# Nexscope vs Oxylabs Web Scraper API (slim)

> Oxylabs Web Scraper scores 62.9 (B) to Nexscope's 46.2 (D) for extraction. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Oxylabs Web Scraper API scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against Nexscope's 46.2 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do extraction.

- Nexscope: D 46.2, rank #1191 of 1520 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nexscope.min.md
- Oxylabs Web Scraper API: B 62.9, rank #539 of 1520 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper.min.md
- Nexscope, good for Agents that research ecommerce products, competitors, keywords, sourcing and patents across Amazon, TikTok Shop, Walmart, Temu, 1688 and other marketplaces, and that also make listing images and video, on one credit balance. Also No incidents deducted, where Oxylabs Web Scraper API loses 3 points for them.
- Oxylabs Web Scraper API, good for Agents that need parsed Google, Amazon and other large-site results or bulk asynchronous jobs through one API. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 39; Agent ergonomics, 79 against 44; Security & auth, 53 against 41; Payments & pricing, 40 against 35; Maintenance & community, 82 against 65; Transparency & trust, 64 against 41. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Nexscope | Oxylabs Web Scraper API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 39 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 64 | 68 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 44 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 41 | 53 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 65 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 41 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Nexscope | Oxylabs Web Scraper API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | ECOCREATE TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. | oxylabs, UAB |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.nexscope.ai/mcp` | `https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under the Nexscope terms (last updated 8 October 2026), whose contracting party is ECOCREATE TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. of Singapore. The OpenAPI file's licence is 'Proprietary API; use subject to Nexscope Terms'. In github.com/nexscope-ai/nexscope-ecommerce-api only the example clients, validation scripts, tests and workflow are MIT. The API documentation, catalogue, definitions and sample data stay copyright Nexscope | Proprietary service under the Oxylabs General Conditions. The MCP server and the Python SDK on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 382 | 10 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.nexscope/ecommerce` | `io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-11-09 | 2026-10-29 |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | 2026-10-05 |
| Privacy policy last updated | not read yet | 2024-10-14 |
| Customer content may train models | not read yet | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | yes |
| Popularity | none | 18k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reliability, Oxylabs Web Scraper API +36: Nexscope 39 (Hosted lines, graded on the remote MCP server and the REST API at api.nexscope.ai.); Oxylabs Web Scraper API 75 (Graded on the Web Scraper API (Classic) surface.)
- Agent ergonomics, Oxylabs Web Scraper API +35: Nexscope 44 (Read on the MCP server, with the REST API where a line covers it.); Oxylabs Web Scraper API 79 (The MCP server lists 10 tools, four for this API and six for AI Studio, and the REST API can return Markdown or parsed JSON in place of HTML (22 of 25).)
- Transparency & trust, Oxylabs Web Scraper API +23: Nexscope 41 (The editorial half.); Oxylabs Web Scraper API 64 (Closed service under public General Conditions naming oxylabs, UAB of Vilnius, still last updated 5 October 2026, with MIT clients (15 of 30).)
- Maintenance & community, Oxylabs Web Scraper API +17: Nexscope 65 (Read as a closed service with a public documentation repository.); Oxylabs Web Scraper API 82 (The newest release is MCP server v0.10.2 on 29 October 2026, which changes how the client is reported in request headers, after v0.10.0 on 15 October added API-…)
- Security & auth, Oxylabs Web Scraper API +12: Nexscope 41 (The MCP server takes OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and one scope, `mcp:tools`, per the tool pages, or a Bearer `nk-` API key.); Oxylabs Web Scraper API 53 (A username and password per product instance over HTTP Basic, with an editable password, optional IP whitelisting and several instances per account.)
- Payments & pricing, Oxylabs Web Scraper API +5: Nexscope 35 (No x402, MPP or L402 on pricing, the quickstart, the MCP map, llms.txt or the visible OpenAPI paths.); Oxylabs Web Scraper API 40 (No x402, MPP or L402 (0).)