# Scrapeless vs Scrapingdog > Scrapeless has a score of 54.3 (C) against Scrapingdog's 39.3 (E). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 36 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapingdog - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapingdog.md (~1,700 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapingdog.min.md (~330 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapingdog.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 Scrapeless has a score of 54.3 (C) against Scrapingdog's 39.3 (E). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 36 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 - Scrapingdog: grade E, 39.3/100, rank #425 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapingdog.json ## Which one, for what Pick Scrapeless for reliability (+13), schema & documentation (+23), agent ergonomics (+6), security & auth (+30), maintenance & community (+36). Pick Scrapingdog for payments & pricing (+5). ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Scrapeless | Scrapingdog | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 62 | Scrapeless +13 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 43 | Scrapeless +23 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 50 | 44 | Scrapeless +6 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 35 | 5 | Scrapeless +30 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 40 | Scrapingdog +5 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 45 | Scrapeless +36 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 56 | 57 | Scrapingdog +1 | | Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -2 | | | **Total** | | **54.3 · C** | **39.3 · E** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Scrapeless | Scrapingdog | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API | | Vendor | Scrapeless (NST Labs Tech) | Scrapingdog (OpenData Labs) | | Hosted endpoint | `https://api.scrapeless.com` | `https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape` | | Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, stdio | | Auth | API key | API key | | Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | MIT | none | | Tools exposed | 25 | 35 | | 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` | `io.github.Darshan972/scrapingdog-mcp` | | Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-07-31 | | Popularity | 169 stars, 423 npm/wk, 216 PyPI/wk | 0 stars, 41 npm/wk, 12 PyPI/wk | | Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 3/5 (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. **Scrapingdog.** A plain request is 1 credit, about $0.20 per 1,000 on Lite. API key only travels in the URL query string. ## 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 ### Scrapingdog 1. Add dynamic=false unless the page needs JavaScript. It cuts the cost from 5 credits to 1, whatever the MCP description says 2. Keep request URLs out of logs, since they carry api_key 3. Set client timeouts above 60 seconds and retry on 429 or timeout. Failures aren't billed 4. 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