# Scrapeless vs ScrapingAnt (slim)

> Scrapeless has a score of 54.3 (C) against ScrapingAnt's 35.9 (F). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 76 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Scrapeless has a score of 54.3 (C) against ScrapingAnt's 35.9 (F). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 76 points.

- Scrapeless: C 54.3, rank #326 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapeless.min.md
- ScrapingAnt: F 35.9, rank #440 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant.min.md
- Pick Scrapeless for reliability (+45), schema & documentation (+23), security & auth (+25), maintenance & community (+76). Pick ScrapingAnt for agent ergonomics (+16), payments & pricing (+5).

| Category | Scrapeless | ScrapingAnt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 66 | 43 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 50 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 35 | 10 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 81 | 5 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 57 |