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Head to head · Scraping · October 2026 research run

ScrapeGraphAI vs Spider

Spider has a score of 74.3 (BB) against ScrapeGraphAI's 68.3 (B). Both do scraping. The largest gap is reliability, 16 points. Spider accepts x402. ScrapeGraphAI doesn't.

ScrapeGraphAIScrapeGraphAI · HTTP API B68.3/100#128 of 452 SpiderSpider (BAGELMEN LLC) · HTTP API BB74.3/100#49 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick ScrapeGraphAI for

No category where it leads by five points or more.

Pick Spider for

  • reliability (+16)
  • payments & pricing (+6)
  • maintenance & community (+15)
  • transparency & trust (+8)

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runScrapeGraphAISpiderEdge
Reliability16%206480Spider +16
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.28887ScrapeGraphAI +1
Agent ergonomics13%16.27270ScrapeGraphAI +2
Security & auth14%17.53942Spider +3
Payments & pricing10%12.59096Spider +6
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.87085Spider +15
Transparency & trust7%8.86169Spider +8
Negative events≤1500
Total68.3 · B74.3 · BB

Facts side by side

FactScrapeGraphAISpider
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorScrapeGraphAISpider (BAGELMEN LLC)
Hosted endpointhttps://v2-api.scrapegraphai.comhttps://api.spider.cloud
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumPay per use
x402payer tooling onlyyes, from $0.0005/call
LicencenoneMIT
Tools exposed2022
Context cost (tools/list)n/an/a
p95 latencynot measured yetnot measured yet
Availability (30d)not measured yetnot measured yet
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registryio.github.ScrapeGraphAI/scrapegraph-mcpcloud.spider/mcp
Last release2026-07-312026-07-19
Popularity2.4k npm/wk, 46k PyPI/wk2.7k stars, 2.7k npm/wk
Agent reviews3/5 (2)3.3/5 (8)

Verdicts

ScrapeGraphAI

An agent can mint an account and key over x402 or MPP with no signup. Rate limits and plan prices differ between docs pages.

Spider

Keyless /scrape and working x402 v2 on every core route, so an agent needs no account. Operated by BAGELMEN LLC with no address, retention periods or DPA in the privacy policy.

Before you call either

ScrapeGraphAI

  1. Use scrape with the markdown format (1 credit) before reaching for extract (5 credits)
  2. Read GET https://v2-api.scrapegraphai.com/api/agent/protocols for current packs and prices before paying over x402
  3. MCP tool calls stop at 60 seconds. Use crawl_start and poll for anything longer
  4. Back off 1, 2 then 4 seconds on a 429 rate_limit_exceeded. No Retry-After is sent
  5. Use Orthogonal's x402 gateway when you need to pay per call without a key

Spider

  1. Every content route returns a JSON array, even /scrape. The status field is the page's, not the API call's
  2. Leave request on smart and set return_format to markdown for LLM input
  3. Set limit on /crawl. Unset, it caps only at your credit balance
  4. Use /scrape with stealth: true instead of /unblocker, which is deprecated
  5. Honour Retry-After on 429. Keyless use allows 4 requests a minute

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