# Scrapingdog vs Zyte API (slim)

> Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against Scrapingdog's 39.2 (E), 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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Zyte API scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against Scrapingdog's 39.2 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do scraping.

- Scrapingdog: E 39.2, rank #810 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingdog.min.md
- Zyte API: B 69.7, rank #166 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.min.md
- Scrapingdog, good for A budget agent that wants parsed Google, Amazon or LinkedIn results and can keep the key out of logs. Also Runs on your own machine.
- 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 62; Schema & documentation, 85 against 43; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 44; Security & auth, 55 against 5; Maintenance & community, 77 against 45; Transparency & trust, 66 against 55.

| Category | Scrapingdog | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 62 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 43 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 44 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 5 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 45 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 55 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Scrapingdog | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Scrapingdog (OpenData Labs) | Zyte Group Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.scrapingdog.com/scrape` | `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| 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 | 35 | 34 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.Darshan972/scrapingdog-mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-07-31 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-01-13 | 2026-09-22 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-07-17 | 2024-08-30 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 0 stars, 41 npm/wk, 12 PyPI/wk | 42k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |