{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "scraperapi", "name": "ScraperAPI", "vendor": "ScraperAPI (saas.group)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.scraperapi.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "Web scraping API that fetches a URL through rotating proxies with optional JavaScript rendering and anti-bot bypass, and returns HTML, Markdown, text or parsed JSON. It has async jobs, a crawler, structured data endpoints and an MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scraperapi.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.scraperapi.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scraperapi-mcp-server" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scraperapi-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scraperapi-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scraperapi-cli" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from the dashboard after a browser signup. The sync API takes it as the `api_key` query parameter by default or as an `x-sapi-api_key` header. The async, crawler and AI parser APIs take it in the JSON body, and the remote MCP server takes `Authorization: Bearer`. One key per account, regenerated at most once every 24 hours, with no scopes.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan of 1,000 credits a month with 5 concurrent threads, and 5,000 credits for the first 7 days, no card. Hobby $49 a month (100,000 credits, 20 threads), Startup $149 (1 million, 50), Business $299 (3 million, 100), Scaling $475 (5 million, 200), Professional $975 (10.5 million, 300), Advanced $1,975 (21.5 million, 500), Enterprise custom. Annual billing takes 10% off. A plain request costs 1 credit, rendering or premium proxies 10, Google and Bing 25. Only 200 and 404 responses are charged. Pay-as-you-go overage starts at Scaling (https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "$49 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the pricing page or llms.txt (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 28, "popularity": { "githubStars": 5, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.scraperapi.com/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.scraperapi.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "web.scrape", "web.extract", "web.crawl", "scraping.proxies", "scraping.js-render", "scraping.anti-bot", "scraping.screenshot", "scraping.serp" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "api-key", "mcp", "llms-txt", "proxies", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "cli", "python", "javascript", "php", "ruby", "java", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 52.1, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 739, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 61, "payments": 40, "reliability": 45, "schema": 67, "security": 29, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One GET request with a key and a URL returns a page, and the MCP server's 28 tools carry read-only and destructive hints. No status page, OpenAPI file, security.txt or certification was found, and the documented default puts the API key in the URL query string.", "bestFor": "Agents that want a single GET to fetch pages through proxies, with parsed JSON for Amazon, Google, Walmart, eBay and Redfin and a batch API of up to 50,000 URLs.", "strengths": [ "Only `api_key` and `url` are required, and JavaScript rendering is off by default, so a plain request costs 1 credit", "Failed requests are not charged. Only 200 and 404 responses are billed, and each response carries an `sa-credit-cost` header", "`max_cost` caps the credits one request may spend, and `/account/urlcost` returns the cost of a URL before it is scraped", "The open-source MCP server (MIT) defines 28 typed tools, each with read-only, destructive and idempotent hints", "Free plan of 1,000 credits a month with no card, plus 5,000 credits for the first 7 days" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page is linked from the home, pricing, support or docs pages, although the pricing page lists a 99.9% uptime guarantee", "The documented default sends the API key in the URL query string. A header alternative, `x-sapi-api_key`, exists", "No OpenAPI file, security.txt, bug bounty, certification or sub-processor list was found", "The site's robots.txt disallows `/terms/`, so the Terms of Use went unread by us", "Google and Bing cost 25 credits a request and LinkedIn 30, and a bypassed anti-bot check adds 10" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set the client timeout to 70 seconds. The API retries for that long before it returns 500, and a request cancelled earlier is still charged", "Send the key as the `x-sapi-api_key` header to keep it out of URLs and logs", "Pass `max_cost` on each request, or call `/account/urlcost` first, because domain and anti-bot surcharges vary from 1 to 75 credits", "Use `output_format=markdown` or `text` to cut response size, and `autoparse=true` only on supported domains", "On 429 reduce concurrency to the plan limit (5 on Free, 20 on Hobby). The request is rejected, not queued" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 52.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 61, "payments": 40, "reliability": 45, "schema": 67, "security": 29, "transparency": 35 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install scraperapi-mcp-server", "http": "curl --request GET \\\n--url 'https://api.scraperapi.com?api_key=API_KEY\u0026url=https://www.example.com'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add scraperapi -- npx mcp-remote https://mcp.scraperapi.com/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_API_KEY}\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "ScraperAPIRemote": { "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.scraperapi.com/mcp", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_API_KEY}" ], "command": "npx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape", "tool": "https://letme.dev/scraperapi" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Hobby plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 49, "note": "100,000 credits, 20 concurrent threads" }, { "item": "Startup plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 149, "note": "1 million credits, 50 concurrent threads" }, { "item": "Business plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 299, "note": "3 million credits, 100 concurrent threads" }, { "item": "Plain request on Hobby", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.49, "note": "1 credit each, no rendering" }, { "item": "Rendered request on Hobby", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 4.9, "note": "render=true, 10 credits each" }, { "item": "Google or Bing request on Hobby", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 12.25, "note": "25 credits each" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "ScraperAPI LLC", "domain": "scraperapi.com", "domainRegistered": "2018-05-14", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.scraperapi.com/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.scraperapi.com/privacy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.scraperapi.com/resources/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The legal entity is taken from a November 2025 release note that says the service now operates as ScraperAPI LLC. The privacy policy names ScraperAPI and Saas.group Inc. and carries no date.", "robots.txt disallows `/terms/` for every agent, so the Terms of Use were not read. The link is the one in the site footer.", "No status page is linked from the home, pricing, support or docs pages read on 9 October 2026." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.json", "live": { "slug": "scraperapi", "probe": { "target": "https://api.scraperapi.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T05:39:03.856979895Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 252, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 286, "p95ms24h": 420, "samples24h": 143, "samples30d": 143, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 58, "ok": 58 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "scraperapi-cli", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:18:21.384773614Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scraperapi-sdk", "version": "2.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:18:20.565772441Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scraperapi-mcp-server", "version": "1.1.1", "released": "2026-07-17", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:18:18.482139053Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scraperapi-sdk", "version": "1.6.1", "released": "2026-07-20", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:18:18.669301731Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 9692, "pypiWeekly": 30, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.scraperapi.com/resources/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:38:13.938433175Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4aebcdd45c58" }, { "url": "https://www.scraperapi.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:48.25707916Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "6255ef627810" }, { "url": "https://www.scraperapi.com/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:50.700817252Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "96d859a19f94" }, { "url": "https://www.scraperapi.com/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 0, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:53.81669813Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "blockedByRobots": true } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T05:39:03.856979895Z" } }, "answer": "ScraperAPI scores 52.1 (D) on agent readiness against Scrapingdog's 39.2 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Scrapingdog leads on reliability.", "b": { "slug": "scrapingdog", "name": "Scrapingdog", "vendor": "Scrapingdog (OpenData Labs)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.scrapingdog.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "Web scraping API billed by credits.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapingdog.json", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "scrapingdog-mcp" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scrapingdog-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scrapingdog" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "The key goes in the api_key query parameter on every request. The docs show no header option. The MCP server reads SCRAPINGDOG_API_KEY from the environment.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan of 100 credits with 1 concurrent request, no card (the docs say 200 requests a month). Lite $40 a month (200,000 credits, 5 concurrent), Standard $90 (1M, 50), Pro $200 (3M, 100), Premium $350 (6M, 150), then plans up to $30,000 a month. Annual billing gives 2 months free. A plain request costs 1 credit, JS rendering 5, premium proxy or geotargeting 10, both 25, Google SERP 5 to 10, LinkedIn profiles 10 to 100. Failed requests aren't charged (https://www.scrapingdog.com/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "$40 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 mention on the site, docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 35, "popularity": { "githubStars": 0, "npmWeekly": 41, "pypiWeekly": 12, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/documentation/", "llmsTxt": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/llms.txt", "registryName": "io.github.Darshan972/scrapingdog-mcp", "capabilities": [ "web.scrape", "web.extract", "web.search", "scraping.proxies", "scraping.js-render", "scraping.anti-bot", "scraping.screenshot", "scraping.serp" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "proxies", "closed-source", "python", "typescript" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-31", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 39.2, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 917, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 17, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 44, "maintenance": 45, "payments": 40, "reliability": 62, "schema": 43, "security": 5, "transparency": 55 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-08-01: the vendor-linked MCP server's web_scrape tool describes dynamic as `(API default: false)`, while https://www.scrapingdog.com/documentation/javascript-rendering/ says rendering is on by default at 5 credits. The MCP omits unset parameters, so a model that trusts the description pays 5 times the plain rate (https://github.com/Darshan972/Scrapingdog-mcp, src/endpoints.ts) (-2)." ], "verdict": "A plain request is 1 credit, about $0.20 per 1,000 on Lite. API key only travels in the URL query string.", "bestFor": "A budget agent that wants parsed Google, Amazon or LinkedIn results and can keep the key out of logs.", "strengths": [ "A plain request is 1 credit, about $0.20 per 1,000 on Lite", "Parsed JSON endpoints for Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, YouTube and more under one key", "Terms let you store and redistribute returned data during the subscription, and the privacy policy says API calls aren't stored or logged", "Failed requests aren't charged, and a public SLA page compensates downtime in credits", "Concurrency per plan is published, from 1 up to 2,200" ], "weaknesses": [ "API key only travels in the URL query string", "Rendering defaults on at 5 credits, and the MCP's web_scrape description says the default is off", "MCP server published 2026-08-01 from a personal account, with 35 tools, no CI, no tags and no release since", "No changelog, security.txt or prompt-injection guidance", "The free allowance differs between pricing (100 credits) and docs (200 a month)" ], "agentNotes": [ "Add dynamic=false unless the page needs JavaScript. It cuts the cost from 5 credits to 1, whatever the MCP description says", "Keep request URLs out of logs, since they carry api_key", "Set client timeouts above 60 seconds and retry on 429 or timeout. Failures aren't billed", "Prefer the parsed endpoints (Google, Amazon) over scraping the raw page when one exists" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 39.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 44, "maintenance": 45, "payments": 40, "reliability": 62, "schema": 43, "security": 5, "transparency": 37 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape?api_key=$SCRAPINGDOG_API_KEY\u0026url=https://example.com\u0026dynamic=false\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add scrapingdog -e SCRAPINGDOG_API_KEY=$SCRAPINGDOG_API_KEY -- npx -y scrapingdog-mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "scrapingdog": { "args": [ "-y", "scrapingdog-mcp" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "SCRAPINGDOG_API_KEY": "${SCRAPINGDOG_API_KEY}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape", "tool": "https://letme.dev/scrapingdog" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Lite plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 40, "note": "200,000 credits, 5 concurrent" }, { "item": "Standard plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 90, "note": "1,000,000 credits, 50 concurrent" }, { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 200, "note": "3,000,000 credits, 100 concurrent" }, { "item": "Plain request on Lite", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.2, "note": "1 credit each, dynamic=false" }, { "item": "JS-rendered request on Lite", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1, "note": "5 credits each, the default" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "OpenData Labs Private Limited", "domain": "scrapingdog.com", "domainRegistered": "2020-04-04", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://stats.uptimerobot.com/SAQkQwbOYj", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "Legal entity from the site footer. The terms are governed by the laws of Rajasthan, India.", "The status page is a hosted UptimeRobot page linked from the footer." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog.json", "live": { "slug": "scrapingdog", "probe": { "target": "https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T05:39:04.064260449Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 116, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.96, "p50ms24h": 132, "p95ms24h": 272, "samples24h": 248, "samples30d": 2494, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 58, "ok": 58 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://stats.uptimerobot.com/SAQkQwbOYj", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T00:51:14.081881054Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.Darshan972/scrapingdog-mcp", "version": "0.1.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-10T03:11:32.438759038Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scrapingdog-mcp", "version": "0.1.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:18:33.172993848Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scrapingdog-sdk", "version": "1.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:18:34.215795713Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scrapingdog", "version": "1.1.0", "released": "2026-07-31", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:18:35.58822141Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 40, "pypiWeekly": 13, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://scrapingdog.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:40:27.253978666Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:02:44.986613587Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "scrapingdog.com", "registered": "2020-04-04", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/scrapingdog.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:10.743416145Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/terms/", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:57.853632261Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2305ca79c5e0" }, { "url": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:53.816713224Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:53.816713224Z", "fingerprint": "6f798b2b03b4" }, { "url": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:55.909459685Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bd229180f12f" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T05:39:04.064260449Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "ScraperAPI (saas.group)", "b": "Scrapingdog (OpenData Labs)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.scraperapi.com", "b": "https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "28", "b": "35", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "io.github.Darshan972/scrapingdog-mcp", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-08-07", "b": "2026-07-31", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-01-13", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2025-07-17", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "5 stars", "b": "0 stars, 41 npm/wk, 12 PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "ScraperAPI scores 52.1 (D) on agent readiness against Scrapingdog's 39.2 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Scrapingdog leads on reliability.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, ScraperAPI or Scrapingdog?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do ScraperAPI and Scrapingdog need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. ScraperAPI has a hosted endpoint at https://api.scraperapi.com and Scrapingdog at https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape.", "question": "Can an agent call ScraperAPI and Scrapingdog without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 43", "Agent ergonomics, 74 against 44", "Security \u0026 auth, 29 against 5", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 61 against 45" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents that want a single GET to fetch pages through proxies, with parsed JSON for Amazon, Google, Walmart, eBay and Redfin and a batch API of up to 50,000 URLs.", "slug": "scraperapi", "watchFor": "No status page is linked from the home, pricing, support or docs pages, although the pricing page lists a 99.9% uptime guarantee" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 62 against 45" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A budget agent that wants parsed Google, Amazon or LinkedIn results and can keep the key out of logs.", "slug": "scrapingdog", "watchFor": "API key only travels 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diffbot-vs-scrapingdog.json", "title": "Diffbot vs Scrapingdog", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diffbot-vs-scrapingdog" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-scraperapi.json", "title": "Firecrawl MCP vs ScraperAPI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-scraperapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scraperapi.json", "title": "Apify MCP Server vs ScraperAPI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scraperapi" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 17, "edge": "scrapingdog", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "scraperapi": 45, "scrapingdog": 62, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 24, "edge": "scraperapi", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "scraperapi": 67, "scrapingdog": 43, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "scraperapi", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "scraperapi": 74, "scrapingdog": 44, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 24, "edge": "scraperapi", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "scraperapi": 29, "scrapingdog": 5, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "scraperapi": 40, "scrapingdog": 40, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 16, "edge": "scraperapi", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "scraperapi": 61, "scrapingdog": 45, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "scrapingdog", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "scraperapi": 54, "scrapingdog": 55, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "ScraperAPI scores 52.1 (D) on agent readiness against Scrapingdog's 39.2 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Scrapingdog leads on reliability. Both do scraping.", "verdicts": { "scraperapi": "One GET request with a key and a URL returns a page, and the MCP server's 28 tools carry read-only and destructive hints. No status page, OpenAPI file, security.txt or certification was found, and the documented default puts the API key in the URL query string.", "scrapingdog": "A plain request is 1 credit, about $0.20 per 1,000 on Lite. API key only travels in the URL query string." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scraperapi-vs-scrapingdog", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scraperapi-vs-scrapingdog.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scraperapi-vs-scrapingdog.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scraperapi-vs-scrapingdog.min.md" }, "markdown": "ScraperAPI scores 52.1 (D) on agent readiness against Scrapingdog's 39.2 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Scrapingdog leads on reliability. Both do scraping.\n\n- ScraperAPI: grade D, 52.1/100, rank #739 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scraperapi.json\n- Scrapingdog: grade E, 39.2/100, rank #917 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapingdog.json\n- Best web scraping and crawling APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/web-scrapers/index.md\n- All 167 scrapers comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/web-scrapers/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### ScraperAPI (D)\n\nGood for: Agents that want a single GET to fetch pages through proxies, with parsed JSON for Amazon, Google, Walmart, eBay and Redfin and a batch API of up to 50,000 URLs.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 43\n- Agent ergonomics, 74 against 44\n- Security \u0026 auth, 29 against 5\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 61 against 45\n\nWatch for: No status page is linked from the home, pricing, support or docs pages, although the pricing page lists a 99.9% uptime guarantee\n\n### Scrapingdog (E)\n\nGood for: A budget agent that wants parsed Google, Amazon or LinkedIn results and can keep the key out of logs.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 62 against 45\n\nWatch for: API key only travels in the URL query string\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ScraperAPI | Scrapingdog | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 45 | 62 | Scrapingdog +17 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 43 | ScraperAPI +24 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 44 | ScraperAPI +30 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 29 | 5 | ScraperAPI +24 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 45 | ScraperAPI +16 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 55 | Scrapingdog +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **52.1 · D** | **39.2 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ScraperAPI | Scrapingdog |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | ScraperAPI (saas.group) | Scrapingdog (OpenData Labs) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.scraperapi.com` | `https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Tools exposed | 28 | 35 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.Darshan972/scrapingdog-mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-08-07 | 2026-07-31 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-01-13 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-07-17 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 5 stars | 0 stars, 41 npm/wk, 12 PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ScraperAPI.** One GET request with a key and a URL returns a page, and the MCP server's 28 tools carry read-only and destructive hints. No status page, OpenAPI file, security.txt or certification was found, and the documented default puts the API key in the URL query string.\n\n**Scrapingdog.** A plain request is 1 credit, about $0.20 per 1,000 on Lite. API key only travels in the URL query string.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### ScraperAPI\n\n1. Set the client timeout to 70 seconds. The API retries for that long before it returns 500, and a request cancelled earlier is still charged\n2. Send the key as the `x-sapi-api_key` header to keep it out of URLs and logs\n3. Pass `max_cost` on each request, or call `/account/urlcost` first, because domain and anti-bot surcharges vary from 1 to 75 credits\n4. Use `output_format=markdown` or `text` to cut response size, and `autoparse=true` only on supported domains\n5. On 429 reduce concurrency to the plan limit (5 on Free, 20 on Hobby). The request is rejected, not queued\n\n### Scrapingdog\n\n1. Add dynamic=false unless the page needs JavaScript. It cuts the cost from 5 credits to 1, whatever the MCP description says\n2. Keep request URLs out of logs, since they carry api_key\n3. Set client timeouts above 60 seconds and retry on 429 or timeout. Failures aren't billed\n4. Prefer the parsed endpoints (Google, Amazon) over scraping the raw page when one exists\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, ScraperAPI or Scrapingdog?\n\nScraperAPI scores 52.1 (D) on agent readiness against Scrapingdog's 39.2 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Scrapingdog leads on reliability.\n\n### Do ScraperAPI and Scrapingdog need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call ScraperAPI and Scrapingdog without installing anything?\n\nYes. ScraperAPI has a hosted endpoint at https://api.scraperapi.com and Scrapingdog at https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scraperapi-vs-scrapingdog.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scraperapi-vs-scrapingdog.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"scraperapi\", \"b\": \"scrapingdog\"}`. 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