# ZenRows vs Zyte API (slim)

> ZenRows scores 74.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Zyte API's 69.7 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Zyte API leads on security & auth. Both do scraping. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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ZenRows scores 74.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Zyte API's 69.7 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Zyte API leads on security & auth. Both do scraping.

- ZenRows: BB 74.8, rank #63 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zenrows.min.md
- Zyte API: B 69.7, rank #166 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zyte.min.md
- ZenRows, good for An agent hitting protected sites that wants the service to choose the setup and bill only success, and for agents that must onboard without a human. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 79 against 72; Payments & pricing, 80 against 40; Maintenance & community, 87 against 77; Transparency & trust, 72 against 66. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; 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 Security & auth, 55 against 41.

| Category | ZenRows | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 87 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 79 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 41 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 80 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ZenRows | Zyte API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | ZenRows | Zyte Group Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.zenrows.com/v1/` | `https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| x402 | payer tooling only | no |
| 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 | 44 | 34 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.ZenRows/zenrows-mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-07-01 | 2026-09-22 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-09-01 | 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 | 21 stars, 35k npm/wk | 42k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.8/5 (8) | none |