{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "scrapingbee", "name": "ScrapingBee", "vendor": "ScrapingBee (Oxylabs group)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.scrapingbee.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "HTML API that fetches a URL through rotating, premium or stealth proxies with headless rendering, JavaScript scenarios, screenshots and CSS or AI extraction.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapingbee.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scrapingbee" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "scrapingbee" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scrapingbee-cli" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "The HTML API takes the key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header, and the Python (v2.2.0) and Node (v2.0.0) SDKs send it that way since 1 September 2026. The older api_key query parameter still works but is deprecated. remote-mcp.txt says the hosted MCP takes the key only as an api_key query parameter in its URL, while the official CLI's AGENTS.md (5 September 2026) says it takes a Bearer header.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Trial of 1,000 credits, no card. Hobby $19 a month (75,000 credits, 25 concurrent), Freelance $49 (250,000, 50), Startup $99 (1 million, 100), Business $249 (3 million, 200), Business+ $599 (8 million, 400), excluding VAT. JavaScript rendering is on by default, so a basic call costs 5 credits, 1 without rendering, 10 or 25 with premium proxies and 75 with stealth proxies. Google search costs 10 credits (https://www.scrapingbee.com/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "$19 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in the pricing page, llms.txt or the HTML API and MCP references (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 18, "popularity": { "githubStars": 132, "npmWeekly": 48527, "pypiWeekly": 71721, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.scrapingbee.com/documentation/", "llmsTxt": "https://www.scrapingbee.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "web.scrape", "web.extract", "web.search", "scraping.proxies", "scraping.js-render", "scraping.anti-bot", "scraping.screenshot", "scraping.serp" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "proxies", "python", "typescript", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-11", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 59.2, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 504, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 40, "reliability": 70, "schema": 60, "security": 37, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Dedicated Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini endpoints next to the general HTML API. remote-mcp.txt says the hosted MCP only takes the key as ?api_key= in its URL.", "bestFor": "Agents that mix general scraping with ready-made Google, Amazon and YouTube endpoints and want spend capped per call.", "strengths": [ "Dedicated Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini endpoints next to the general HTML API", "Auto mode with a max_cost cap bills only the tier that works, and 429s and failures aren't billed", "Per-endpoint llms files plus a reference-notes file that lists 9 known conflicts in its own docs", "Seven SDK and CLI releases between 8 July and 11 September 2026, with tests in CI", "The official CLI skills tell agents to treat scraped output as data and flag instruction-like content" ], "weaknesses": [ "remote-mcp.txt says the hosted MCP only takes the key as ?api_key= in its URL", "JavaScript rendering on by default makes a plain call 5 credits instead of 1", "Only a one-off 1,000-credit trial, no monthly free tier", "No API changelog, security.txt, bug bounty or certification found", "HTML scraper degraded for about 24 hours from 28 July 2026, and dedicated APIs down for about 40 minutes on 24 July" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send render_js=false for static pages and files. It cuts the cost from 5 credits to 1", "Use mode=auto with max_cost=25 to stop it escalating to 75-credit stealth requests", "Keep the MCP URL with ?api_key= out of logs and shared configs", "Back off exponentially on 429 from the MCP, since its concurrency is shared across customers", "Expect 404 and 410 from the target to be billed. Other failures aren't" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 59.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 40, "reliability": 70, "schema": 60, "security": 37, "transparency": 51 }, "provenanceScore": 75 }, "connect": { "http": "curl --get 'https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/' \\\n --header \"Authorization: Bearer $SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY\" \\\n --data-urlencode 'url=https://example.com' --data-urlencode 'render_js=false'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http scrapingbee \"https://mcp.scrapingbee.com/mcp?api_key=$SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "scrapingbee": { "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.scrapingbee.com/mcp?api_key=${SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY}" ], "command": "npx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape", "tool": "https://letme.dev/scrapingbee" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Hobby plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 19, "note": "75,000 credits, 25 concurrent, excluding VAT" }, { "item": "Freelance plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 49, "note": "250,000 credits, 50 concurrent" }, { "item": "Startup plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "1 million credits, 100 concurrent" }, { "item": "Default request on Hobby", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1.27, "note": "JavaScript rendering on by default, 5 credits each" }, { "item": "Request without rendering on Hobby", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.25, "note": "render_js=false, 1 credit each" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "VostokInc SAS", "domain": "scrapingbee.com", "domainRegistered": "2019-09-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.scrapingbee.com/terms-and-conditions/", "privacy": "https://www.scrapingbee.com/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.scrapingbee.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "VostokInc is a Paris société par actions simplifiée, registration number 843 352 683, per the legal notices at https://www.scrapingbee.com/legal-notices/.", "Owned by the Oxylabs company group since June 2025. The terms still name VostokInc." ], "score": 75 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee.json", "live": { "slug": "scrapingbee", "probe": { "target": "https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:39.724590157Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 55, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.57, "p50ms24h": 51, "p95ms24h": 82, "samples24h": 259, "samples30d": 2311, "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": 262 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 125, "ok": 125 } ], "outages": [ { "start": "2026-10-06T05:06:59.544908317Z", "end": "2026-10-06T06:01:15.865578543Z", "note": "HTTP 503 server error" } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.scrapingbee.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:58:30.888726164Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "scrapingbee", "version": "2.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:28:35.79468924Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scrapingbee", "version": "2.2.0", "released": "2026-09-01", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:28:34.561173362Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "scrapingbee-cli", "version": "1.6.0", "released": "2026-09-11", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:28:36.584631799Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 36066, "pypiWeekly": 68181, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://scrapingbee.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:10.212232823Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.scrapingbee.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:51.973216651Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "scrapingbee.com", "registered": "2019-09-18", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/scrapingbee.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:03.506417474Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.scrapingbee.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:13.362357216Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-05T16:04:25.822209721Z", "fingerprint": "a1908e72b286" }, { "url": "https://www.scrapingbee.com/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:15.481734182Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ac25595d45e2" }, { "url": "https://www.scrapingbee.com/terms-and-conditions/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:17.45314782Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "22104587a854" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:39.724590157Z" } }, "answer": "Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against ScrapingBee's 59.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ScrapingBee leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "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": "2026-10-09T11:46:47.588760345Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 405, "lastMs": 351, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 349, "p95ms24h": 440, "samples24h": 44, "samples30d": 44, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 44, "ok": 44 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.zyte.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T11:41:22.655137133Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:47.588760345Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "ScrapingBee (Oxylabs group)", "b": "Zyte Group Limited", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/", "b": "https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "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": "18", "b": "34", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-11", "b": "2026-10-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2024-07-15", "b": "2026-09-22", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2024-07-15", "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": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "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": "132 stars, 49k npm/wk, 72k PyPI/wk", "b": "42k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "4/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against ScrapingBee's 59.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ScrapingBee leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, ScrapingBee or Zyte API?" }, { "answer": "ScrapingBee needs an API key. Zyte API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do ScrapingBee and Zyte API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. ScrapingBee has a hosted endpoint at https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/ and Zyte API at https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract.", "question": "Can an agent call ScrapingBee and Zyte API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 77" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents that mix general scraping with ready-made Google, Amazon and YouTube endpoints and want spend capped per call.", "slug": "scrapingbee", "watchFor": "remote-mcp.txt says the hosted MCP only takes the key as ?api_key= in its URL" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 85 against 70", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 60", "Security \u0026 auth, 55 against 37" ], "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": "Request price depends on the target site's tier, from $0.13 to $1.27 per 1,000 HTTP 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-scrapingdog.json", "title": "ScrapingBee vs Scrapingdog", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-scrapingdog" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-spider-cloud.json", "title": "ScrapingBee vs Spider", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-spider-cloud" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-zenrows.json", "title": "ScrapingBee vs ZenRows", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-zenrows" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingdog-vs-zyte.json", "title": "Scrapingdog vs Zyte API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingdog-vs-zyte" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/spider-cloud-vs-zyte.json", "title": "Spider vs Zyte API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/spider-cloud-vs-zyte" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zenrows-vs-zyte.json", "title": "ZenRows vs Zyte API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zenrows-vs-zyte" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 15, "edge": "zyte", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "scrapingbee": 70, "weight": 16, "zyte": 85 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 25, "edge": "zyte", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "scrapingbee": 60, "weight": 13, "zyte": 85 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "zyte", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "scrapingbee": 68, "weight": 13, "zyte": 72 }, { "by": 18, "edge": "zyte", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "scrapingbee": 37, "weight": 14, "zyte": 55 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "scrapingbee": 40, "weight": 10, "zyte": 40 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 8, "edge": "scrapingbee", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "scrapingbee": 85, "weight": 7, "zyte": 77 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "zyte", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "scrapingbee": 63, "weight": 7, "zyte": 66 } ], "summary": "Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against ScrapingBee's 59.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ScrapingBee leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do scraping.", "verdicts": { "scrapingbee": "Dedicated Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini endpoints next to the general HTML API. remote-mcp.txt says the hosted MCP only takes the key as ?api_key= in its URL.", "zyte": "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-zyte", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-zyte.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-zyte.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-zyte.min.md" }, "markdown": "Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against ScrapingBee's 59.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ScrapingBee leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do scraping.\n\n- ScrapingBee: grade C, 59.2/100, rank #504 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapingbee.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### ScrapingBee (C)\n\nGood for: Agents that mix general scraping with ready-made Google, Amazon and YouTube endpoints and want spend capped per call.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 77\n\nWatch for: remote-mcp.txt says the hosted MCP only takes the key as ?api_key= in its URL\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 70\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 60\n- Security \u0026 auth, 55 against 37\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 | ScrapingBee | Zyte API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 85 | Zyte API +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 85 | Zyte API +25 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 72 | Zyte API +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 37 | 55 | Zyte API +18 |\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) | 85 | 77 | ScrapingBee +8 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 66 | Zyte API +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **59.2 · C** | **69.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ScrapingBee | Zyte API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | ScrapingBee (Oxylabs group) | Zyte Group Limited |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/` | `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | 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 | 18 | 34 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-11 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | 2024-07-15 | 2026-09-22 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-07-15 | 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 | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 132 stars, 49k npm/wk, 72k PyPI/wk | 42k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ScrapingBee.** Dedicated Google, Amazon, Walmart, YouTube, ChatGPT and Gemini endpoints next to the general HTML API. remote-mcp.txt says the hosted MCP only takes the key as ?api_key= in its URL.\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### ScrapingBee\n\n1. Send render_js=false for static pages and files. It cuts the cost from 5 credits to 1\n2. Use mode=auto with max_cost=25 to stop it escalating to 75-credit stealth requests\n3. Keep the MCP URL with ?api_key= out of logs and shared configs\n4. Back off exponentially on 429 from the MCP, since its concurrency is shared across customers\n5. Expect 404 and 410 from the target to be billed. Other failures aren't\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, ScrapingBee or Zyte API?\n\nZyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against ScrapingBee's 59.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ScrapingBee leads on maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do ScrapingBee and Zyte API need an API key?\n\nScrapingBee needs an API key. Zyte API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call ScrapingBee and Zyte API without installing anything?\n\nYes. ScrapingBee has a hosted endpoint at https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/ 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/scrapingbee-vs-zyte.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-zyte.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"scrapingbee\", \"b\": \"zyte\"}`. 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