# Spider vs ZenRows (slim)

> ZenRows has a score of 75.1 (BB) against Spider's 74.3 (BB). Both do scraping. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 16 points. Spider accepts x402. ZenRows doesn't. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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ZenRows has a score of 75.1 (BB) against Spider's 74.3 (BB). Both do scraping. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 16 points. Spider accepts x402. ZenRows doesn't.

- Spider: BB 74.3, rank #49 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spider-cloud.min.md
- ZenRows: BB 75.1, rank #43 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.min.md
- Pick Spider for payments & pricing (+16). Pick ZenRows for reliability (+7), agent ergonomics (+9), transparency & trust (+6).

| Category | Spider | ZenRows |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 87 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 70 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 42 | 41 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 96 | 80 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 69 | 75 |