# Oxylabs Web Scraper API vs ZenRows (slim)

> ZenRows scores 74.8 (BB) 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 security & auth. Both do scraping. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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ZenRows scores 74.8 (BB) 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 security & auth. Both do scraping.

- Oxylabs Web Scraper API: B 63, rank #372 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper.min.md
- ZenRows: BB 74.8, rank #63 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.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 Security & auth, 53 against 41.
- ZenRows, good for An agent hitting protected sites that wants the service to choose the setup and bill only success, and for agents that must onboard without a human. Ahead on Reliability, 87 against 80; Schema & documentation, 83 against 68; Payments & pricing, 80 against 40; Maintenance & community, 87 against 72; Transparency & trust, 72 against 63. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No incidents deducted, where Oxylabs Web Scraper API loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Oxylabs Web Scraper API | ZenRows |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 87 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 79 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 41 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 80 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Oxylabs Web Scraper API | ZenRows |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | oxylabs, UAB | ZenRows |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries` | `https://api.zenrows.com/v1/` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| x402 | no | payer tooling only |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Oxylabs General Conditions. The MCP server and the Python SDK on GitHub are MIT | none |
| Tools exposed | 10 | 44 |
| MCP registry | `io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp` | `io.github.ZenRows/zenrows-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-09-07 | 2026-09-18 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-05 | 2025-07-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-10-14 | 2024-09-01 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| 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 | 21 stars, 35k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.8/5 (8) |