# Scrapeless vs Scrapewise

> Scrapewise scores 62.5 (B) to Scrapeless's 54.1 (C) for scraping. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-16

Scrapewise scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against Scrapeless's 54.1 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Scrapeless leads on reliability. Both do scraping.

- Scrapeless: grade C, 54.1/100, rank #745 of 1098. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapeless.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapeless.json
- Scrapewise: grade B, 62.5/100, rank #462 of 1098. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapewise.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapewise.json
- Best web scraping and crawling APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/web-scrapers/index.md
- All 224 scrapers comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/web-scrapers/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Scrapeless (C)

Good for: An agent that needs one key for unlocking, a remote browser and AI answer-engine scraping, and is happy to read the pricing JSON rather than llms.txt.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 75 against 45

Also in its favour:
- Runs on your own machine

Watch for: llms.txt quotes Deep SerpApi at $0.1 per 1,000 while the plan data charges $1 per 1,000 for Google Search

### Scrapewise (B)

Good for: Agents that need e-commerce prices, Amazon and Google data, or recurring price monitoring with cleaning and product matching, paid per page in euros.

Ahead on:
- Schema & documentation, 79 against 66
- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 50
- Security & auth, 58 against 35
- Payments & pricing, 40 against 35

Watch for: No status page, SLA, security.txt, disclosure policy or certification found


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Scrapeless | Scrapewise | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 45 | Scrapeless +30 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 79 | Scrapewise +13 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 50 | 86 | Scrapewise +36 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 35 | 58 | Scrapewise +23 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 40 | Scrapewise +5 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 79 | Scrapeless +2 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 53 | even |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **54.1 · C** | **62.5 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Scrapeless | Scrapewise |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Scrapeless (NST Labs Tech) | BEBOTECH OÜ |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.scrapeless.com` | `https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | MIT | none |
| Tools exposed | 25 | 14 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | `io.github.scrapeless-ai/scrapeless-mcp-server` | `ai.scrapewise/scrapewise` |
| Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-10-29 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-10-29 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 169 stars, 423 npm/wk, 216 PyPI/wk | 1 stars, 30 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |

## Verdicts

**Scrapeless.** Hosted streamable HTTP MCP at api.scrapeless.com/mcp with header auth, plus a stdio package, both in the official MCP registry. llms.txt quotes Deep SerpApi at $0.1 per 1,000 while the plan data charges $1 per 1,000 for Google Search.

**Scrapewise.** Agents get 14 priced MCP tools by default, each with a free `quote_only` price check and idempotency keys, read-only or full-access keys, and public euro prices from €0.15 per 1,000 plain pages. There is no status page, SLA or vulnerability disclosure policy, and the terms claim ownership of all scraped data under a perpetual licence.

## Before you call either

### Scrapeless

1. Use scrape_markdown for reading pages and save the browser_* tools for clicks and logins, since browser time bills by the hour
2. Call browser_close when done so the session and its billing stop
3. Set limit on crawl_start. Unset, it defaults to 10,000 pages
4. Crawls are asynchronous. Call crawl_start, then poll crawl_result with the returned id
5. Set SCRAPELESS_API_KEY for the stdio server. Older guides use SCRAPELESS_KEY, which still works as a fallback

### Scrapewise

1. Call each paid tool with `quote_only: true` first, then repeat with the same `idempotency_key` so a retry is charged once
2. Connect to `https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp?toolsets=outcome,admin` to build scrapers; a misspelt `toolsets` is ignored silently and leaves the 14 data tools
3. Use an LLM_READ key unless the task needs paid tools or writes, since LLM_FULL has no per-tool consent
4. Treat 402 WALLET_INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE as final and ask the user to top up; on 429 wait for Retry-After, and on 429 cost_exceeded wait for the next hour
5. Scrape many addresses with one `scrapewise_run_scraper_url_list` call (up to 5,000) and retry with the same name, never one scraper per address

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Scrapeless or Scrapewise?

Scrapewise scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against Scrapeless's 54.1 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Scrapeless leads on reliability.

### Do Scrapeless and Scrapewise need an API key?

Both need an API key.

### Can an agent call Scrapeless and Scrapewise without installing anything?

Yes. Scrapeless has a hosted endpoint at https://api.scrapeless.com and Scrapewise at https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapewise.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapewise.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "scrapeless", "b": "scrapewise"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare scrapeless scrapewise`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapeless.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapewise.json

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