# 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. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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- Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt)
- API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json
- Updated: 2026-10-04

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.

- ScrapeGraphAI: grade B, 68.3/100, rank #128 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapegraphai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapegraphai.json
- Spider: grade BB, 74.3/100, rank #49 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spider-cloud.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/spider-cloud.json

## Which one, for what

Pick ScrapeGraphAI for nothing in particular (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

| Category | Weight | ScrapeGraphAI | Spider | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 64 | 80 | Spider +16 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 88 | 87 | ScrapeGraphAI +1 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 70 | ScrapeGraphAI +2 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 39 | 42 | Spider +3 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 90 | 96 | Spider +6 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 85 | Spider +15 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 69 | Spider +8 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **68.3 · B** | **74.3 · BB** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | ScrapeGraphAI | Spider |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | ScrapeGraphAI | Spider (BAGELMEN LLC) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://v2-api.scrapegraphai.com` | `https://api.spider.cloud` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| x402 | payer tooling only | yes, from $0.0005/call |
| Licence | none | MIT |
| Tools exposed | 20 | 22 |
| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |
| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |
| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | `io.github.ScrapeGraphAI/scrapegraph-mcp` | `cloud.spider/mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-07-31 | 2026-07-19 |
| Popularity | 2.4k npm/wk, 46k PyPI/wk | 2.7k stars, 2.7k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (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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