# Oxylabs Web Scraper API vs ScraperAPI (slim)

> Oxylabs Web Scraper scores 63 (B) to ScraperAPI's 52.1 (D) for scraping. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Oxylabs Web Scraper API scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against ScraperAPI's 52.1 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do scraping.

- Oxylabs Web Scraper API: B 63, rank #412 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper.min.md
- ScraperAPI: D 52.1, rank #739 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.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 45; Agent ergonomics, 79 against 74; Security & auth, 53 against 29; Maintenance & community, 72 against 61; Transparency & trust, 63 against 54.
- ScraperAPI, good for Agents that want a single GET to fetch pages through proxies, with parsed JSON for Amazon, Google, Walmart, eBay and Redfin and a batch API of up to 50,000 URLs. Also No incidents deducted, where Oxylabs Web Scraper API loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Oxylabs Web Scraper API | ScraperAPI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 67 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 79 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 29 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 61 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 54 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Oxylabs Web Scraper API | ScraperAPI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | oxylabs, UAB | ScraperAPI (saas.group) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries` | `https://api.scraperapi.com` |
| 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 | 28 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-07 | 2026-08-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-05 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-10-14 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 18k PyPI/wk | 5 stars |