# ScrapeAtlas vs ZenRows (slim)

> ZenRows scores 78.9 (A) to ScrapeAtlas's 63 (B) for extraction. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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ZenRows scores 78.9 (A) on agent readiness against ScrapeAtlas's 63 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. ScrapeAtlas leads on security & auth. Both do extraction.

- ScrapeAtlas: B 63, rank #481 of 1226 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapeatlas.min.md
- ZenRows: A 78.9, rank #13 of 1226 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.min.md
- ScrapeAtlas, good for Agents that need structured public data from a named social, video, forum, marketplace or prediction-market platform, such as a creator's profile and recent posts, a thread's comments, a product's reviews or a market's order book, paid per successful request without a subscription. Ahead on Security & auth, 55 against 50.
- 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 42; Schema & documentation, 93 against 88; Payments & pricing, 80 against 55; Maintenance & community, 90 against 70; Transparency & trust, 79 against 61. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Runs on your own machine.

| Category | ScrapeAtlas | ZenRows |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 42 | 87 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 88 | 93 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 55 | 50 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 80 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 90 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 79 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ScrapeAtlas | ZenRows |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | OD. Media & Technology LLC | ZenRows |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.scrapeatlas.com` | `https://api.zenrows.com/v1/` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| x402 | no | payer tooling only |
| Licence | Proprietary service under ScrapeAtlas's Terms of Service. The @scrapeatlas/cli package on npm is MIT with no public source repository | none |
| Tools exposed | 373 | 52 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.OnlineDopamine/scrapeatlas` | `io.github.ZenRows/zenrows-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-10-28 | 2026-10-17 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2025-07-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2024-09-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 21 stars, 35k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.8/5 (8) |