{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "scrape-do", "name": "Scrape.do", "vendor": "Scrape.do", "vendorUrl": "https://scrape.do", "kind": "http-api", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "Single GET endpoint that fetches a URL through rotating datacenter, residential or mobile proxies, with optional headless rendering, screenshots, markdown output and a proxy mode.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrape-do", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrape-do.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrape-do.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrape-do.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.scrape.do/", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@scrape-do/client" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Token in the `token` query parameter on the main API. Proxy mode puts it in the proxy username (proxy.scrape.do:8080) and needs their CA certificate trusted or TLS verification off. The async API takes it in an `X-Token` header.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 1,000 successful credits a month and 5 concurrent requests, no card. Hobby $29 a month (250,000 credits), Pro $99 (1.25 million), Business $249 (3.5 million), Advanced $699 (10 million). A datacenter request costs 1 credit, headless rendering 5, residential or mobile 10, both 25, and some domains carry fixed higher costs (google.* 10, linkedin.com 30, sainsburys.co.uk 200). Annual billing gives 2 months free but is set up by support (https://scrape.do/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "$29 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in the docs, llms.txt or pricing FAQ, which lists card, crypto and bank wire only (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 2, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://scrape.do/documentation/", "llmsTxt": "https://scrape.do/documentation/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "web.scrape", "web.fetch", "scraping.proxies", "scraping.js-render", "scraping.anti-bot", "scraping.screenshot", "scraping.serp" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "free-tier", "proxies", "llms-txt", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-31", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 43.7, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 781, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 62, "maintenance": 45, "payments": 35, "reliability": 40, "schema": 57, "security": 23, "transparency": 46 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "$29 for 250,000 basic credits, and 429s, 502s and most failures aren't billed. Token travels in the query string on the main API.", "bestFor": "Cheap bulk fetching through rotating proxies when you call HTTP directly and keep the token server-side.", "strengths": [ "$29 for 250,000 basic credits, and 429s, 502s and most failures aren't billed", "Per-domain credit costs published, and each response carries its cost in a header", "Free plan of 1,000 requests a month with residential proxies and rendering, no card", "Concurrency published for every plan", "Automatic retries on the server side, with `disableRetry` to turn them off" ], "weaknesses": [ "Token travels in the query string on the main API", "No readable status page, SLA or security page", "404 and target 400 responses are billed as successes", "Privacy policy last dated September 2022", "Node SDK last released on 13 November 2024, and no official MCP server" ], "agentNotes": [ "Start with the default data centre request (1 credit). Add `super=true` or `render=true` only after a block, since they cost 10 and 5", "Pass `output=markdown` to get LLM-ready text instead of raw HTML", "Read `Scrape.do-Request-Cost` from the response headers. Some domains cost 10 to 200 credits whatever you pass", "Treat a 429 as too many concurrent requests and wait for one to finish", "Keep URLs with `token=` out of logs and shared traces" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 43.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 62, "maintenance": 45, "payments": 35, "reliability": 40, "schema": 57, "security": 23, "transparency": 33 }, "provenanceScore": 59 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://api.scrape.do/?token=$SCRAPEDO_TOKEN\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com\u0026output=markdown\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape", "tool": "https://letme.dev/scrape-do" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Hobby plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 29, "note": "250,000 successful credits, 10 concurrent" }, { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "1,250,000 successful credits, 50 concurrent" }, { "item": "Business plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 249, "note": "3,500,000 successful credits, 100 concurrent" }, { "item": "Advanced plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 699, "note": "10,000,000 successful credits, 200 concurrent" }, { "item": "Datacenter request on Hobby", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.116, "note": "1 credit a request" }, { "item": "Residential request on Hobby", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1.16, "note": "10 credits a request with super=true" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "PACKEND, LLC", "domain": "scrape.do", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://scrape.do/terms-of-use/", "privacy": "https://scrape.do/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://scrape.do/documentation/changelog/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The .do registry has no RDAP service, so the registration date couldn't be read.", "status.scrape.do exists behind a CDN shield that returned 403, and the site doesn't link it, so no status page is recorded." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrape-do.json", "live": { "slug": "scrape-do", "probe": { "target": "https://api.scrape.do/", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:14:26.366253564Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 86, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 88, "p95ms24h": 226, "samples24h": 260, "samples30d": 2295, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@scrape-do/client", "version": "1.0.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:28:18.006863442Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 3, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://scrape.do/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:59.784497707Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://scrape.do/documentation/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:51.458008335Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "scrape.do", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:37.896932334Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://scrape.do/documentation/changelog/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:54.887534166Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a597f1d69e2d" }, { "url": "https://scrape.do/documentation/changelog/2026-03-12-pricing-page-refresh/", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:56.980540991Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c8d4a242823e" }, { "url": "https://scrape.do/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:58.964914072Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "137ece1f2a23" }, { "url": "https://scrape.do/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:00.990780625Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4478a6102da5" }, { "url": "https://scrape.do/terms-of-use/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:03.001333133Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3dd299433e7e" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:14:26.366253564Z" } }, "answer": "Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against Scrape.do's 43.7 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "zyte", "name": "Zyte API", "vendor": "Zyte Group Limited", "vendorUrl": "https://www.zyte.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "Zyte API is a hosted web scraping API from Zyte Group Limited of Cork, Ireland. One endpoint returns a page's HTTP body, browser-rendered HTML, a screenshot or extracted structured data, with ban avoidance handled by the service.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zyte.json", "repo": "https://github.com/zytedata/python-zyte-api", "license": "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", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "zyte-api" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scrapy-zyte-api" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from the Zyte dashboard, sent as the HTTP Basic username with an empty password. An organisation can hold several keys, and an owner can put a blocking spending limit on each. The Stats API takes a separate dashboard key. Zyte MCP signs in with OAuth (scope `zapi:read` in its metadata) and then calls the API with a dedicated key, `mcp_access_key`. CDP browser sessions need a paid plan or spending limit and business verification.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "$5 free credit for the first billing month on signup, with no card per the site, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. After that, pay-as-you-go from $0.13 to $1.27 per 1,000 successful HTTP requests and $1.01 to $16.08 per 1,000 browser requests, by the target site's tier (1 to 5). Screenshots add $1.34 per 1,000 and automatic extraction $0.27 to $1.07 per 1,000. Monthly commitments of $100 to $500 take 25 to 52 per cent off. Failed, banned and rate-limited requests are free (https://www.zyte.com/pricing/, https://docs.zyte.com/zyte-api/pricing.md).", "priceSummary": "$0.13 / 1k req", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "The official Python client documents x402 payment with an Ethereum key against `https://api-x402.zyte.com/v1/` (`python-zyte-api`, `docs/use/x402.rst`, since 0.8.0 of 7 August 2025). One unauthenticated POST to `/v1/extract` on that host on 2026-10-09 returned 401 `/auth/not-valid` with `WWW-Authenticate: Basic` and no 402 challenge. docs.zyte.com and the pricing page don't mention x402 (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 34, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 41866, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.zyte.com/zyte-api/get-started.html", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.zyte.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.zyte.com/zyte-api/usage/reference.md", "capabilities": [ "web.scrape", "scraping.anti-bot", "scraping.js-render", "scraping.proxies", "web.extract", "scraping.screenshot", "browser.hosted", "search.serp" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "usage-based", "free-trial", "no-card", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "proxies", "python", "status-page", "iso-27001", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 166, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 40, "reliability": 85, "schema": 85, "security": 55, "transparency": 66 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One POST endpoint with an OpenAPI 3 contract picks proxies, browser rendering and extraction per site, bills only successful responses, and sends problem+json errors with Retry-After. Prices vary by target site across five tiers, so cost per request isn't known before the site is assigned one, and no dated API changelog was found.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.0.3 contract for `/v1/extract` printed in the reference, with 51 enums and request examples, plus llms.txt and Markdown twins of the docs pages", "Only successful responses are billed. Rate-limited, banned and failed requests are free, per the pricing page and the terms", "429, 503 and 520 responses carry `Retry-After`, and the docs publish a backoff table for each retry", "Blocking spend limits can be set per API key, and the MCP server uses its own key, `mcp_access_key`, signed in over OAuth", "Status page with ten components and incident history, ISO 27001 certification and a list of 36 sub-processors with addresses" ], "weaknesses": [ "Request price depends on the target site's tier, from $0.13 to $1.27 per 1,000 HTTP requests and $1.01 to $16.08 with a browser on pay-as-you-go", "No dated changelog or deprecation policy for the API was found in the 150-page docs sitemap, and the terms allow changes with or without notice", "The terms let Zyte use Service Data, data feeds and code from the services for product development and product training", "The official client documents x402 at `api-x402.zyte.com`, but our one unauthenticated request there on 9 October 2026 got 401 and no payment challenge", "Zyte MCP lists 34 tools, 26 of them for Scrapy Cloud, and some delete schedules and collections with no undo", "No security.txt, no paid bug bounty, and one official client language (Python)" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the API key as the Basic auth username with an empty password to `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract`. Set only one of `httpResponseBody` or `browserHtml`, or one extraction field", "Ask for `httpResponseBody` before `browserHtml`. Browser requests cost about eight to thirteen times more per tier", "Retry 429, 503 and 520 after the `Retry-After` seconds, with backoff. They aren't billed. Don't retry 400, 401, 422 or 451", "Read `statusCode` in a 200 response. A target site's 404 comes back as a successful, billed Zyte API response", "Have the owner set a blocking spending limit on the key you use. A 403 `/auth/account-suspended` means the limit or the trial month ended" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 69.