# Scrapeless vs Zyte API (slim)

> Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against Scrapeless's 54.1 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do scraping. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-zyte.md (~2,400 tokens) · this version ~680 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-zyte.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-zyte
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-09

Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against Scrapeless's 54.1 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do scraping.

- Scrapeless: C 54.1, rank #619 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapeless.min.md
- Zyte API: B 69.7, rank #166 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.min.md
- Scrapeless, 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. Also Runs on your own machine.
- Zyte API, good for An agent or pipeline that fetches protected pages and wants the service to choose proxy and browser per site and to bill only success, and teams already on Scrapy. Ahead on Reliability, 85 against 75; Schema & documentation, 85 against 66; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 50; Security & auth, 55 against 35; Payments & pricing, 40 against 35; Transparency & trust, 66 against 53.

| Category | Scrapeless | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 66 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 50 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 35 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 81 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 53 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Scrapeless | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Scrapeless (NST Labs Tech) | Zyte Group Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.scrapeless.com` | `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under Zyte's terms of service. The Python client is BSD 3-Clause, and the Agentic Web Data plugin is under Zyte's own end-user licence |
| Tools exposed | 25 | 34 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.scrapeless-ai/scrapeless-mcp-server` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-09-22 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2024-08-30 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 169 stars, 423 npm/wk, 216 PyPI/wk | 42k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |