# ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator vs ScrapingAnt (slim)

> ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator scores 50.4 (D) to ScrapingAnt's 35.8 (F) for scraping proxies. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator scores 50.4 (D) on agent readiness against ScrapingAnt's 35.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do scraping proxies.

- ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator: D 50.4, rank #1067 of 1510 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapeops.min.md
- ScrapingAnt: F 35.8, rank #1393 of 1510 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant.min.md
- ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator, good for Teams that want one key across many proxy APIs, paid only on success, with cost caps per request. Ahead on Reliability, 37 against 30; Schema & documentation, 67 against 43; Agent ergonomics, 79 against 66; Security & auth, 28 against 10; Maintenance & community, 46 against 5; Transparency & trust, 61 against 56. Also Runs on your own machine.
- ScrapingAnt, good for A low-volume agent that wants cheap rendered fetches and a tiny tool list, and doesn't need an audit trail.

| Category | ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator | ScrapingAnt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 37 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 43 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 79 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 28 | 10 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 46 | 5 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator | ScrapingAnt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | ScrapeOps Limited | ScrapingAnt (DATAANT) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.scrapeops.io/mcp` | `https://api.scrapingant.com/v2/general` |
| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10 | 2024-07-16 |
| Popularity | none | 90 npm/wk, 2k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |

Why the edge:
- Maintenance & community, ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator +41: ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator 46 (Read for a closed service. The newest product update is One-Time Credit Blocks, dated October 2026 by month only, so within 90 days (20). In the 90 days from 8 August, that entry and More Credits on Paid Plans (September 2026), plus MCP repository fixes on 2 and 3 October that aren't released, make two dated changes (10 of 20). Public changelog by product and support by email. GitHub issues weren't read (8 of 25). The MCP server's server.json names io.github.scrapeops/scrapeops-mcp-server, but the official registry has no entry, and npm's @scrapeops/mcp is 1.0.1 of 1 January 2026 while the repository says 1.1.0 (5 of 15). The MCP repository has tests but no CI workflow (3 of 10). 20 + 10 + 8 + 5 + 3 = 46.); ScrapingAnt 5 (No changelog or dated API change found, and the newest SDK release is Python 2.1.0 on 2024-07-16 (0). No releases in the last 90 days (0). No public changelog. Support by email (3 of 15). The JavaScript client was last released 2022-05-06, the MCP server isn't in the official registry, and the only registry entry is a third-party wrapper (0). The Python client has a code-check workflow, but neither SDK has moved in over two years (2 of 10).)
- Schema & documentation, ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator +24: ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator 67 (No OpenAPI or similar spec. The MCP server's three tools have typed inputs in its source (10 of 25). llms.txt and llms-full.txt index the docs for models (10). Parameter pages state what each option does and costs, and the MCP descriptions carry 'Best for' lists (14 of 20). Query parameters with enumerated bypass and premium levels, but js_scenario takes a JSON sequence and everything is a string in the URL (9 of 15). Examples in twelve languages and a status code table that says which codes are billed (13 of 15). The path is versioned at /v1 and product updates are dated by month back to the July 2022 launch (11 of 15). 10 + 10 + 14 + 9 + 13 + 11 = 67.); ScrapingAnt 43 (No OpenAPI or Swagger spec found. The MCP docs give a typed parameter table for the 3 tools (8 of 25). docs.scrapingant.com/llms.txt returns 404 and no Markdown twins were found (0). MCP descriptions are one line each, such as Fetch a URL and return raw HTML content, with no when-to-use guidance (8 of 20). Few parameters, typed, with proxy_type as an enum of `datacenter` or `residential` (10 of 15). Request examples on every docs page and an errors page with 8 status codes and their meanings (12 of 15). Versioned paths (v1 and v2) and no changelog (5 of 15).)
- Security & auth, ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator +18: ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator 28 (One account API key with no scopes or documented rotation, sent as the `api_key` query parameter, the only option documented for the endpoint, or as the proxy password with SSL verification off. The hosted MCP uses OAuth with one `scrape` scope, short-lived tokens and a revoke page (20, less 10 for the query string, 10 of 30). Scraping only reads, the tools are annotated read-only and `max_request_cost` caps spend, but POST requests go to targets and there's no read-only key (8 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance for returned pages was found (0 of 15). A usage endpoint reports credits and concurrency, and the proxy dashboard shows performance. No per-call audit log for customers (7 of 15). security.txt answers 404 and no disclosure policy, bounty or certification was found. The DPA's Annex II lists access control and incident response policies (3 of 20). 10 + 8 + 0 + 7 + 3 = 28.); ScrapingAnt 10 (One account API key with no scopes, and we found no documented rotation or revocation (10). API Basics tells you to send x-api-key as a query parameter, a documented option, so less 10 (0 of 30). The header form works and the SDKs use it. No read-only mode, and /v2/general can send POST, PUT and DELETE to target sites with no confirmation step (5 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance found for the HTML, Markdown or text it returns (0 of 15). The Ant-credits-cost header and a subscription status endpoint show spend per call. No request log found (5 of 15). No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification found (0 of 20).)
- Agent ergonomics, ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator +13: ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator 79 (Three MCP tools (25). Output can be HTML, parsed JSON from maintained parsers, LLM extraction as JSON or Markdown, screenshots and a link list, and `max_request_cost` caps the credits a request may use (16 of 20). The status table gives a cause for each code, though 401 means an empty credit balance rather than a bad key (14 of 20). Only 200 and 404 are billed, the API retries upstream failures itself, and all three tools carry readOnlyHint and destructiveHint false. No idempotency key (16 of 20). Only the key and url are required. Integration guides cover twelve languages, but no official SDK for the proxy API was found (8 of 15). 25 + 16 + 14 + 16 + 8 = 79.); ScrapingAnt 66 (3 compact MCP tools (25). Markdown and text endpoints, AI extraction, wait-for-selector and a JSON extended response, but no output-size limit on the MCP tools (12 of 20). 8 documented status codes, and 422 returns a detail field (14 of 20). Requests are reads of third-party pages and failures aren't billed, but there are no tool annotations or retry guidance beyond 423 (5 of 20). Only url is required, though browser defaults to true at 10 credits. Python and JavaScript clients exist but are stale (10 of 15).)
- Reliability, ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator +7: ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator 37 (Graded on the hosted lines. No status page was found on scrapeops.io or in the docs, and status.scrapeops.io did not answer (0). No readable incident history (5). Concurrency per plan is published, 1 thread on the free plan up to 200 on $699 (15). 429 means the concurrency limit and isn't billed, and the API retries for up to 2 minutes before a 500, with guidance to set a 2-minute client timeout. No Retry-After or backoff guidance (7 of 15). No SLA; the terms disclaim availability (0). Generally available since July 2022 (10). 0 + 5 + 15 + 7 + 0 + 10 = 37.); ScrapingAnt 30 (No status page linked from the site or docs (0). No readable incident history (5). The free plan allows 1 concurrent request and paid plans have no concurrency cap, with timeout settable from 5 to 60 seconds. No per-minute limits published (8 of 15). The errors page documents 409 for the concurrency limit and 423 for anti-bot detection with advice to retry or change settings. No 429, Retry-After or backoff guidance (7 of 15). No SLA found (0). The API is generally available (10).)
- Transparency & trust, ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator +5: ScrapeOps Proxy API Aggregator 61 (Closed service under terms naming ScrapeOps Limited of Ireland, with an MIT MCP server (15 of 30). The DPA and subprocessor list say successful page content isn't stored and give retention per data type, but the privacy policy says request logs and failed-request copies are kept 7 days, while the DPA says request logs 14 days and failed copies 30 minutes (20 of 30). No deprecation policy. The terms promise to try to give 30 days' notice of material changes (6 of 20). Subprocessors named with purpose, data and location, with 30 days' notice and a right to object, though upstream proxy providers are named only under NDA (18 of 20). 15 + 20 + 6 + 18 = 59.); ScrapingAnt 56 (Closed service with terms naming DATAANT SP. Z O.O., registered in Poland (KRS 0000848755). The SDKs are Apache 2.0 (15 of 30). The privacy policy, last updated 3 November 2020, gives 12-month retention after an account closes, names processors and mentions DPAs with clients. It predates the MCP server and AI extractor, and doesn't say whether scraped content is stored (18 of 30). No deprecation policy or dated notices found (0). Processors and locations named, Sendgrid in Ireland, Paddle in the UK, Google Analytics and Amazon hosting in the USA (15 of 20).)