# Scrapeless vs ScrapingBee > ScrapingBee has a score of 59.3 (C) against Scrapeless's 54.3 (C). Both do scraping. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 18 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapingbee - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapingbee.md (~1,750 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapingbee.min.md (~330 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapingbee.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - 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 ScrapingBee has a score of 59.3 (C) against Scrapeless's 54.3 (C). Both do scraping. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 18 points. - Scrapeless: grade C, 54.3/100, rank #326 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapeless.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapeless.json - ScrapingBee: grade C, 59.3/100, rank #268 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapingbee.json ## Which one, for what Pick Scrapeless for reliability (+5), schema & documentation (+6). Pick ScrapingBee for agent ergonomics (+18), payments & pricing (+5), transparency & trust (+8). ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Scrapeless | ScrapingBee | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 70 | Scrapeless +5 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 60 | Scrapeless +6 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 50 | 68 | ScrapingBee +18 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 35 | 37 | ScrapingBee +2 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 40 | ScrapingBee +5 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 85 | ScrapingBee +4 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 56 | 64 | ScrapingBee +8 | | Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **54.3 · C** | **59.3 · C** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Scrapeless | ScrapingBee | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API | | Vendor | Scrapeless (NST Labs Tech) | ScrapingBee (Oxylabs group) | | Hosted endpoint | `https://api.scrapeless.com` | `https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/` | | Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | | Auth | API key | API key | | Pricing | Pay per use | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | MIT | none | | Tools exposed | 25 | 18 | | 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.scrapeless-ai/scrapeless-mcp-server` | not listed | | Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-09-11 | | Popularity | 169 stars, 423 npm/wk, 216 PyPI/wk | 132 stars, 49k npm/wk, 72k PyPI/wk | | Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 4/5 (2) | ## 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. **ScrapingBee.** Dedicated Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini endpoints next to the general HTML API. remote-mcp.txt says the hosted MCP only takes the key as ?api_key= in its URL. ## 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 ### ScrapingBee 1. Send render_js=false for static pages and files. It cuts the cost from 5 credits to 1 2. Use mode=auto with max_cost=25 to stop it escalating to 75-credit stealth requests 3. Keep the MCP URL with ?api_key= out of logs and shared configs 4. Back off exponentially on 429 from the MCP, since its concurrency is shared across customers 5. Expect 404 and 410 from the target to be billed. 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