# Oxylabs Web Scraper API vs Scrape.do (slim)

> Oxylabs Web Scraper API scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against Scrape.do's 43.7 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do scraping. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Oxylabs Web Scraper API scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against Scrape.do's 43.7 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do scraping.

- Oxylabs Web Scraper API: B 63, rank #372 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper.min.md
- Scrape.do: E 43.7, rank #781 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrape-do.min.md
- 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, 80 against 40; Schema & documentation, 68 against 57; Agent ergonomics, 79 against 62; Security & auth, 53 against 23; Payments & pricing, 40 against 35; Maintenance & community, 72 against 45; Transparency & trust, 63 against 46. Also Runs on your own machine.
- Scrape.do, good for Cheap bulk fetching through rotating proxies when you call HTTP directly and keep the token server-side. Also No incidents deducted, where Oxylabs Web Scraper API loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Oxylabs Web Scraper API | Scrape.do |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 57 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 79 | 62 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 23 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 45 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 46 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Oxylabs Web Scraper API | Scrape.do |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | oxylabs, UAB | Scrape.do |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries` | `https://api.scrape.do/` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Oxylabs General Conditions. The MCP server and the Python SDK on GitHub are MIT | none |
| Tools exposed | 10 | none |
| MCP registry | `io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-07 | 2026-07-31 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-05 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-10-14 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | 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 | 18k PyPI/wk | 2 npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |