# ScraperAPI vs Zyte API (slim)

> Zyte scores 69.7 (B) to ScraperAPI's 52.1 (D) for scraping. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against ScraperAPI's 52.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do scraping.

- ScraperAPI: D 52.1, rank #739 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scraperapi.min.md
- Zyte API: B 69.7, rank #175 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.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. 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 45; Schema & documentation, 85 against 67; Security & auth, 55 against 29; Maintenance & community, 77 against 61; Transparency & trust, 66 against 54.

| Category | ScraperAPI | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 29 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 61 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 54 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ScraperAPI | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | ScraperAPI (saas.group) | Zyte Group Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.scraperapi.com` | `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | none | 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 | 28 | 34 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-08-07 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-09-22 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2024-08-30 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |
| 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 | yes |
| Popularity | 5 stars | 42k PyPI/wk |