# Scrapewise vs ScrapingAnt

> Scrapewise scores 62.5 (B) to ScrapingAnt's 35.5 (F) for scraping. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-16

Scrapewise scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against ScrapingAnt's 35.5 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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
- ScrapingAnt: grade F, 35.5/100, rank #1035 of 1098. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapingant.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:
- Reliability, 45 against 30
- Schema & documentation, 79 against 43
- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 66
- Security & auth, 58 against 10
- Maintenance & community, 79 against 5

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

### ScrapingAnt (F)

Good for: A low-volume agent that wants cheap rendered fetches and a tiny tool list, and doesn't need an audit trail.

Watch for: API Basics puts the key in the query string, so it lands in logs


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Scrapewise | ScrapingAnt | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 45 | 30 | Scrapewise +15 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 79 | 43 | Scrapewise +36 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 66 | Scrapewise +20 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 10 | Scrapewise +48 |
| 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 | 5 | Scrapewise +74 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 53 | even |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **62.5 · B** | **35.5 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Scrapewise | ScrapingAnt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | BEBOTECH OÜ | ScrapingAnt (DATAANT) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp` | `https://api.scrapingant.com/v2/general` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Tools exposed | 14 | 3 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `ai.scrapewise/scrapewise` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2024-07-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-10-29 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-29 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| 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 | 90 npm/wk, 2k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (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.

**ScrapingAnt.** 10,000 free credits a month with no card. API Basics puts the key in the query string, so it lands in logs.

## 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

### ScrapingAnt

1. Send the key in the `x-api-key` header rather than the query string
2. Use `/v2/markdown` for LLM input, and set `browser=false` on static pages to pay 1 credit instead of 10
3. Switch to `proxy_type=residential` only after a 423 (anti-bot) response. It raises a browser request from 10 to 125 credits
4. On the free plan a second concurrent request gets 409. Wait for the first to finish
5. Google, Bing and Yandex result pages come back as raw HTML through `/v2/general`, so you parse them yourself

## Questions

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

Scrapewise scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against ScrapingAnt's 35.5 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.

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

Both need an API key.

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

Yes. Scrapewise has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp and ScrapingAnt at https://api.scrapingant.com/v2/general.


## For agents

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

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