s.jina.ai\n5. Send `x-no-cache: true` when a page may have changed or a blocked response got cached\n\n### ZenRows\n\n1. Start with mode=auto and let it escalate. Force js_render or premium_proxy only when you know the site needs it\n2. Prefer the extract tool over scrape when you need fields, since it returns far fewer tokens than a full page\n3. Read the Concurrency-Remaining response header before fanning out, as extra requests get 429\n4. Set ZENROWS_AUTO_SIGNUP=false in stdio configs so a missing key fails loudly instead of creating an account\n\n## Other comparisons with Jina Reader or ZenRows\n\n- [Bright Data vs Jina Reader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-jina-reader.md)\n- [Bright Data vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Olostep](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-olostep.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Scrape.do](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrape-do.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs ScrapeGraphAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapegraphai.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Scrapeless](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapeless.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Scrapfly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapfly.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs ScrapingBee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingbee.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [Olostep vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [ScrapeGraphAI vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapegraphai-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Scrapeless vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Scrapfly vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [ScrapingAnt vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingant-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [ScrapingBee vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Scrapingdog vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingdog-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Spider vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/spider-cloud-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs Jina Reader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-jina-reader.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-zenrows.md)\n",
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