# Oxylabs Web Scraper API vs Zyte API (slim)

> Zyte API scores 69.7 (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 agent ergonomics. Both do scraping. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Zyte API scores 69.7 (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 agent ergonomics. Both do scraping.

- Oxylabs Web Scraper API: B 63, rank #372 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper.min.md
- Zyte API: B 69.7, rank #166 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.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 Agent ergonomics, 79 against 72. Also Runs on your own machine.
- Zyte API, good for An agent or pipeline that fetches protected pages and wants the service to choose proxy and browser per site and to bill only success, and teams already on Scrapy. Ahead on Reliability, 85 against 80; Schema & documentation, 85 against 68; Maintenance & community, 77 against 72. Also No incidents deducted, where Oxylabs Web Scraper API loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Oxylabs Web Scraper API | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 79 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Oxylabs Web Scraper API | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | oxylabs, UAB | Zyte Group Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries` | `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Oxylabs General Conditions. The MCP server and the Python SDK on GitHub are MIT | Proprietary service under Zyte's terms of service. The Python client is BSD 3-Clause, and the Agentic Web Data plugin is under Zyte's own end-user licence |
| Tools exposed | 10 | 34 |
| MCP registry | `io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-07 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-05 | 2026-09-22 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-10-14 | 2024-08-30 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 18k PyPI/wk | 42k PyPI/wk |