# Scrapewise vs ScrapingBee

> Scrapewise scores 62.5 (B) to ScrapingBee's 59.2 (C) 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 ScrapingBee's 59.2 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. ScrapingBee leads on reliability, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. 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
- ScrapingBee: grade C, 59.2/100, rank #594 of 1098. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapingbee.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:
- Schema & documentation, 79 against 60
- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 68
- Security & auth, 58 against 37

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

### ScrapingBee (C)

Good for: Agents that mix general scraping with ready-made Google, Amazon and YouTube endpoints and want spend capped per call.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 70 against 45
- Maintenance & community, 85 against 79
- Transparency & trust, 63 against 53

Watch for: remote-mcp.txt says the hosted MCP only takes the key as ?api_key= in its URL


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Scrapewise | ScrapingBee | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 45 | 70 | ScrapingBee +25 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 79 | 60 | Scrapewise +19 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 68 | Scrapewise +18 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 37 | Scrapewise +21 |
| 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 | 85 | ScrapingBee +6 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 63 | ScrapingBee +10 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **62.5 · B** | **59.2 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Scrapewise | ScrapingBee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | BEBOTECH OÜ | ScrapingBee (Oxylabs group) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp` | `https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Tools exposed | 14 | 18 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | `ai.scrapewise/scrapewise` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-09-11 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-10-29 | 2024-07-15 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-29 | 2024-07-15 |
| 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 | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 1 stars, 30 PyPI/wk | 132 stars, 49k npm/wk, 72k PyPI/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.

**ScrapingBee.** Dedicated Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini endpoints next to the general HTML API. remote-mcp.txt says the hosted MCP only takes the key as ?api_key= in its URL.

## 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

### ScrapingBee

1. Send render_js=false for static pages and files. It cuts the cost from 5 credits to 1
2. Use mode=auto with max_cost=25 to stop it escalating to 75-credit stealth requests
3. Keep the MCP URL with ?api_key= out of logs and shared configs
4. Back off exponentially on 429 from the MCP, since its concurrency is shared across customers
5. Expect 404 and 410 from the target to be billed. Other failures aren't

## Questions

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

Scrapewise scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against ScrapingBee's 59.2 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. ScrapingBee leads on reliability, maintenance & community and transparency & trust.

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

Both need an API key.

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

Yes. Scrapewise has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp and ScrapingBee at https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/.


## For agents

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

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