# Scrapewise vs ZenRows

> ZenRows scores 74.8 (BB) to Scrapewise's 62.5 (B) for scraping. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-16

ZenRows scores 74.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Scrapewise's 62.5 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Scrapewise leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. 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
- ZenRows: grade BB, 74.8/100, rank #67 of 1098. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zenrows.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 79
- Security & auth, 58 against 41

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

### ZenRows (BB)

Good for: An agent hitting protected sites that wants the service to choose the setup and bill only success, and for agents that must onboard without a human.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 87 against 45
- Payments & pricing, 80 against 40
- Maintenance & community, 87 against 79
- Transparency & trust, 72 against 53

Also in its favour:
- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
- Runs on your own machine

Watch for: The Fetch API only takes the key in the query string


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Scrapewise | ZenRows | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 45 | 87 | ZenRows +42 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 79 | 83 | ZenRows +4 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 79 | Scrapewise +7 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 41 | Scrapewise +17 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 80 | ZenRows +40 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 87 | ZenRows +8 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 72 | ZenRows +19 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **62.5 · B** | **74.8 · BB** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Scrapewise | ZenRows |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | BEBOTECH OÜ | ZenRows |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp` | `https://api.zenrows.com/v1/` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| x402 | no | payer tooling only |
| Tools exposed | 14 | 44 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | `ai.scrapewise/scrapewise` | `io.github.ZenRows/zenrows-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-09-18 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-10-29 | 2025-07-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-29 | 2024-09-01 |
| 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 | 21 stars, 35k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.8/5 (8) |

## 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.

**ZenRows.** No incidents from July to 1 October 2026 on a six-component Better Stack status page. The Fetch API only takes the key in the 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

### ZenRows

1. Start with mode=auto and let it escalate. Force js_render or premium_proxy only when you know the site needs it
2. Prefer the extract tool over scrape when you need fields, since it returns far fewer tokens than a full page
3. Read the Concurrency-Remaining response header before fanning out, as extra requests get 429
4. Set ZENROWS_AUTO_SIGNUP=false in stdio configs so a missing key fails loudly instead of creating an account

## Tutorials

- [Extract page titles and links with ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tutorials/zenrows/), for ZenRows

## Questions

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

ZenRows scores 74.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Scrapewise's 62.5 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Scrapewise leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth.

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

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

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

Yes. Scrapewise has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.scrapewise.ai/mcp and ZenRows at https://api.zenrows.com/v1/.


## For agents

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

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