# ScrapingAnt vs ScrapingBee (slim)

> ScrapingBee has a score of 59.3 (C) against ScrapingAnt's 35.9 (F). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 80 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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ScrapingBee has a score of 59.3 (C) against ScrapingAnt's 35.9 (F). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 80 points.

- ScrapingAnt: F 35.9, rank #440 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant.min.md
- ScrapingBee: C 59.3, rank #268 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee.min.md
- Pick ScrapingAnt for nothing in particular. Pick ScrapingBee for reliability (+40), schema & documentation (+17), security & auth (+27), maintenance & community (+80), transparency & trust (+7).

| Category | ScrapingAnt | ScrapingBee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 30 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 43 | 60 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 10 | 37 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 5 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 57 | 64 |