# Scrapewise vs Scrapingdog

> Scrapewise scores 62.5 (B) to Scrapingdog's 39.2 (E) 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 Scrapingdog's 39.2 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Scrapingdog leads on reliability. 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
- Scrapingdog: grade E, 39.2/100, rank #1010 of 1098. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapingdog.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 43
- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 44
- Security & auth, 58 against 5
- Maintenance & community, 79 against 45

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

### Scrapingdog (E)

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

Also in its favour:
- Runs on your own machine

Watch for: API key only travels in the URL query string


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Scrapewise | Scrapingdog | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 45 | 62 | Scrapingdog +17 |
| 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 | 44 | Scrapewise +42 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 5 | Scrapewise +53 |
| 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 | 45 | Scrapewise +34 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 55 | Scrapingdog +2 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |
| **Total** | | **62.5 · B** | **39.2 · E** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Scrapewise | Scrapingdog |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | BEBOTECH OÜ | Scrapingdog (OpenData Labs) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp` | `https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | API key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Tools exposed | 14 | 35 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | `ai.scrapewise/scrapewise` | `io.github.Darshan972/scrapingdog-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-07-31 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-10-29 | 2026-01-13 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-29 | 2025-07-17 |
| 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 | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 1 stars, 30 PyPI/wk | 0 stars, 41 npm/wk, 12 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (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.

**Scrapingdog.** A plain request is 1 credit, about $0.20 per 1,000 on Lite. API key only travels in the URL query string.

## 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

### Scrapingdog

1. Add dynamic=false unless the page needs JavaScript. It cuts the cost from 5 credits to 1, whatever the MCP description says
2. Keep request URLs out of logs, since they carry api_key
3. Set client timeouts above 60 seconds and retry on 429 or timeout. Failures aren't billed
4. Prefer the parsed endpoints (Google, Amazon) over scraping the raw page when one exists

## Questions

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

Scrapewise scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against Scrapingdog's 39.2 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Scrapingdog leads on reliability.

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

Both need an API key.

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

Yes. Scrapewise has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp and Scrapingdog at https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape.


## For agents

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

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