# ScrapingBee vs Zyte API (slim)

> 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 & community. Both do scraping. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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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 & community. Both do scraping.

- ScrapingBee: C 59.2, rank #504 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee.min.md
- Zyte API: B 69.7, rank #166 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.min.md
- ScrapingBee, good for Agents that mix general scraping with ready-made Google, Amazon and YouTube endpoints and want spend capped per call. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 85 against 77.
- 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 70; Schema & documentation, 85 against 60; Security & auth, 55 against 37.

| Category | ScrapingBee | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 60 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 37 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ScrapingBee | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | ScrapingBee (Oxylabs group) | Zyte Group Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/` | `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | 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 | 18 | 34 |
| Last release | 2026-09-11 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2024-07-15 | 2026-09-22 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-07-15 | 2024-08-30 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 132 stars, 49k npm/wk, 72k PyPI/wk | 42k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |