# ScrapingAnt vs Zyte API (slim)

> Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against ScrapingAnt's 35.5 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do scraping. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-09

Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against ScrapingAnt's 35.5 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do scraping.

- ScrapingAnt: F 35.5, rank #827 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant.min.md
- Zyte API: B 69.7, rank #166 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.min.md
- ScrapingAnt, good for A low-volume agent that wants cheap rendered fetches and a tiny tool list, and doesn't need an audit trail.
- Zyte API, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 85 against 30; Schema & documentation, 85 against 43; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 66; Security & auth, 55 against 10; Maintenance & community, 77 against 5; Transparency & trust, 66 against 53.

| Category | ScrapingAnt | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 30 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 43 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 10 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 5 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 53 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ScrapingAnt | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | ScrapingAnt (DATAANT) | Zyte Group Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.scrapingant.com/v2/general` | `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| 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 |
| Tools exposed | 3 | 34 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2024-07-16 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-09-22 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2024-08-30 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 90 npm/wk, 2k PyPI/wk | 42k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |