{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "scrapfly", "name": "Scrapfly", "vendor": "Scrapfly (Joam Intelligence, LLC)", "vendorUrl": "https://scrapfly.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "Scrape API with datacenter or residential proxies, JS rendering and an anti-bot Unblocker, plus screenshot, LLM extraction, crawler and hosted Cloud Browser APIs on one credit balance.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapfly", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapfly.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapfly.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapfly.json", "repo": "https://github.com/scrapfly/scrapfly-mcp", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.scrapfly.io/scrape", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scrapfly-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scrapfly-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scrapfly-mcp" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "API key in the `key` query parameter (their canonical form) or the `X-Scrapfly-Api-Key` header. Keys are per project, `scp-live-` for live and `scp-test-` for sandbox. The hosted MCP accepts OAuth 2.0, a Bearer key or `?key=` in the URL.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "1,000 free credits on signup, no card. Discovery $30 a month (200,000 credits), Pro $100 (1 million), Startup $250 (2.5 million), Enterprise $500 (5.5 million), custom from $1,200. Annual billing gives 2 months free. A datacenter request costs 1 credit, residential 25, browser rendering adds 5, and the Unblocker can add target-specific fees that aren't published. Extra credits run $5 per 10,000 on Discovery down to $1.20 on Enterprise, and Discovery and Free stop at quota (https://scrapfly.io/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$30 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in llms.txt, the docs index or pricing.md (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 61, "popularity": { "githubStars": 14, "npmWeekly": 21337, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://scrapfly.io/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://scrapfly.io/docs/llms.txt", "registryName": "io.scrapfly.mcp/mcp", "capabilities": [ "web.scrape", "web.fetch", "web.extract", "web.crawl", "browser.hosted", "scraping.proxies", "scraping.js-render", "scraping.anti-bot", "scraping.screenshot" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "free-tier", "mcp", "llms-txt", "proxies", "python", "typescript", "openapi", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 167, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 40, "reliability": 50, "schema": 95, "security": 70, "transparency": 75 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The error catalogue documents HTTP status, retry behaviour and billing for over 100 codes. The MCP server loads 61 tools at once.", "bestFor": "An agent that needs scrape, screenshot, extraction, crawl and a hosted browser from one key, with errors it can branch on.", "strengths": [ "Error catalogue of 100+ ERR:: codes, each with HTTP status, retryable and billed flags and a doc link", "Hosted MCP with OAuth open to all plans, and API keys restrictable to products since 15 April 2026", "MCP tools carry readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and idempotentHint, and mutating vault and alert tools need confirm=true", "SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 claims, a public SOC 3 report and a published DPA", "1,000 free credits with no card, and official SDKs in Python, TypeScript, Go and Rust" ], "weaknesses": [ "The open-source MCP server registers 61 tools at once, a heavy tools/list", "The canonical API auth form and one MCP option put the key in the URL query string", "Status page shows an overall state only, with no components or incident history, and status.scrapfly.io doesn't resolve", "Residential requests cost 25 credits and per-target Unblocker surcharges aren't published", "No SLA, and the terms disclaim uptime" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `X-Scrapfly-Api-Key` as a header rather than `key=` so the key stays out of logs", "Pass `unblocker=false` to the MCP web_scrape tool for plain pages, since it's on when omitted. `asp` is the deprecated alias", "Set `cost_budget` on each scrape so an Unblocker upgrade can't blow through credits", "Check `retryable` in the error body before retrying, and stop on `ERR::THROTTLE::MAX_API_CREDIT_BUDGET_EXCEEDED`", "Use web_get_page for a simple fetch and save cloud_browser_open for pages that need clicks" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 69.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 40, "reliability": 50, "schema": 95, "security": 70, "transparency": 58 }, "provenanceScore": 91 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -G \"https://api.scrapfly.io/scrape\" -H \"X-Scrapfly-Api-Key: $SCRAPFLY_API_KEY\" \\\n --data-urlencode \"url=https://example.com\" -d \"format=markdown\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http scrapfly https://mcp.scrapfly.io/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "scrapfly": { "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.scrapfly.io/mcp" ], "command": "npx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape", "tool": "https://letme.dev/scrapfly" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Discovery plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 30, "note": "200,000 credits, hard cap at quota" }, { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 100, "note": "1,000,000 credits, extra at $3.50 per 10,000" }, { "item": "Startup plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 250, "note": "2,500,000 credits, extra at $2 per 10,000" }, { "item": "Enterprise plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 500, "note": "5,500,000 credits, extra at $1.20 per 10,000" }, { "item": "Datacenter request on Discovery", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.15, "note": "1 credit a request, no rendering" }, { "item": "Residential request on Discovery", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 3.75, "note": "25 credits a request" }, { "item": "Extra credit on Discovery", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.0005, "note": "$5 per 10,000" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Joam Intelligence, LLC", "domain": "scrapfly.io", "domainRegistered": "2018-09-12", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://scrapfly.io/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://scrapfly.io/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://scrapfly.io/status", "changelog": "https://scrapfly.io/docs/release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "scrapfly.io/status shows an overall state with no components or history. status.scrapfly.io, linked from llms.txt, still didn't resolve in DNS on 2026-10-01.", "The terms were updated on 2026-09-30 and now name only Joam Intelligence, LLC, governed by US law, with no postal address.", "security.txt expires 2027-03-29, per the 30 September check." ], "score": 91 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapfly.json", "live": { "slug": "scrapfly", "probe": { "target": "https://api.scrapfly.io/scrape", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:29:12.271249745Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 432, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 443, "p95ms24h": 476, "samples24h": 259, "samples30d": 2308, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 122, "ok": 122 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://scrapfly.io/status", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:58:30.753826235Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.scrapfly.mcp/mcp", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T02:57:46.004536428Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scrapfly-mcp", "version": "1.3.4", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:28:29.784825827Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scrapfly-sdk", "version": "0.12.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:28:28.94058808Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scrapfly-sdk", "version": "0.12.0", "released": "2026-09-08", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:28:28.752356983Z" } ], "githubStars": 14, "npmWeekly": 20149, "pypiWeekly": 62898, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://scrapfly.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-04-06T15:39:05Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:05.52120132Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://scrapfly.io/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:52.282145609Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "scrapfly.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:19.054714067Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://scrapfly.io/docs/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:59.76326419Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:35:32.310065403Z", "fingerprint": "d4ec33117264" }, { "url": "https://scrapfly.io/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:02.702951358Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:35:35.046049372Z", "fingerprint": "f25420398c41" }, { "url": "https://scrapfly.io/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:03.912115791Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "39d17934c8b2" }, { "url": "https://scrapfly.io/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:06.053006639Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e6284dfb7667" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:29:12.271249745Z" } }, "answer": "Zyte API and Scrapfly score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 69.7 (B) and 69.6 (B). Scrapfly leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "zyte", "name": "Zyte API", "vendor": "Zyte Group Limited", "vendorUrl": "https://www.zyte.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "Zyte API is a hosted web scraping API from Zyte Group Limited of Cork, Ireland. One endpoint returns a page's HTTP body, browser-rendered HTML, a screenshot or extracted structured data, with ban avoidance handled by the service.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zyte.json", "repo": "https://github.com/zytedata/python-zyte-api", "license": "Proprietary service under Zyte's terms of service. The Python client is BSD 3-Clause, and the Agentic Web Data plugin is under Zyte's own end-user licence", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "zyte-api" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scrapy-zyte-api" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from the Zyte dashboard, sent as the HTTP Basic username with an empty password. An organisation can hold several keys, and an owner can put a blocking spending limit on each. The Stats API takes a separate dashboard key. Zyte MCP signs in with OAuth (scope `zapi:read` in its metadata) and then calls the API with a dedicated key, `mcp_access_key`. CDP browser sessions need a paid plan or spending limit and business verification.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "$5 free credit for the first billing month on signup, with no card per the site, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. After that, pay-as-you-go from $0.13 to $1.27 per 1,000 successful HTTP requests and $1.01 to $16.08 per 1,000 browser requests, by the target site's tier (1 to 5). Screenshots add $1.34 per 1,000 and automatic extraction $0.27 to $1.07 per 1,000. Monthly commitments of $100 to $500 take 25 to 52 per cent off. Failed, banned and rate-limited requests are free (https://www.zyte.com/pricing/, https://docs.zyte.com/zyte-api/pricing.md).", "priceSummary": "$0.13 / 1k req", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "The official Python client documents x402 payment with an Ethereum key against `https://api-x402.zyte.com/v1/` (`python-zyte-api`, `docs/use/x402.rst`, since 0.8.0 of 7 August 2025). One unauthenticated POST to `/v1/extract` on that host on 2026-10-09 returned 401 `/auth/not-valid` with `WWW-Authenticate: Basic` and no 402 challenge. docs.zyte.com and the pricing page don't mention x402 (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 34, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 41866, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.zyte.com/zyte-api/get-started.html", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.zyte.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.zyte.com/zyte-api/usage/reference.md", "capabilities": [ "web.scrape", "scraping.anti-bot", "scraping.js-render", "scraping.proxies", "web.extract", "scraping.screenshot", "browser.hosted", "search.serp" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "usage-based", "free-trial", "no-card", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "proxies", "python", "status-page", "iso-27001", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 166, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 40, "reliability": 85, "schema": 85, "security": 55, "transparency": 66 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One POST endpoint with an OpenAPI 3 contract picks proxies, browser rendering and extraction per site, bills only successful responses, and sends problem+json errors with Retry-After. Prices vary by target site across five tiers, so cost per request isn't known before the site is assigned one, and no dated API changelog was found.", "bestFor": "An agent or pipeline that fetches protected pages and wants the service to choose proxy and browser per site and to bill only success, and teams already on Scrapy.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.0.3 contract for `/v1/extract` printed in the reference, with 51 enums and request examples, plus llms.txt and Markdown twins of the docs pages", "Only successful responses are billed. Rate-limited, banned and failed requests are free, per the pricing page and the terms", "429, 503 and 520 responses carry `Retry-After`, and the docs publish a backoff table for each retry", "Blocking spend limits can be set per API key, and the MCP server uses its own key, `mcp_access_key`, signed in over OAuth", "Status page with ten components and incident history, ISO 27001 certification and a list of 36 sub-processors with addresses" ], "weaknesses": [ "Request price depends on the target site's tier, from $0.13 to $1.27 per 1,000 HTTP requests and $1.01 to $16.08 with a browser on pay-as-you-go", "No dated changelog or deprecation policy for the API was found in the 150-page docs sitemap, and the terms allow changes with or without notice", "The terms let Zyte use Service Data, data feeds and code from the services for product development and product training", "The official client documents x402 at `api-x402.zyte.com`, but our one unauthenticated request there on 9 October 2026 got 401 and no payment challenge", "Zyte MCP lists 34 tools, 26 of them for Scrapy Cloud, and some delete schedules and collections with no undo", "No security.txt, no paid bug bounty, and one official client language (Python)" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the API key as the Basic auth username with an empty password to `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract`. Set only one of `httpResponseBody` or `browserHtml`, or one extraction field", "Ask for `httpResponseBody` before `browserHtml`. Browser requests cost about eight to thirteen times more per tier", "Retry 429, 503 and 520 after the `Retry-After` seconds, with backoff. They aren't billed. Don't retry 400, 401, 422 or 451", "Read `statusCode` in a 200 response. A target site's 404 comes back as a successful, billed Zyte API response", "Have the owner set a blocking spending limit on the key you use. A 403 `/auth/account-suspended` means the limit or the trial month ended" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 69.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 40, "reliability": 85, "schema": 85, "security": 55, "transparency": 58 }, "provenanceScore": 73 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install zyte-api", "http": "curl \\\n --user YOUR_ZYTE_API_KEY: \\\n --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n --data '{\"url\": \"https://toscrape.com\", \"httpResponseBody\": true}' \\\n --compressed \\\n https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http zyte https://mcp.zyte.com/v1/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "zyte": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.zyte.com/v1/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape", "tool": "https://letme.dev/zyte" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "HTTP request, tier 1 site, pay-as-you-go", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.13, "note": "Tiers 2 to 5 cost $0.23, $0.44, $0.70 and $1.27" }, { "item": "HTTP request, tier 5 site, pay-as-you-go", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1.27, "note": "Only successful responses are billed" }, { "item": "Browser request, tier 1 site, pay-as-you-go", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1.01, "note": "Tiers 2 to 5 cost $2.01, $4.02, $8.04 and $16.08" }, { "item": "Browser request, tier 5 site, pay-as-you-go", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 16.08, "note": "Actions and network capture cost extra" }, { "item": "Screenshot, added to a browser request", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1.34, "note": "Pay-as-you-go price" }, { "item": "HTTP request, tier 1 site, $500 commitment", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.06, "note": "52 per cent volume discount" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Zyte Group Limited", "domain": "zyte.com", "domainRegistered": "1999-02-22", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.zyte.com/terms-policies/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "https://www.zyte.com/terms-policies/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.zyte.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The terms of service (last updated 22 September 2026) define Zyte as Zyte Group Limited, an Irish company, number 492771, with a notice address at 12 South Mall, Cork. They contain a Zyte API Terms section, so they govern the API.", "The privacy policy is dated 30 August 2024 and covers the websites and the services. It says it does not apply to personal data a customer collects with the services.", "www.zyte.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404. Reports go through the responsible disclosure programme page, which pays no rewards.", "No dated changelog for the API was found. The Python client and the agent plugin each keep one in their repository.", "RDAP at Verisign gives a registration date of 1999-02-22 for zyte.com.", "The API answers at api.zyte.com and the MCP server at mcp.zyte.com. Its OAuth metadata names auth.app.zyte.com as the authorisation server." ], "score": 73 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.json", "live": { "slug": "zyte", "probe": { "target": "https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:29:22.200721176Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 405, "lastMs": 348, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 349, "p95ms24h": 440, "samples24h": 41, "samples30d": 41, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 41, "ok": 41 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.zyte.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T11:26:42.156895826Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:29:22.200721176Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Scrapfly (Joam Intelligence, LLC)", "b": "Zyte Group Limited", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.scrapfly.io/scrape", "b": "https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under Zyte's terms of service. The Python client is BSD 3-Clause, and the Agentic Web Data plugin is under Zyte's own end-user licence", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "61", "b": "34", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "io.scrapfly.mcp/mcp", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-08", "b": "2026-10-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-09-22", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-05-14", "b": "2024-08-30", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "14 stars, 21k npm/wk", "b": "42k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "4/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Zyte API and Scrapfly score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 69.7 (B) and 69.6 (B). Scrapfly leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Scrapfly or Zyte API?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Scrapfly and Zyte API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Scrapfly has a hosted endpoint at https://api.scrapfly.io/scrape and Zyte API at https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract.", "question": "Can an agent call Scrapfly and Zyte API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 95 against 85", "Agent ergonomics, 80 against 72", "Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 55", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 77", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 66" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "An agent that needs scrape, screenshot, extraction, crawl and a hosted browser from one key, with errors it can branch on.", "slug": "scrapfly", "watchFor": "The open-source MCP server registers 61 tools at once, a heavy tools/list" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 85 against 50" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent or pipeline that fetches protected pages and wants the service to choose proxy and browser per site and to bill only success, and teams already on Scrapy.", "slug": "zyte", "watchFor": 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MCP vs Scrapfly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-scrapfly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scrapfly.json", "title": "Apify MCP Server vs Scrapfly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-scrapfly" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 35, "edge": "zyte", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "scrapfly": 50, "weight": 16, "zyte": 85 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "scrapfly", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "scrapfly": 95, "weight": 13, "zyte": 85 }, { "by": 8, "edge": "scrapfly", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "scrapfly": 80, "weight": 13, "zyte": 72 }, { "by": 15, "edge": "scrapfly", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "scrapfly": 70, "weight": 14, "zyte": 55 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "scrapfly": 40, "weight": 10, "zyte": 40 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Prices vary by target site across five tiers, so cost per request isn't known before the site is assigned one, and no dated API changelog was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-zyte", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-zyte.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-zyte.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-zyte.min.md" }, "markdown": "Zyte API and Scrapfly score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 69.7 (B) and 69.6 (B). Scrapfly leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do scraping.\n\n- Scrapfly: grade B, 69.6/100, rank #167 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapfly.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapfly.json\n- Zyte API: grade B, 69.7/100, rank #166 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zyte.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Scrapfly (B)\n\nGood for: An agent that needs scrape, screenshot, extraction, crawl and a hosted browser from one key, with errors it can branch on.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 95 against 85\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 72\n- Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 55\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 77\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 66\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: The open-source MCP server registers 61 tools at once, a heavy tools/list\n\n### Zyte API (B)\n\nGood for: An agent or pipeline that fetches protected pages and wants the service to choose proxy and browser per site and to bill only success, and teams already on Scrapy.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 85 against 50\n\nWatch for: Request price depends on the target site's tier, from $0.13 to $1.27 per 1,000 HTTP requests and $1.01 to $16.08 with a browser on pay-as-you-go\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Scrapfly | Zyte API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 85 | Zyte API +35 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 95 | 85 | Scrapfly +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 72 | Scrapfly +8 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 70 | 55 | Scrapfly +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 77 | Scrapfly +7 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 66 | Scrapfly +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **69.6 · B** | **69.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Scrapfly | Zyte API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Scrapfly (Joam Intelligence, LLC) | Zyte Group Limited |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.scrapfly.io/scrape` | `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under Zyte's terms of service. The Python client is BSD 3-Clause, and the Agentic Web Data plugin is under Zyte's own end-user licence |\n| Tools exposed | 61 | 34 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.scrapfly.mcp/mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-08 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-22 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-14 | 2024-08-30 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 14 stars, 21k npm/wk | 42k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Scrapfly.** The error catalogue documents HTTP status, retry behaviour and billing for over 100 codes. The MCP server loads 61 tools at once.\n\n**Zyte API.** One POST endpoint with an OpenAPI 3 contract picks proxies, browser rendering and extraction per site, bills only successful responses, and sends problem+json errors with Retry-After. Prices vary by target site across five tiers, so cost per request isn't known before the site is assigned one, and no dated API changelog was found.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Scrapfly\n\n1. Send `X-Scrapfly-Api-Key` as a header rather than `key=` so the key stays out of logs\n2. Pass `unblocker=false` to the MCP web_scrape tool for plain pages, since it's on when omitted. `asp` is the deprecated alias\n3. Set `cost_budget` on each scrape so an Unblocker upgrade can't blow through credits\n4. Check `retryable` in the error body before retrying, and stop on `ERR::THROTTLE::MAX_API_CREDIT_BUDGET_EXCEEDED`\n5. Use web_get_page for a simple fetch and save cloud_browser_open for pages that need clicks\n\n### Zyte API\n\n1. Send the API key as the Basic auth username with an empty password to `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract`. Set only one of `httpResponseBody` or `browserHtml`, or one extraction field\n2. Ask for `httpResponseBody` before `browserHtml`. Browser requests cost about eight to thirteen times more per tier\n3. Retry 429, 503 and 520 after the `Retry-After` seconds, with backoff. They aren't billed. Don't retry 400, 401, 422 or 451\n4. Read `statusCode` in a 200 response. A target site's 404 comes back as a successful, billed Zyte API response\n5. Have the owner set a blocking spending limit on the key you use. A 403 `/auth/account-suspended` means the limit or the trial month ended\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Scrapfly or Zyte API?\n\nZyte API and Scrapfly score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 69.7 (B) and 69.6 (B). Scrapfly leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Scrapfly and Zyte API need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Scrapfly and Zyte API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Scrapfly has a hosted endpoint at https://api.scrapfly.io/scrape and Zyte API at https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-zyte.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-zyte.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"scrapfly\", \"b\": \"zyte\"}`. 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