# Scrapewise vs Scrapfly

> Scrapfly scores 69.6 (B) to Scrapewise's 62.5 (B) for scraping. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Scrapfly scores 69.6 (B) on agent readiness against Scrapewise's 62.5 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Scrapewise leads on agent ergonomics. Both do scraping.

- Scrapewise: grade B, 62.5/100, rank #462 of 1098. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapewise.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapewise.json
- Scrapfly: grade B, 69.6/100, rank #186 of 1098. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapfly.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapfly.json
- Best web scraping and crawling APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/web-scrapers/index.md
- All 224 scrapers comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/web-scrapers/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Scrapewise (B)

Good for: Agents that need e-commerce prices, Amazon and Google data, or recurring price monitoring with cleaning and product matching, paid per page in euros.

Ahead on:
- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 80

Watch for: No status page, SLA, security.txt, disclosure policy or certification found

### Scrapfly (B)

Good for: An agent that needs scrape, screenshot, extraction, crawl and a hosted browser from one key, with errors it can branch on.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 50 against 45
- Schema & documentation, 95 against 79
- Security & auth, 70 against 58
- Maintenance & community, 84 against 79
- Transparency & trust, 75 against 53

Also in its favour:
- Runs on your own machine

Watch for: The open-source MCP server registers 61 tools at once, a heavy tools/list


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Scrapewise | Scrapfly | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 45 | 50 | Scrapfly +5 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 79 | 95 | Scrapfly +16 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 80 | Scrapewise +6 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 70 | Scrapfly +12 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 84 | Scrapfly +5 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 75 | Scrapfly +22 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **62.5 · B** | **69.6 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Scrapewise | Scrapfly |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | BEBOTECH OÜ | Scrapfly (Joam Intelligence, LLC) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp` | `https://api.scrapfly.io/scrape` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Tools exposed | 14 | 61 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | `ai.scrapewise/scrapewise` | `io.scrapfly.mcp/mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-09-08 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-10-29 | 2026-09-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-29 | 2026-05-14 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 1 stars, 30 PyPI/wk | 14 stars, 21k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |

## Verdicts

**Scrapewise.** Agents get 14 priced MCP tools by default, each with a free `quote_only` price check and idempotency keys, read-only or full-access keys, and public euro prices from €0.15 per 1,000 plain pages. There is no status page, SLA or vulnerability disclosure policy, and the terms claim ownership of all scraped data under a perpetual licence.

**Scrapfly.** The error catalogue documents HTTP status, retry behaviour and billing for over 100 codes. The MCP server loads 61 tools at once.

## Before you call either

### Scrapewise

1. Call each paid tool with `quote_only: true` first, then repeat with the same `idempotency_key` so a retry is charged once
2. Connect to `https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp?toolsets=outcome,admin` to build scrapers; a misspelt `toolsets` is ignored silently and leaves the 14 data tools
3. Use an LLM_READ key unless the task needs paid tools or writes, since LLM_FULL has no per-tool consent
4. Treat 402 WALLET_INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE as final and ask the user to top up; on 429 wait for Retry-After, and on 429 cost_exceeded wait for the next hour
5. Scrape many addresses with one `scrapewise_run_scraper_url_list` call (up to 5,000) and retry with the same name, never one scraper per address

### Scrapfly

1. Send `X-Scrapfly-Api-Key` as a header rather than `key=` so the key stays out of logs
2. Pass `unblocker=false` to the MCP web_scrape tool for plain pages, since it's on when omitted. `asp` is the deprecated alias
3. Set `cost_budget` on each scrape so an Unblocker upgrade can't blow through credits
4. Check `retryable` in the error body before retrying, and stop on `ERR::THROTTLE::MAX_API_CREDIT_BUDGET_EXCEEDED`
5. Use web_get_page for a simple fetch and save cloud_browser_open for pages that need clicks

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Scrapewise or Scrapfly?

Scrapfly scores 69.6 (B) on agent readiness against Scrapewise's 62.5 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Scrapewise leads on agent ergonomics.

### Do Scrapewise and Scrapfly need an API key?

Scrapewise needs an API key. Scrapfly takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call Scrapewise and Scrapfly without installing anything?

Yes. Scrapewise has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp and Scrapfly at https://api.scrapfly.io/scrape.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapewise-vs-scrapfly.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapewise-vs-scrapfly.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "scrapewise", "b": "scrapfly"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare scrapewise scrapfly`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapewise.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapfly.json

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