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 40, "reliability": 85, "schema": 85, "security": 55, "transparency": 58 }, "provenanceScore": 73 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install zyte-api", "http": "curl \\\n --user YOUR_ZYTE_API_KEY: \\\n --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n --data '{\"url\": \"https://toscrape.com\", \"httpResponseBody\": true}' \\\n --compressed \\\n https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http zyte https://mcp.zyte.com/v1/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "zyte": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.zyte.com/v1/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape", "tool": "https://letme.dev/zyte" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "HTTP request, tier 1 site, pay-as-you-go", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.13, "note": "Tiers 2 to 5 cost $0.23, $0.44, $0.70 and $1.27" }, { "item": "HTTP request, tier 5 site, pay-as-you-go", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1.27, "note": "Only successful responses are billed" }, { "item": "Browser request, tier 1 site, pay-as-you-go", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1.01, "note": "Tiers 2 to 5 cost $2.01, $4.02, $8.04 and $16.08" }, { "item": "Browser request, tier 5 site, pay-as-you-go", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 16.08, "note": "Actions and network capture cost extra" }, { "item": "Screenshot, added to a browser request", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1.34, "note": "Pay-as-you-go price" }, { "item": "HTTP request, tier 1 site, $500 commitment", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.06, "note": "52 per cent volume discount" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Zyte Group Limited", "domain": "zyte.com", "domainRegistered": "1999-02-22", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.zyte.com/terms-policies/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "https://www.zyte.com/terms-policies/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.zyte.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The terms of service (last updated 22 September 2026) define Zyte as Zyte Group Limited, an Irish company, number 492771, with a notice address at 12 South Mall, Cork. They contain a Zyte API Terms section, so they govern the API.", "The privacy policy is dated 30 August 2024 and covers the websites and the services. It says it does not apply to personal data a customer collects with the services.", "www.zyte.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404. Reports go through the responsible disclosure programme page, which pays no rewards.", "No dated changelog for the API was found. The Python client and the agent plugin each keep one in their repository.", "RDAP at Verisign gives a registration date of 1999-02-22 for zyte.com.", "The API answers at api.zyte.com and the MCP server at mcp.zyte.com. Its OAuth metadata names auth.app.zyte.com as the authorisation server." ], "score": 73 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.json", "live": { "slug": "zyte", "probe": { "target": "https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:14:34.195419099Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 405, "lastMs": 344, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 346, "p95ms24h": 382, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 28, "ok": 28 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.zyte.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T10:11:26.366707558Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:14:34.195419099Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Scrape.do", "b": "Zyte Group Limited", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.scrape.do/", "b": "https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "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", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "34", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-07-31", "b": "2026-10-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-09-22", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2024-08-30", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "2 npm/wk", "b": "42k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against Scrape.do's 43.7 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Scrape.do or Zyte API?" }, { "answer": "Scrape.do needs an API key. Zyte API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Scrape.do and Zyte API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Scrape.do has a hosted endpoint at https://api.scrape.do/ and Zyte API at https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract.", "question": "Can an agent call Scrape.do and Zyte API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "Cheap bulk fetching through rotating proxies when you call HTTP directly and keep the token server-side.", "slug": "scrape-do", "watchFor": "Token travels in the query string on the main API" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 85 against 40", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 57", "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 62", "Security \u0026 auth, 55 against 23", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 45", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 66 against 46" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "zyte", "watchFor": "Request price depends on the target site's tier, from $0.13 to $1.27 per 1,000 HTTP requests and $1.01 to $16.08 with a browser on pay-as-you-go" } ], "job": { "capability": "web.scrape", "name": "Scraping" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrape-do.json", "title": "Bright Data vs Scrape.do", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrape-do" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-zyte.json", "title": "Bright Data vs Zyte API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-zyte" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrape-do.json", "title": "Jina Reader vs Scrape.do", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrape-do" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-zyte.json", "title": "Jina Reader vs Zyte API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-zyte" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scrape-do.json", "title": "Olostep vs Scrape.do", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scrape-do" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-zyte.json", "title": "Olostep