# ScraperAPI vs Scrapingdog (slim)

> ScraperAPI scores 52.1 (D) to Scrapingdog's 39.2 (E) for scraping. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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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.

- ScraperAPI: D 52.1, rank #739 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.min.md
- Scrapingdog: E 39.2, rank #917 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog.min.md
- ScraperAPI, good 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. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 67 against 43; Agent ergonomics, 74 against 44; Security & auth, 29 against 5; Maintenance & community, 61 against 45.
- Scrapingdog, good for A budget agent that wants parsed Google, Amazon or LinkedIn results and can keep the key out of logs. Ahead on Reliability, 62 against 45.

| Category | ScraperAPI | Scrapingdog |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 62 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 43 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 44 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 29 | 5 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 61 | 45 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 54 | 55 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ScraperAPI | Scrapingdog |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | ScraperAPI (saas.group) | Scrapingdog (OpenData Labs) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.scraperapi.com` | `https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, stdio |
| Tools exposed | 28 | 35 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.Darshan972/scrapingdog-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-08-07 | 2026-07-31 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-01-13 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-07-17 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 5 stars | 0 stars, 41 npm/wk, 12 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |