# Oxylabs Web Scraper API vs Scrapfly (slim)

> Scrapfly scores 69.6 (B) on agent readiness against Oxylabs Web Scraper API's 63 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Oxylabs Web Scraper API leads on reliability. Both do scraping. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Scrapfly scores 69.6 (B) on agent readiness against Oxylabs Web Scraper API's 63 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Oxylabs Web Scraper API leads on reliability. Both do scraping.

- Oxylabs Web Scraper API: B 63, rank #372 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper.min.md
- Scrapfly: B 69.6, rank #167 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapfly.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 50.
- Scrapfly, good for An agent that needs scrape, screenshot, extraction, crawl and a hosted browser from one key, with errors it can branch on. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 95 against 68; Security & auth, 70 against 53; Maintenance & community, 84 against 72; Transparency & trust, 75 against 63. Also No incidents deducted, where Oxylabs Web Scraper API loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Oxylabs Web Scraper API | Scrapfly |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 95 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 79 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 70 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Oxylabs Web Scraper API | Scrapfly |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | oxylabs, UAB | Scrapfly (Joam Intelligence, LLC) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries` | `https://api.scrapfly.io/scrape` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| 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 | 61 |
| MCP registry | `io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp` | `io.scrapfly.mcp/mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-09-07 | 2026-09-08 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-05 | 2026-09-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-10-14 | 2026-05-14 |
| Customer content may train models | 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 | 14 stars, 21k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |