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      "slug": "scrapingdog",
      "name": "Scrapingdog",
      "vendor": "Scrapingdog (OpenData Labs)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.scrapingdog.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "web-scrapers",
      "summary": "Web scraping API billed by credits.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapingdog.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "scrapingdog-mcp"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "scrapingdog-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "scrapingdog"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "The key goes in the api_key query parameter on every request. The docs show no header option. The MCP server reads SCRAPINGDOG_API_KEY from the environment.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan of 100 credits with 1 concurrent request, no card (the docs say 200 requests a month). Lite $40 a month (200,000 credits, 5 concurrent), Standard $90 (1M, 50), Pro $200 (3M, 100), Premium $350 (6M, 150), then plans up to $30,000 a month. Annual billing gives 2 months free. A plain request costs 1 credit, JS rendering 5, premium proxy or geotargeting 10, both 25, Google SERP 5 to 10, LinkedIn profiles 10 to 100. Failed requests aren't charged (https://www.scrapingdog.com/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "$40 / mo",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 mention on the site, docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 35,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 0,
        "npmWeekly": 41,
        "pypiWeekly": 12,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/documentation/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/llms.txt",
      "registryName": "io.github.Darshan972/scrapingdog-mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.scrape",
        "web.extract",
        "web.search",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "scraping.js-render",
        "scraping.anti-bot",
        "scraping.screenshot",
        "scraping.serp"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "no-card",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "proxies",
        "closed-source",
        "python",
        "typescript"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-07-31",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 39.3,
        "grade": "E",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 425,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 13,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 44,
          "maintenance": 45,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 62,
          "schema": 43,
          "security": 5,
          "transparency": 57
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": -2,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-08-01: the vendor-linked MCP server's web_scrape tool describes dynamic as `(API default: false)`, while https://www.scrapingdog.com/documentation/javascript-rendering/ says rendering is on by default at 5 credits. The MCP omits unset parameters, so a model that trusts the description pays 5 times the plain rate (https://github.com/Darshan972/Scrapingdog-mcp, src/endpoints.ts) (-2)."
        ],
        "verdict": "A plain request is 1 credit, about $0.20 per 1,000 on Lite. API key only travels in the URL query string.",
        "strengths": [
          "A plain request is 1 credit, about $0.20 per 1,000 on Lite",
          "Parsed JSON endpoints for Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, YouTube and more under one key",
          "Terms let you store and redistribute returned data during the subscription, and the privacy policy says API calls aren't stored or logged",
          "Failed requests aren't charged, and a public SLA page compensates downtime in credits",
          "Concurrency per plan is published, from 1 up to 2,200"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "API key only travels in the URL query string",
          "Rendering defaults on at 5 credits, and the MCP's web_scrape description says the default is off",
          "MCP server published 2026-08-01 from a personal account, with 35 tools, no CI, no tags and no release since",
          "No changelog, security.txt or prompt-injection guidance",
          "The free allowance differs between pricing (100 credits) and docs (200 a month)"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Add dynamic=false unless the page needs JavaScript. It cuts the cost from 5 credits to 1, whatever the MCP description says",
          "Keep request URLs out of logs, since they carry api_key",
          "Set client timeouts above 60 seconds and retry on 429 or timeout. Failures aren't billed",
          "Prefer the parsed endpoints (Google, Amazon) over scraping the raw page when one exists"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "E",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 39.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 44,
          "maintenance": 45,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 62,
          "schema": 43,
          "security": 5,
          "transparency": 37
        },
        "provenanceScore": 76
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape?api_key=$SCRAPINGDOG_API_KEY\u0026url=https://example.com\u0026dynamic=false\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add scrapingdog -e SCRAPINGDOG_API_KEY=$SCRAPINGDOG_API_KEY -- npx -y scrapingdog-mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "scrapingdog": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "scrapingdog-mcp"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "SCRAPINGDOG_API_KEY": "${SCRAPINGDOG_API_KEY}"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/scrapingdog"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Lite plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 40,
          "note": "200,000 credits, 5 concurrent"
        },
        {
          "item": "Standard plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 90,
          "note": "1,000,000 credits, 50 concurrent"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 200,
          "note": "3,000,000 credits, 100 concurrent"
        },
        {
          "item": "Plain request on Lite",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.2,
          "note": "1 credit each, dynamic=false"
        },
        {
          "item": "JS-rendered request on Lite",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 1,
          "note": "5 credits each, the default"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "OpenData Labs Private Limited",
        "domain": "scrapingdog.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2020-04-04",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/terms/",
        "privacy": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/privacy/",
        "statusPage": "https://stats.uptimerobot.com/SAQkQwbOYj",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "Legal entity from the site footer. The terms are governed by the laws of Rajasthan, India.",
          "The status page is a hosted UptimeRobot page linked from the footer."
        ],
        "score": 76
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "scrapingdog",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:57:27.927893705Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 400,
          "lastMs": 130,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
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          "p95ms24h": 302,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 1113,
          "days": [
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              "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": 11,
              "ok": 11
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://stats.uptimerobot.com/SAQkQwbOYj",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:28.56453658Z"
        },
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "scrapingdog-mcp",
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:39:24.204246179Z"
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          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "scrapingdog-sdk",
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:39:25.16185939Z"
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          {
            "registry": "pypi",
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            "released": "2026-07-31",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:39:26.504278599Z"
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        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://scrapingdog.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:59.790191822Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:13.496086906Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "scrapingdog.com",
          "registered": "2020-04-04",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/scrapingdog.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:10.743416145Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/terms/",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:13.443088296Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "2305ca79c5e0"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/pricing/",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:09.410001091Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "9d279976db89"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.scrapingdog.com/privacy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:11.429468273Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "bd229180f12f"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:57:27.927893705Z"
      }
    },
    "b": {
      "slug": "zenrows",
      "name": "ZenRows",
      "vendor": "ZenRows",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.zenrows.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "web-scrapers",
      "summary": "Scraping API (Fetch, formerly Universal Scraper API) with JavaScript rendering, residential proxies and anti-bot bypass, plus Extract for structured JSON, Batch for bulk URL jobs and hosted Browser Sessions.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zenrows.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.zenrows.com/v1/",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@zenrows/mcp"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "zenrows"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "zenrows"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "The Fetch API takes the key as the apikey query parameter, so it ends up in the request URL. The hosted MCP at mcp.zenrows.com takes it as a Bearer header, or OAuth in clients that support it. The local stdio server reads ZENROWS_API_KEY, and with none set it provisions a Free account through POST https://app.zenrows.com/api/agent/signup, stores the key under ~/.zenrows/ and prints a claim URL, unless ZENROWS_AUTO_SIGNUP=false.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free 5,000 credits a month, no card, 5 concurrent requests. Build from $19 a month (45,000 credits), Launch from $69 (250,000), Growth from $199 (1.2 million), Scale from $549 (5 million), about 17 per cent less billed yearly. A standard request costs 1 credit, JavaScript rendering 5, premium proxies 10, both 25. Browser Sessions and residential proxies cost 25,000 credits a GB plus 5 credits a session-minute. Only successful requests are billed (https://www.zenrows.com/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$19 / mo",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "partial",
        "evidence": "An agent storefront at agents.zenrows.com sells plans and prepaid credit ($5 minimum) settled over x402 (USDC on Base), MPP or card. It runs on ZeroClick's platform with its own buyer terms and proxies calls through a per-session storefront path. There's no per-call x402 price on api.zenrows.com (https://agents.zenrows.com/llms.txt, checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 44,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 21,
        "npmWeekly": 34642,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.zenrows.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.zenrows.com/llms.txt",
      "registryName": "io.github.ZenRows/zenrows-mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.scrape",
        "web.extract",
        "browser.hosted",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "scraping.js-render",
        "scraping.anti-bot",
        "scraping.screenshot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "free-tier",
        "no-card",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "proxies",
        "x402",
        "python",
        "typescript"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-18",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 75.1,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 43,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 3,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 79,
          "maintenance": 87,
          "payments": 80,
          "reliability": 87,
          "schema": 83,
          "security": 41,
          "transparency": 75
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "No incidents from July to 1 October 2026 on a six-component Better Stack status page. The Fetch API only takes the key in the query string.",
        "strengths": [
          "No incidents from July to 1 October 2026 on a six-component Better Stack status page",
          "5,000 free credits a month with no card, and a stdio MCP that can provision a free account by itself",
          "Every MCP tool carries readOnlyHint and destructiveHint, and the scrape tool says when to use extract instead",
          "Concurrency-Remaining, X-Request-Cost and X-Request-Id on every response, plus about 35 coded errors",
          "SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 claimed, and a named Spanish entity with address and tax ID"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The Fetch API only takes the key in the query string",
          "A protected request costs 25 credits, so real costs sit well above the headline rate",
          "44 MCP tools load at once, 36 of them for the browser",
          "No prompt-injection guidance for the pages it returns",
          "x402 runs only through a third-party storefront, and the 2026 product renames aren't in the changelog"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Start with mode=auto and let it escalate. Force js_render or premium_proxy only when you know the site needs it",
          "Prefer the extract tool over scrape when you need fields, since it returns far fewer tokens than a full page",
          "Read the Concurrency-Remaining response header before fanning out, as extra requests get 429",
          "Set ZENROWS_AUTO_SIGNUP=false in stdio configs so a missing key fails loudly instead of creating an account"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 8,
        "avgRating": 3.8,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 75.1
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 79,
          "maintenance": 87,
          "payments": 80,
          "reliability": 87,
          "schema": 83,
          "security": 41,
          "transparency": 53
        },
        "provenanceScore": 96
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://api.zenrows.com/v1/?apikey=$ZENROWS_API_KEY\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com\u0026mode=auto\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http zenrows https://mcp.zenrows.com/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer $ZENROWS_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "zenrows": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "@zenrows/mcp"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "ZENROWS_API_KEY": "${ZENROWS_API_KEY}",
                "ZENROWS_AUTO_SIGNUP": "false"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/zenrows"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Build plan (B1)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 19,
          "note": "45,000 credits, 20 concurrent. $16 a month billed yearly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Launch plan (L1)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 69,
          "note": "250,000 credits, 50 concurrent. $57 a month billed yearly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Growth plan (G1)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 199,
          "note": "1.2 million credits, 100 concurrent"
        },
        {
          "item": "Standard request on Build B1",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.42,
          "note": "1 credit each, successful requests only"
        },
        {
          "item": "Protected request on Build B1",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 10.56,
          "note": "JavaScript rendering plus premium proxies, 25 credits each"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "ZENROWS, S.L.",
        "domain": "zenrows.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2020-08-05",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.zenrows.com/legal/terms",
        "privacy": "https://www.zenrows.com/legal/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.zenrows.com",
        "changelog": "https://eu.intercom.news/zenrows",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "The privacy policy gives a registered address in Getxo, Bizkaia, Spain, and tax ID B10660298.",
          "www.zenrows.com/.well-known/security.txt redirects to app.zenrows.com, which serves a file expiring 2027-09-30.",
          "The website returns 403 to plain curl without a browser user agent."
        ],
        "score": 96
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "zenrows",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.zenrows.com/v1/",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:57:31.32850006Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 400,
          "lastMs": 330,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 338,
          "p95ms24h": 454,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 1113,
          "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": 11,
              "ok": 11
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.zenrows.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:34.911231863Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "mcp-registry",
            "name": "io.github.ZenRows/zenrows-mcp",
            "version": "2.3.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@zenrows/mcp",
            "version": "2.3.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:40.634736137Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "zenrows",
            "version": "2.1.1",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:42.716834945Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "zenrows",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zenrows.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Scrapingdog for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\nPick ZenRows for reliability (+25), schema \u0026 documentation (+40), agent ergonomics (+35), security \u0026 auth (+36), payments \u0026 pricing (+40), maintenance \u0026 community (+42), transparency \u0026 trust (+18).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Scrapingdog | ZenRows | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 62 | 87 | ZenRows +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 43 | 83 | ZenRows +40 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 44 | 79 | ZenRows +35 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 5 | 41 | ZenRows +36 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 80 | ZenRows +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 87 | ZenRows +42 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 57 | 75 | ZenRows +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **39.3 · E** | **75.1 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Scrapingdog | ZenRows |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Scrapingdog (OpenData Labs) | ZenRows |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape` | `https://api.zenrows.com/v1/` |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | payer tooling only |\n| Licence | none | none |\n| Tools exposed | 35 | 44 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.Darshan972/scrapingdog-mcp` | `io.github.ZenRows/zenrows-mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-18 |\n| Popularity | 0 stars, 41 npm/wk, 12 PyPI/wk | 21 stars, 35k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3.8/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Scrapingdog.** A plain request is 1 credit, about $0.20 per 1,000 on Lite. API key only travels in the URL query string.\n\n**ZenRows.** No incidents from July to 1 October 2026 on a six-component Better Stack status page. The Fetch API only takes the key in the query string.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Scrapingdog\n\n1. Add dynamic=false unless the page needs JavaScript. It cuts the cost from 5 credits to 1, whatever the MCP description says\n2. Keep request URLs out of logs, since they carry api_key\n3. Set client timeouts above 60 seconds and retry on 429 or timeout. Failures aren't billed\n4. Prefer the parsed endpoints (Google, Amazon) over scraping the raw page when one exists\n\n### ZenRows\n\n1. Start with mode=auto and let it escalate. Force js_render or premium_proxy only when you know the site needs it\n2. Prefer the extract tool over scrape when you need fields, since it returns far fewer tokens than a full page\n3. Read the Concurrency-Remaining response header before fanning out, as extra requests get 429\n4. Set ZENROWS_AUTO_SIGNUP=false in stdio configs so a missing key fails loudly instead of creating an account\n\n## Other comparisons with Scrapingdog or ZenRows\n\n- [Bright Data vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [Bright Data vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Olostep vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [Olostep vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [ScrapeGraphAI vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapegraphai-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [ScrapeGraphAI vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapegraphai-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Scrapeless vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [Scrapeless vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Scrapfly vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [Scrapfly vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [ScrapingAnt vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingant-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [ScrapingAnt vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingant-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [ScrapingBee vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [ScrapingBee vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingbee-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Scrapingdog vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingdog-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [Spider vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/spider-cloud-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-zenrows.md)\n",
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