# ScrapingAnt vs Spider (slim)

> Spider has a score of 74.3 (BB) against ScrapingAnt's 35.9 (F). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 80 points. Spider accepts x402. ScrapingAnt doesn't. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Spider has a score of 74.3 (BB) against ScrapingAnt's 35.9 (F). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 80 points. Spider accepts x402. ScrapingAnt doesn't.

- ScrapingAnt: F 35.9, rank #440 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant.min.md
- Spider: BB 74.3, rank #49 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spider-cloud.min.md
- Pick ScrapingAnt for nothing in particular. Pick Spider for reliability (+50), schema & documentation (+44), security & auth (+32), payments & pricing (+56), maintenance & community (+80), transparency & trust (+12).

| Category | ScrapingAnt | Spider |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 30 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 43 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 10 | 42 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 96 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 5 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 57 | 69 |