vs Zyte API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-zyte" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/oxylabs-web-scraper-vs-scrape-do.json", "title": "Oxylabs Web Scraper API vs Scrape.do", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/oxylabs-web-scraper-vs-scrape-do" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/oxylabs-web-scraper-vs-zyte.json", "title": "Oxylabs Web Scraper API vs Zyte API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/oxylabs-web-scraper-vs-zyte" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-scrapegraphai.json", "title": "Scrape.do vs ScrapeGraphAI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-scrapegraphai" }, { "json": 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20, "edge": "zyte", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "scrape-do": 46, "weight": 7, "zyte": 66 } ], "summary": "Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against Scrape.do's 43.7 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do scraping.", "verdicts": { "scrape-do": "$29 for 250,000 basic credits, and 429s, 502s and most failures aren't billed. Token travels in the query string on the main API.", "zyte": "One POST endpoint with an OpenAPI 3 contract picks proxies, browser rendering and extraction per site, bills only successful responses, and sends problem+json errors with Retry-After. Prices vary by target site across five tiers, so cost per request isn't known before the site is assigned one, and no dated API changelog was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-zyte", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-zyte.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-zyte.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-zyte.min.md" }, "markdown": "Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against Scrape.do's 43.7 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do scraping.\n\n- Scrape.do: grade E, 43.7/100, rank #781 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrape-do.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrape-do.json\n- Zyte API: grade B, 69.7/100, rank #166 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zyte.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Scrape.do (E)\n\nGood for: Cheap bulk fetching through rotating proxies when you call HTTP directly and keep the token server-side.\n\nWatch for: Token travels in the query string on the main API\n\n### Zyte API (B)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 85 against 40\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 57\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 62\n- Security \u0026 auth, 55 against 23\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 45\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 66 against 46\n\nWatch for: Request price depends on the target site's tier, from $0.13 to $1.27 per 1,000 HTTP requests and $1.01 to $16.08 with a browser on pay-as-you-go\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Scrape.do | Zyte API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 40 | 85 | Zyte API +45 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 57 | 85 | Zyte API +28 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 72 | Zyte API +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 23 | 55 | Zyte API +32 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 40 | Zyte API +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 77 | Zyte API +32 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 46 | 66 | Zyte API +20 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **43.7 · E** | **69.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Scrape.do | Zyte API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Scrape.do | Zyte Group Limited |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.scrape.do/` | `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | 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 |\n| Tools exposed | none | 34 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-07-31 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-09-22 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2024-08-30 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 2 npm/wk | 42k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Scrape.do.** $29 for 250,000 basic credits, and 429s, 502s and most failures aren't billed. Token travels in the query string on the main API.\n\n**Zyte API.** One POST endpoint with an OpenAPI 3 contract picks proxies, browser rendering and extraction per site, bills only successful responses, and sends problem+json errors with Retry-After. Prices vary by target site across five tiers, so cost per request isn't known before the site is assigned one, and no dated API changelog was found.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Scrape.do\n\n1. Start with the default data centre request (1 credit). Add `super=true` or `render=true` only after a block, since they cost 10 and 5\n2. Pass `output=markdown` to get LLM-ready text instead of raw HTML\n3. Read `Scrape.do-Request-Cost` from the response headers. Some domains cost 10 to 200 credits whatever you pass\n4. Treat a 429 as too many concurrent requests and wait for one to finish\n5. Keep URLs with `token=` out of logs and shared traces\n\n### Zyte API\n\n1. Send the API key as the Basic auth username with an empty password to `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract`. Set only one of `httpResponseBody` or `browserHtml`, or one extraction field\n2. Ask for `httpResponseBody` before `browserHtml`. Browser requests cost about eight to thirteen times more per tier\n3. Retry 429, 503 and 520 after the `Retry-After` seconds, with backoff. They aren't billed. Don't retry 400, 401, 422 or 451\n4. Read `statusCode` in a 200 response. A target site's 404 comes back as a successful, billed Zyte API response\n5. Have the owner set a blocking spending limit on the key you use. A 403 `/auth/account-suspended` means the limit or the trial month ended\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Scrape.do or Zyte API?\n\nZyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against Scrape.do's 43.7 (E), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do Scrape.do and Zyte API need an API key?\n\nScrape.do needs an API key. Zyte API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Scrape.do and Zyte API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Scrape.do has a hosted endpoint at https://api.scrape.do/ and Zyte API at https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-zyte.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-zyte.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"scrape-do\", \"b\": \"zyte\"}`. 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